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Originally Posted by syr74
In terms of acceleration the Fox body 5.0 cars were absolutely quicker, and for a lot less money. Some folks like to cite magazine articles were auto trans equipped 350TPI cars compared well to the fox body Mustangs, but out on the street and at the track the results never seemed to follow those Motor Trend and Car and Driver got with the 3rd gen F-body owners only recourse bascially being that they could press their copy of the magazine article against the window. The f-body cars would absolutely hammer the Mustang in the turns and were far, far sleeker and more modern looking. But in terms of speed, affordability, and tunability it wasn't close until 1993 when Chevy changed the game altogether.
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I know from 1st hand experience that that's not accurate. I owned a bone stock 92 5.7 GTA and would beat 5.0's on the track and on the street. It was a close race with the coupe, but the torque of the 350 would pull it. 1986 was the last year the mustang could out run a Camaro in similar trim when both were produced.
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Originally Posted by syr74
Before that, the 71 Boss 351 and 429CJ/SCJ Mustangs were easily faster than anything the Camaro could muster that year. Also worth mentioning, the 1968 428CJ Mustangs could easily handle anything GM threw at them in that year. I would compare the Boss Mustang's of 1969 and 1970 to the COPO Camaro's of 1969 but the truth is that neither of those cars ever seemed to make it anywhere near a dragstrip in truly stock trim, magically sprouting recurved distributors, aftermarket exhaust, and even different camshafts before being tested so I am uncertain we will ever know the truth about either of those vehicles.
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Car's of the late 60's-early 70's were anybodys game. There was major underrating and addition of experimental parts from the factory. There were also factory freaks and numerous engines offered. 2 of the exact same car off the same line could run very different E.T.'s I'll agree with what you said here but I was referring to the modern EFI cars.
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Originally Posted by syr74
Underrating ain't what it used to be, The truth is the SAE crackdown on the same (both over-rating and under-rating actually) has led to a situation where cars like the 03-04 Terminator and Ford GT, both of which were notably under-rated, simply don't occur on anything like that level anymore.
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If you don't think underrating still exists then strap an LS3 C6 to a dyno
