OK so i walk out of work today and i hear my buddie arguing with some kid. they call me over there. the argument was over what year the terminators were last made....04. so i tell the kid this and he says im bull****ting. he says he is a mustang enthusiast, i say so am i. he asks what i drive and i point to my car. he laughs and says ohhh the v6? i say yup. just a sixxer. he starts getting in my face about it, btw this kid is drunk, i could smell it on him like crazy, and i ask what he drives. he says an 89 fox body that will put at least two lengths on your car. he says what do u run, probably only a 15.5. i say yeah thats it. thats all my little sixxer has. last time i ran at the track i hit a 14.8. that was before the duals. i walk away. an hour later this punk is back and has taken a couple more shots. then gets in my face more about how glorius his 89 fox is. my question is what do they normally run. i assume he has a gt, and he said it was bone stock.

how would i hold up. he is a stick im an auto

 

If he's stock it should be a good race. He's lighter than you by about 300 lbs. I raced one with exhaust, put about 3 lenghts on me from a dig till 70. It was stick as well. Race him and find out.

 

tired 5.0 vs s197 v6


hmmm youll prob get him but not by much
unless his shifts are as quick as his tounge

 

Torque monster is gonna outrun the 5.0

 

I take the v6... the older 5.0's aren't geared very well, they're a bit tired... and it's not like they have crazy horsepower.

 

I own both..or at least used to have the 4.0 before the current swap.
Also own a low mileage '87 GT, but haven't had it at the track yet.
To my knowledge stock they are low 15 sec cars, so with your mods you should clean up.
That being said it is silly easy to mod a Fox and make them sickly fast, but that is a conversation for another thread!

 

I ran a 14.5 with cold air intake and h pipe with stock 3.08 gear. I ran a 13.9 with gears and full exaust.. This is on an 88 gt with 160 k on original engine.. plus there's not to many stock fox's running around. But if it truely is stock with an average driver I'd say he'd just take you or it would be close..

 

if hes bone stock then it would probably be a drivers race. you could probably take him pretty good if hes a medeocre driver...

 

this is a post from the 4.6 vs 5.0 thread



I can speak directly to this having owned several 5.0's and a few 4.6's including a 1997 GT, let me break it down like this.

My BONE STOCK '85 LX 5.0 was good for 14.5@93
My BONE STOCK '85 GT 5.0 was good for 14.7@93
My'87 LX 5.0 was good for 14.1@96 with the silencer removed and timing bumped

 

Interesting... Race and find out. I would like to know.