And a huge weight loss progam for the obese Mustang.

 

Its going to take a TON of effort an money to get into the 13s and still have a driveable truck.

I think you are looking at a high boost blower and a forged bottom.

Sure you could throw a big Notrous on there or a blower with high boost (all else stock) but you wont be running 13s for very long.

Id go down a different route. Maybe a lightning or quad cab srt-10 as a platform.

The SRT-10 motor responds really well with heads.

A 10 second GT will be just as hard to get as a 13 second SCAB.

 

His truck could get mid-low 14's probally pretty easy with just bolt ons that will make his truck just as driveable as the day he bought it....

He can add a supercharger on here, make 400rwhp, and be 13's easy all day long. Slap on some sticky tires and might hit a high 12 and still be a very reliable truck.

 

Why not stack power adders? It's done in the Mustang community all the time.

Go ahead & install the Roush blower. You now have a drivable truck that's is capable of mid-14's. Now, even tho you don't like it, hit it with a 50-shot. The nitrous will act as a cooling agent more than anything else.... Make sure to have a set of sticky tires! See where this gets you, and if the 3.73's don't do it to with a set of 4.56's.

However, if you go to the 4.56's & the blower you MAY run into a problem of keeping the rear end planted even in around town driving -- unless you baby it all the time. I had this same problem with my Mustang. 10 psi + 4.10 gears + drag radials = NO traction in 1st & 2nd. I ended up having to go to 3.55's, ditching the Nitto's for BFG's and raising my boost to 12 psi on the street. On slicks I was good with 18 psi for a 6k launch.

 

A 10 second Mustang wouldn't be nearly as practical as a 13 sec truck.

 

Exactly. Big emphasis on sticky tires. I plan to gear my truck to 4.56, and I know the stock tires won't handle that very well at all. They don't hook up that well with 3.55s.

BTW, I'm at 14.9 in a 2wd Scab. I think mid 13s is easily doable with a blower.

 

We've hit on the power aspect of this equation, but what about the rest of the picture: how much abuse can our stock internals & drivetrain take? How much power can the stock fuel system feed?

IMO, anything past the typical bolt ons, gear swaps & the Roush blower is going to take away from the dependability of the truck. I say this because I noticed how my Mustang lost it's ability to be a street car everytime I worked on it. At the end I could barely stand to drive it 15 min's away to the local car shows... forget about driving the girlfriend to the movies.

 

Ide drive my boosted truck anywhere, across country, towing a trailer...

 

How do gears decrease dependability?

Considering they put less strain on the transmission and engine your only sacrifice is mpg.

 

Which might only be 1mpg difference on the highway if that, and probally better around town...

 

Try rereading my statement. I never said gears take away dependability.

 

What is the point of arguing when you don't even know what you typed ...



Or at least use sentences to break up what you are trying to say.

 

You don't think that bolt-ons, gears, and a Roush charger would get you into the 13s?

 

What part of that sentence is hard to understand, the beginning or end? Considering I stated that "IMO anything PAST typical bolt ons (e-fans, tuners, CAI's, etc.), gear swaps, & the Roush blower (since it's designed for our trucks) would take away dependability."

If you haven't noticed by now the keyword there was PAST the mods I listed.

 

nitrogen dioxide?