do bone stock 88 mustang gt's run 13.9
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Originally posted by Rearpl8tsinsite
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.
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.
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Originally posted by Steve Y
Why is it funny? Bob Cosby knows what he is talking about unlike a lot of retards on this board.
Why is it funny? Bob Cosby knows what he is talking about unlike a lot of retards on this board.
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I have personally seen a friend of mine run his "bone stock"( all the way to stock exhaust and silencer) 91 GT, run as good as 14.1. I know this is not a usual case, but he was a hell of a driver and was at the dragstrip everyweek.
I also have seen a mustangGT run as good as 13.5 with just the addition of ET streets and 4.10's.
Jeremy
I also have seen a mustangGT run as good as 13.5 with just the addition of ET streets and 4.10's.
Jeremy
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I normally don't get into this kind of thread but as much as I love the Fox body 5.0 GT mustang, I have to say I have never in my life seen a bone stock from the factory mustang run in the 13's. 14, yes, all the time. I'm not saying that it never happens but as many as I've seen run, I should have at least seen one by now run in the 13's. Still a fast car for it's time.
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Its a tough car to get the ET with. Most are too old to get the numbers with anymore.
I have seen numerous 87-88 cars run low 14s at 97MPH in the last 14 years(308 geared sticks). The 89-92 seem to be slower due to more weight,different cam(87s were different) and MAS added. I saw Tony's black car run -I saw it go mid 13s with BS mods in Jersey as a kid. I saw Steve Collison go mid 13s with bs mods on radials. Saw Evan Smith go 13.89 at 98MPH in his car with "free" mods so low 14s in good air should not be hard to duplicate.
All of them went at least 14.0s stock.
Ed H from Canada went 13.9s stock years ago in his coupe. More I probably forgot about.
Long time readers from this board might remember back in 1998 at Cecil with 1fastFirechicken,Blackhatch,97T/A,Pee Wee from Tealnet,Wildthing94Z etc there was a kid in a 93 LX hatch with temp tags on it at Cecil County dragway. He was running 15.0s at 95 MPH. We instructed him on how to launch,overinflated his front tires and told to him to shift 5400 and to powershift. BINGO. Went 14.3 at 97MPH. Cecil is a fast track and air was good that night. But car was at stock timing,silencer in,unknown oil and NO MODS.
Blackhatch and I met another kid back in 97. Had a 88 hatchback-308s 5 speed. Kid was going mid 15s at 75/80. I did one pass-14.78 at 98MPH-it had no silencer,plug wires,burnt trac loc and a drop in filter. Blackhatch went up to Fredrick and outran about 8 5.0s all with way more mods than he. The kids could not believe it.
I can't count the number of times I have seen or helped kids knock a 1 full second of their ETs just by showing them how to launch and shift.
Basing how fast a car is by races you had on the street is laughable.
LX's are typically at best 50 pounds lighter than a GT. GTs are not as heavy as you think.
I have some mags including popular hot rodding that got a 14.2 at 97MPH with an 87 GT stock. So yes in ideal conditions 13.9 is possible. Almost impossible to duplicate these days. Fastest 5.0 foxes by far are the 93 Cobras and 87/88 GT/LXs
I have seen numerous 87-88 cars run low 14s at 97MPH in the last 14 years(308 geared sticks). The 89-92 seem to be slower due to more weight,different cam(87s were different) and MAS added. I saw Tony's black car run -I saw it go mid 13s with BS mods in Jersey as a kid. I saw Steve Collison go mid 13s with bs mods on radials. Saw Evan Smith go 13.89 at 98MPH in his car with "free" mods so low 14s in good air should not be hard to duplicate.
All of them went at least 14.0s stock.
Ed H from Canada went 13.9s stock years ago in his coupe. More I probably forgot about.
Long time readers from this board might remember back in 1998 at Cecil with 1fastFirechicken,Blackhatch,97T/A,Pee Wee from Tealnet,Wildthing94Z etc there was a kid in a 93 LX hatch with temp tags on it at Cecil County dragway. He was running 15.0s at 95 MPH. We instructed him on how to launch,overinflated his front tires and told to him to shift 5400 and to powershift. BINGO. Went 14.3 at 97MPH. Cecil is a fast track and air was good that night. But car was at stock timing,silencer in,unknown oil and NO MODS.
Blackhatch and I met another kid back in 97. Had a 88 hatchback-308s 5 speed. Kid was going mid 15s at 75/80. I did one pass-14.78 at 98MPH-it had no silencer,plug wires,burnt trac loc and a drop in filter. Blackhatch went up to Fredrick and outran about 8 5.0s all with way more mods than he. The kids could not believe it.
I can't count the number of times I have seen or helped kids knock a 1 full second of their ETs just by showing them how to launch and shift.
Basing how fast a car is by races you had on the street is laughable.
LX's are typically at best 50 pounds lighter than a GT. GTs are not as heavy as you think.
I have some mags including popular hot rodding that got a 14.2 at 97MPH with an 87 GT stock. So yes in ideal conditions 13.9 is possible. Almost impossible to duplicate these days. Fastest 5.0 foxes by far are the 93 Cobras and 87/88 GT/LXs
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Originally posted by Mike 92LX
Its a tough car to get the ET with. Most are too old to get the numbers with anymore.
I have seen numerous 87-88 cars run low 14s at 97MPH in the last 14 years(308 geared sticks). The 89-92 seem to be slower due to more weight,different cam(87s were different) and MAS added. I saw Tony's black car run -I saw it go mid 13s with BS mods in Jersey as a kid. I saw Steve Collison go mid 13s with bs mods on radials. Saw Evan Smith go 13.89 at 98MPH in his car with "free" mods so low 14s in good air should not be hard to duplicate.
All of them went at least 14.0s stock.
Ed H from Canada went 13.9s stock years ago in his coupe. More I probably forgot about.
Long time readers from this board might remember back in 1998 at Cecil with 1fastFirechicken,Blackhatch,97T/A,Pee Wee from Tealnet,Wildthing94Z etc there was a kid in a 93 LX hatch with temp tags on it at Cecil County dragway. He was running 15.0s at 95 MPH. We instructed him on how to launch,overinflated his front tires and told to him to shift 5400 and to powershift. BINGO. Went 14.3 at 97MPH. Cecil is a fast track and air was good that night. But car was at stock timing,silencer in,unknown oil and NO MODS.
Blackhatch and I met another kid back in 97. Had a 88 hatchback-308s 5 speed. Kid was going mid 15s at 75/80. I did one pass-14.78 at 98MPH-it had no silencer,plug wires,burnt trac loc and a drop in filter. Blackhatch went up to Fredrick and outran about 8 5.0s all with way more mods than he. The kids could not believe it.
I can't count the number of times I have seen or helped kids knock a 1 full second of their ETs just by showing them how to launch and shift.
Basing how fast a car is by races you had on the street is laughable.
LX's are typically at best 50 pounds lighter than a GT. GTs are not as heavy as you think.
I have some mags including popular hot rodding that got a 14.2 at 97MPH with an 87 GT stock. So yes in ideal conditions 13.9 is possible. Almost impossible to duplicate these days. Fastest 5.0 foxes by far are the 93 Cobras and 87/88 GT/LXs
Its a tough car to get the ET with. Most are too old to get the numbers with anymore.
I have seen numerous 87-88 cars run low 14s at 97MPH in the last 14 years(308 geared sticks). The 89-92 seem to be slower due to more weight,different cam(87s were different) and MAS added. I saw Tony's black car run -I saw it go mid 13s with BS mods in Jersey as a kid. I saw Steve Collison go mid 13s with bs mods on radials. Saw Evan Smith go 13.89 at 98MPH in his car with "free" mods so low 14s in good air should not be hard to duplicate.
All of them went at least 14.0s stock.
Ed H from Canada went 13.9s stock years ago in his coupe. More I probably forgot about.
Long time readers from this board might remember back in 1998 at Cecil with 1fastFirechicken,Blackhatch,97T/A,Pee Wee from Tealnet,Wildthing94Z etc there was a kid in a 93 LX hatch with temp tags on it at Cecil County dragway. He was running 15.0s at 95 MPH. We instructed him on how to launch,overinflated his front tires and told to him to shift 5400 and to powershift. BINGO. Went 14.3 at 97MPH. Cecil is a fast track and air was good that night. But car was at stock timing,silencer in,unknown oil and NO MODS.
Blackhatch and I met another kid back in 97. Had a 88 hatchback-308s 5 speed. Kid was going mid 15s at 75/80. I did one pass-14.78 at 98MPH-it had no silencer,plug wires,burnt trac loc and a drop in filter. Blackhatch went up to Fredrick and outran about 8 5.0s all with way more mods than he. The kids could not believe it.
I can't count the number of times I have seen or helped kids knock a 1 full second of their ETs just by showing them how to launch and shift.
Basing how fast a car is by races you had on the street is laughable.
LX's are typically at best 50 pounds lighter than a GT. GTs are not as heavy as you think.
I have some mags including popular hot rodding that got a 14.2 at 97MPH with an 87 GT stock. So yes in ideal conditions 13.9 is possible. Almost impossible to duplicate these days. Fastest 5.0 foxes by far are the 93 Cobras and 87/88 GT/LXs
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Improve on the 60ft. 101MPH means 13.6s. I have seen numerous 99 and GT sticks hit 13.8s-7s on the east coast. Fastest I ever saw was David T from LS1.com hit 13.6 in one at Capitol at 102MPH. With temp tags on it.