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I think SO 5.0's have a design flaw that deprives all 8 cylinders of air. How else could you explain 155 horses from a V8?...

I've never claimed nor used a WB. Then again neither has Bob (martin0660), Frank (turbo83coupe) or anybody that raced before 2002. Come on man, get real. $1500 buys a wicked set of 5.0 heads vs 1 2.3 head that's only marginally better out-of-the-box then stock?

The aux shaft fails for no reason. Some guys get 200K out of them, some don't last a week. It's a design flaw.

No one here gives a flying shiznit about an LSX engine.  If an LSX had a dick ABM would be all over it.

No one here gives a flying shiznit about an LSX engine.  If an LSX had a dick ABM would be all over it.

Yeah, and I disagree with them on that probably, because the wideband is tuning for the masses and I think it's the way to go now.  Bob has tons of experience.  Frank has gleaned a lot from Bob so that explains that.  In the days before widebands we had EGT which was not a substitute but could keep you from "melting the mill", also reading the plugs, which some people still stand by if you know how to do it well.  Bob also has only used T3 turbos to my knowledge and has managed to go amazingly fast with it.  With a T3 and jacked fuel pressure, yeah the stock fuel management can work.  Get into 50 trim territory and really crank it up and you need to rethink your whole engine management system. I love standalones, they make life so easy and change the way the engine works so dramatically.

 I don't have positive things to show for all the different work I've done, the pieces have never fallen quite right for me and I have other obligations, but I know the ins and outs and problems with these engines and can honestly say I've examined lots of other options and still consider the 2.3T one of my favorites, the only other thing by Ford I'd consider going with is the 4.6 DOHC for any current projects of mine, and even that I wish I could do turbocharged but it's quite expensive.

I'll be honest and say a stock TC engine isn't all that impressive, it has a big torque hit and then instantly chokes.  My first ride in my white TC was with an engine I rebuilt and prepped the way I thought was best and it made all the difference over the stock TC (as I got to drive one later).  It's easy to poke fun at a stock TC's times and forget just how big of a difference the intake, exhaust, extra boost makes, but also I went farther and did porting and a cam, and that truly made all the difference.  Unless you do a big valve ported head, the stock ranger cam just doesn't cut it, it's lame.

LA3/35#s/VAM.

No diversity huh?  Might seem that way since I don't preach my life here like yourself.  What you consider diverse is very narrow to what I have in my garage.

3 of things that limit power the most.

Well, when you're going for 100pt Concourse correct under the hood, there's limitations