Carroll Shelby said it best.......horsepower sells cars,torque wins races.
A 5.0 Windsor hits 300tq at 4200 rpm however its got 250 at 1500 rpm.
That's exactly as overkill stated when if you aren't familiar with the mustangs handling you could easily lose control.
There aren't many cars as fun as a v8 fox. It's a go cart basically with crazy power to weight,on stock rims and rubber a disaster waiting to happen really.
I totalled a 92 that I had sold my 99 firebird,with a 5.7 and six speed for and going from the f body to a fox is a serious change.
The firebird was very stable and if the rear broke loose it was easy to get it back. Not so in a mustang. If it breaks loose at 70 mph your either screwed,or a great driver.
I had that mustang for 10 hours and it was totalled. I bought it on a Friday night,after work so I couldn't get it insured,so after a couple boxes of beer I thought it was wise to borrow a plate from my old car,throw it on and go for a spin up the 400.
It wasn't wise. Glad I'm a better driver and put 17's on every single fox since. The stock tires were brutal when wet. It was a fishtail machine.
Still breaks my heart every time I think about it. Maybe that's why I've got 4 mustangs now,to make up for my first one.
And my firebird was fast in a fairly straight line. Like the Ontario highways but that mustang would out corner it no sweat.
A couple years ago a friend and I went to kelowna. He had a 2000 camaro that was cammed and tuned. It put 350 to the wheels.
My stockish 2000 gt was behind him through the prairies but once we hit the mountains he couldn't keep up,unless there was a long enough straight away for him to pick up the lost ground.
I learned if the the speed limit said 70km/h I could take those bends 100kms faster than the limit said,so 170 in this example.
Mustangs corner like they are on rails.
Love em
A 5.0 Windsor hits 300tq at 4200 rpm however its got 250 at 1500 rpm.
That's exactly as overkill stated when if you aren't familiar with the mustangs handling you could easily lose control.
There aren't many cars as fun as a v8 fox. It's a go cart basically with crazy power to weight,on stock rims and rubber a disaster waiting to happen really.
I totalled a 92 that I had sold my 99 firebird,with a 5.7 and six speed for and going from the f body to a fox is a serious change.
The firebird was very stable and if the rear broke loose it was easy to get it back. Not so in a mustang. If it breaks loose at 70 mph your either screwed,or a great driver.
I had that mustang for 10 hours and it was totalled. I bought it on a Friday night,after work so I couldn't get it insured,so after a couple boxes of beer I thought it was wise to borrow a plate from my old car,throw it on and go for a spin up the 400.
It wasn't wise. Glad I'm a better driver and put 17's on every single fox since. The stock tires were brutal when wet. It was a fishtail machine.
Still breaks my heart every time I think about it. Maybe that's why I've got 4 mustangs now,to make up for my first one.
And my firebird was fast in a fairly straight line. Like the Ontario highways but that mustang would out corner it no sweat.
A couple years ago a friend and I went to kelowna. He had a 2000 camaro that was cammed and tuned. It put 350 to the wheels.
My stockish 2000 gt was behind him through the prairies but once we hit the mountains he couldn't keep up,unless there was a long enough straight away for him to pick up the lost ground.
I learned if the the speed limit said 70km/h I could take those bends 100kms faster than the limit said,so 170 in this example.
Mustangs corner like they are on rails.
Love em
