shelby spy shots & 2014 Mustang Rumors

[Zivic]

Take a 500hp V8 and a 500HP I4, boxer, whatever, to the track and run all day. One of them is getting towed home.

say what you will, I know plenty of cars just like mine that have made it through more than a couple track event days... heck, even the exact car I am driving saw about 10-12 track days over the last three yrs and it is still going strong. so, I would guess your V8 is being towed home?

I know what you are trying to say, and it just doesn't hold as much water now as it did, maybe 10 yrs ago. the components are better and more importantly the tuning is better.

 

[Zivic]

It should be a 1000+ HP V8 vs a 500 HP I4 if you want all things being equal.

Of course a heavily modified car is going to have more chance for failure than a virtually stock one.

and here's the thing.... a setup like mine is not what I consider 'heavily modified'

slightly bigger turbo
hard pipes and larger IC
exhaust
ARP head studs
fuel pump and injectors
Tuned on stock ECU