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RJ Sledge · 09-28-2011, 09:30 AM

Not taking any side here, but a friend of mine has a 2011 Mustang 5.0 rated at the 412 hp figure from Ford and is not as good a combo as the NHRA factored 2012 325 hp 5.0. He has a set of D.O.T. drag radials on the car, 6 speed manual factory gears, leaves at idle and does not hammer the gears changes and runs 11.90's 12.00's all nite long and weighs 3670 across the scales. Now it doesn't take much of an imagination to see that the car could run some 10.50's with just a few add ons. I don't care what the Magazine tests showed, a 2012 325 hp rated 5.0 at 3220 lbs is a great combo, even without all the tweaks most Stock racers have done on their older combos.

Just my opinion .

RJ

09-28-2011, 09:30 AM	#8
RJ Sledge Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 783 Likes: 502 Liked 288 Times in 90 Posts	Re: 2012 Boss 302 in NHRA Stock Eliminator Not taking any side here, but a friend of mine has a 2011 Mustang 5.0 rated at the 412 hp figure from Ford and is not as good a combo as the NHRA factored 2012 325 hp 5.0. He has a set of D.O.T. drag radials on the car, 6 speed manual factory gears, leaves at idle and does not hammer the gears changes and runs 11.90's 12.00's all nite long and weighs 3670 across the scales. Now it doesn't take much of an imagination to see that the car could run some 10.50's with just a few add ons. I don't care what the Magazine tests showed, a 2012 325 hp rated 5.0 at 3220 lbs is a great combo, even without all the tweaks most Stock racers have done on their older combos. Just my opinion . RJ