NastyStang113
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That's pretty funny.
It's funny to see this thread just get all mucked up. I don't know Fred and never dealt with him in any way. I've been dealing with Justin for years now and he's been great. Nothing but respect and deals on goods. The JPC crew have treated me very well. This thread was intended to rejoice at the new 5.0 and JPC legitimately hit 10's first, period.
I'm sure Fred is a good guy and I've heard great things about them and the GT500's. As far as I'm concerned EVO is the shop that has dominated the GT500's. Justin has dominated the 3 valve and it's that simple to me.
Now, let's see who's going to dominate the 5.0 market and let's all drink a fucking beer.

http://www.evoperform.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=267_282&products_id=938
thats what im referring to.
I know John Lund has the Ford tools to "crack" the PCM with and make adjustments but it is NOT avail thru SCT so your avg shop cannot make changes yet. I have a unlocked file but the changes we can make are VERY minimal and would never claim we could tune a 2011 as of yet.
hows does that show they are saying there tuning them look at that paid its for pre ordering them i might not be teh smartest man but that would mean to me you could buy it before its out and you get one of the first they get.
Yeah the track is where it's proven. The street isn't nearly as hard on them as the track is. When/where on the street do you launch at 6k and power shift it through 130 mph all in the same run, and then come around and do it again, and again? See what I'm saying...
I happen to have some recent experience with this... Two weeks ago I installed a smaller pulley on my supercharger on my '05. With a little race fuel mixed in I took it out one night and terrorized the streets. Powered up every on ramp and banged all the gears I could. No problems at all. The next night I took it to the track with no changes. Second pass a rod let go halfway through 2nd gear and put a hole in my block. I'd be surprised it was making over 450rwh. It was fine on the street, but the track really puts the stress on them.
Thats movin out.
What do you think it will take to run 9's?
After today, I am beyond impressed with this car....

did you have it retuned for the smaller pulley...mixing alittle race gas is nothing like getting it tuned
and saying the 5.0 rod is stronger then the 3v rod right now... it just cant be done...just like the 2v and 3v some may last to higher levels then others... my 2v lasted running low 11s for 2 years and a year in the 10s shifting near 7k.. would I tell someone to try it and its ok... NOPE... yet I have seen 2v blow at 375rwhp.... I have seen a local stock shortblock 3v with 600rwhp and lived for 6 months before the owner pulled the motor before it blew and I have seen n/a 3v motors let go
it happens.... the 5.0 motor is new and no one will really know how these hold up for at least a year or 2
All I'm saying is, the rods are proving to be pretty durable in 3 different cars. 3 completely different cars running 10's, and even 1 going mid 10's so far without failure. Take 3 '09's and try and do the same thing. You'll ventilate atleast two blocks during the process. How many 10 sec stock long block 3V's you know of? Not very many. Now how many guys have tried it? A lot. And those guys were tuned for it. These 5.0's, not exactly tuned for it. They're doing a lot with a little. Try that on a 3V, and it'll break.

I threw this video together in 30 mins, so it's not one of my better ones, but it's still viewable in 1080P HD!
10.58@128MPH with 1.42 60ft.
125 Shot + Slicks + Front Cobra Imola S Race Seats + The Driver Mod + Dialing In The Suspension = 1.40 60ft's and the bumper almost touching the ground when launching....

I threw this video together in 30 mins, so it's not one of my better ones, but it's still viewable in 1080P HD!
10.58@128MPH with 1.42 60ft.
125 Shot + Slicks + Front Cobra Imola S Race Seats + The Driver Mod + Dialing In The Suspension = 1.40 60ft's and the bumper almost touching the ground when launching....
All I'm saying is, the rods are proving to be pretty durable in 3 different cars. 3 completely different cars running 10's, and even 1 going mid 10's so far without failure. Take 3 '09's and try and do the same thing. You'll ventilate atleast two blocks during the process. How many 10 sec stock long block 3V's you know of? Not very many. Now how many guys have tried it? A lot. And those guys were tuned for it. These 5.0's, not exactly tuned for it. They're doing a lot with a little. Try that on a 3V, and it'll break.