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**Grandpa** · 11-07-2013, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by BERT

What's a roadrunner? I know what an actual roadrunner is, so save that pic for later.

That's what the motor in the Boss is called by the factory.

**Dominic Toretto** · 11-07-2013, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT

That's what the motor in the Boss is called by the factory.

I thought it was a Looney Toons joke.

-Alex

**46Tbird** · 11-07-2013, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Dominic Toretto

I thought it was a Looney Toons joke.

-Alex

No, they really officially called the standard Mustang-spec 5.0 the Coyote, and the Boss-spec 5.0 the Road Runner. The GT500's 5.8 is called the Trinity.

Coyote: http://www.mustang50magazine.com/tec...e/viewall.html

Road Runner: http://www.mustang50magazine.com/tec...2/viewall.html

Trinity: http://www.mustang50magazine.com/tec...8/viewall.html

**Dominic Toretto** · 11-07-2013, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by 46Tbird

The GT500's 5.8 is called the Trinity.

Should have called it Tweety.

-Alex

**Grandpa** · 11-07-2013, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by Dominic Toretto

I thought it was a Looney Toons joke.

-Alex

The joke was actually on us 5.0 owners when we were given the glass motors/manuals transmissions while the rest of Stangers got a much better motor! lmao.

**BERT** · 11-07-2013, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT

The joke was actually on us 5.0 owners when we were given the glass motors/manuals transmissions while the rest of Stangers got a much better motor! lmao.

Nothing wrong with the motors for those of us that plan on keeping them NA

**Grandpa** · 11-07-2013, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by BERT

Nothing wrong with the motors for those of us that plan on keeping them NA

Fuck that. If I had long term plans of having a slow car I would have bought a Camaro or a Challenger. I'll boost this thing or sell it to get a Vette.

**BERT** · 11-07-2013, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT

Fuck that. If I had long term plans of having a slow car I would have bought a Camaro or a Challenger. I'll boost this thing or sell it to get a Vette.

LMAO, yeah that takes money.

Maybe one day down the road i'll do it. I'd like to turbo it but I really enjoyed the sound of a ProCharger that I had on the coupe.

**Grandpa** · 11-07-2013, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by BERT

LMAO, yeah that takes money.

Maybe one day down the road i'll do it. I'd like to turbo it but I really enjoyed the sound of a ProCharger that I had on the coupe.

$30-$35k car + $7-8k blower set up is used Z06 territory. There is some great deals out there right now on used C6 Z06's cuz so many of the old farts are upgrading to the C7's. I've been eye'n one that isn't on the market yet but will be soon when his order comes in. H/C/I car, 28k miles for $42k. Smokin deal for a fast car that will murder a blown 5.0.

A blown 5.0 is a fun car too, just hard to ignore other solid deals out there to be had right now.

**Dominic Toretto** · 11-07-2013, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by BERT

Nothing wrong with the motors for those of us that plan on keeping them NA

That's what I plan on doing. Seems to be expensive for a full build. Looks like Boss heads are going for like $3,000 for a full set, not including cams. Yikes. But I don't care to have the most powerful. I think NA applications are more reliable. Nothing against anyone with a power adder though. I just wouldn't add one unless the car was originally designed for boost.

-Alex

**BERT** · 11-07-2013, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Dominic Toretto

That's what I plan on doing. Seems to be expensive for a full build. Looks like Boss heads are going for like $3,000 for a full set, not including cams. Yikes. But I don't care to have the most powerful. I think NA applications are more reliable. Nothing against anyone with a power adder though. I just wouldn't add one unless the car was originally designed for boost.

-Alex

This is my thinking too. The high compression with these rods makes me weary of even thinking about boost.

I want cams but fuck those are expensive

**Grandpa** · 11-07-2013, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Dominic Toretto

That's what I plan on doing. Seems to be expensive for a full build. Looks like Boss heads are going for like $3,000 for a full set, not including cams. Yikes. But I don't care to have the most powerful. I think NA applications are more reliable. Nothing against anyone with a power adder though. I just wouldn't add one unless the car was originally designed for boost.

-Alex

A bad tune or bad gas can kill a NA motor just as fast as it could on a blown one - made for it or not.

**Dominic Toretto** · 11-07-2013, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by BERT

This is my thinking too. The high compression with these rods makes me weary of even thinking about boost.

I want cams but fuck those are expensive

Check out the price of heads lol.

Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT

A bad tune or bad gas can kill a NA motor just as fast as it could on a blown one - made for it or not.

True.

But it's far less likely, no one forks out the money for a blower to intentionally find a bad tune. I am referring to how strong the motor is built from the factory. Very rarely, if ever, has a motor been built in NA form to handle boost. I believe S2000 have been built that way but, Honda of course has a rep to be reliable so that makes sense. You don't typically find NA performance cars that come with forged pistons, rods, crank, titanium valves etc. If you're going to boost it, you normally have to worry about the bottom end breaking so you have to spend an additional few grand to build it.

-Alex

**46Tbird** · 11-07-2013, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT

The joke was actually on us 5.0 owners when we were given the glass motors/manuals transmissions while the rest of Stangers got a much better motor! lmao.

Fifteen grand buys a lot of aftermarket parts, just sayin.

**Dan12GT** · 11-07-2013, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT

The joke was actually on us 5.0 owners when we were given the glass motors/manuals transmissions while the rest of Stangers got a much better motor! lmao.

The motor is far from glass and far from slow. Especially considering the huge horse power leap they made just from the previous year model. I think too the Coyotes have proved to be able to handle a good amount of extra power as well.

The Terminator motor is in a league of its own. I don't even think its comparable to compare the Terminator the the Coyote, rather best to compare the Roadrunner to the Terminator, in that case they are on even planes.