5.0 returns in the 2011 Mustang

[Masherbrum]

But I'm positive with the plethora of aftermarket parts for the Fox chassis mustangs, I could buy and build a Fox Mustang to beat the snot out of a new Camaro SS.  I mean you can pick up an average 5.0L for 2500.00 USD.  That leaves roughly 32,000.00 USD for mods.  

So imo comparing a modified F-Body to a new Mustang is like comparing creamed corn to apples.

Btw you could get an LX in hatchback, notchback or ragtop.

My old LX...

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Gimme a notchback over any Pontiac any day.

[CAP1]

Back in the day, Australian V8 touring car championships suffered a bout of foreign imports, I think it was the late 80's, and Fords domestic V8, Falcon couldn't cope. Dick Johnson, a long time Ford touring car man, used the new rules to use Mustangs ( much like coprheads one ). I wish some of you guys could of had the chance to see these things racing at bathurst. It was an awsome spectacle.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIKz2M0Uao8

this looks fun. funny how similarily modded cars, the stang dint seemt o have much trouble dispatching that white camaro....and a couple other stangs. 

btw....i have one of those engines oiled, and wrapped up in plastic all nice n safe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-BywtyGsrA

and part 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2phCvAijiqo&feature=related

sittin here listenin to that smallblock scream, is sending chills down my spine.....and....uuuummmmmmm

[Masherbrum]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIKz2M0Uao8

Looks like maybe Thunderhill Raceway Park?   Nice video regardless.

[5PointOh]

I've had all 3 (plus a T-Top hatchback even had a Capri with the bubbleback).  They have there pluses and minus.  Capri was actually my favorite.  Loved the flaring on the fenders and evil looking nose.  But the notch was the sneakiest!

[Masherbrum]

I've had all 3 (plus a T-Top hatchback even had a Capri with the bubbleback).  They have there pluses and minus.  Capri was actually my favorite.  Loved the flaring on the fenders and evil looking nose.  But the notch was the sneakiest!

The Lincoln-Mercury dealer I go to here in Plymouth, MI had a used car I was almost ready to get.   The Dealer Owners rare ASC-McLaren 1986 Capri Convertible, it was the 82nd one produced out of 245.  It only had 16,000 miles on it.  

It was either pulled or sold.   Next time I go there (within a couple weeks), I'll try and find out if it's available.  

[CAP1]

know what i'm lookin for, but can't find?


i was sitting in the flying club one day last summer, and there was some road race on. it was mustangs, 1, 2, and 3, closly followed by some sort of beemer....the nose looked like a z4, but it had a roof, and what looked like a stubby hatchback....and that was followed by a z4 or 2, then a couple porches...........

[Masherbrum]

know what i'm lookin for, but can't find?


i was sitting in the flying club one day last summer, and there was some road race on. it was mustangs, 1, 2, and 3, closly followed by some sort of beemer....the nose looked like a z4, but it had a roof, and what looked like a stubby hatchback....and that was followed by a z4 or 2, then a couple porches...........

Might have been this:     Z3M Coupe.  

[5PointOh]

know what i'm lookin for, but can't find?


i was sitting in the flying club one day last summer, and there was some road race on. it was mustangs, 1, 2, and 3, closly followed by some sort of beemer....the nose looked like a z4, but it had a roof, and what looked like a stubby hatchback....and that was followed by a z4 or 2, then a couple porches...........

This it?



Great minds think alike huh Jay!

[Masherbrum]

This it?

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Great minds think alike huh Jay!

    Knew what he was talking about as he described it.   Z3M Coupe.   

[CAP1]

that's exactly the beemer that was crawlin up their arses......but it was still 4th.  

i was hoping to find a vid of a portion of that race, just to prove a point. instead, i found those other vids.......

 see..the thing i tend to notice.....those of us that're older, and work on these things, realize that for the most part a car doesn't have a clue as to what name is stamped on the valve cover.

 we also tend to keep a more open mind, and realize that often, these cars are so dam closely matched, that it is the driver, and not the car.

 i fully agree with eagl......till 94, there wasn't a  chevy, short of the vette that could touch a stang....stock to stock. on top of that, the stang was significantly cheaper.

 it seemed in 94, ford effed up, raised the price, lowered the power, and raised hte weight of the stangs, just as chevy did the exact opposite with the camaro.

 till this new body style came out.......now, they're runnin neck n neck again, and i think with the 2011(if ford uses their head and drops the price) stang will hammer the camaro.
 i don't care 'bout the vette......that car's in a class all it's own.

[phatzo]

A lap of bathurst with Dick 1986 in the Mustang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCfEKxftWU0

[CAP1]

A lap of bathurst with Dick 1986 in the Mustang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCfEKxftWU0

there;'s sumtin wrong.....the drivers are sitting on the passengers side.


and what's a rice track? 

seriously that's pretty dam cool. 

[Masherbrum]

that's exactly the beemer that was crawlin up their arses......but it was still 4th.  

i was hoping to find a vid of a portion of that race, just to prove a point. instead, i found those other vids.......

 see..the thing i tend to notice.....those of us that're older, and work on these things, realize that for the most part a car doesn't have a clue as to what name is stamped on the valve cover.

 we also tend to keep a more open mind, and realize that often, these cars are so dam closely matched, that it is the driver, and not the car.

 i fully agree with eagl......till 94, there wasn't a  chevy, short of the vette that could touch a stang....stock to stock. on top of that, the stang was significantly cheaper.

 it seemed in 94, ford effed up, raised the price, lowered the power, and raised hte weight of the stangs, just as chevy did the exact opposite with the camaro.

 till this new body style came out.......now, they're runnin neck n neck again, and i think with the 2011(if ford uses their head and drops the price) stang will hammer the camaro.
 i don't care 'bout the vette......that car's in a class all it's own.

Those who would compare a Mustang with a Corvette, don't know jack diddly squat about cars.  

I also agree, once the Fox Bodies were done and they went to the SN-95 (1's), they lost their sense of direction.   They started to get it back with the 430hp 2003 Cobra in the SN-95(2's).   Once J Mays redesigned it, Ford started thinking off the cuff again.   IMO, with the 2011, they hit a Grand Slam.

I cannot wait to at least test drive one of those new 5.0's.

[phatzo]

sorry for the hijack but I've been watching a lot of Dick on Youtube the last hour and there is this absolute gem from his adventure into NASCAR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7PxoDrOboE&feature=related

I can imagine a lot of us using his last words playing AH

[tassos]

what fuel does it need?
A) from 1889 Gasoline?
B ) from 1892 Diesel?
Guys I like Vintage cars from last Century like Muscle cars they need Gasoline
The new cars also need Luxury Gasoline tecnic from 1894 nothing changed
God bless Hyundai for my LPG Grandeur i go in Germany easy about 240km/h for over 250 km/h you need a other insurance and Driving Licence.
1 fuel LPG = 32 euro
1 Fuel Mercedes new E320 = 80 euro

Never again Gasoline and Diesel
Hybrid cars also drive with Gasoline and they stink outside of the city the wind dont care where it is Blowing .
Also The new BMW,AUDI,MERDES,VW,...That called New clean cars are a Fake they are clean in town when they drive slow but when they give full gas they smoke like old Steamtrain you cant Breath if you are Behind them full fine dust.I always turn on my Dustfilter on when I drive Behind those new cars.