tell me what you think

[fox87stang]

Im about to purchase a camaro, t/a, or mustang. I know most of your opinons will be biast due to the fact were on a ls1 website, but heres the deal. Here is a list of mods done to a 1996 GT. It has 74000 original miles. Lthr seats, 5spd, new paint job, which i will have redone to a solid color. I need to know your thoughts of how reliable it will be, an estimate of 1/4 mile times with average driver, and if you think its a reasonable buy. Thanks

Engine:
First off engine is brand new, less than 8000 miles on everything
JE 15cc dish pistons
Manley Forged Rods
Cobra Forged Crank
Studded block
PI Heads, ported
Comp Cams Blower cams
Ford Racing high volume oil pump
PI Manifold
Steeda racing aluminum radiator

Fuel:
T-Rex inline pump
255 intank pump
kirban adjustable fpr

Exhaust:
Kooks longtube headers
Custom made h-pipe
Flomaster 2-chambers out the back

Drivetrain:
Steeda tri-ax shifter
Spec Stg. 2 Clutch(Brand new with engine)
Ford Racing 3.73 gears
Aluminum Driveshaft

Suspension:
Eibach drop springs

Interior:
Autometer Boost gauge
Autometer Fuel Pressure gauge
Autometer 5" tach with shift lite
Steeda Aluminum pedals

Exterior:
Like i said very well done painted on silver stripes
Brand new smoked headlights and foglights

Rims:
Weld Draglite's, 15x8 and 15x3.5 w/
295's on the back and skinnies on front, great tread

[86 IROC-Z]

Looks to me like it will run about 5.4 @ 318... not bad, bit faster than my third gen.

[Rhinohuey]

Only God himself could drive a third gen up to 318 without some sort of explosion or something.

[fox87stang]

He recentley took a SC off of it.

[67CamaroRSSS]

He recentley took a SC off of it.

Let me see if I've got this right: God took a supercharger off of a 3rd gen and ran it to 318mph? Well, he's God after all.......

[Rhinohuey]

Thats what I got from it....

[fox87stang]

anyone with a serious answer? haha

BIGG JOE

[Jays00ss]

why don't you go to a mustang forum, This is for forum is for LS1's. I don't have a clue what the RUSTANG could run. Probly a 16.5 @80 mph or 12.8 @105 mph with a LS1 pushing it down the track

[bmyers]

get an ls1

[burnws6]

[B34M3R]

That car won't be signifacantly faster than stock... a stock LS1 would take it.

That car was prepped with boost in mind to make its power... without the boost, its prolly only making 30-40 more hp.... If you don't have any more money to dump into the car, I wouldn't bother, you'd just be wasting a nice built engine.

You also didn't mention how much it costs...

But I'd guess it would run in the 14.0 to maybe high 13 range...

Which still wouldn't handle an LS1 in that condition.

[Commie]

I ran a modified mid 90's cobra in my spec v last night and i hung with him. My spec is fully bolted minus cams and midpipe putting down 191hp to the ground. My SS would have smoked that damn thing.

The spec is a low 14 second car. Go with the LS1....I've had to heavily modify my daily to even give me 1/10th of the feeling the LS1 gives.

[JwMonE99]

Honestly thats not that bad of a mustang. I remember you saying that you were looking for a car for under 9 grand, so with a new motor with that amount of miles and those mods, sounds like a pretty good deal. Yea will be faster then a stock LS1, but it wouldn't take much for an LS1 to take it, so again for a mustang N/A thats pretty good. Deffently a sleeper IMHO

[fox87stang]

thanks for yalls opinoin...7500 is what hes asking...ill probably go with an ls1, but a mustang is always in the back of my mind

[Blitzed]

Buy it and put some boost to it like it was built for!

[310stanger]

if you are gonna buy a mustang, get either a nice clean foxboy 87-93 preferably a 89-92, or a terminator. Personally i think the sn95 cars were junk, the 99-04 new edge gts are junk too. The 5.0s are easier to make fast then that garbage paperweight 2 valve. Unless you plan on using a real good supercharger that 96 is gonna get ass raped by an ls1 with a blind, deaf, mute, retard driving it.

[310stanger]

check out a project car in muscle mustangs and fast fords called stolen goods. its based on a REALLY clean 93 cobra with a built 347 engine with trickflow goodies on it. its teh sex. full maximum motorsports suspension designed for road racing. i want my car to be jus like this car.