why would i lose to a 90 lx 5.0?

[mustangtraitor]

i have a few buddies with mostly stock 5.0 foxbody cars. we have been talkn trash a while now so i finally ran. his car is a 91 lx or close to that, originally a 4banger car with a maf 5.0 mustang motor, stock headers, h pipe i think, light flywheel but otherwise stock with a 5 speed. from a dig he pulled me 2 car lengths from the start all the way thru to about 90 never a change in car lengths. It was kinda funny because halfway thru smoke was pouring out his car. he blew a heater core hose. I would think i should beat him by a few car lengths.
My car has no cat, no smog, no egr, tuned, k&n intake. its a a4. I do seem to have a issue with the car reporting a false knock, but even at the track I ran 14.3 @97mph ( with the knock issue) which should be faster than a 5.0 or is this normal?

[IronOutlaw]

That surprises me because I've seen cammed 5.0s run in the 14s at the track. He must be one Hell of a driver. I mean my cousins 04 Monte Carlo kept up with a 93 cobra till the eighth mile. That shows that anything can happen on the street.

[joelster]

I remember back in the day when the 5.0's filled our local track. A good driver in a 5.0 could rip a 9.2-9.3 at our local 1/8th or go to our local 1/4 mile track and run a 14.3-14.4, bone stock, stock street tires. The slower ones or the ones with the bad drivers would be 9.6ish and 14.9ish. An auto would be a 10.1/15 something. If your buddy has some mods and is a good driver, I don't see why he wouldn't run an 8.8 or so and a 13.6. 5.0's are light and with his being a 4cyl car to start with i'm sure it's around 3000lbs.

[Joker Z28]

Any chance he could of sprayed too?

[mustangtraitor]

no spray, i know hes a better driver than me, i let him get the jump on me figuring i would just over take him like when i run 94+ mustangs.
he just did a 1,2,3 count and i left right a second later than him, not much. The joke now is he beat me but i killed his car, lol.
It wasnt even his car I was supposed to run originally, but the other guy broke a clutch cable so i ran this car instead. I know both of them pretty well we go to a car meet weekly. makes me want to gut my car out. I really think somethings wrong with my car to be honest. it feels funny in the lower rpms

[mustangtraitor]

he had me by 2 car lengths out of the hole, and never gained on me. basically it looked like a drivers race with 2 even cars. but it seems i should be faster no matter

[IronOutlaw]

I remember back in the day when the 5.0's filled our local track. A good driver in a 5.0 could rip a 9.2-9.3 at our local 1/8th or go to our local 1/4 mile track and run a 14.3-14.4, bone stock, stock street tires. The slower ones or the ones with the bad drivers would be 9.6ish and 14.9ish. An auto would be a 10.1/15 something. If your buddy has some mods and is a good driver, I don't see why he wouldn't run an 8.8 or so and a 13.6. 5.0's are light and with his being a 4cyl car to start with i'm sure it's around 3000lbs.

Ha. That's a lot quicker than the worn out ones I see run around here. I'm thinking about buying one and flipping it or selling it to my brother.

[mustangtraitor]

its pretty hard finding a good deal on one thats not beat to shit. ive owned about 7 foxbody cars, I would waste my time tryn to flip one. they arent cheap now days thanks to shows like pinks where every dildo wants a fox to make fast.

on a side note I have a hunch my new opti is going bad!!!!
Ha. That's a lot quicker than the worn out ones I see run around here. I'm thinking about buying one and flipping it or selling it to my brother.

[IronOutlaw]

its pretty hard finding a good deal on one thats not beat to shit. ive owned about 7 foxbody cars, I would waste my time tryn to flip one. they arent cheap now days thanks to shows like pinks where every dildo wants a fox to make fast.
[/QUOTE]

I noticed. I was supposed to buy an sn95 a couple weeks ago and the lady called me when I was getting ready to leave to go get it. She sold it even though I had contacted her multiple times and she knew I was coming to get it. All of the foxes I find are cammed/modified and I don't want to buy someone's screw up.

[mustangtraitor]

im sure you know that the sn95 cars cost twice that of a lt1 car and are alot heavier than a foxbody. I ran one at the track, i ran a mid 14 he ran a low 15 lol those cars get me out of the hole too but i pass them around 78mph at the 1/8th mile


I noticed. I was supposed to buy an sn95 a couple weeks ago and the lady called me when I was getting ready to leave to go get it. She sold it even though I had contacted her multiple times and she knew I was coming to get it. All of the foxes I find are cammed/modified and I don't want to buy someone's screw up.[/QUOTE]

[mustangtraitor]

i find it hard to believe no one else has had similar experiences or anything to say on the matter. these cars are heavy ass pigs after all

[BIG CAT]

:secret:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf_tQkM3CME

[MidwestTA]

He beat you because he was faster.. It's gonna happen from time to time. For all you know some former owner could have put heads on that thing from a 5.0 explorer (they are almost identical to gt40 heads) and a slew of other fun toys, and it would still look like a stock dirty engine under the hood...

[1badlt1]

Thats still kinda of odd though. I have a buddy dylan with a 89 5.0 thats carb converted, big cam, LT's, and a few bolt-ons, and before i built my motor my car was just shorty headers and flowmaster exhaust and i would pull about a half a car on it. Guess some cars just run better then others

[El Super Kevbot]

Heavy pigs? Thats calling the kettle, black. In terms of weight: 4th gen>3rd Gen>Fox GT>FOX LX. You have the 2nd slowest LT1 Z28 (auto/vert slowest) available with a missing problem vs a good running light weight 5spd LX. Seems about right to me.

[turtle]

I was going to say the 5.0 probable came from an explorer they are basicly a cobra motor with a truck cam. but good headers on them and they make 235ish throw 1.6 and a cobra or ho cam and 240 ish should be possiable

[BLK95-Z]

It happens, some cars just run good. Ive been spanked by a Honda before that didnt make sense.