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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: ct
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![]() im looking at a 4 cyl 89 mustang is it a fast car to start out with i realy want a v8 5.0 but i dont have that kind of money and do you think it will beat a 84 celica supra v6 please respond
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Staging lane
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![]() If you buy a 4 banger stang you will lose to everything from mini vans to dump trucks.
I wouldnt feel confident telling you that a 4 cylinder stang could beat anything. They run a 20 in the 1/4 ![]()
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![]() so the 84 supra would rape it in the 1/4 mile
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Stockbridge, GA
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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![]() They are slower than molasses on a cold winter's day. I've got one in my little Ford fleet (95 Mustang GT, 96 Thunderbird LX 4.6, and 93 Mustang LX). It's been a trooper (123,000 miles) and gets killer gas mileage, but like I said, it's slower than slow.
In fact, it finally started acting up yesterday. The engine started hesistating big time and shaking, seemingly out of balance, at lower RPMs while in drive. Happened all of a sudden. Once I get it to 3000, it smooths out and accelerates like normal. Now I have to devote time to fixing the 4banger which was allocated previously to modifying the 8. ![]() |
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Join Date: Sep 1998
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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![]() You might want to save your $$$ and wait to buy a Mustang with a V8 in it already, whether it be a 5.0 or 4.6 is up to you and what kind of money you want to put into it. Experience shows that the venerable 5.0 is cheaper to make fast, but I'd go 4.6/5.4 if I could afford it. As the old saying goes, "how fast do you want to spend?" Don't let this deter you, though. It does cost moola to have a decently-fast car, but the rewards are well worth it. Personally -- and quite truthfully -- I couldn't put a price on my own '87 Notchback. Sure, it's sucking not being able to drive it this summer because I blew the transmission. However, having it and driving it the past four or five years has been awesome. Once I realized that there's always going to be someone out there faster than you, no matter what, it's still great having a V8-powered legend that'd spank most any car driving off a dealer's lot. ![]() Swarzkopf1: Check the timing belt, and the crank-to-cam timing marks. I had the exact same problem once upon a time...but I know what you mean about fixing it!
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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![]() if you try racing a Supra in a n/a 2.3L Mustang,
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Join Date: May 1999
Location: Aiken,south carolina, usa
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![]() You can pick up a decent 5.0 for less than $3000. You may want to save your money. You will be happy if you do.
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I believe I fixed it though- strangely enough, seems to have been the mass air sensor sending extremely deranged singals to the EEC. I unplugged the MAF and the car would drive much better, though it still hesistated and was down on power compared to before the problem. I replaced the MAF with a junkyard piece yesterday and the car is driving like new again. It's my wife's car, and I'm REALLY glad it's fixed and out of the way. Now I can get back to bolting stuff on to my 5.0. ![]() |
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: KY
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![]() Man, you guys got me rolling here. That pic is funny as hell. I used to have a 2.3L mustang. It now has a 302 carbed motor in it. I did the swap for $600, total. But, that's cause it all came out of my 89 gt which has a 351 in it now. I give the little 2.3 some credit, I could roast the shit out of the tires in it. It is like everyone else said. Slower than slow. And it was a 5 speed car. Still is a 5 speed too. Trust me, save your money, buy a v8 car to start with. You won't regret it. Spend about $3k- $4k and put another $300 on top of that (GEARS) and you will have one tough street rod.
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