What would win in a race
#52
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Good friend of mine has an 04 with the 3800, from a stop he usually gets me (I'll stay right on his bumper though). But from a roll a lot of the time I can take him. He's got a completely stock 3800 and I've got CAI, l67 coils, and exhaust on my 3400.
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im not surprised by the outcome of this match up with the 86 5.0. that was the first year for fuel injection on it, and they werent particularly quick. i believe 87 got a different fuel injection set up, and better heads. either way all the 5.0 mustangs were under geared. car craft in 88 did a spread on a stock gt, and with the air silencer removed, timing bumped, and radials the car went 13.8 launching it at 5800rpm, and shifting it hard. i could only imagine the kind of times it would have run with some gearing. all be it this was a brand new mustang not one that was 20+ years old.
oh and on the whole traction thing from an earlier post, yes the monte has a bulk of the weight on the nose, and the mustang is light in the rear, but lets not forget weight transfer. the monte has a better chance of unloading the front suspension and spinning than the mustang would with a slight air pressure drop, and a careful launch.
on there not being any impressive gts till the new 5.0 i disagree highly. the fox 5.0 destroyed every car thrown against it from 79-92. gm had nothing to compete with them, except the gn, and corvette which were far more expensive. the l98 gm cars were ok, but still got worked by the 5.0 constantly. it took the lt1 to shut the 5.0 down.
oh and on the whole traction thing from an earlier post, yes the monte has a bulk of the weight on the nose, and the mustang is light in the rear, but lets not forget weight transfer. the monte has a better chance of unloading the front suspension and spinning than the mustang would with a slight air pressure drop, and a careful launch.
on there not being any impressive gts till the new 5.0 i disagree highly. the fox 5.0 destroyed every car thrown against it from 79-92. gm had nothing to compete with them, except the gn, and corvette which were far more expensive. the l98 gm cars were ok, but still got worked by the 5.0 constantly. it took the lt1 to shut the 5.0 down.
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oh and on the whole traction thing from an earlier post, yes the monte has a bulk of the weight on the nose, and the mustang is light in the rear, but lets not forget weight transfer. the monte has a better chance of unloading the front suspension and spinning than the mustang would with a slight air pressure drop, and a careful launch.
on there not being any impressive gts till the new 5.0 i disagree highly. the fox 5.0 destroyed every car thrown against it from 79-92. gm had nothing to compete with them, except the gn, and corvette which were far more expensive. the l98 gm cars were ok, but still got worked by the 5.0 constantly. it took the lt1 to shut the 5.0 down.
Is it just me or have I yet to see the results of the OP's race
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I understand that back in the day they were pretty good. But in the 80's the Camaro and Mustang went back and forth. One year the Mustang was better/quicker, then next year the Camaro was. Sure the 5.0 had a good aftermarket, but the smallblock has always had a great aftermarket. You are correct though that the LT1 did finish off the 5.0, and the Mustang never came back to compete with the Camaro until the 2011 5.0's. Even the 4.6's through 2010 have trouble with LS1 4th gen Camaros.
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Is it just me or have I yet to see the results of the OP's race
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oh and the op posted his results, beat the 5.0 first round and got beat second round when the mustang was spraying. honestly if hes spraying the car i doubt it was 100% stock anyway.
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