I have a '95 XR7, fully loaded, great car, plenty of power, even tho it's only the 3.8L, it has 160k on it, but the head gasket blew two hears ago, had the heads rebuilt and ported and polished, few other very small things. My girl ran into the back of a civic SI with it....damnit, but it was covered thankfully, and not much damage to either car, but I need a fender and outside parking light/turn signal cover, should be cheap and I plan to fix myself.
When I'm not driving my mustang, i'm driving my cougar.
Cars i've beaten with my Cougar;
2001 Neon regular 16v 5 spd
'90 civic hatch w/cams exhaust and intake
My cousins '89 SHO....only cause he missed third tho
My Cousins '95 V6 Mustang W/ Auto
BMW 328i
3 MKII 16 valve Jetta's, but lost to plenty of GTI's etc etc
Raced my own cougar with my VR6 and smoked it tho hehe.
Cougar's of that era are awesome if you invest and do it right.
I've seen video's of the supercharged one's running very good numbers. Ofcourse not stock, lots of work done, but holy **** they can be made to run!!!
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