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Originally Posted by mustangjoey
If you read that stock Mustangs ran 15 seconds, then you were reading what Car and Driver ran a stock Mustang GT auto. Anyone who could drive could get the 5-speed coupes easily into the 13's. And, there was some free hp available by a little bit more timing and removing some intake restrictions.
And the soup up comment doesn't hold any water. If you take a V8 and a V6 and put a blower or a turbo on either one, which one do you think will go faster? I know alot of guys with Fox Mustangs that are running 9's with street cars. There are Mustangs and GN's running alot faster when you get into money cars (pro drag racing), but it's harder to hop up a V6 than it is a V8.
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I don't recall who it was that did the test but I've talked to several gear heads that encountered a battle between a 5.0 and a GN, and most of the time the GN was the winner. This is the late 80's/early 90's.
Shoot for that matter I used to race an S-10 with a 350 that had a mild cam and stock smog heads, stock stall, 600 Holley atop a Weiand action plus intake, small tube headers running thru a single exhaust, stock TH350 auto w/shift kit, 3.42's out back....nothing real fancy here BUT the truck was running 13.5's in the 1/4 on street radials with crappy 2.16 60 fts and took a few 5.0's on a ride. I did get spanked by a fox body once though. He had slicks and a stall and was set up for drag and ran a 12.4 against my 13.5.
Of course now the Mustang has gotten better w/the power, as the one that's impressed me was the s/c '03-'04 Cobras.
I am aware that the V8 can usually make power over the V6, the point I was trying to make is in stock form the 5.0's (when new) were having trouble keeping up with the GN (also in stock form).
The nice thing about the turbo 6 is they wind up fast (my turbo 6 winds up faster than any V8 I've had) and are lighter than the V8, and they're very docile just putting around town. About the only downfall is they don't have the aggressive sound a V8 has.
There's people running these cars 8 seconds in the 1/4 mile on the stock 109 casting block. Quite an amazing engine. And the car itself is a combo of luxury, speed and style..all in one package.
And you asked for pics of my car....
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/djw69Nova/TtypeOct272007006.jpg (broken link)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/djw69Nova/TtypeOct272007005.jpg (broken link)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/djw69Nova/TtypeOct272007001.jpg (broken link)
Byfry, my car to my knowledge is an eastern seaboard car. I think any car that's been exposed to everything you named is prone to early failure, even the pre 1973 cars that everyone hail as the ones built right from the factory.