So apparently with the new exhaust, supercharger pulley and chip tune, my Mustang is making around 380rwhp. That would be ~40rwhp over the last time I dynoed it and ~15rwhp over the highest it’s ever gone. It’s not practical for me to have two impractical cars , so my goal with the 'Stang had been to get it to pass emissions and fix the power problems so I could sell it with a clear conscience. The new numbers shook me up a bit, since I’d been expecting more like 350rwhp. With my work schedule, it will be a few more days until I can collect the car from the shop.
I told Helena about it, just offhand, and she said that it “would be a shame if you had to sell it right away now that you’ve finally gotten it working right.” So apparently, I don’t have to sell the Mustang right away as I’d been planning to do. It furthermore seems that I have to get the car out on the track at least one more time before I sell it or all that work I did on it will be wasted.
Who am I to argue with The Boss?
On the advice of someone here (can’t remember who, sorry), I picked up a copy of UK Evo’s 2005 Car of the Year issue, the one with the 2005 Roush Mustang lined up with a 240R, and I definitely have an opinion on Mustangs vs. Exiges, if there’s interest in hearing it.