Yes hp is hp and it couldnt be more true then that. But how quick you can put that power to the ground matters just as much. If motor A has only a few parts moving and motor B has nearly double the parts of motor A, then Motor A power will get to the ground quicker and to make it even lets say both cars have built rears and slicks and there both N/A with the same amount of HP. I have a tendency of not making sense when i talk so im trying to put it in a light people can understand. Think of it as the way you would want to go to work if your running late, would you go the shortest route possible or would you make all sorts of uncessary turns that couldve been avioded? EVERYONE knows the pushrod motor is gods gift to drag racing. Not to hate on the 4.6 though i do like it just i prefer a 5.0. But that 4.6 in the last cobra they made was disturbingly amazing on the fact of all forged internals. Do 94 cobras have forged internals at all?
you aint lyin there...
as far as a 400hp 5.0 being the same as 600hp 4.6, not even close. if anything that 5.0 needs to put more power to the ground then i have to to run w/ me.
the new cobra is going to have 465hp w/ sc 4.6. im hoping its underrated cuz the vette is at 500hp.
Ill take a 7.0 litre 500 hp over a 5.4 s/c 500 hp any day. Just throw a blower on it.... and there ya go.
Throw a blower on it? Are you kidding me? Do you really want to see a $70,000 Z06 gets blown into pieces so quickly? Unless you do major internal mods, I can't see how a 12:1 ratio motor is good for any amount of boost.
4.6 Cobras can do 1000 hp on STOCK INTERNALS LS1, LS2, LS6 or LS7 won't come anywhere close to that. Not that they're bad motors, they're just not designed for boost.
im glad to hear someone in here has some sense. i get it all the time that "if gm would have blown the 5.7 its bye bye cobra" more like bye bye gm motor. just not built for boost. they would have to drop their compression first.
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