1994-1998 Mustang V6's?

[Spazdog]

I wouldn't call it durable.

Remember the '88-'94 Continental? Abysmally bad car. Head gaskets would fail with alarming regularity (and if that didn't kill it, the transmission would die, then the rear air suspension would fail, then the PCM would go belly up....)

The Windstar had the same head gasket/cracked head problems

Ditto the Taurus/DiSable. I don't know why anybody even got a 3.8 Taurus over a 3.0. More torque maybe? Same horsepower. Vulcan will run forever on reasonable maintenance.

It does seem to be more problematic on transverse engines but the first few years of the 4.2 Essex in the F-150 had terrible gasket failures. All over the engine.

 

[Rob_Roy]

Maybe it's just me...but I say get a V8 Mustang or get a different car.

Want a nice two door to cruise around in? Look for a Lincoln Mark VIII. I had a '95 Mark VIII that was a pleasure to drive, and it ran the quarter in 14.78 @ 98 MPH.

 

[UNC017]

Originally Posted By: silverrat
Are people really ok with a 140hp automatic Mustang?


Given the fact that they sold a lot more of them than they did 5-speed GTs.... I'd say a lot of people were.

 

[jeepman3071]

A buddy at work had a V6 Mustang 5 speed. I think it was a 2001 but not quite sure. He loved it, and said it was a great car. He never had any problems with it. His biggest reason for going with the V6 was the massive savings on his insurance over the GT.

 

[artificialist]

Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
A buddy at work had a V6 Mustang 5 speed. I think it was a 2001 but not quite sure. He loved it, and said it was a great car. He never had any problems with it. His biggest reason for going with the V6 was the massive savings on his insurance over the GT.

That is a common reason

I once heard of some Mustang specialist who supercharged V6 mustangs, because the reduction in insurance cost offset the price of supercharger installation easily. You would need to purchase insurance for having extra valuable cargo in the car, but the cost still made sense.

I don't know how well this formula works anymore.