Mustang 5.0 is back

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Dave

see i cant get behind the 370 solely because they put in that rev matchs for you bs. Other than that i love the car

Huh ? I'm not even aware of that. I'll look into it though.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

145hp, but it was light as hell.

Originally Posted by Dave

dont quote me but i think it was 160s, id been looking for one for a while as a project car and had to give up. They held value far to well, cant even touch one over here under 5k. A shame really, im a turbo guy at heart but i love the whine of a roots

I looked it up just now...1995 Toyota MR2 Turbo did have 200 hp and 200 tq....I knew I wasn't totally ignorant...just partially.

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by z06boy

I looked it up just now...1995 Toyota MR2 Turbo did have 200 hp and 200 tq....I knew I wasn't totally ignorant...just partially.

That is the second gen turbo car.

The first gens were fast, just because they weighed nothing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_MR2

In 1987 (1988 for the US market), Toyota introduced a supercharged engine for the MR2. Based on the same block and head, the 4A-GZE was equipped with a Toyota SC-12 Roots-type supercharger manufactured by the Ogura industrial Corp and a Denso top mount intercooler. The compression ratio, valve timing and ports were modified. The engine produced a maximum power of 145 hp (108 kW) and accelerated the small car from 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) in 6.7 to 7.0s. In addition to the new engine, the MR2 SC was also equipped with stiffer stabilizer bars and reinforcements in the bodyshell to improve rigidity. Unfortunately, this model was never sold in European markets, although some cars were privately imported.

[z06boy]

Speaking of Saleens...here is my Z06 and a friend's Saleen S-380.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

That is the second gen turbo car.

The first gens were fast, just because they weighed nothing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_MR2

Right and I never said you were wrong but when I mentioned the MR2 Turbo that I drove and thought about buying had 200 hp...it was suggested that it didn't twice here. I never said first gens...vs. 2nd...etc.

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by z06boy

Right and I never said you were wrong but when I mentioned the MR2 Turbo that I drove and thought about buying had 200 hp...it was suggested that it didn't twice here. I never said first gens...vs. 2nd...etc.

The supercharged MR2 came up in the thread, and you said it was 200hp.
I was correcting you. The turbocharged ones were 200(245hp in Japan)

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Where did the 4.9 (in the ones you drove) start petering out?
bout 4K?

It was so long ago, I have no idea........Sounds about right though. The F150 even lower.

I grew up driving little 80-90 hp 4-cylinder shitboxes.......So revving it up to 6K or more was just par for the course. Hopping into a car that petered out a lot sooner than that was a disappointment. Didn't matter if it was blazing fast on paper.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

BTW, Homeslice, would you prefer a low revving vtwin sportbike, or an R6?

The R6........I've had a couple v-twins (an SV650 and an RSVR), and while they were nice between 4-8K, they were less than nice above and below that.

Below that they feel like they're going to stall out or snap a connecting rod.

Above that, the whole frame shakes with the throbbing. Too much of a distraction.

In contrast, 4-cylinders are smooth at any RPM. Do some of them make your hands or feet numb on the highway? Yes, but I can tolerate that more than I can tolerate what most v-twins do.

[smileyman]

Wow, this thread is chock full of good info on the ALL new 5.0 aluminum block Mustang powerplant. Even has clean sheets heads...

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

The supercharged MR2 came up in the thread, and you said it was 200hp.
I was correcting you. The turbocharged ones were 200(245hp in Japan)

Ahh...just reread post #34...my bad...I was indeed thinking/talking about the turbocharged one but posted supercharged.