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FireFinder20 · 06-02-2002, 08:21 AM

I was the moron owner of a '93 LT-1 6spd Formula and yes, it was a POS. It was a fast POS, though...capable of 12.68 @106 and change. I never popped a single head bolt doing it, just ram air, bypassed smog pump(belt), roller tip 1.6 rockers, 3.73 gears, Mickey Thompson Competitors, gutted cats and a Flowmaster 2 chamber muffler. Thing sat for half of the 2 years I had it, though, so I traded it for a BMW. That lasted exactly 4 weeks before I traded it for my first of 4 Mustangs and 1 Mark VII LSC. So far, all of my Mustangs have been POS as well, including my 2001 GT. Heh heh, I faced reality and realized that all of the engineering and quality go into the car companies' bread 'n' butter cars and econoboxes...(Variable valve timing and a six speed for a Focus?!?!?)

I guess Ford had to put a blower on that weak DOHC engine that GM has had a field day with since it's introduction on the Mustang in '96. I guess GM's thinking with the 350 cid is "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I hear all of the bragging from the Ford fans, but we all forgot one small detail: you can still put a blower on those nasty LS-1 and LS-6 motors. So I ask, what then? I'm not impressed with a fast supercharged car, it should be fast. When my GT convertible breaks the 13s (on my way to the track now), then I'll be where my LT-1 started life(13.82 @102.7 best, first day at the track). That's sad to me, I have spent loot already and that should be the case. In the 80s, my car would be fast, but there are sedans now that are as fast as my car and I don't like that. I guess I'm done rambling....show me a modular going 12's with A/C, Mach 1000 stereo, leather power seats and no supercharger and then us Ford guys will have something to brag about.

06-02-2002, 08:21 AM	#12
FireFinder20 I See Stupid People Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 47	I was the moron owner of a '93 LT-1 6spd Formula and yes, it was a POS. It was a fast POS, though...capable of 12.68 @106 and change. I never popped a single head bolt doing it, just ram air, bypassed smog pump(belt), roller tip 1.6 rockers, 3.73 gears, Mickey Thompson Competitors, gutted cats and a Flowmaster 2 chamber muffler. Thing sat for half of the 2 years I had it, though, so I traded it for a BMW. That lasted exactly 4 weeks before I traded it for my first of 4 Mustangs and 1 Mark VII LSC. So far, all of my Mustangs have been POS as well, including my 2001 GT. Heh heh, I faced reality and realized that all of the engineering and quality go into the car companies' bread 'n' butter cars and econoboxes...(Variable valve timing and a six speed for a Focus?!?!?) I guess Ford had to put a blower on that weak DOHC engine that GM has had a field day with since it's introduction on the Mustang in '96. I guess GM's thinking with the 350 cid is "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I hear all of the bragging from the Ford fans, but we all forgot one small detail: you can still put a blower on those nasty LS-1 and LS-6 motors. So I ask, what then? I'm not impressed with a fast supercharged car, it should be fast. When my GT convertible breaks the 13s (on my way to the track now), then I'll be where my LT-1 started life(13.82 @102.7 best, first day at the track). That's sad to me, I have spent loot already and that should be the case. In the 80s, my car would be fast, but there are sedans now that are as fast as my car and I don't like that. I guess I'm done rambling....show me a modular going 12's with A/C, Mach 1000 stereo, leather power seats and no supercharger and then us Ford guys will have something to brag about.