was curious of the weight difference between us and them being it takes so much less to make them faster in the 1/4 mile.

 

I thought it was only like 300-500 pounds. THat would equate to about .3 to .5 second quicker iin the 1/4.
100 lbs less weight=.1 quicker in the 1/4 as a rule of thumb.

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Working on:
'84 Z28 LG4 305 with 200,000 original miles!
Added dual elec fans.
145 MPH IROC Speedo
Building 430 HP 350 (ZZ430)
using primarily GMPP parts.
Short block sitting on a stand. (Man, those Fast-Burn heads sitting on it look good!)

Starting to look like the Kicker poster child!

ASE Certified Master Tech

 

That's what I've heard.
100lbs = .1 tenth on the average rear wheel drive car with 20% drive trans power loss.

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91 Red My website

 

Mustangs are still not as cool as Camaros, as a rule of middle finger.

 

in most cases it is less than 200 lbs.. A GT rarely is lighter than 3200 and most third gens are around 3400. The 94 and later gts are about 3400. But, 4th gens are about 100 lbs heaver than 3rd gens.

 

Why does everyone think that being lighter makes a mustang faster. The only way to make one faster is put about a ton worth of brick in the passenger compartment and roll it off a cliff....rule of worthless mudstains....

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With this car, it's never a question of "can I...", only "will I..."!

 

who cares mustangs are cheap, can't handle for ****; and well, their made by ford

 

Don't forget, it depends if they are an LX or hatchback, and hardtop or convertible, and also AT or MT. There are alot of factors. a 5.0 5 speed hardtop LX would be the ideal model, as opposed to a 5.0 AT convertible, which would be the heaviest (and slowest) model.

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1983 Firebird
TH700R4 Auto
Small Block 400
LG4 ECM, Intake, Carb, Distributor, etc.
Soon to be non-computer.
Clarion Head Unit 45X4
2 Pioneer 400W 12" Subs
Third Gen Performance
"A four cylinder is half an engine."

 

damn rustangs....there is this guy i see all the time in a white vert 5 speed (i can only assume, but its manual) and I tried to mess w/ him on the higway one day only to get totally humiliated. so i was at the local dunkin donuts last night and the car rolls up, lopin idle like there was a ***** under the hood grabbin that 5 ohhhhh by the *****. one day, i will crap on him and he will then wipe my *** with that ragtop. but until then, mustangs suck like always and sound like a kitten growling inside a 55 gallon barrel. oh, btw i think he is faster than me cause he's lighter i gotsta get me a set of vortecs....i bet his daddy paid some fat ford dude w/ his asscrack hangin out the back o his pants to build his little motor for him....at least i build/pay for my own speed.

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85 Z28- 350, Comp 262, Edelbrock Performer intake, Edelbrock 600 cfm carb and Edelbrock cat back, Summit headers and vette servo
-JVC, Eclipse, Pioneer, MTX, Phoenix Gold, Planet Audio

[This message has been edited by CamaroZ_85 (edited May 14, 2001).]

[This message has been edited by CamaroZ_85 (edited May 14, 2001).]

 

CamaroZ_85 said that some kid proabably had his dad pay to build his mustang well i know some kid that works for a ford dealership in the garage and he had a speical ordered motor from ford motorsport in cali i think it was. i mean i hate fords but this motor rips it. i heard he paid like 6-7k for the motor. i think he is driving a 86-87 LX and the motor is so big he can't drive with a hood on the car. I also heard the motor redlines at 6k or 6500 rpms. im just sayin i don't even think i would try and race him b/c i think i would just get smoked. just though i would share something on mustangs.also if i was this kid i would take the 7k dollors and buy a nice camaro!!


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86 Z28:
350 vette
aluminum heads
T-5
235/60R15 BFgoodriches
dual 3"flowmaster exhaust
20% tint
hatch wing
2 12"kicker solos
300 watt Sony xplod amp
Sony xplod deck
K&N air filter

 

A 5.0 lx coupe weighs 3100 with the spare tire and fully loaded.