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Dr. Evil · 07-20-2014, 10:42 PM

Since the GNX was mentioned I'll throw this out there. THE car to have was an 89 Turbo Trans Am if you could find one. Grand National drivetrain in a 3rd gen F body from the factory.

What everyone seems to forget is that there were so many different engine combinations and options you could get in the 3rd gen F body. IROC, RS, Z28, Trans Am, GTA Trans Am etc etc. I think a lot of mustang owners raced against an LO5 powered F body and thought they could beat any F body which was most certainly not the case. The fox body cars were light, had a great suspension setup and could 60' really well.
I cant tell you the times at the dragstrip I'd see a fox body coupe with bolt ons and slicks run a mid 8 second 1/8th mile time at 75mph... All 60' and no mph.

Even with the LT1 and LS1 4th gen cars you could get a weird combination. A 2.73 geared automatic vert was much slower than a 3.42 M6 low option car.

07-20-2014, 10:42 PM	#12
Dr. Evil Drives: 2013 SS Join Date: May 2011 Location: Tennessee Posts: 350	Since the GNX was mentioned I'll throw this out there. THE car to have was an 89 Turbo Trans Am if you could find one. Grand National drivetrain in a 3rd gen F body from the factory. What everyone seems to forget is that there were so many different engine combinations and options you could get in the 3rd gen F body. IROC, RS, Z28, Trans Am, GTA Trans Am etc etc. I think a lot of mustang owners raced against an LO5 powered F body and thought they could beat any F body which was most certainly not the case. The fox body cars were light, had a great suspension setup and could 60' really well. I cant tell you the times at the dragstrip I'd see a fox body coupe with bolt ons and slicks run a mid 8 second 1/8th mile time at 75mph... All 60' and no mph. Even with the LT1 and LS1 4th gen cars you could get a weird combination. A 2.73 geared automatic vert was much slower than a 3.42 M6 low option car. __________________ 2013 model 2SS LS3 1969 model wife. Factory stock, no mods. Redhead package. 2005 model son. Special ordered with the hell on wheels package.