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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 04:13 PM
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Ok I am going to try to make this as short as possible.....On my way home from work today I hit a red light. A car pulled next to me but I didn't care to look and see what kind it was. When the light turned green, he guns it. So we are both stopped at the next light, when he gives the nod. When the light turned green, it was all over. I had such a good jump on him I couldn't believe it. We went 0-60, and I pulled 1/2 length on him.

When we were at the next light, he gave me props because he thought it was a fake GXP, like a GTP with a GXP body or something. I too gave him props for having such a clean, mean sounding car. I mean this thing sounded great. I originally couldn't hear it at the first red light because I had the radio on.

That was the only run we did because he was making a right at that last light. BTW it was a 5.0 Mustang (should have probably stated that earlier but watev).

This was my first race, and I think I did really well. I usually just practice my launch in the back roads here in Buffalo. If I ever see him again, count on hearing another update lol...
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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Congrats.

I've only seen one 'fake' GXP and it was a Comp G on another site, lol.
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nice was it a new 5.0?
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nice was it a new 5.0?
It was an older one, not sure of the year
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late 90's early 2000's?
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Originally Posted by Hawkins04
late 90's early 2000's?


looked like this only red and it was a convertible.
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Hawkins04
late 90's early 2000's?
5.0 stopped in 95. From 96-2010 they were all 4.6.

OP, was this a Fox or a SN95? Eitherway they are pretty slow stock, but at least the fox is light. Even a S/C 3800 would've most likely won as a fake GXP. Good kill.

:edit: that's a foxbody. stock they have around 220hp and a heavy vert makes for an easy kill.
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Originally Posted by justin455
5.0 stopped in 95. From 96-2010 they were all 4.6.

OP, was this a Fox or a SN95? Eitherway they are pretty slow stock, but at least the fox is light. Even a S/C 3800 would've most likely won as a fake GXP. Good kill.

:edit: that's a foxbody. stock they have around 220hp and a heavy vert makes for an easy kill.
yea they stopped being 5.0's in 95 but they still called them 5.0's after that thats why i asked. a s/c 3.8 does win against them. it is a nice kill
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Originally Posted by justin455
5.0 stopped in 95. From 96-2010 they were all 4.6.

OP, was this a Fox or a SN95? Eitherway they are pretty slow stock, but at least the fox is light. Even a S/C 3800 would've most likely won as a fake GXP. Good kill.

:edit: that's a foxbody. stock they have around 220hp and a heavy vert makes for an easy kill.
I have no idea what his mods were, but I can tell you that he was not stock. As far as I could tell, just by the sound of it that is.

That might not be the exact body of the mustang, but I am having a hard time finding one like it.
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this is a 86' and older
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^^^ Doesn't look like that. It looks more like the one I posted, only it seemed to have a longer front end.
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Rule of thumb to live by is that there is no such thing as a stock Fox body.

Good kill, man!
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good rule of thumb AG
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Originally Posted by Hawkins04
yea they stopped being 5.0's in 95 but they still called them 5.0's after that thats why i asked. a s/c 3.8 does win against them. it is a nice kill
They didn't call them 5.0's after 95. The 96 GT badge even says 4.6 on it.

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I have no idea what his mods were, but I can tell you that he was not stock. As far as I could tell, just by the sound of it that is.

That might not be the exact body of the mustang, but I am having a hard time finding one like it.
The black one posted is a Hatchback GT that's why it looks different. The verts came from the coupe/notchback body. It would be an LX 5.0 Vert.

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Rule of thumb to live by is that there is no such thing as a stock Fox body.

Good kill, man!
True, but the better part of modded 5.0 foxes are just intake/catback/pro 5.0 shifter.
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Originally Posted by justin455
They didn't call them 5.0's after 95. The 96 GT badge even says 4.6 on it.



The black one posted is a Hatchback GT that's why it looks different. The verts came from the coupe/notchback body. It would be an LX 5.0 Vert.



True, but the better part of modded 5.0 foxes are just intake/catback/pro 5.0 shifter.
i didnt mean ford i meant most people still call them 5.0's sorry thats what i meant to say
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Originally Posted by Hawkins04
i didnt mean ford i meant most people still call them 5.0's sorry thats what i meant to say
Gotcha. There's a lot of automotivally challenged people out there. It's just a shame that those people have been so dumb for so long that they end up coming full circle to be correct again.

OP, it most likely looked like this, correct?

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i am a little bad so i cant say anything but im trying to learn
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i did the stop light to stop light with a newer mazda 3 or something and I don't think he liked it. He revved his engine at the red light so I figure he wanted to play. He floored it when he went by me at my stop.
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Gotcha. There's a lot of automotivally challenged people out there. It's just a shame that those people have been so dumb for so long that they end up coming full circle to be correct again.

OP, it most likely looked like this, correct?
It's hard to say. The 5.0 he had looked more "modern" than that. Maybe he added some things to it to look the way it did IDK.
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