Redline VS. GT Mustang

[myredline]

Was playing with a GT Mustang tonight on I-696. To my amazement it kept up with it until about 120mph. At 120 it seems like the car kinda dies out. Took it to the track and the same thing. Runs great up to but after that it just seems to run out of power. Cant wait until some engine upgrades become avail. So much fun to drive.

Shawn

[88ls1blazer]

what color is your car? ever been to the ramchargers in livonia, cause there was someone saying something about that in the store, wondering if it was you

[myredline]

My car is black. It has 18 inch rims with a bodykit. Yes I have been to ram chargers. It has been a while though. I know some people who still go there so it's possible.

Shawn

[88ls1blazer]

just wonderin, this guy had a blue one, so its obviously someone else, but obviously its a problem, i spoke w/ the powertrain engineer, he said its that damn heat exchangers in there doin it, they are too restrictive for the car, but gm wouldnt put something higher flowing in, they are losing 6 lbs of boost through them, on a car w/ a smaller pulley, it makes 20 lbs b4 the exchanger, but only 14 after, he also advised unplugging the wires to the bypass solenoid, or taking off the vacuum lines and plugging them, car supposedly runs alot better, gm is "supposedly" working on an m90 upgrade, and a traditional plate and fin exchanger upgrade, he said the m62 can make 300 at the tires on that car, but the exchagers wont allow it, also, a recommended upgrade would be a resevoir plummed into the stock exchanger that would allow for ice to be added, or alcohol and dry ice to be ran for those who want to cram more boost in reliably, o, btw the car w/ 14 lbs, picked up about 25 hp at the wheels for those interrested

[Barry]

Comming back from Moroso north bound on the Fl turnpike in a convoy w/ 6 other Saturns; I made a straight shot run from 75-80 to 120MPH. I was surprised at how well it handled at that speed and how smooth it was. I was in 4th gear at @58oorpm. Not sure where the rev limiter would kick and not wanting a surprise at that speed i backed off. I then made another run to 130mph at @ 6000rpm again smooth as silk. At that point i was satisfied. I had just changed the oil at 2950 miles. I have modified Eibach's and just opened the front grill w/ a Vue st/st screen in all opening's in the front. No other mod's. I won't need to push it any further. For the money, out of the box; you just can't beat the value, style and performance of The Redline...F.Y.I.

[88ls1blazer]

barry, i second your opinion, the only thing that is close is the srt4, yes I KNOW that it will out perform a redline, but no matter how many i see 3 things still bug me about it, its damn big wing, pointless hood scoop, and it looks like its a 4 door sedan, cause it is, an fyi pay attention to gm in about 2007, i know its a long time, but i hear the rpm dependent boost is replaced by another method of making boost

[SilverBulletRL]

Originally Posted by 88ls1blazer

he also advised unplugging the wires to the bypass solenoid, or taking off the vacuum lines and plugging them, car supposedly runs alot better

Hey, I tried that tonight when I was down in philly on 61st street cruising and it actually made the car run sloooow. My boost gauge was only reading 5-6psi.... was there something I missed???

[MikeCandler]

Originally Posted by 88ls1blazer

barry, i second your opinion, the only thing that is close is the srt4, yes I KNOW that it will out perform a redline, but no matter how many i see 3 things still bug me about it, its damn big wing, pointless hood scoop, and it looks like its a 4 door sedan, cause it is

You are correct the only thing in the Redlines price range that beats it in terms of performance is the SRT4. With that said please...it has a big wing yes, the hood scoop DOES in fact have a function...open the hood and look underneath you will see ducts the go directly over the turbo to help cool it...good concept hey ...and yeah its a 4 door sedan...it has 4 doors .

Now have any of you guys gotten to the dyno or track yet? I actually do not mind the Redlines but they do not seem to have any real world numbers yet from the track or dyno.

Just so you all are aware YES I do drive a 2004 Black SRT4 (I am not here to bash BTW) I ran a 13.9 @ 101mph with a 2.1 60 foot in my stock car .

[88ls1blazer]

mikecandler, sorry, my buddies musta not had the ducting, opened up the hood, its just open under there, maybe the good old pentastar forgot to put it on? as to the problem w/ the boost, did you plug the lines or just unhook them? i will double check, but im sure he said it would work, if he's wrong im writing it down, cause he worked on that motor project for 2 years

[SilverBulletRL]

Originally Posted by MikeCandler

Now have any of you guys gotten to the dyno or track yet? I actually do not mind the Redlines but they do not seem to have any real world numbers yet from the track or dyno.

Hi Mike,

I dynode my Red Line on Friday.

88 Degrees / 100% Humidity / Very Hot Motor and Intercooler water

200whp / 191wtq

I'm sure it could put down more than 205 to the wheels with better weather and some nice long cooling times.