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I've had the 4.9 fd around a month now and have had time to to give it a go now. I've tested it now on both the track and on a drag strip.
First off there is no major hige loss in speed unless you be driving around at over 100 mph on a regular basis. There is a lot more fuel consumption on motor way driving though.
First off for drag racing I feel it may be a little short, 4.4 gave me around 180kmh and now its around 160-170kmh, I don't look at the speedo that much when racing. Extremely quick off the line but near the end starts to fade in my opinion. Could be sorted with more power though.
Then onto track racing, huge improvements to be seen here on nippy tracks, on tracks with lots of corners you will notice this, a lot quicker out of turns and no real difference in top speed on tracks unless your car was derestricted. Perfect for the track.
Now for the conclusion, is it value for money, until I have dyno results to see the actual gains I won't be able to tell you the exactly is it. For track use its perfect, for drag strip times, i'd recommend 4.4 and put the money towards an increase in power, I can't recommend what type of power but go for power.
First off there is no major hige loss in speed unless you be driving around at over 100 mph on a regular basis. There is a lot more fuel consumption on motor way driving though.
First off for drag racing I feel it may be a little short, 4.4 gave me around 180kmh and now its around 160-170kmh, I don't look at the speedo that much when racing. Extremely quick off the line but near the end starts to fade in my opinion. Could be sorted with more power though.
Then onto track racing, huge improvements to be seen here on nippy tracks, on tracks with lots of corners you will notice this, a lot quicker out of turns and no real difference in top speed on tracks unless your car was derestricted. Perfect for the track.
Now for the conclusion, is it value for money, until I have dyno results to see the actual gains I won't be able to tell you the exactly is it. For track use its perfect, for drag strip times, i'd recommend 4.4 and put the money towards an increase in power, I can't recommend what type of power but go for power.