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Hey all
I was considering a '94-95 GT (possibly vert) as my next car, but I wouldn't be able to afford one anytime soon (ie within the next couple of years)..so I'm now considering an 87-93 GT hatch. How fast are they stock, and approx. how much extra would I be looking at to get one to run high 13s in the quarter? What are the differences between the 5.0 LX & GT?
I definitely want a 5.0 hatchback w/manual tranny..(or sn95..but that's out of the question for now)..any suggestions?
what sicy said.... fox's in general r lighter than any sn95.... a 92 lx 5 speed stock trim could hit 14.9 ... so it's not that hard to make a fox stang fast.... they respond better to mods than do the sn95s' do...... 13's is easy to achieve... 12's usually is too...
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They're also quite a bit cheaper...how many miles can you usually get on the engine before it needs a rebuild? Basically, is a high mileage (~120k) car going to be okay for a while? Also, how much $ is involved in bringing it down from high 14s to...say 12.x?
What's the difference between LX ('87-93) & GT ('87-93) aside from weight, and should I expect to pay around KBB value, or a bit below? I hear the '93s were the worst of the foxbodies..is this true?
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Got a question for you fox heads....
WTF is a sn95 or any other lil codes out there?
LX and HX, what's the difference? Engines, tranny's, body style.....I'm admiting I don't know a lotta Oval-specific stuff, but I wanna learn, so hey, go for it.
And if you ass rape me, please be kind enough to give me gause or something to bandage my wounds.
fox the production name given to 93 and older stangs.. sn95 94 or newer....a 5.0 will run forever don't worry about how many miles it has...the only difference between a lx and gt is the body kit... u can get both lx and gt in 5.0 5 speed trim....
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3:73' and flowmasters are great for 1/4 mile. Improvement in the 1/4 depends how you drive. Why do you prefer no nitrous? Dont be a clam. You want to go fast use the bottle.
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I'd rather have something that's not going to run out/need to be refilled, etc. I would like to be able to beat most cars around w/o spraying. Does it adversly affect the engine if used fairly often? My knowledge level in domestics is incredibly low..I know a little about my car, but Japanese cars seem to be hated around here.
On another note, I saw a 94-97 Cobra a few minutes ago...I need a better job so I can afford one.
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Nitrous is just like any other form of F/I. It'll put the same wear and tear on the motor when it's used.
BUT, since you don't use it all the time, your motor, in theory (and generally in practice) will last longer.
Refilling a bottle everynow and then, for the price savings you get, I wouldn't mind. If you think the bottle's cheating, then ditch the supercharger or turbo you have in mind. They're all forms of F/I, and if you're against one, you're against all.
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Dude looyd whats with you and nitrous? I mean sure its great for the money.... but refilling your bottle must brreak you on your weekly pay, and you can't even spray that much on a stock motor so why not suggest people build a stronger engien before nitrous????? Just answering everyone's questions with 'GET NITROUS!' is annoying dude. LOL someone's gonna blow their motor up from nitrous one day and look around for the guy who was in Dumb and Dumber on the mustangforums.com postboard, with revenge in mind. I plan on spraying a 175-200 shot ont he new 347 I got coming though ;) What do you run just out of curiousity lloyd??
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Do you even have any clue how much it costs to fill up a nitrous tank? $30 around here for a 15 pound bottle.
You can spray nitrous on a stock motor. You need to sit there and look up some stuff.
A. Don't spray below 2500 RPM
B. Don't hit your rev limiter while spraying
C. Spray @ WOT
D. Spray when the engine can easily rev
E. Don't get greedy.
You'll be fine if you follow those basic rules and use some common sense.
lloyd is correct in his answer. People are asking what's the best thing for the buck, and damnit, he's telling them. You don't like that, well, sorry, it's the truth.
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When the people in this forum (im not knocking anyone here, I work just as hard as the rest of you for my money) ask what they can do to make their car faster for cheap money you have to tell them to use gears and nitrous. When someone is talking about saving up to buy an intake, there's agood chance that they cant afford a turbo or a supercharger. You can spray NOS (pronounced EN-OH-ESS by they way just incase you guys thought I was saying it like the fags in that pathetic import racing movie) on a stock, mild or wild motor and have a good time. you just have to be reasonable with it. And anyone who uses NOS because I told them to is free to ask me whatever they want about it so they dont blow their motor up and have to come looking for me! LOL.
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