Trust me, mustangs have been a major part of my life, and people don't like the style. I don't think its so bad, but i would not want to own one either.
You are going have to add at least 60hp more to a 4.6 non PI car to keep up with a minor bolt on notch.
And most people do love notches, even people that don't know crap about cars, say things like "i like the one with the trunk".
Me personally, i wouldn't want to own anything 96-04 that had a SOHC engine in it, but that's me.
Dohc engines, yes.
Actually...you're wrong. 94-98 DOES suck and everyone DOES love notches. I've seen like....2-3 of that era that look good. They're a typical chick car, top down, Rhianna and the vengas boys playing, blonde hair blowing in the wind with goggles for sunglasses. . Even in a hardtop you see some try hard trying to bang gears and race everything he sees because its labelled a Mustang and its faster than his moms Sebring. by rigamorales
Mustangs have a big part of my life, and I'm telling you more like the 94-98 than the foxes, particular they hate notches. Again there are a few people like us that can hopefully see both sides...
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Anyways, some people are a little uneducated about SOHC's...but oh well, I can just watch....
yeah easier to spend 12k on a 390hp engine
I'm plenty educated on sohc engines.
$2500 short block
$600 in gaskets and bolts to reassemble it.
$3000+ for the SC,Or the same amount for ported h/c.
Just not a cost effective engine to make more than 425rwhp with.
Easier to just buy a used 03 cobra engine. Splice up the gt harness, and get a tune.
I've also been in a NA 01, that made 340 or so rwhp, nothing impressive, certainly not the same feeling as a 300rwhp hp fox.
buy it, fix it, sell it. Dont waste your money. sohc are dogs and take a good bit of money to make them go. Anyone who says anything different used to drive a honda.
sorry bud but the weight difference isnt that much,numbers are numbers if it feels like this or that it doesnt really make a diff,obviously you dont know enough about them and that is the exact reason your bashing them.a little more research than magazine knowledge.
Talk about bias, you drive a 96 mustang.
A notch weighs 250lbs+ less than a 96 up mustang, not sure why you don't think that's alot, but it is.
And a 96 mustang makes about the same rwhp.
Numbers aren't just numbers, considering we are talking about two different cars, they give the power to weight ratio in this case.
There's guys in bone stock foxes run low 14's all day, compared to high 14's low 15's in a stock 96.
96-98 sohc cars are the redheaded stepchilds of the mustang world, and they don't hold value, you know why? Nobody wants them.
Goto ebay, lookup notches and then lookup 96 mustangs, they are worth the same. Too bad the original price on the 96 was much higher.
I could deal with a 99+sohc car, at least you don't need to do a headswap to get the car even with older cars. And i like the styling better, which is not to say i didn't like the styling on 94-98, because i thought they were decent.
And god forbid you have a stock non PI automatic, in that case you should stick to racing toyota camrys and ford taurus's.
Don't take it so personal, the 96 mustang just isn't really a good starting point to do a build up on.
The car falls under the "anything can be made fast" catergory, and just because you can, doesn't mean it's a good idea.
Then again, i only get my information from magazines, so what the hell do i know.
difference being the foxbody weighs alot less.
i only get my information from magazines, so what the hell do i know.
You said earlier you have lots of experience with the sohc
Now just magazines....
You said it, not me.
I'm doing the PI Headswap with OEM gaskets/parts for $400.
45-50rwhp for $400 and drive OEM.
Bad92GT - I understand and you understand. We have had both
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