Fox Being Phased Out Of Media....

Sharad said:

I agree that a lot of the tech is weak, but it's not all that way. In particular, Richard Holdener is very detailed and thorough. And to speak to your example of cam specs, you have to remember that some cam designers don't want their specs out there. One of my magazine cars has a custom solid roller cam which was cut from a billet core. It was designed by Ed Curtis, and out of respect to him, I was intentionally vague on the cam specs in my engine article. It's not because I don't know what the cam specs mean so I left them out of the story, it's because those specs are proprietary info from Flowtech Induction.

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I can appreciate that, but only to an extent. It seems to me that in a magazine article application, where people are specifically paying money to be educated, that there should be full transparency. It's similar, though maybe to a lesser extent, to buying a $200 textbook about human anatomy, but the chapter on the brain is omitted because the author wants to protect competitive information belonging to an investor. I have mixed feelings about cam guys who keep their grinds for a 40 year old engine secret (though I know Ed's stuff is legit), but regardless, it seems to me a cam in a mag article should one that the specs can be public information.

93project said:

well yea, i know they cant do tech. whats the point? weve all done everything there is to do.. but as mentioned ... showing restomod type articles would be nice. lastly , how dare you compare our fox to the pinto mustang! those cars get no coverage cuz theyre not true mustangs. but the fox? the new mustang owes its life to the foxbody, and the shelby owes its to the 93 cobra! respect the elders!!

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What's the difference whether it's a Pinto Mustang or a Fairmont Mustang. The truth is, without the Mustang Deuce, there would not have been a Fox Mustang.

Maryland Stang said:

What's the difference whether it's a Pinto Mustang or a Fairmont Mustang. The truth is, without the Mustang Deuce, there would not have been a Fox Mustang.

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Yeah,...because they (Ford) wouldn't have had to go so far as to completely erase an entire 15 year legacy of body style recognition in the Fox body if they hadn't f cked up so bad w/ that sorry assed mustang II.

The Goober that brought that turd to the drawing board has obviously died of AIDS.

madmike1157 said:

Yeah,...because they (Ford) wouldn't have had to go so far as to completely erase an entire 15 year legacy of body style recognition in the Fox body if they hadn't f cked up so bad w/ that sorry assed mustang II.

The Goober that brought that turd to the drawing board has obviously died of AIDS.

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So your next project won't be a II?

Boss 351 said:

So your next project won't be a II?

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I'm not thinking so...

madmike1157 said:

Yeah,...because they (Ford) wouldn't have had to go so far as to completely erase an entire 15 year legacy of body style recognition in the Fox body if they hadn't f cked up so bad w/ that sorry assed mustang II.

The Goober that brought that turd to the drawing board has obviously died of AIDS.

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C'Mon....really?

I read Lee Iacoca's book and he talks about how the early seventies Mustang had become too big and bloated in size, the American consumer was resisting the new styling cues. Couple that with the gas crisis and Ford had to make the Mustang 2 smaller and more "Euro" looking to sell cars...that's what the are in business for. I detest the look of them and am glad the Fox Platform came about, but they have there place in Mustang history. Really any model of any brand owes something to the previous...

I love my 89 GT, I have owned 2 new edge cars and 3 other Foxes...I'll always have a thing for a clean Fox.

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