Why are mustangs so slow?
Why are mustangs so slow? I've been looking at fox bodies on and off for a couple years now. There's some sort of phenomena that when I look at one no matter what kind of mods it has it's slow as ****. I've looked at several with aftermarket heads, intake manifold, cam, exhaust etc and they're no faster than a stock 5.0 
or if they are just barelly, like high 13/low 14 second cars.
To cap this all off I looked at an 05 GT with a saleen supercharger last night, it was literally no faster than my bolt-on LS1
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/rant
or if they are just barelly, like high 13/low 14 second cars. To cap this all off I looked at an 05 GT with a saleen supercharger last night, it was literally no faster than my bolt-on LS1
. /rant
there are alot of fast 302 5.0s out there. they have to be built right. i cant tell you how many built foxes i have bought that the timming was so far off im surprised it ran, but had $5000 worth of parts. just like any other car. but easiest way to make a 10 second mustang is but a cammed 6.0 setup. maybe alittle n20
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I had the opposite observation, I have a neighbor who has one in the high 12's with very little money in it. The aftermarket is really cheap/vast from what I hear. (for the 302)
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I never said newer stuff or properly built mustangs are slow but that's not the context of this thread. The central theme is, why is every modded mustang for sale at a reasonable price a slow turd it seems?
I did actually look at a 2 valve with a supercharger than ran pretty strong last night, so I finally found one, out of like 10 that runs like it should.
I did actually look at a 2 valve with a supercharger than ran pretty strong last night, so I finally found one, out of like 10 that runs like it should.
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allot of mustang tough guys cant drive... then again it could be in the tunes as well...
in my neck of the woods and foxbody with a b cam/gt40 heads and intake will run mid twelves all day... if the person can drive
in my neck of the woods and foxbody with a b cam/gt40 heads and intake will run mid twelves all day... if the person can drive
Ive heard of at least two people who ordered theirs at msrp over at svtp. However they had some sort of twist to it, i forgot what it was. Im sure some places will have them for less than 90k though.
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I never said newer stuff or properly built mustangs are slow but that's not the context of this thread. The central theme is, why is every modded mustang for sale at a reasonable price a slow turd it seems?
I did actually look at a 2 valve with a supercharger than ran pretty strong last night, so I finally found one, out of like 10 that runs like it should.
I did actually look at a 2 valve with a supercharger than ran pretty strong last night, so I finally found one, out of like 10 that runs like it should.
