ahl395
Well-Known Member
Same as the above. I live in an area where you dont always have the time or space to rev the motor all the way out. The tiny bit of power lost up top I will almost never feel. Compared to the decent bump in midrange power that I will feel every day, every time I accelerate.Why is it your problem? I live in a heavily populated area. Alot of places the speed limit is 45 or heavy road construction. I can mod my car anyway I see fit. If its not your car then why are you so heavily invested in this thread? Why can't we all get along? :ford:
Centri wastegate setups make the car "run out of breath" up top too, yet you don't see people debating about that. Strange.
This explanation makes perfect sense to me. This is a mod geared to daily drivers, not the track. So it is only a good mod for some cases. Funny how everybody gets in an uproar about it though.While I generally agree with your position and I am going in the same direction as you, I'll counter our own preference with:
-making a right-hand turn in 2nd gear going ~30-40mph on the street, you'll likely be around 3K RPM. When you accelerate as cross traffic is heading towards you, there's more power and torque from the F150 manifold FOR THE SAME SPEED at that RPM than the GT manifold. While you'll make the same power 500rpm (and ~5mph later), the acceleration from 30-50mph on the street would likely be in the F150 manifold's sweet spot and thus the GT would be slower.
On a track, the higher peak power of the GT is faster, but if your constraints are certain speed ranges at lower RPM, then the F150 can win. Now for an on-ramp, I'm with you that using a lower gear and revving the more powerful GT manifold would be more fun and faster, but for a daily driver where you're not at redline in parking lots, getting on to a main Street, etc... The F150 manifold can be justified. Not my cup of tea, but I get it.
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