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RACED AN OLDER STANG

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Ozsum2

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Edbert said:
But most of them are primer-black 6-cyl 3-speeds.
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390Fe said:
And some of them are primer black 390 4-spds .
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and some of them are primer black 351 windsor twin turbo 5 speeds



That way the secretary can dry her hair on the way to work.
 
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Edbert said:
But most of them are primer-black 6-cyl 3-speeds.
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That was good
 

12sec67

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i love this thread
 

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12sec67 said:
i love this thread
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Since you just switched to a 9" not to long ago, did your car slow down in the 1/4 mile. I just put a 9" in mine. I am hopeing to break into the 12s this summer( i said that last year, but i wasnt able to go once.) My current best so far is a 13.4 with 2.2 60'.
 

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blue66tang said:
Since you just switched to a 9" not to long ago, did your car slow down in the 1/4 mile. I just put a 9" in mine. I am hopeing to break into the 12s this summer( i said that last year, but i wasnt able to go once.) My current best so far is a 13.4 with 2.2 60'.
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Assuming the gear ratio is the same and nothing was wrong with the 8... the 9 WILL make your car slower NOT faster. It weighs more and introduces more parasitic loss.
 

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12sec67 said:
17 x 11 1/2's in the rear without a mini tub!
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I presume you are running a 67 based on your user name? What size tire do you have there? What is the backspace on the rim?

TIA
 

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Edbert is correct. That is why you are seeing more 8" rears at the road courses. The drag stuff week end and week out (at this point in time) will require a 9".

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Edbert said:
Assuming the gear ratio is the same and nothing was wrong with the 8... the 9 WILL make your car slower NOT faster. It weighs more and introduces more parasitic loss.
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I know it will make it a little slower. I was just asking 12sec67 how much it slowed him down.
 

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Since you just switched to a 9" not to long ago, did your car slow down in the 1/4 mile. I just put a 9" in mine. I am hopeing to break into the 12s this summer( i said that last year, but i wasnt able to go once.) My current best so far is a 13.4 with 2.2 60'.
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i'm not quite sure if it did or not because when i installed the 9" i also had a different carb on (750dp).
but my times did change from a 8.0 to 8.2's - but i'm hoping it was just the carb that my times have changed.
i put back on my 650 dp and will be going to the track soon and hopefully hitting 8.0's again on street tires.

the 31 spline 9" is one heavy mother-then with disc brakes and calipers and new big a$$ rims and tires i'm still happy hitting 8.2's.
 

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I presume you are running a 67 based on your user name? What size tire do you have there? What is the backspace on the rim?

TIA
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315/35 17's nitto drag radials
http://forums.stangnet.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30270&stc=1
http://forums.stangnet.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30271&stc=1
 

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damn them tires are tucked nicely ! looks good man
 

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Edbert said:
But most of them are primer-black 6-cyl 3-speeds.
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I thought it was 3 wheels. I thought of gp001 wrong all along.
 

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Oh yeah, Well I heard that some of those mustangs have leather seats and cd players that came stock. They were like way ahead of there times man.
 

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And how come when I posted about racing a 70 something Camaro and beating him badly on the street everyone wrote and said how street racing is wrong. Well now its your turn!
I cant believe people have the nerve to street race. Its just to dangerous and illegal.
Now that youve been scolded. Wanna race on the highway tonight?
 

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Can these classic Mustangs have 5-speeds, fuel-injected engines, and CD players? Wow, that's crazy.
 

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I wanna race!
 
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Well hot darn. My mustang just has a 3 speed and an ol' 351 Cleveland. I hear it's got one of them there CD players, but it looks like the stock stereo is still in the dash.

Wanna race? Track style of course, I'm 100% against street racing my classic. While I trust myself, I don't trust the other people out there, and I don't need to endanger anyone else.
 
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