i don't know, maybe a 3.8 could beat a 5.0 if they were racing on a real windy road.in a strait line ...no but i imagine that a 3.8 is lighter and handles better and if you got on a real windy,hard to drive road then a 3.8 if driven by a better driver could take a 5.0.......i know this is hard to believe but i took a 5.0 once in my 4 banger capri.it was a real windy road going down a mountian.if you take an early fox(a real light 4cylinder)and put some 60s on it with good tires they will really take some corners.it helped that i'm a luitic,and we were going down a mountian.but i did flat out lose this guy i worked with that had a moded 5.0. i have given thought to taking a 2.8 and putting it in a fox with some boost.the 2.8 is a really light moter and if i could get it to make some power then it would trully be a import eater.i think a fox with the same wieght as the 4 cyl is allmost un touchable in corners its just hard to make dependable power with that weight.the 3.8 is lighter than the 5.0 (i would assume) so if you could biuld it to have some power than it would be a neet car that could take a 5.0 if the road was windy enough.
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old guy with 87 gt....well not so old guy
87gt,T top -155,000 on odometer-mods-2 1/2 ex,cold air(home made),adj.clutch 5.0 shifter,kyb shocks,and a stereo that can overcome the wind noise at 100 mph with the T tops off(he he)......also got/78,6banger,mustang/80 capri(future project)
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