compared to a similary equiped v8 mustang they are not slow, fact is any NA mustang ford has made will get beat by a LS1 (even though a mach 1 is a drivers race)

i can find a decent milage ls1 for less then 10 grand, thats not that bad of money for 300 rwhp

 

ls what?

 

The chevelle has a LS6...


and sorry, but as fast as those F-bodys are, Id rather have a car that i can confortabley cruise in....

that the backseat doesnt suck on, and the passenger has a useless hump in the floor.

 

have you ever driven or ridden in an fbody? it makes a mustang feel like your driving a dump truck.

 

driven and ridden my friends 94 Z28 M6. so yes

notice i said cruise- car rides rougher then my dirtbike when i trailride, and its pretty driver oriented...

 

I know the LS2 didn't come in an F-body, I was just using it as an example, it's not that dramatic of an engine, and frankly, for it's size, it should have a LOT more power to the rear wheels than it does. The LS1 an oversized inefficient engine, in an oversized heavy car.

You also have to consider that a WS6 was MORE expensive than a Termi as well, so who really got the most bang for the buck. I mean let's jsut compare apples to apples and dollars to dollars. The shop I try to exclusively deal with is strictly f-bodies for the most part. Hell they wanted me to start building engines for them when I was on land, but I live an hour away from their shop. I'll be moving to within about 15 minutes of them in the summer, so I may take up the offer. Nothing's more fun than getting paid to build cars that are slower than your own!

 

My other issue with GM is that NO MATTER what car you get, I feel like they were all built for 5yr olds. Everything is padded out and too soft and cushy, especially all of their suspensions, mainly "sports cars" and trucks. The ***** on everything are huge and most of the interior controls haven't changed much since 1989. The doors on the f-body were rediculously long, as well as all that wasted space in front of the engine, they could have at least moved the front wheels out a little more to improve the cars weight distribution. I also find the back end to be waaaaay too wide. I came very close to buying a WS6 at one point, but backed away mainly due to the difficulty involved with doing ANYTHING to them. I liked the real 96 ss impalas but a spark plug change takes 3 hours and when that crap distributor goes out, that's like a 10 hour job, and you might as well slap a cam in it while you have the entire front end of the engine torn down.

I just saw a lot of poor engineering on the things that matter the most to me. And I know a lot of people say the same thing about the mustangs, but frankly, it's faaaaar easier to work on any mustang than it will ever be on a gm vehicle.

I say this based on my experience in the dealership world for quite a few years working for Ford, Chrysler, and GM, and seeing first hand the difference in repair cost for similar items due to the difficulty and time it takes between each manufacturer.

Dodges are pretty much the easiest trucks to work on, since their stuff pretty much HAS to be interchangable, but other than that, Ford vehicles as a whole, in my experience, tend to have a much lower cost of repair and maintenance, and much less downtime than their GM counterpart.

 

hey matt!

how far are you from dallas? one fo the chicks here could use a hand installing her springs, and there might be something in it for ya

 

Pick up a rock, and throw it..... rock is now in Dallas. I can do springs almost and time this week. PM me contact info, or send mine to her.

 

just did. shes down in ennis, not a clue where that is...