Mustang 5.0 is back

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Dave

dont quote me but i think it was 160s, id been looking for one for a while as a project car and had to give up. They held value far to well, cant even touch one over here under 5k. A shame really, im a turbo guy at heart but i love the whine of a roots

Maybe it was but I thought 200 but maybe that was a modded one...I honestly don't remember...but it was fun to drive.

[Kerry_129]

Interesting - though the '5.0' is simply the displacement and it's clearly not the old 302 Windsor pushrod motor. I 'spect it's simply the 4.6 bored/stroked. As such, the tons of aftermarket & cheap/easy to mod factor won't be as high, but still pretty good compared to many other performance car offerings (esp. import). As a bang-for-the-buck hod-rod platform, back in the mid-80's ~ '93 the Fox-body was like a sore pecker - hard to beat!


As for the old fox-body - man I still miss my old '89 Saleen sometimes. It was what it was, with the inherent limitations of a live-axle, relatively flexy chassis, and 'only' 250hp or so - but damn it, it was just a cool car & fun to drive!

[Dave]

Originally Posted by z06boy

It's paid for and the wife likes playing around in it so we'll keep it for now.

She'd like a 370Z...amongst several other rides as well.

see i cant get behind the 370 solely because they put in that rev matchs for you bs. Other than that i love the car

[Dave]

btw, z06: i have a turbo manifold for that id let go fairly cheap if she wants to go bonkers with it. I was gonna drop a 2.4 in my daytona but i no longer care about fwd.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Do you think the GLHS had a smoother engine?

Smoother, probably not, but it didn't run out of steam as early, which was part of my original complaint about the 5.0 (which was really a 4.9 by the way)

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by z06boy

My dad had a Starion Turbo...I almost bought a Conquest.

The mr2 supercharged was good for upper 14's in stock form with average driver...drove one but never owned one. 200 hp I think and handled well.

145hp, but it was light as hell.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Tmall

And slice, some of enjoy fighting to keep traction and the tq it can provide. Top end in a car? That's not very important to me. I don't speed too much, but I love acceleration.

When I say top end I mean high rpms, not top speed. My first 2 cars were 4-cylinders, so that's the type of power curve I became accustomed to. I don't like it when the torque curve falls off too soon.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Smoother, probably not, but it didn't run out of steam as early, which was part of my original complaint about the 5.0 (which was really a 4.9 by the way)

block wouldnt split in half at redline either

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Smoother, probably not, but it didn't run out of steam as early, which was part of my original complaint about the 5.0 (which was really a 4.9 by the way)

Where did the 4.9 (in the ones you drove) start petering out?
bout 4K?

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Where did the 4.9 (in the ones you drove) start petering out?
bout 4K?

my 83(non-roller cam) carbed car would run out of steam after 5500 with the stock cam. I shifted at 5200.

I for one loved the low end torque of that motor. I really didn't like it when it was rebuilt and it did not feel very strong below 3000RPM.


BTW, Homeslice, would you prefer a low revving vtwin sportbike, or an R6?