Well, our first 2011 V6 Mustang experience came by way of a rental. Although we have heard good things about the new 2011 3.7L V6, we wanted to find out some real numbers behind it. The bad news is we don't have a dyno on site or a dragstrip at our disposal so we did the best we could via the iPhone app Dynolicious. Now, I need to say that I didn't do any extra calibration on the app, but just download and hit go. The iPhone was held flat on the console for all runs and didn't move so that all runs would be consistant.
Before you read the rest of this blog, read this! One thing to keep in mind is to take these results with a grain of salt. This is all based on an iPhone app. These simulated times were recorded at different times of the day and were the best of three runs on the same stretch of road with a passenger in the car. There was a slight hill towards the end of our test area so actual times would be better. I found that in stock form, leaving the Mustang in drive produced better acceleration results but after the cold air and tune, manual shifting worked better. Also remember that is was done on an automatic V6 rental car with a 2.73 rear end and 20,000+ miles so results may vary. I can say that the changes we made were noticible on each step. We would have loved to hook this thing up to an actual dyno or taken it to the dragstrip, but time was limited to get ready to head to the road course and, after all, it was a rental!
The first baseline Mustang V6 run was as follows:
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0-10 MPH:
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1.01
sec
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0-20 MPH:
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1.92
sec
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0-30 MPH:
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2.93
sec
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0-40 MPH:
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3.96
sec
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0-50 MPH:
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5.65
sec
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0-60 MPH:
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7.26
sec
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0-70 MPH:
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8.98
sec
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0-80 MPH:
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10.76
sec
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0-90 MPH:
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13.62
sec
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Elapsed
Time
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60':
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2.71 sec
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@
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26.6
MPH
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330':
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6.78 sec
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@
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55.8
MPH
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1/8 mi:
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10.11 sec
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@
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76.8
MPH
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1000':
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12.90 sec
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@
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86.7
MPH
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1/4 mi:
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15.27 sec
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@
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94.7
MPH
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Miscellaneous
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Max
Speed:
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95.5
MPH
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Max
Acceleration:
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0.53
G's
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Peak
Horsepower:
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202
HP
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Now for our second run with a BBK 2011 V6 Cold air kit installed with no tune. Check out our install blog here!
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0-10 MPH:
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0.92
sec
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0-20 MPH:
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1.90
sec
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0-30 MPH:
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2.90
sec
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0-40 MPH:
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3.91
sec
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0-50 MPH:
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5.39
sec
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0-60 MPH:
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6.99
sec
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0-70 MPH:
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8.57
sec
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0-80 MPH:
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10.22
sec
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0-90 MPH:
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12.42
sec
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Elapsed
Time
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60':
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2.67 sec
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@
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26.7
MPH
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330':
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6.69 sec
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@
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56.6
MPH
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1/8 mi:
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9.94 sec
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@
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78.3
MPH
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1000':
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12.65 sec
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@
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90.5
MPH
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1/4 mi:
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14.93 sec
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@
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99.4
MPH
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Miscellaneous
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Max
Speed:
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99.8
MPH
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Max
Acceleration:
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0.54
G's
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Peak
Horsepower:
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212
HP
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As you can see the throttle response was faster with the BBK cold air intake and the MPH improved! Now it's time to load an SCT/BBR tune in the borrowed V6 Mustang! Here is a link to the kit!
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0-10 MPH:
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0.94
sec
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0-20 MPH:
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1.86
sec
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0-30 MPH:
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2.88
sec
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0-40 MPH:
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3.89
sec
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0-50 MPH:
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5.07
sec
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0-60 MPH:
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6.51
sec
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0-70 MPH:
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8.10
sec
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0-80 MPH:
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9.79
sec
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0-90 MPH:
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11.94
sec
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0-100 MPH:
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14.76
sec
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Elapsed
Time
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60':
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2.66 sec
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@
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26.1
MPH
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330':
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6.60 sec
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@
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59.8
MPH
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1/8 mi:
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9.76 sec
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@
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79.9
MPH
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1000':
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12.43 sec
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@
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92.6
MPH
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1/4 mi:
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14.70 sec
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@
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99.3
MPH
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Miscellaneous
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Max
Speed:
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100.2
MPH
|
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Max
Acceleration:
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0.55
G's
|
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Peak
Horsepower:
|
226
HP
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The quickest simulated quarter mile yet and a much smoother 1-2 shift on the automatic. A lot of the lag was reduced and the car felt snappier. I would recommend this combo to ANYONE that has one of these 2011 V6 Mustangs. Even though the Dynolicious results may be less than favorable appearing, after the BBK cold air kit and BBR tune were installed this V6 Mustang would cut MAD donuts and powerbrake the wheels off which was iffy in stock form. Plus, a 10hp power gain is consistant with what BBK has reported with it's cold air kit. Although these are simulated runs, it was quicker each time and seat of the pants was noticable also. We had fun with this car in stock form and LOTS of fun with it with these mods. We were happy with our results from our quick road tests and hope that you can overlook the iPhone simulation and try these aftermarket bolt-on parts out for yourselves! You will not be disappointed!
***Update: After trying the Dynolicious app on our "Project Six Appeal" Mustang the multiple runs were consistant with the best time on our rental but noticed a big descrepancy on MPH by about 15mph. According to the manual on the ap, if there are any hills, your recordings can be greatly affected and inaccurate. This being said, midway through our runs, there is an incline of a hill. It didn't seem that big on our past runs, but looking at it again it is fairly significant. All of that to say this: The times, mph, horsepower are not correct, but with the addition of the cold air kit and the tune, it was quicker each time as you would expect. We are taking Project: Six Appeal to the track soon to get real numbers!