RSbeast wrote:Actually, Bills car has a stock block, a factory t-5, although it's been mildy gone through, its virtually the same as any 94-95 t-5 transmission, the car has a stock k member, stock control arms, an 8.8 on the stock carrier with only an axle upgrade; and it's still only 1 more cubic inch than a factory LS1. Take out the cage (which is more dead weight than needed at his level) and that car has a mild stroker with a few extra bolts. That car is hardly what would be considered 'ALL OUT' in any fashion. 120mph traps are bottom of the barrel when you get into 'serious' mustangs. That's a solid street car with a bottle.
You want to get into it with a REAL serious mustang and your going to need to bottle that thin piston walled zo6 and PRAY. As much as I would LOVE and mean LOVE to own a c6 z06; there are good reasons why that engine didn't find it's way into the zr1. I don't see why you get so bent out of shape on it losing; the car was never a drag car or mean to be. There are handfuls of everything that are faster.
Also YES, that was a 70k+ car when it came out. No need to sugar coat it.
I think the point he was trying to make was that if you know where to look one can be had for mid to high 30's. The LS-series engines have proven themselves to be extremely long lasting, I wouldn't be afraid of a high milage Z06.
However, you do bring up a good point, the one I was trying to make originally. The Z06 is not made for drag racing. You can hang with it all you want, but 99.9% of cars are going to run out of gear, which is the same as running out of power. Even besides that, what about reliability? Hell, it even comes with a warranty! Don't even get me started on handling.. I've never been in a car that corners this well.. but I also have never been in a car that rides so shitty.
The 427 cylinder walls are thin, yes, but they very rarely prove to be a problem. Occasionally yeah, some moron will spray the fuck out of his Z06 (if you own a Z06 and spray you deserve what you get) and crack the block, but you really don't need a power adder to make these cars really powerful. LPE offers a 606 OR 660 HP package , NA, for $6000 and $8000 each, installed with a warranty. IIRC even Katech is offering a ~10k H/C 750 HP package. LPE even managed 1200 HP out of a stock block using twin turbos.. pretty impressive.
(Fuck I'm starting to sound like you now writing novels and shit)
My car goes away Saturday night, so it's going to have to be before then. Short notice sucks.. Friday night is the only night that I have no plans, so if that works for you just let me know. Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday are all definite no's, but I may be able to tomorrow.. just gotta make sure we get the body kit finished early