I'm looking to race my friends Mustang and he says he will whoop my *** by as least 5 car lengths in a 1/4 mile race.

Hes got a 1996 Mustang (V6 3.8 5speed)

I got a 1989 Camaro RS (305 V8)

Who will win and by how much?

 

Anyone??

 

well, the 305tbi is not anything to brag about, but neither is ford 3.8.

Im not sure who would win, but it would be close if anything, no 5 lengths on either side. Unless one of you cant drive.

 

What mods do you have? What does he have? Some more information would help.

 

Stock on stock you should beat him. I knew a girl who had a 3.8 5 speed stang which ran 10.01 in the 1/8th and it was modified, (tune, gears, not sure what else, exhaust I think) my 88 305 tune port runs 9.70's(best time was 9.54 after iceing the intake for about 15 min)

 

More hp and ALOT more torque, plus about the same weight give or take a hundred pounds maybe. You should have the win.... My caprice kept up with a 5 spd 3.8 stang before on the street and that car is Terrible on acceleration. It only started catching when the speeds were over 40...

 

my friend has one of those mustangs, it is slow... very very slow... I vote T.B.I. for the win.

 

lol yeah the stangs need a v8 to pull those heavy body im goin for the tbi

 

89 RS for the win. You do need to get some mods dude.

 

Working on it man, i am getting a 3" cat converter with a3" cat-back system, moneys getting hard especially when college is right around the corner.

Were racing soon ... ill let you know the results.

 

u should deff win,i mean im sure my stock RS is as fast as a brand new v6 stang....so u should have no trouble with the old one

 

You racing a 17 possibly 16 second car, you shouldn't have to worry about losing.

 

Best bang for you buck would be gears.

 

Best bang for your buck would be a full complete tune up, then the ultimate TBI mods and an open element air filter.

 

Yup im doing this right when i find the right differential at a good price.

 

Whats your price range? and what are you looking for?

 

Looking for a used GM differential and i'm not looking to spend more than 200

 

my 350 TPI went up equal to a 2000 Mustang GT 4.6 with 4:10 gears

so you should easily win unless he has something like turbo you dont know about.

 

Dude how was that even helpful for this thread?
He's got a 305 TBI and he's racing a V6 mustang....It's like comparing apples to oranges to your 350 TPI and a V8 Mustang race.......people are lame.

 

i know its kinda an old post but what are some good mods for a 89 rs?

 

SEARCH! There are TONS of posts asking this question. Try out the TBI board, since that is what is probably powering your Camaro...

 

you will win..i had a 92 rs 305 tbi and my friend had a 03 mustang v6..we raced like 5 times on a closed road n i beat him by a car or two everytime.. he still thinks his car is fast cuz i wrecked my rs... but kno i got an Iroc-z n now he cant even keep up :P

 

I say you'll win those mustang are slow even in the 4.6 v8's.

 

I had a 95 stang with the 3.8 and 5 speed and I had my 89 camaro rs tbi auto at the same time. I never got to race them together but id say the mustang pulled real good in third gear, so if u get a good start you should still be able to hold him off. All other gears in the stang where crap.

 

my 89 rs got faster when i took out everything behind the front seats, not saying you have to go that far but taking out the pannels under the hatch and carpet will give you a little upper hand if your feelin doubts but you should win

 

well man, it all depends on the driver. seeing how both cars are matched almost identical. if both of you have automatic, then its whoever can hit the gas first (usually) however, if you both got a stick, its who can shift faster, and more efficiently to get the "boost" of a "perfect shift" to outrun the other. if one has manual, and one has auto, then you hope he misses a gear, or you don't, depending on who has what. good luck, show 'em what a Camaro really is.

 

The 305 tbi is a high 16 second car at best, you should still beat the sackless stang lol

 

Necro posting FTW

 

Yup! Way to dredge 'em outta the archives....

 

Haha sorry guys, I'm a newbie and am terrible at navigation on this site

 

just ran my camaro today did a best time of 16.72 in 1/4 and thats all stock with ac smog and spare tire in hatch. lighter her up and put a chip and headers should run high 15's

 

Change the gearing and add posi and you'll be in the 15s, then a chip and headers/exhaust should make low 15s