Up in the air about next year...opinions Corvette vs Mustang vs F-body
11-14-2006, 05:19 PM
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Up in the air about next year...opinions Corvette vs Mustang vs F-body I've had many different thoughts about next year and really not sure what I'm going to do. My corvette is basically as far as you can go without having reliability issues. I love the car because you can get in and drive anywhere but at the track breakage is becoming more of a problem. I had some thoughts about building an LS1 powered 99-04 Mustang for next year, something to have fun with drag racing and on the street. The only downside is if I do decide to go to any big races most evens put engine swap cars into a goofy pro class. Any opinions are welcome.
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11-14-2006, 07:46 PM
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Why bother putting an LSx into a Stang... if you want a solid axle LSx car, stick with an F-Body! Another option would be to put a 9" and a 4L80E into the Vet and you get to keep the Vet and not have to worry about reliability!
11-14-2006, 10:14 PM
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Eh... I am doing the LS1/Mustang swap myself right now and there were many reasons... The car is light. Without any weight reduction aside from having prostars it weighed in at 3150 and this is a 95 not a fox. That's iron block/heads. Already have a good solid rear end with the 8.8 and it's just plain cool. What do u think guys in Z06's will think when they get pulled on the street by a mustang.
11-14-2006, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 94z28L
i really wanna know how that car only weighs in at 3150
I've removed a few little brackets and crap under the car, no front sway bar and pro stars, 15x8 and 15x3.5. Um other than that there are no speakers in the back haha (came that way) weight 3340 with me in it and 3150 w/o me in it. 1/4 tank
I will be running an AJE tubular k member setup and with an aluminum block/heads I am hoping I can get it under 3k pounds.
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11-14-2006, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
If you must do a Mustang, get a notchback instead of the heavier SN95 body. Also, don't rule out older Firebirds/Camaros with LSX swaps. I think a drag car 67-68 Firebird with an LSX+turbo would be wicked.
11-14-2006, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by I8URLS1
Eh... I am doing the LS1/Mustang swap myself right now and there were many reasons... The car is light. Without any weight reduction aside from having prostars it weighed in at 3150 and this is a 95 not a fox. That's iron block/heads. Already have a good solid rear end with the 8.8 and it's just plain cool. What do u think guys in Z06's will think when they get pulled on the street by a mustang.
11-14-2006, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 94z28L
then thats contradictory of your latest post
11-14-2006, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
If you must do a Mustang, get a notchback instead of the heavier SN95 body. Also, don't rule out older Firebirds/Camaros with LSX swaps. I think a drag car 67-68 Firebird with an LSX+turbo would be wicked.
11-14-2006, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil99vette
Call me crazy but I wanna build something like this with some type of big turbo LSx motor. Maybe Iron 408 with a 100+ or an 42x LS7 with 100+mm turbo.
That is absolutely sick man... They make the k member now to put the ls1 in the stangs so it simplifies things soooooo much. Just hope they addressed the oil pan clearance issues.
11-15-2006, 09:23 AM
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Can't beat foxbodys in terms of weight. All the stuff I've done to my SN95 and even with alum block and heads I'm right at 3000lbs without me. And still have power steering and brakes. Foxbody's are like at 2800 with everything. Makes me sick. I think that a lightweight stroked 351 is a tough combo to beat and parts are pretty cheap.
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11-15-2006, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Bitemark46
Can't beat foxbodys in terms of weight. All the stuff I've done to my SN95 and even with alum block and heads I'm right at 3000lbs without me. And still have power steering and brakes. Foxbody's are like at 2800 with everything. Makes me sick. I think that a lightweight stroked 351 is a tough combo to beat and parts are pretty cheap.
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That's still pretty light though.
11-15-2006, 10:04 AM
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Cool thing about an F-body over a mustang is it already comes with an LS1 lol. You can get an F-body pretty light without hacking, I'm 3180 w/o driver and have 100lbs of blower crap and and a cage. I still have PS/PB/PW/PDL and all stock wiring, most of the front and rear bumper supports and the inside has all the plastic, visors etc.
I just cant see taking all the trouble to do swap when you can pick up an LS1 stripper z28 for cheap these days and the motor and PCM is already there.
I just cant see taking all the trouble to do swap when you can pick up an LS1 stripper z28 for cheap these days and the motor and PCM is already there.
11-15-2006, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by kp
Cool thing about an F-body over a mustang is it already comes with an LS1 lol. You can get an F-body pretty light without hacking, I'm 3180 w/o driver and have 100lbs of blower crap and and a cage. I still have PS/PB/PW/PDL and all stock wiring, most of the front and rear bumper supports and the inside has all the plastic, visors etc.
I just cant see taking all the trouble to do swap when you can pick up an LS1 stripper z28 for cheap these days and the motor and PCM is already there.
I just cant see taking all the trouble to do swap when you can pick up an LS1 stripper z28 for cheap these days and the motor and PCM is already there.
I hear ya on that too... I didn't have any luck selling the car when it was a 302 and I had so much crap done to it man and still the thing only trapped 116. Good for a 5.0 I know but u can do that cam only with an LS1. This car should fly with the setup I'm going with and I plan to get a formula down the road for a DD.
11-15-2006, 10:27 AM
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I hear ya on that too... I didn't have any luck selling the car when it was a 302 and I had so much crap done to it man and still the thing only trapped 116. Good for a 5.0 I know but u can do that cam only with an LS1. This car should fly with the setup I'm going with and I plan to get a formula down the road for a DD.
Back in the old days you put big engines in different make small/light/cheap cars because you couldnt afford the expensive cars they came in. But since a clean LS1 f-body and clean SN95 cars are priced pretty close its a tough call. You could probably do a fox ultra cheap if you get a good deal on a LS1/trans/pcm combo but its hard to argue that a fox is looking pretty dated these days and finding a non-hacked or rusted out one is getting tough.
11-15-2006, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by kp
If you had the car thats one thing, but it doesnt make a lot of sense to go buy a decent SN95 and do a swap to save 150lbs
Back in the old days you put big engines in different make small/light/cheap cars because you couldnt afford the expensive cars they came in. But since a clean LS1 f-body and clean SN95 cars are priced pretty close its a tough call. You could probably do a fox ultra cheap if you get a good deal on a LS1/trans/pcm combo but its hard to argue that a fox is looking pretty dated these days and finding a non-hacked or rusted out one is getting tough.
Back in the old days you put big engines in different make small/light/cheap cars because you couldnt afford the expensive cars they came in. But since a clean LS1 f-body and clean SN95 cars are priced pretty close its a tough call. You could probably do a fox ultra cheap if you get a good deal on a LS1/trans/pcm combo but its hard to argue that a fox is looking pretty dated these days and finding a non-hacked or rusted out one is getting tough.