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Are the fox body mustangs significantly lighter than the third gen camaro's? I looked online and didn't really get an answer. Ive been told that theres only a couple hundred pounds up to a thousand pound difference, which doesnt sound right, or that there isnt any difference in weight. Can anybody help clarify for me?
The fox body mustang are lighter cars, which was an advantage for the 5.0, but only by very few hundred pounds, im not sure, but i believe 200-300 pounds lighter was the difference.
yeah its gotta be just a few hundred lb differance. a thirdgen camaro w/v8 wieghs approx 3,100-3,200 lbs. a fox body is approx 3,000 lbs. hell the size of the drivers can close that gap easily. depending on whos in which car.
It will depend on the two models/options compared. GT vs. GTA, LX vs. Formula, notch versus IROC, etc. However, a good guesstimate would be a 200-300 pound difference. The stripped out M5 LX notchbacks were the lightest Foxes and I'm pretty sure the M5 Formulas/IROCs were the lightest of the V8 F-bodys. I'm not sure on the LC2 TTA weight...
yeah its gotta be just a few hundred lb differance. a thirdgen camaro w/v8 wieghs approx 3,100-3,200 lbs. a fox body is approx 3,000 lbs. hell the size of the drivers can close that gap easily. depending on whos in which car.
Check your #'s! The last time I checked Third Gens were weighing in around 3,500-3,600 lbs. Foxbodies are definitely lighter cars..
With the small amounts of power these cars make stock, every pound counts!
Check your #'s! The last time I checked Third Gens were weighing in around 3,500-3,600 lbs. Foxbodies are definitely lighter cars..
With the small amounts of power these cars make stock, every pound counts!
idk, every resource iv ever used, and have always known was 3,200ish lbs. i may be wrong, but those are the numbers i beleive are correct. the only way for me to know for sure without using other resources is to wiegh it myself, lol dont know where id do that at.
Good links! From personal experience with both cars, I would say the weights listed are a little lighter than in reality. However, it still gives a proportion to the two platforms...
idk, every resource iv ever used, and have always known was 3,200ish lbs. i may be wrong, but those are the numbers i beleive are correct. the only way for me to know for sure without using other resources is to wiegh it myself, lol dont know where id do that at.
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Good links! From personal experience with both cars, I would say the weights listed are a little lighter than in reality. However, it still gives a proportion to the two platforms...
Weighting it yourself would be your best option. Every car will vary some...depending on what all is in them and what options the car has. I think that the Mustang Fox's are usually around 3000#...and the F-Body's are around 3500#, give or take a couple hundred pounds. So in drag times, you're talking .5 in a quarter mile. So stock for stock, the race is going to be about even...the Fox being lighter and the F-Body making more power, if it's the 350 anyways.
Well I have two camaros (86'Z28 & 88' Camaro V8) and a 92' Mustang GT that I just got for free. The Z28 had pdl, pw, ac, 16" wheels, auto trans, power mirrors, and rear defrost it was 3610lbs. The 88 has less options and was 3420lbs. The Mustang GT had ac, pw, pdl, power mirrors and is a auto. It weighed 3290lbs with quarter tank of gas. One of my buddies has an bone stock 90' lx Mustang and he said it weigh 3105lbs on a truck scale. What made these cars quicker in stock form was that with the GT and the 5.0 LX they came with the HO motor, most were sticks, they were lighter, hooked better, had posi rears, and just made for racing the quarter better than the third gens. They made 300+ pounds of torque which came in at a low rpm which made them pull hard out the hole. There were too many options with the third gens. You could have a Iroc with a 305 or 350 tpi a Z28 with a 305tpi, 305LG4 or a TA with a 305LG4. With the Mustang you only got the 5.0HO motor with the GT and option HO 5.0 with the other models. You raced a V8 Stang you raced the HO package, not so with the third gen that's why they got a bad rap back then.
