so i was driving in my 94 12 valve v6 and i got beat by some grandma in a civic hatch. i have a full exhaust and intake. whats wrong with my car or is it just slow?

and is 189.99 plus about 50 for install too much for seat covers?

and i heard on other forums that stickers add about 10 hp to the wheels each. is that true?

what is the resale value of my mustang in good condition as opposed to a camry or accord? less i assume?

how easy is it to do an engine swap in a mustang. i'm new to mustangs and when i had my honda it was really easy.

this is the car:

 

in all reality, the 2 valves are all pretty slow untill you start doing heavy stuff to the motor. any car can be fast if you know what your doing. keep your head up, cuz there are some fast civics out there. don't look down on the four bangers

 

well i just added a jackson racing supercharger and he still beat me. what now?

 

How bad is he beating you and in what distance?

You can try putting new gears in the rear end to give you a quicker take-off.

 

he's beating me by at least 8 car lengths in the quarter mile.

i don't want to tear open any transmissions or what not. just not my thing.

should i build the entire block?

 

wow! 8 cars on a quarter mile and you have a super charger, you don't need an engine swap to beat it, you need jesus. just kidding. um well first off you should have been building before even considering a supercharger. 2v mustangs do not accept boost like hondas do until you start lowering the compression and all that good stuff.

 

Ha! That's not too far from the truth.

Must be a lot of money put into that Civic...

 

said he got an b18b swap from his friend for 1000 and that's all he's done for speed. i saw it had an intake but the exhaust was stock. he had it dyno'd and it only put 130hp down at the wheels.

and also why would i want to lower compression any more. isn't a stock mustang's compression like 8:1?

 

First off, the only cars that will come with 8:1 compression stock are turbo cars, and your talking like supras. I have a 3000gt and I do a lot of research and I know that the twin turbos are at 8.5:1 which is what the average stock turbo car compression is. now the compression on a mustangs for a 6 cylinder is 9.36:1 (my dad has one and we did a compression test cuz he was having problems) and the v8 2 valve are 9:1

Secondly, if the civic has only a b18b swap and dynoed 130 FWHP with no LSD, then there is no way you have what you claim to have, or he is lying to you. I used to think I was cool and would race my dads v6 and i never lost by 8 cars to a non modded civic. He has to be lying to you.

 

man, a civic? that sucks...your re-sale is probably between 5,000-7,000 with the body kits and customizations. An engine swap might not be a bad idea if you decide not to sell it.