Mohammed

I have a friend that owns a 95 Mustang GT with a 5.0 engine and a 5 speed, so I called the guy and I told him that I bout an IROC-Z and I want to race him to see how my car would perform with a Mustang.

When we met I told him that my trans is wrecked and it wont shift to 3rd on WOT so we'll have to race only fir the 1st and 2nd gear on my car, he said ok.

We stopped beside each other I did a burn out for 3 seconds then I told him ok. I didn't lunch the car that good it did a lot of wheel spin so he toke the sump I shifted to 2nd and my front end was in his door all the way to the end of my 2nd gear. Then I stopped and he told me "your car is something man I didn't expect it to hold up with my mustang" I told him let do it again.

We lined up he counted to 3 and this time I did a perfect lunch I toke the just that I couldn't see his car next to me when I shifted to 2nd he stopped I slowed down to tell he came next to me I told him what happened he said that he didn't get a good lunch.

We lined up again and again but I couldn't get that same lunch again but I still could hold up with him and keep my front end on his door.

At the end when I was talking to him I told him what do you think of my car he said it's real good you could eat up 5.0 fox type and 4.6 stangs easily.

Was that bad for a stock IROC-Z with a wrecked 700R4? Lets here it from all of you.

89BlueTA

I would say that fox body style cars and 4.6 newer mustangs would eat his car. 94-95 was not a good year for mustangs.
Good race though I hope you get a chance to race him again. 1st and 2nd gear is when the TPI intake really shines, but when you get into third is when other cars start to pull on it, due to a lack of top end power.

good luck
nick

ws6formula89

You would totally kill him if it were stock to stock. I used to have a 95 GT 5-speed, and it was a lot slower than either of the fox body stangs I have now.

Sounds like he doesn't like fox-body Mustangs as much as the SN-95 model.

Get your tranny fixed, and most importantly dude, go get a tune-up.

-Todd-

Nic

So let me get this straight...you're in your power band and can't pull on the 2nd slowest 5 speed V8 Mustang made since the early 80's, yet you would eat up a fox body 5.0?

Mark A Shields

Agreed. What kind of engine do you have?

CobraKiller

haha that's a joke. If you couldn't pull on the slowest of the SN95 cars you're not going to beat a fox body stang.

Mohammed

350 TPI

5.0mustang

So according to this guy he has a 13 second car easily. B/S, The Fox Stangs can go mid-low 14s stock and with K&N, and pulleys, could see 13s. He has one of the slowest stangs, and with a good tranny you should be able to kill him.

91-ZZ4-Z28

This is of course a never-ending argument. Back when I was into street racing (10 years ago when the FOX stangs and TPI F-body’s where new) I ran many many Fox body mustangs with my 91 Z when it was stock and close to stock and I won most of the time. In 92 I had a new 5-speed LX coupe at the time it was know as the fastest of the FOX stangs and it still lost to my 91 Z with the same mods. In the 1/8 mile the stang went mid 10's with a best of 10.23 (and yes I can drive a 5_speed I had one of my buddies run in the Z and the stang against me and the Z always won) even with march ram air and Mac equal shorty headers and pulley’s and a Flowmaster force 2 kit. The Z with random technology ram air, edelbrock headers, and flowmaster (just the muffler) went a best of 8.99 and averaged low 9's.

PS- Now I am going to sound like an old guy but always think twice before street racing it can be very dangerous. I lost my license for a year when I was younger (97 in a 55, organized street racing, and reckless driving). I also lost a friend who was just out for a little fun and was pushed into a guardrail at 120mph when the guy in the other lane lost control. I know we all mess around on the street from time to time but when you find yourself going to fast quit it and GO TO A TRACK!

Dan94GT

being a 94 gt owner I have to defend myself. The 94-95 5.0s are definately stronger than the 96-98 4.6's. they both have the same power numbers but the 5.0 makes much more down low where it counts to get the heavy sn-95 moving.
Fox bodies are faster but having lots of friends with foxes and some who have had both everyone agrees that 94-95s are just plain nicer cars.

he must have some real minor mods that he thinks are worth a lot or just not have been beat up on by foxes with less mods.

Nic

There's no doubt the SN95's are nicer cars. If I was going to get a car to cruise in, that would be it, but let's be realistic...they're overweight and underpowered from the factory.

5.0mustang

They are very heavy cars. I've heard that they 95 Convertable with the auto was one of the heaviest Mustangs ever made.

If your Stang ran mid 10s stock, it must have been pretty slow in the quarter. And the fastest STOCK fox car was the 87-88 LX coupe with the optional 3.08 gears, and the vynil seats. With just catback, K&N, pulleys and tires they could go 12s.

Mustang5L5

vinyl seat? Yuck! I'm glad mine didn't come with those.

My buddy had a stripper 87LX coupe. BONE stock that car used to take me in my current trim. We never got to see it hit the track because it was stolen and wrecked.

94-95's are a bit quicker than 96-98's because the 5.0 has a little more toque and a better tq curve. If i had to rank stock GT's, i'd say the 99-up's are the fastest, followed by the fox, then the 94-95 and then the slowest 96-98's.

But yeah, i'd take the 94-98 anyday as a cruiser. The brakes are better the interor better, the ride is better, the car looks better, but the foxes are faster!

91-ZZ4-Z28

I never ran it in the quarter but it ran about the same as all the other mustangs on the street.
I would never say it is imposible but I have seen 87-88 cars that could not hit 12's with a 125hp nitrous shot so it is had for me to beleave that they can with catback, K&N, pulleys and tires. Don't get me wrong I have seen some very fast FOX mustangs (9 second 1/4's) much faster that my car, but all of them had done a bunch of work to get there and with the same work most Fbodys can be there also.

5.0mustang

My dads Stang has gears, pulleys, cat-back, and slicks and he went 13.67 last year. Thats on a fulley optioned LX hatch with a 210 lb driver. With headers, an H-pipe, struts, and skinnies he should go 12s. On the 175 hit of spray he will be shooting for 10s.

Dan94GT

sorry man but skinnies and 15hp max from those exhaust mods wont knock off .67 and im not sure but a 175 shot wont put a stock motor in the 10s either.

I know foxes are faster, I said that right?

mine will just take more money thus more time and better planning to get it where I want it performance wise.

5.0mustang

That run was ona 2500 launch, and a low 1.9 60 foot. With a 4000-4500 launch, more power, and less rolling resistance, it could go 13s, hopefully at Englishtwon.

5.0mustang

OOPs I meant 12s.