best stock fox??

[QUICK91LX]

Regardless of how fast they were, I was just pointing out that your statement was incorrect. If you had said that 93 was the only SVT cobra, then I wouldn't have said anything.

BTW 79 had a 5.0 or 2.3 turbo, 80-81 you could get any engine ford offered in mustangs.

It is true that 1993 was the first year for SVT and the Cobra as we know it today, however Ford did offer a Cobra package early in the fox run, though it was mostly a bunch of stickers rather than an up-level performance package. (at least 80-81 Cobras and 82 GT's had the 79 Pace Car nose...one of the best looking fox noses ever)

It would have been cool if you could get any Ford engine in a Mustang, but the only engines available early in the fox run were Fords small mediocre engines...no 351's or 400's here...but remember even the bigger motors of the day were pretty anemic

79 - 2.3 I-4, 2.3 I-4T, 3.3 I-6, 2.8 V6, 5.0 NON-HO V8 (Cobra = 2.3T or 5.0 V8)
80 - 2.3 I-4, 2.3 I-4T, 3.3 I-6, 4.2 V8 (Cobra = 2.3T or 4.2 V8)
81 - 2.3 I-4, 3.3 I-6, 4.2 V8 (Cobra = 4.2 only)
82 - 2.3 I-4, 3.3 I-6, 4.2 V8, 5.0 HO V8 (No more Cobra, most GT's got the 5.0, a few came through with the 4.2)

Mind you that the most powerful engine here was the 5.0 HO of 1982 and it put out a whopping 157HP. This, however, is the car that brough performance back to the automotive world...and the rest they say, is history.

On topic to the thread though, the best advice to achieve you the most fun and ease of modification is find the cleanest 87-93 ORIGINAL 5.0 car you can find, and then go crazy. 79-85 can be made great but in many cases you have to modify the car in order to modify it (IE: change trans crossmember to clear dual exhaust) Like i said, this board will give you all the info you need. Now get out there and find a stang...then make it the car of your dreams!!!

 

[bad2th3bone86]

Personally i would deffinitly try to find a 1985 with T-Tops!!!

 

[Foxfan88]

excluding the cobras the fastest factory 5 liter should be an 89 notch with no options.

 

[tunedin302]

wasnt 93 the first SVT produced cobra though?

93 was the first year that the SVT Cobra was introduced by the SVT (special vehicle team) division of Ford. The first vehicle introduced by SVT was the 93 Lightning.

 

[Mustang78]

if i could do it all over again, i wouldent change a thing, i love my 82! same goes for them 79 pace cars or any car with the same nose, with or without a 5.0

~Mark~

 

[fivespeedsteed]

89. no speed density, no airbag (aka, low fuel, oil light)

dont matter if its a lx 5.0 or a gt. as long as it has 8 sparkplugs and 3 pedals its all good.

 

[GTOreturns]

I know most of em look the same. But by 93 they got all of the bugs out of the Fox body. My dad is a retired cop in 1990. He remembers when they first started using 5.0's on the highways.(mid 80's) He said they broke down all the time. So by 93 they fixed all the little quirks!