Hey guys,
I've been driving around my 1984 Mustang for a few weeks now and it just seems a bit sluggish to me. It became more evident when I took it to Irwindale speedway to see how it would do stock before adding any mods. The best it ran the 1/8th mile was 10.3 @ 63 MPH and this is on drag radials/skinnies with race star industries wheels and a semi stripped interior. My foxbody has a stock motor besides a 650 4 barrel carb with a Edelbrock performer intake and underdrive pulleys, World class T5 from a 1999, 8.8 rear end with 2.73 gears. Spark plugs were changed since I thought this was the problem and the base timing is already set at about 13-14 degrees. Had a lot of backfire at the carb when at WOT before i changed the spark plugs but now it occasionally happens when trying to accelerate. When trying to accelerate it just doesn't feel like the car is accelerating at all so I'm trying to fix any mechanical issues before actually adding mods to it. Could it also be related to the loud jolt I hear from the rear end when I go into a different gear? Any help is appreciated
I've been driving around my 1984 Mustang for a few weeks now and it just seems a bit sluggish to me. It became more evident when I took it to Irwindale speedway to see how it would do stock before adding any mods. The best it ran the 1/8th mile was 10.3 @ 63 MPH and this is on drag radials/skinnies with race star industries wheels and a semi stripped interior. My foxbody has a stock motor besides a 650 4 barrel carb with a Edelbrock performer intake and underdrive pulleys, World class T5 from a 1999, 8.8 rear end with 2.73 gears. Spark plugs were changed since I thought this was the problem and the base timing is already set at about 13-14 degrees. Had a lot of backfire at the carb when at WOT before i changed the spark plugs but now it occasionally happens when trying to accelerate. When trying to accelerate it just doesn't feel like the car is accelerating at all so I'm trying to fix any mechanical issues before actually adding mods to it. Could it also be related to the loud jolt I hear from the rear end when I go into a different gear? Any help is appreciated