Hey ... I think 280/312 is pretty good
I've been following this thread and wanted to point out a thing or two I have seen with these Stangs of ours.
Seems like the bench mark of 300rwhp is something we all want to be able to achieve
I myself am not worthy
But like Scott talked about briefly .................
If we're talking about a street combo ... theres a good bit more to it than that magical peak value.
I've spent a great deal of time comparing all different kinds of combos you find on these boards. The focus has been on stock oem block based na combos btw.
I use sae dynojet dyno results as the data to do the comparisons
so stuff like:
My friend said this ...
or
Some guy on a Stang site said that ...
or
I think if you did this or maybe you tried that ...
etc etc etc
Nothing but hard data was used
and
each comparison was pretty close to equal
so
opinions have no bearing whatsoever with my study
I have seen some who have made and gone beyond the 300 mark
but
The way that combo made power is not as desirable for a street car as some who may have made less rwhp.
If you look closely at the curves of dyno results you will see not all combos make power alike.
It is much more easy to see the differences if each one is on the same chart but ... never the less ... look at the way each combo makes low end rpm power and mid range rpm power.
As for me ... I'll give up a bit of high peak power if I can gain low/mid range power ... Again talking about street applications here.
Once again ... Congrats on your combo
Grady