The '86 is the weeny of the whole bunch, not only because the 350 only came in 50 cars this year (none in '85), but because HP was down in '86 305 from the '85 with a smaller cam. Stock, this car only had
190 HP AT THE CRANK! The '85 and '87-'89 305 MAF TPI's were rated at 215 HP and I dynoed 52 HP more than a well running '87 305 TPI at the meet and he had the same drivetrain and gears. Through the slushbox, I even put down more than a few stock 350 TPI's (rated from 220 HP in '86 up to 245 for '90-'92).
Total investment for my 77 HP improvement is less than $600, and that includes the gear needed to tune the cam. I even get 21-23+ MPG when I want to, 17-18 when I hot foot it.
As for the quarter, the torque numbers is where it's at. At 1800 RPM, I had over 220 RWTQ with peak at only 3500 RPM at 242. That's over 300 at the crank. Of course there's always the 2800 stall and 3.45's sitting in the corner waiting their turn too. Modding this car is so cheap, I can see why so many rednecks have them.
Yeeeeee HAW, give me some more of that duct tape and womens undergarmuts Jimbob, we gotsta make us a cold air induckshun!
Originally posted by livinsvt:
By the way you still going through with the 05 mustang?
Probably going to wait until '06 for the special editions to come out. Rumor is that the Cobra, Saleen, Roush, etc editions won't be out until then.
