Mustang Face-Off!
Hey Mustang gods and demi-gods alike!
I have a question that no doubt one of you could answer, but first let me give a little background (helps add to the tension, no? :-)
Anyways, I have a newly rebuilt 1994 Mustang GT with a few custom options, none of it really for speed. The only thing I've added performance-wise is a fenderwell mounted cold air intake system. My father just purchased back my brother's 1989 Mustang LX 2.3L 5 speed and is planning to rebuild it as a vehicle for my mother. Well in a friendly little tussle, my mother and I challenged each other to a drag-race. She insists that her 5 speed manual 2.3L Inline Four cylinder can take down my 4 speed automatic 5.0L V8 in the first 10-15 feet (about the distance from one lamp post in a parking lot to another).
Her claim is that since hers weights less and sports a 5 speed manual, her take off will overwhelm my lumbering, heavy V8.
My claim is mine is obviously more than double the horsepower of hers and the transmission won't matter since the first 10-15 feet will just be 1st gear.
The race is set for some time next year (when my father finishes rejuvination) and we are racing for pink slips (although it's a mother-son sort of thing so I doubt either of us will hold each other up to it :-) )
So my question to you all is: Who will win in the first 10-15feet of a drag race between a 2.3L 89 Mustang LX 5 speed manual and 5.0L 94 Mustang GT 4 speed auto and why?
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