Muscle Car Wars Circa 1985
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But I have to say an 11 sec car back then was a total beast. I remember riding in a few of them and they would scare the **** out of you. Loud, rattling, shaking, and at speed you really held on because the line was very thin between control and wrecking. But what a thrill. Now you need a 9 sec. car to give you the same sensation.
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mustangs came stock with holleys. they came stock with headers. they also came stock with roller cams, and i believe roller chains.
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Haha, yeah the 11's were only obtainable by the big money guys or the hardcore gearheads who lived and worked for their cars. Around my way there was a bad *** 327 Vega, a 1970-71 Monte Carlo Big Block, and then came a Vorteched GT 5.0, but the T-5 got changed more often than the oil.
But I have to say an 11 sec car back then was a total beast. I remember riding in a few of them and they would scare the **** out of you. Loud, rattling, shaking, and at speed you really held on because the line was very thin between control and wrecking. But what a thrill. Now you need a 9 sec. car to give you the same sensation.
But I have to say an 11 sec car back then was a total beast. I remember riding in a few of them and they would scare the **** out of you. Loud, rattling, shaking, and at speed you really held on because the line was very thin between control and wrecking. But what a thrill. Now you need a 9 sec. car to give you the same sensation.
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The earlier cars (82-84?) did have a sort of ladder bar/traction bars type set up but the later cars (85-93?) swapped that for a 'quad shock' (two vertical and two horizontal) set up at the rear.
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The mid 70's through the mid 80's were dark days for the automotive industry. Those cars were such absolute crap, kids that did not live through it - feel blessed, very blessed.
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I believe that only the SVO Mustangs (turbo 4 cylinder) came stock with the Koni shocks, Mustang V8s just came with regular ol' performance oriented factory gas shocks.
The earlier cars (82-84?) did have a sort of ladder bar/traction bars type set up but the later cars (85-93?) swapped that for a 'quad shock' (two vertical and two horizontal) set up at the rear.
The earlier cars (82-84?) did have a sort of ladder bar/traction bars type set up but the later cars (85-93?) swapped that for a 'quad shock' (two vertical and two horizontal) set up at the rear.
from the factory on mine, they didn't really do ****......after some minor adjustments though.....they really did work well.
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They weren't weak at the time. In that era people were still arguing that carbs were better and that fuel injection was a step back. They also thought that V8s were the only way to go for drag racing. That is until the Buick turbos got potent for 1986 and 1987 and started clowning on everything.
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IMO, the Trans Am's were some of the best looking Pony cars in the mid 80's. They had real sharp paint schemes and rims when optioned out.
From what I remember, it was just like in the video; the Mustang wasn't the best looking at the time but was the quickest.
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I'll point out, I've read several articles over the years on this topic. There are some which say Koni and others, Tokico. At least 1 said the Koni was used for all 85-86 Mustang GT and SVO models due to the specific "handling package" offered. Another said the SVO models(after early 1984) and the 1993 Cobra were the only models to get stock Koni's. One article states both of those last two...
Whatever the case in reality, it's not just a guess that the Mustang in the video was on stock shocks. You didn't just go to the store and order up special stuff back then because Mustang was just about the only car using its specific style of suspension and the performance market was all but non-existent at the time.
Without a doubt, there were several options for Mustang in 1985. That was a great model though, because it got a good 4bbl (though autos apparently got the same type of garbage CFI system most cars were using at the time). It also missed the "TRX" days, thank God. You could still order things like rear gearing though, and option manual or power windows, etc.
The GT would have had 1.5" primary short tube non-equal length headers and the Holley carb though, regardless of which version(of 2) shocks the rear got. All of them had "quad shock" suspension by then. It wasn't until 1986 though, that all V8 Mustangs got standard dual exhaust... Someone correct me if 85's got dual too, but I don't think they did.
From what I remember, it was just like in the video; the Mustang wasn't the best looking at the time but was the quickest.
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lol i was 8 when this came out and i saw this posted on honda-tech yesterday and it blew my mind because i actually remember this commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euwshCke0-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euwshCke0-s
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Yes, that makes this thread relevant now.
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Wasn't talking about actual performance we all know the cars of the 60s weighed alot and didn't handle well, i was talking about HP figures. As to them being weak. But apparently they cut their horsepower figures in half because of emissions? 190hp is something you see out of 4cyl cars.