Sounds an awful lot like what I said...I digress.

 

Once again, just because your "friend" has a car that doesn't run what it should doesn't mean that other cars aren't as fast as those of us that have "been there and done that" claim to have gone.

Example...back to my 88 Coupe. Ported stock heads, ported stock intake, good cam, gears, exhaust, etc, no juice - I went 11.9's @ 111 mph on several occasions at different tracks. Does your car run 11's with those mods? Juice or not?

Not tying to pick a fight - just attempting to make a point.

 

To answer the origional question "Can a BONE STOCK 88 Mustang Gt run a 13.9"?


Answer "NO"


Reason: Too heavy, bad gearing, not enough hp, and not enough traction to get out of the hole at a decent rpm. I'd guess the best would be a 14.3 or so.

All this Fox body/Lx/notch body is not a GT. They were 300 lbs lighter than the GT give or take a few. Has anybody answered the question?

 

Your reasons are a bit off.

The gearing between the GT and LX was the same. Also, simply looking at rear gear doesn't tell the tale. The T5 in those cars had a 3.35 1st gear and 1.99 2nd gear - helping it quite a bit.

HP was the same between the LX and GT. I believe there was enough to run 13.9 - at least in the low-option cars.

And finally, weight. There was not a 300 lb weight difference between the GT and the LX - especially between the GT and the hatchback LX. 100-150 lbs max. Those extra body pieces and slightly heavier seats just doesn't make that much difference. The biggest weight difference is between the hatch and the coupe (the extra glass adds quite a bit of weight).

That said, I don't know of any GT's that have done it. I do know of the aforementioned LX Hatch that did it back in 1988. My opinion is that it would be possible, but not very likely, and perhaps not ever done.

 

man theres no way a BONE STOCK gt 89 can run even close to 13s .. there weak and heavy STOCK.. but good luck trying to race one stock...

 

Didnt the car in question have exhaust? I gave an example of a speed density GT that ran a 14.00 on the stock 225mm rubber. This is a car I personaly worked on so I know all it had was exhaust and modded fuel pressure. I remember that the author mentioned some minor mods, so Im thinking the answer to his question is YES.

 

NO!

 

This guy with Stang GT is my friend , he have flowmasters without tips and O/R H pipe and stock tires

meybe he runn 13 with this mods , How about this , sn95 (94-95 Mustang GT 5 speed) I have 94 , come from the fastory with 3.08s and 3.27s , so Stang with 3.27s is little bit faster than Stang with 3.08 , so there is why some Mustang is faster than other one (like 89 GT , 89 GT , 90 GT ....)

 

hasi....the only 94/95 5.0's that had 3.27s were automatics. The 5 speed cars had either 2.73s or 3.08s.

No worries about your english.

 

NOPE , Automatic's come with 2.73's , 5 speed with 3.08s and 3.27s

 

LOL. Whatever. Not worth an arguement.

Have a nice day.

 

You don't know your *** from a hole in the ground.

 

do bone stock 88 mustang gt's run 13.9


We seem to be a bit off topic. Key word GT's.

Mustang GT's are a bit different than the cars you are talking about (fox body, notch back, hatch back). I believe they are 200-300 lbs heavier than the cars talked about in this thread.

So the answer to the question is NO Stock 88 mustang GT's do not run 13's. Hatch, fox, notch are possible with a great driver. Do the math. (hp/weight) I have seen a 89 GT geared, posi, and huge tires on the back run 14.0 with a good driver at the wheel at California Speedway. Once that engine and 2 others gave in that same car needed free mods, exhaust, filter, and gt40 intake to hit 13.9's. Of coarse now that same car is close to 12.5's with heads, cam and other goodies.

 

Myth. Please scroll up to....

 

Auto's come with 2.73's or 3.27's. 5spd's come with 2.73's or 3.08's. The reason for the 3.27 in the auto is the 2.40 1st gear and 1.47 second. If you wish to argue further I will put a $100 bet on it.