'93 5.0 vs. LS1 Trans-am WTF???

**Chris Arnold** · 09-03-2007, 09:07 PM

I've been building this 5.0 with my friend and have put a lot of time and effort and his money into it. It's really heavily modded, and I finally got to race a bone-stock 02 Trans-am at Kil-Kare on Friday. I really expected to do better. Here's what's in the mustang:

ARP-
Head studs
Main Studs
Connecting rod studs
Distributor hold down stud
Valve cover bolts
Intake manifold bolts
Driveshaft bolts
Carburator Stud kit

Autometer-
Altenator Guage
Wideband O2 sensors
Wideband Gauge
Water Tempeture Gauge
Oil Pressure Gauge
Nitrous Pressure Gauge
Tachometer
Shift light
Mechanical fuel pressure gauge
Greddy Boost gauge
Gauge holder (vent style)
A-pillar gauge mount

Edelbrock-
600cfm Carb
F4B Intake

Fel-pro-
Complete engine gasket kit

Ford
Racing-
Aluminum Valve covers
8 position timing chain and gears
130A altenator
Water Pump
Thermostat housing
185* thermostat
Aluminum Radiator
Trick flow pushrods
High volume Oil Pump
Aluminum Driveshaft
9mm FRPP spark plug wires
Exhaust tips
King Cobra Clutch
Cobra R wheels
24 lbs/hr injectors
FRPP 50 oz balancer

Weldon 2025 fuel pump
Behind bars race cars sumped fuel tank

UPR firewall clutch-cable adjuster
UPR adjustable clutch quadrant

Lokar-
universal throttle cable

March
Performance-
Altenator bracket
Power steering bracket

Misc-
Engine Bearings
Cam Bearings
Rings
Carbon fibre nitrous solinoid bracket
Oil pump pickup
Dowels
expansion plugs
custom headlights
3/8 fuel line
Crane Blazer valve springs
Holley throttle bracket
Stage 8 Locking header bolts
Accufab Adjustable fuel pressure regulator
Corbeau touring seats w/ 5 point harness

Moser:
28 spline hardened axles

Strange:
9” rear end with stock gears
Drive-shaft safety loop
Line-lock

Tremec TKO transmission
McLeod Scatter shield

Maximum Motorsports
6 point Cage
welded subframe connectors

MSD-
8983 Vari-Curve Controller
6420 6AL Ignition box
Blaster 2 ignition coil
8579 MSD Distributor, Pro Billet small diameter.
8739 Two Step
8956 RPM Activated window switch

NOS-
Fuel and Nitrous solinoids
Nitrous plate
Two 10lb Bottles

Pioneer-
Flywheel

Rockford Fosgate-
100amp circuit breaker
200amp circiut breaker

Summit Battle boxes (torque box reinforcements)

Taylor-
Wire cable separators

Goodyear Eagle F1 tires

I am still using the stock heads as $ wasnt available to pop for some nice aluminum ones and I haven't hooked up the nitrous because we couldn't afford it after all of the other parts.

Now for the results: 14.6@94mph for the mustang, 13.3@107 for the LS1. WTH??? Need some help... those LS1s are fast!

Chris

**ATCharming** · 09-03-2007, 09:09 PM

ls1's are fast haha

**lemons12** · 09-03-2007, 09:13 PM

sounds like youve got a lot done... but you spent a lot of money on things that didnt help a lot... i just glanced but i dont think you listed h/c... that is a must... but anyways... not to get you down when i had my v6 3.8 firebird 99 i raced a 5.0 and only got beat by 3 car lengths.... raced my buddies 99 z.... ummm..... it was more like bus lengths... lol.. keep it up though man good luck

**Knight Stalker** · 09-03-2007, 09:31 PM

All I have to say is......You're a funny guy, Chris.

**ATCharming** · 09-03-2007, 09:32 PM

dumb question, what does 91 mustang tt mean? im thinkin twin turboed but that cant be it lol

**Chris Arnold** · 09-03-2007, 09:40 PM

Twin-Turbo is a winner!

Damn, I forgot to add the "Tornado" supercharger we picked up at the autozone last week.

Need to put this list in my sig!

**Empatho** · 09-03-2007, 11:31 PM

get that nitrous hooked up and race again, most of the stuff that you listed do nothing for HP

**lemons12** · 09-03-2007, 11:37 PM

empatho is right again.... you didnt really up your hp... maye a good running car... but you havnt got any hp mods... its gonna take a bit for you to outrun a stock ls1.... and for modded..