the brother of one of my friend had a Mustang 5.0 with a 3.73 gear , i hear that he got a best of 13.92, manual tranny, ok, i can beleive it, i tryed the car, it was running good,but..

it happen a lot of time that ive walked 5.0 liter with both my honda and my SSEi, the only few that pass me was clearly modded, and they pass me very fast.

the average quarter mile i see here at Napierville dragway (montreal) for a stock 5.0 liter is 15.0- 15.3 (those like '92 model) and the 1995 model ...i beat them when my honda was only with the B16a swap 14.9 -15 sec.

for sure they got descent top speed, but its useless and illegal.(i mean for stock)

but i believe that some 5.0 run very good.

sorry... back to rocker subject

Speaking of rockers: I understand that the L27 in my '93 SE came with a nice set of heads/rockers from the factory...How true is this?...I mean, why is '93 considered 'a good year'?...
If this is the case, would it be a waste to consider 1.9 rockers?...

the 93 was the first year of the roller rockers....

take a look around www.seriesoneperformance.com

Put a stock 5.0 in an SSEi with 2.93 gearing and close to 4000lb. curb weight and see it do anything close to what a stock SSEi will do. I have nothing against the 5.0'*, but they aren't FAST by any means, and just comparing engine to engine, the L67 makes more power. Yes, a stock fox body 5.0 5 speed should have no problem walking on a stock SSEi, but take a '94-95 5.0 Automatic and it will be a close race (assuming they have good drivers, with a good driver a stock SSEi should do very low 15'*). My Lumina walked all over my buddies mildly modded (intake, headers/h-pipe/flowmasters, chip, short throw) '94 GT 5 speed, and my Lumina was FAR from a fast car IMO.

Shawn

Gains for an N/A car are about 1/2 that of a SC car. My car picked up 22whp (28crankhp) with 1.9'* so an N/A car should see about 11whp (14crank).

22whp!!!! Rogue, you make my day!!

still saving money for it. ... im close

what is an average price of the 1.9 with install include?(in Can$ if possible)
dont had time to call to the shop where ill get mines installed.
( im doing lot of overtime for that so its closed when i came back home)

FWIW, I am no Pontiac hater, as I own one and plan to get an SSEi to add to the fleet, since I like my SLE so much...

In regards to the engine swap apples to oranges comparison...
Same could be said for tossing an L67 in a Mustang body...Hardly a DESTROYER.
No doubt a 94-95 stock Automatic car would be a good run, but "DESTROY" was the keyword I got a chuckle from...After all, a 94-95 Mustang is 34-3500# without a driver. My 94 weighed in at 3685 with me in it...hardly a lightweight...just like our Pontiacs...lol. And I'd have to agree that a 94-95 mildly modded AUTOMATIC Mustang is slow (low 15'*, MAYBE high 14'*) and would be a good race, head'* up, against a good running SSEi...

I'm thinking the original "destroy" claimant was referring to a "stock" 5.0 in a big heavy car, after re-reading it? Just can't stomach the fact that you guys must have friends (in Mustangs) who either can't drive, or have something else just flat out wrong with their setups...My 94 when bone stock except for un-catted H-pipe and aftermarket exhaust, and 373 gears, went into the 13'* easily with regular old street tires...Just for giggles since you've already seen my "fast" car'* video, here'* a link to the old "fast/show" 94GT that I'm referring to...Feature car in November 04 5.0 magazine. My big behind in the passenger seat tuning the aftermarket Programmable Management System on the dynojet...
http://andersonfordmotorsport.com/cars/Blunner2.html

I mean no offense to anyone here regarding how fast or slow we may be. Maybe my expectations are too high since I'm an "old timer" compared to most around here, but my 10 and 11 second cars are of the caliber of car that myself and most of my friends own...Here'* my website link with some of my past & present rides, including the Bonnie...
http://home.comcast.net/~rel3rd/wsb/...ome.html-.html

Rogue: Thanks for the 1.9 rocker info...Not sure if a "possible" 11whp gain will be worth it in my case, (as far as cost effectiveness and my labor) but thanks for sharing your results.

theres no problem here rel3rd ,i agree that somepeople are able to get in 13'* with low mods, but the most ive seen was slow, may be bad drivers but i dont really care, this summer i saw someone running 15'* in his new Pontiac GTO... that was a bad driver.
anyway, back to the main subject now?

im planning getting the PCM next spring, do i have to tell them to raise shift point or it still remain the stock shift point? (with the 1.9 installed)
..sorry if this question as may be already asked

1.9 rockers will make their power in the upper rpm band. To take full advantage of them I would recommend a 6000 shift point.

nice for the info rogue , intense PCM in my bonny this spring.