First the good news. I beat a 93-97 Z-28 today pretty bad. We raced from a roll about 25=35 mph and I took him by about 3 car lengths. He wanted to try again and had a similiar outcome. Not sure what was done to it, I saw he had exhaust tips, but that doesnt mean anything. I bet he doesnt see too many 3rd gens beating those cars!

Ok, I got my first loss. (Was going to happen sometime) Raced a friends Mustang. (Nothing on the line, just for fun) He got me by about 1 1/2 to 2 car lengths. Well, I guess I am now motivated to get some 3.73s and do something about that exhaust. What should I do first?

 

Good kill and sorry about the loss. I would do the gears first since it seems they will give the biggest improvement to you.

 

What kind of Mustang beat you? Was it a 5.0 or a newer one? It must have been pretty quick. Imagine if that Z28 you beat raced the Mustang. That would have been pathetic.

~Matt

 

Yeah, it was a 85 or so. Had a built 5-speed with a 302 (carbed). Dont know much about it.

But I know gears and exhaust are next.

 

Those 5.0 stangs are easy cars to mod. My friend has a 88 LX with 4:11 gears, ported heads, long tube headers, x-pipe, no smog, aluminum drive shaft, Ford racing clutch, rebuilt performance tranny its a 5-speed, and MSD ignition. That thing whooped me with ease. I drove it and I have to admit that thing pulls hard as hell.

 

Mustang's are junk

 

2.8 V6 powered Camaros w/ [Ball out the ***] are junk. Get a life.

 

Yeah ok, say that when a 5.0 one with just some minor mods is running 13s.

 

Is it possible to have a topic without at least one idiot posting something stupid?????

 

how about a 305 5.0 with jsut some minor mods hehehe

 

no i wont agree with that one....
im faster than most TBis and LG4's ...

my best 1/4 was 15.9 ...


i also ddint like camaro_1989 commenting on mustangs either ...thats stupid

 

Im not trying to cut down V6 owners, sorry if it sounded that way, just this camaro_1989_19 @$$hole!

 

SOLID LIFTER ..no offense taken ..i thought u were trying to be an a$$hole by thinkin all v6 owners are same ...

 

ANYWAY back on topic

All Dan's mustang has is a carb and intake, the rest is 100% stock. Ok and its got mufflers, don't know what exactly but its fairly loud. It even had a 7.5 rear end out of a 4 cyl car that the last owner put in since he blew something in the 8.8 and he had the 7.5 laying around from something. He put a 8.8 in this weekend, but Mike raced him with the 7.5 still in it. And he's a damn good driver, everyone around here knows it.

Once everything is what it needs to be on the camaro, you should be able to out power him though. But look out, you don't know what he's got in mind for that car and neither do I. He says he's not sure and probably not much, but I know him well enough to know what that means

 

anyways hardrock my 15.9@88 is faster than ur TBI :P

(no offense man...)

 

None taken. You've obviously either done a lot to the car, or its just in better running condition than mine, or both. I'm pushing 133,000 miles and burning oil on startup and WOT, and the tranny is a little funny. Plus we're at different tracks/elevations I'm sure.

At least I'm not dumb enough to try and tell people its fast. Nobody really makes fun of a slow car if the owner doesn't try to act like its fast. Its better than it was when I bought it, and will keep getting better as I can afford to make it that way. At least the low end is great, I go down the road sometimes at 900 RPMs in 4th gear (35 mph zone).

 

ur absolutely right ..i dont tell ppl my car is fast either ...it isnt (atleast its faster than all those civics..who think they are fast ..)
my mods are below though...i was burning oil like crazy too before teh rebuild

 

Yeah, I rode with Danny the other night, he knows how to drive. I'm still learning. Also doesnt help to race from a roll with a 5-speed vs. an automatic!