How can we go about organizing a 3rd gen TPI vs 5.0 Fox Body Mustang shoot out at one of the NJ tracks?

Just a wild idea but could be fun...

Interested:

Insomniac 1991 Firebird / L98 / High 13's - Low 14's
TPI-Formula350- 1989 Firebird / 383 EFI Stroker / High 11's
RyanJB 1992 Firebird / 355 HCI

I remember when my Formula was stock.....I lost to every 5.0 I came across. Definitely would be fun!

Are they lighter? Wonder what makes the difference considering the L98 is bigger then the 5.0



as far as mods go definetly alot cheaper and easier getting one of them to go fast, but our cars handle and look much better...

Don't know for sure....I just know that they usually have work done to them. For some reason those cars became know as classic street/strip cars......ours don't have that reputation.

Majority of "local" 3rd gen F-Body owners seem to be happy with just keeping the car running. Racing it at the drag strip isn't even an option.

I would call up Raceway Park in Englishtown/ Manalapan. They will definitely set something up.

e-town used to have a mustanf vs f-body event many years ago, eventually it bombed and now its a ford vs the world event

really ur about 8 years to late

i used to be at e-town 4 times a week, i used to live a few miles away

My bone stock Auto 1990 Mustang GT weighed in at 3310... That is with the GFX and an automatic transmission with full interior, spare tire, AC and everything. I could see a stripper LX 5 speed being pretty light weight.

For reference, my 88 Formula 350 with a 700r4 weighed in at 3280 with:
- : Aluminum Heads, Spare tire removed, AC deleted.
+ :Subframe connectors, 4th gen seats, Strut tower bar.

My buddy's 93 gt weighed in at 3000lbs right out of the box.

Lt1 still ran all over him. Stock 90s mustang boy cant hang with me.

I have come a long way.

The later years 5.0 TPI 5 Speeds G92 / N10 cars could beat the 87 and up style Mustangs... Mustangs were 225 HP then, thirdgens were 230, but 70 or more lbs of torque than the Mustang...

But I did have plenty of fun in an 87 Mustang GT in high school

Rafael

raceway park emailed me back and wants to see how many cars i can get. However my personal life is so ****ed right now with this hurricane that took out my condo.

anyone wanna help me see if we can throw this together?


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All you have to do is attack the Mustang boards and see if any of the local Fox Body clubs want to get something going. I have Grand Nationals that will run us, but the members here are not willing to run them with me, maybe two or three will say they are down, but that isn't enough. Before you put things together with etown, find out who would race from our side first, then put the challenge out to the Mustang guys. I will tell you right now, the Mustang and Grand National guys will run anybody, but its the 3rd gen members who are always hesitating to run them. If this works out for you, I will bring both of my 3rd gens and have my cousin drive the other one, so consider me in...

I'm interested as well, when are you guys looking to do this? I'm sure I could get some Thirdgens and Fox bodies...I'm guessing your hoping to do this in the Spring???

Yes may or June id guess

well here is something id like some input on.

is it third gen vs fox body or third gen tpi vs 5.0 foxbody? including aftermarket intakes, turbos, and superchargers.

if it was based on body style alone, third gen turnout could be slim and would just be a bunch of sub 10 second fox bodys.

id think it would be more even and unique if it was that the motor had to start life as an LB9 or L98 and race those cars vs fox bodys that started as a 5.0. thus bored out motors etc are fine.



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My thinking is on the thirdgen side take anyone that shows up- LB9, L98, TTA, strokers, turbo, nitros and super charged cars.
Guess you'd have to do the same for the Fox body guys to be fair. I'm sure you will have a lot more Mustangs heavy hitters show. If you limit the mods on the mustangs but not the thirdgens its not really fair.
Guess you could also just go EFI cars on both sides?? Just an idea.
could also break into classes??

yeah efi would be good. what you don't want is a bunch of sub 10th second cars that are not true to the generations. like ls swaps and 8 seconds stangs


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breaking it into classes is a good idea also. but realistically how many cars can we get?


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NY Third Gen can get a few guys it looks like

NJFBOA kinda laughed at the idea and I cant seem to find the thread it may of been deleted. or maybe im wrong and didnt post one, but I thought I did... could be wrong

why dont we start by getting a head count. please post if you would be interested and your estimated ET. Also post what type of motor you have.

I'm interested, haven't been to the 1/4 with this setup but think it should turn around 1!.70s, its a NA EFI stroker.

Ok im gonna keep an "interested" list up top of the thread. lts see where we go from there.

TPI-Formula350- - can you rally the troops on the ny third gen side. ill add them to the list

maybe we can even match up simalier third gens vs fox bodys and score it that way... problem with that is you would have to set up the matchups before hand and hope everyone shows

Hello. Anyone know if this ever took place? I would be interested in running my Iroc too.
Robert text me at 862-368-9694.

sure it hasn't happened yet...hope it does happen in the spring

I need to get at least 15 commits...

If it's in June or later I can make it. I have a HCI 355.