I concurI still think the fox bodys are a muscle car throw back with a great aftermarket that you can "build" any version of car you want. Drag racing,daily driver,road racing, or restored original.
I concurI still think the fox bodys are a muscle car throw back with a great aftermarket that you can "build" any version of car you want. Drag racing,daily driver,road racing, or restored original.
Hey found a flaw in you 13 sec recipe - the price. 13's under a grand? Not in today's market.
Slicks-$400
Long tube headers- $254.99
U/d pulleys- $70
Gears- $160
Tb- (bbk) $199
Mass air- cardone reman for 95 gt 69.99
Off road exhaust- pypes o/r x $189.99
Total-$1,343.97
Labor not included. When I had my gears installed if i remember right the labor was somewhere in the neighborhood of $300-400. Would you mount those slicks in your 16" pony's? I'm not trying to pick a fight with you with my list I'm just kinda messin' with ya. Anywho would you say prices have gone up much since the good ole days when 13's were king and 12s were stuff of legend?
Of course the prices have gone up a little but for say an investment of say 5-7k you can buy a nice mustang with mods to get you well into the 13's(or better). And who "wants" to drive a Camry etc lol. I will probably always have a fox body. I just like them to much. I always come back to them.Hey found a flaw in you 13 sec recipe - the price. 13's under a grand? Not in today's market.
Slicks-$400
Long tube headers- $254.99
U/d pulleys- $70
Gears- $160
Tb- (bbk) $199
Mass air- cardone reman for 95 gt 69.99
Off road exhaust- pypes o/r x $189.99
Total-$1,343.97
Labor not included. When I had my gears installed if i remember right the labor was somewhere in the neighborhood of $300-400. Would you mount those slicks in your 16" pony's? I'm not trying to pick a fight with you with my list I'm just kinda messin' with ya. Anywho would you say prices have gone up much since the good ole days when 13's were king and 12s were stuff of legend?
Newsflash: You can buy used stuff for less than new.
I mounted my slicks on a set of stock 10 hole 15" wheels and used the stock donut spares as front skinnies back in the day. Ran a short belt, iced the intake, disconnected the front sway bar links, removed everything from the trunk, ran a 1/4 tank of gas, and drove the **** out it. Not afraid to say one time I got about 30 ft off the starting line and shot my driver side axle about 10 feet. The car had 4000 miles on it. lol. Had a hard time explaining that to the dealer but after putting the car back together and towing it to the dealer, got it fixed under warranty.
what did you tell the dealer? haha
haha....every video I see on YouTube of a new-ish car breaking while racing I try to imagine how they could explain it to the dealer. It's a fun game.
Well that was 20+ years ago with an OBD-I computer so it was easy to put the car back to stock and the dealer had no clue. These days the news car computers can tell the dealer what mods were done, what speed you were going, etc. I've heard of guys when the 2o11's came out and put tunes on them that were too lean, burning up #8 cylinders, then restoring the tunes and bringing it back to the dealers. The new computers can tell that you had a tune and dealers were not honoring the warranties.
as I get older, I'm learning that going fast isn't all that matters. Now I don't want to drive a Prius, but I also don't have to win every little challenge on the roads either. Let the guy in his $40k STi beat me, that's cool. I wouldn't want his car payment. The positive things about a Fox body to me are:
1. minimal (or no) monthly payment
2. cheap and abundant parts
3. fast enough and loud enough to make me smile
4. able to be made very fast for relatively cheap
5. cool factor. everybody likes these cars
did I get those right?
An explorer top end swap will have you outpacing those 300hp sedans easily. You will weigh less and make hp/tq at much lower rpms.
does the Explorer top end swap net as much HP/TQ as the Edelbrock and Trick Flow kits?
Pretty much the only time my 15 yr old daughter wants to be seen with me at her school is when I pick her up in "her dad's hot rod" as she puts it. Convertible, shiny, sporty, and a nice rumble is all they see and hear. I don't think any of her friends have ever asked me how it would run against a new CamryAgreed. If I wanted the fastest car on the block, I'd write a check for new Shelby, get a pulley and tune, and headers.
My 23 year old car gets more looks and thumbs up than any new car. It puts a smile on my face when the top is down and you are cruising along with the wife and kids. Every time I pick up my daughter at school, all her friends jaws drop when they see her get in the car. That is priceless.
So Punisher, how goes the search?