hp on a 96

[strodda]

friend of mine has a stock 96 v6, anyone know what the hp/tq is?

[94svt5.0]

It makes 150 hp and something like 212 tq

[dirk-diggler]

150 hp??!! from a huge 3.8L??!!

[94svt5.0]

Pretty sad eh? In all of fords wisdom they figured the V6 drivers would not want to go fast. Its a big v6, buts it an old school, low revving pushrod engine, thats limited by weak heads and cam. The 94-95 v6 mustangs made 145hp. The 96-98 made 150 and the 99 and newer make 190 hp. The 2005 mustang, is supposed to drop the 3.8 in favor of a 3.0 making maybe around 210 hp.

[skubee-raw]

yeah, and since the car is heavy, that motor sux. that's why if you want power/speed, there's the gt, the cobra, the saleens, the steedas, the kenny browns, the kenne bells, the roushes, ect.

[YJGWRacing]

the 3.8's in no way suck, stock, they are weak, but modded, make nice motors.

i have a Factory Supercharged 3.8 (Eaton M90 @ 10psi) in my 91 Thunderbird Supercoupe, and the motor makes fine power for stock. With simple mods, i will easily be making 300+bhp.

Procharger is getting low 13's from a 99+ auto v6 stang with just 3.73 gears, exhaust, drag radials, and a 11psi Tuner kit.

Oh yeah, and theres a guy in Canada with a 4.2l stroker with 99+ 3.8 heads, 90 SC block, Cam, 1.73RR's, intake, fuel, etc., and should be making around 260+rwhp/300+rwtq on motor, and its setup to handle a 200shot with no problems. Can you say 500rwhp/550+rwtq from a v6 stang?

[fordmustang23]

don't dis the 3.8 The 3.8 is about the longest lasting v6 you can buy. I'm going to be sixteen in a year and i'll be buying a mustang v6 because i can't afford the insurance on a camaro or v8 mustang. American cars have great hp but the extremely high insurance is the reason that dumba$$ kids buy ricers.

[Unit 5302]

Originally posted by YJGWRacing
the 3.8's in no way suck, stock, they are weak, but modded, make nice motors.

i have a Factory Supercharged 3.8 (Eaton M90 @ 10psi) in my 91 Thunderbird Supercoupe, and the motor makes fine power for stock. With simple mods, i will easily be making 300+bhp.

Procharger is getting low 13's from a 99+ auto v6 stang with just 3.73 gears, exhaust, drag radials, and a 11psi Tuner kit.

Oh yeah, and theres a guy in Canada with a 4.2l stroker with 99+ 3.8 heads, 90 SC block, Cam, 1.73RR's, intake, fuel, etc., and should be making around 260+rwhp/300+rwtq on motor, and its setup to handle a 200shot with no problems. Can you say 500rwhp/550+rwtq from a v6 stang?

I'll tell you right now he's overly optimistic about those numbers. The 4.2L is sitting at 210hp stock, to add 90hp N/A is a huge gain. The 4.6L would certainly never see it on a streetable combination. It'll take serious port work, higher compression, a significant cam, and a majorly ported or aftermarket intake system. I would be more inclined to believe 260-280hp from the engine 220rwhp-235rwhp. Furthermore, you can NEVER expect a 200 shot to make 200hp on a properly tuned engine. If you're tuning safe, like you should be, 175hp is the most I'd like to see from it. So I think in the real world, he'll be talking more like 450hp at the crank or about 375rwhp, which would be about the same amount of power the 5.0 in a fox would make with an ATI Procharger and a port job.

Throw in the fact he needs to change the transmission/rear end to get it to hold together and you've got a very expensive combo he's creating. I don't anticipate he'll have too many problems with bone stock newer GT's or even the old SD fox 5.0s, as soon as he runs into a light modded 5.0, he'll have his hands full unless he sprays. Sad but true. Also he should be running a forged crank/rods/pistons setup on that combination if he expects it to hold together.

All that money for what? Will the car be cool? Yep. Is it something to brag about in terms of the engine's capability? I don't think so. Anything can be made fast with enough money, and the $1000s he's spending to get the power he's expecting

[Los]

90 hp on a 4.6 isn't too hard...

Just stage III heads and a wild cam...



Of course, pulleys, SVO/Bullitt intake, mass air, the usual boltons would help too.