Boss 302: 11.72 Bone Stock With Radials

[mlowry1260]

http://www.stangtv.com/news/video-boss-302-numbers-are-in-11-72-bone-stock-with-radials/

Video: Boss 302 Numbers Are In: 11.72 Bone Stock With Radials

by Andrew Wolf on March 31, 2011

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=VLmXeUflf4I

Ford’s all-new 2012 Boss 302 Mustangs have finally hit the streets, and if anyone believed that enthusiasts would waste a single moment wringing these killer machines out, they were sorely mistaken. A video hit the web in the middle part of the week showing a brand spankin’ new Boss, still sporting the sticker in the window, cranking off an awe-inspiring 11.72 elapsed time at 117 miles per hour on its maiden voyage down the 1320 at the Maryland International Raceway in Budds Creek, MD.

The car was first taken to the track prior to the adjustment of the rear sway bar brackets to accommodate a set of radials or slicks and instead ran bone stock on the factory Pirelli tires. That outing netted a still impressive 12.38 at 115, and upon the return trip, the car was outfitted with a set of drag radials and filled with 110 octane fuel, allowing it to crank off the 11-second clocking. The car is otherwise direct from the factory, providing a great indication of just how stout these new premium model cars are.

The Boss 302 features several enhancements over the 5.0L GT, including a new 440 horsepower, Hi-Po 302 4V V8 sporting a new intake manifold, forged pistons, sodium valves, valve springs, new rods, oil cooler, and high lift cams, along with improved shocks, a full exhaust system, and Brembo performance brakes.

Eleven-second performances off the showroom floor is impressive to say the least, and this car already has the attention of those in the GM and Chrysler camp. We expect to see a lot more of the Boss 302 on the quarter mile in the coming days and weeks, so keep it tuned tight here as we bring you all of the impressive exploits of this great new Pony.

[PaceFever79]

Cool... that's my favorite color too

[03 OW SVT]

That's just sick!! That is Z06, numbers right there and for 20 grand less. Sweet!

Who will be the 1st GM guy on here to say something negative? I could probably guess!.

[yeahloh95]

that is awsome i bet you could 11's on the stock tires with purestock driving

[speedracer]

That's just sick!! That is Z06, numbers right there and for 20 grand less. Sweet!

Who will be the 1st GM guy on here to say something negative? I could probably guess!.

A friend of mine's stock 06 Z06 (pos Goodyear runflats) went 11.73 @ 122 at PRP.

[travj31]

very impressive i must say...

[PaxtonShelby]

That's awesome...

[TooFast98Cobra]

a little misleading with the bone stock title, had 110 fuel, radials and rear sway bar adjustment. nice car though.

[Killercanary]

So Joe's normal GT is faster in pure stock trim...

Honestly from the hype of this car I would have expected it to go 11's at 117mph without the radials, high octane fuel, etc.

I am still impressed to say the least by these new 5.0's though and I hope to someday have one.

[Balaska347]

My question would be... why the 110 octane?? If this car is untouched from the factory are they not supposed to run on 92 octane pump gas. Without other adjustments the 110 octane would just slow the car down or have no effect at all.

[TooFast98Cobra]

My question would be... why the 110 octane?? If this car is untouched from the factory are they not supposed to run on 92 octane pump gas. Without other adjustments the 110 octane would just slow the car down or have no effect at all.

you are correct, so did they add a tune for the 110?

[Mark Aubele]

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[Mark Aubele]

So Joe's normal GT is faster in pure stock trim...

Remember the numbers he ran were effectively run at like -1000 elevation. Not taking anything away from him, but it makes a massive difference.

[Killercanary]

My question would be... why the 110 octane?? If this car is untouched from the factory are they not supposed to run on 92 octane pump gas. Without other adjustments the 110 octane would just slow the car down or have no effect at all.

That depends of if the the stock PCM has values higher than that which it normally uses with 93 octane. Since these engines use knock sensors it absolutely could make more power with higher octane IF there is a timing value available in the stock programming that is higher than that commanded via the knock sensor when running 93 octane AND the car can utilize this higher timing value to produce more power.




Mark- good point but I think it makes little to no difference in this case. Its going to sound like I'm splitting hairs here and I know the topic of weather, track elevation, DA, etc were beaten to death in the other thread but... The run was made at Budd's Creek which has an elevation of 80', Cecil is 320'. It doesn't say exactly when the car was run but I feel it is fair to speculate that it was done very recently due to the release date of the video and the car itself. I'm a fairly perceptive person with an eye for details and the video clearly shows clear blue skies, spectators with winter coats, gloves, hoods up, track official in burnout box with a winter hat on, etc. The direction of the tire smoke clearly shows a tail wind as well... I think it is fair to compare conditions in this case and I took this into concideration before I made my comment. I know, I know, I way over analyzed this but you now see why I made the comment I did.

[Mark Aubele]

Mark- good point but I think it makes little to no difference in this case. Its going to sound like I'm splitting hairs here and I know the topic of weather, track elevation, DA, etc were beaten to death in the other thread but... The run was made at Budd's Creek which has an elevation of 80', Cecil is 320'. It doesn't say exactly when the car was run but I feel it is fair to speculate that it was done very recently due to the release date of the video and the car itself. I'm a fairly perceptive person with an eye for details and the video clearly shows clear blue skies, spectators with winter coats, gloves, hoods up, track official in burnout box with a winter hat on, etc. The direction of the tire smoke clearly shows a tail wind as well... I think it is fair to compare conditions in this case and I took this into concideration before I made my comment. I know, I know, I way over analyzed this but you now see why I made the comment I did.

You are absolutely right. I didn't even check the elevation at the track where the Boss was run (ran?). Sometimes I should check my facts before I open my mouth.

[yeahloh95]

from listening to the vid i found a stock tire pass it spins second pretty bad i guess because of the extra rpm and hp ??? i'm still impressed with 11's with just tires i dont care what fuel was in it .

[Killercanary]

You are absolutely right. I didn't even check the elevation at the track where the Boss was run (ran?). Sometimes I should check my facts before I open my mouth.

No worries!

[Balaska347]

That depends of if the the stock PCM has values higher than that which it normally uses with 93 octane. Since these engines use knock sensors it absolutely could make more power with higher octane IF there is a timing value available in the stock programming that is higher than that commanded via the knock sensor when running 93 octane AND the car can utilize this higher timing value to produce more power.

That could be, though I dont know if I would believe that to be the case. A little more info would have been good as to why they ran 110 octane. So what your theory is so I understand correctly is that the stock PCM may have timing charts far above the safe limits of 93 octane because of the knock sensor and when the sensor senses detonation it backs the timing off a few degrees? This would be great. It would basically eliminate the need for custom tuning. Just add as much octane as you can afford and the PCM will just keep adding timing until it either detonates or runs out of timing.

[yeahloh95]

The owner had put 87 in it so they offset that with the 110 to get somewhere in the 90s for octane

[NateSVT]

That's just sick!! That is Z06, numbers right there and for 20 grand less. Sweet!

Who will be the 1st GM guy on here to say something negative? I could probably guess!.

Actually that is a full second slower than the fastest stock Z06 with DRs.

Z06's have been in the 10s bone stock on stock tires.