well said and basicly says it all ... i wouldnt want to be seen racin a f**kin Elantra!! lol
But why? The Cobra wouldn't waste the gas, would he? All the old posts in this thread addressed this very thing- junk launched like the space shuttle is still junk, and should be treated accordingly. A proper Mustang is above all that.
Show me a car that you can modify and get amazing results for cheaper than what you can do with a Mustang.
They are simple to work on.
There is an absolutley HUGE aftermarket, more than any other car out there.
With the right combo of suspension/power upgrades, they will walk anything and for cheaper.
They are incredibly light (and nimble) when set up right.
While the styling cues may not be everyones taste, they certainly look a lot better than Camaros (my opinion) and they don't have the stigma of being a "Gino" car.
Show me a stock car that is as fun to drive as a 5 speed, stock fox in comparable years and pricing.
A stock fox doing low 14s in the quarter is still faster than 90% of the import cars out there. Price of a stock fox that does 14s in decent shape? 5k. Price of a Mazda Speed6 that does 14s? 30k +.
I dunno...what else do you want.
These threads are just as irritating as "ya but I can take my mustang and add 10,000 worth of parts and make it a 10 second car, plus the 5000 I paid for it and I'm way ahead of a ________, mustangs are teh rulezor"
I live, eat and breath mustangs. When I'm not on here I'm reading about them, I'm reading them in a magazine, reading tech articles on **** I'll never install. I'll draw them, drive my girlfriend nuts about talking about them. I've been this way since I was about eight.
The plain facts are, althought I admire them, foxes in particular....every car has its place in both the performance world and as just a car to boot around in. I dont mind hondas, acuras, subies, chevy's I like them all, provided they are tastefully done, no different than any Mustang, even though I'm partial.
Let the debates go, its silly.
Take the LX 5.0 notch for example. Its really the perfect race car. It runs approx 14.5 in the quarter with a good driver, prob better with a real good driver. That's stock. Throw in a set of gears and slicks and its in mid 13's-13.0 because it is a v8with awesome TQ. Then do a h/c/i to get it up to todays flowing standards and you could prob hit 11's! And like the guys said here, it would cost you a lot less than them thar imports.
PLUS side is that the lx notch is on its way UP in value at this point!!
My LX notch with some weight reduction, X-pipe, headers, cold air intake, pulleys and electric fan ran 14.1@99.5mph... I had the 2:73 gearing and still had traction problems like a 2.7 60footer... So 13's would have been more than possible with a pretty much stock notch. Also the engine was very tired, no oil pressure and burning almost as much oil + coolant as it did fuelIt's in the 12's with just C9 heads, Cobra intake, and a few other mods.
They are easy and cheap to make fast, but because of that you guys think everyone should build the SAME car to run at the track? This is the kind of thinking that I don't agree with. Just because it might be a good platform doesn't mean everyone should have to use it. How boring would that be?
With that said I know all about what it takes to run timselips. I have had my hands on everything from 7 second famous race cars, to 14 second stockers... but I can appreciate if someone wants to go a different route.
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