mustang 5.0 luv em or hate em?

[kevinorhoades]

What's good about a 5.0L (foxbody) Mustang: 1. cheap as hell. 2. endless aftermarket. 3. Option of a covertable. 4. v-8 rear drive. 5. sedan like driving position (if you don't want to feel like you're driving a jet fighter) What's bad: everything else. If I have $2500 and want to go fast, can you come up with a better option? (besides other domestics which are less reliable, more uncomfortable and more white-trashy)

[RacingFan25]

I like em. I'd own one if I could afford the insurance.

[jdrumstik]

how muc could you steal a non convertable 91 5.0 stang for with under 100k miles? and how far could you bring that 180 or so hp up to for a $1000 for used parts off of Ebay and maybe an old exhoust system full of holes from a junk yard?

[mason_RsX]

Mods really do help this car but the stock 5.0 Mustang (at least in the 80s) was completely gutless...My cousin owns one and its 3 speed auto, guzzling gas, and weak performance made him hate that car. He had also told me that the 5.0 Mustang was considered one of the worst handling cars ever created.

[91300zxtt]

hey mason ya u mason can you see the last post on this thread? 3-15-04 not 06-25-04

[Markgase2000]

5.0 mustangs are soo versatile its hard not too like them. Although not much stock they have simple cheap mods added and they go like a molested primate. The bodies have endless possabilities as well with new kits added every day almost. I bet theres more body kits and aftermarket stuff for a 5.0 stang than honda civics arsenal of goodies.

[91300zxtt]

hey man your an enthusiast you would think you would see the last post date by now

[Flatrater]

Originally Posted by 91300zxtt

hey man your an enthusiast you would think you would see the last post date by now

And the problem is?

[91300zxtt]

there is no problem we already talked

[nbw]

I like them,

They are allot lighter then 94+(94 and 5 also had the 5.0 btw) mustangs and the 5.0L has been proven time and time again to have major potenial for not too much money compared to many other engines/cars. I remember reading about a few sub 10second street legal full interior car with out the juice is.
If street/drag racing is your thing and you dont have much money this is a car you should not over look.

[martinhutnik]

i say theres way too many here, but hey they r decent for the price rite?
id prob rather get the 5.0's than the 97's + v6 mustangs - those r just shjit. Unless u find a 98+ v8 4.8L mustang, than those r a force not to b recon with.

[Twyzz]

IMHO the 5.0 mustang is the best car ever made if you want a strait up drag car. No car i know of can compete (except 1st gen eclipse) with its aftermarket, price pf parts, price to begin with, and power you canmake from a stock engine. Basically if you want a fast car and you want it cheap, get a 5.0.

[FordJunky]

i think a mustang is deffinately best bang for the buck (compare to NA supra, the mustang is faster and way less money) and theyll outlast most import performance engines (performance engines do not inclde the 22r etc...) ive seen 5.0s with well over 250,000 and running strong.

[LS1Killa225]

Long Live 5.0 Bring Back The 5.0 In Da New Stangs

[90Stangjc]

Although theis thread is dirt old, i saw one thing about it. The people that respected the 5.0L Mustangs were the ones that had knowledge, or ridden in one, studied them, ect. The ones that hated it were the ones that had there opinions based on the car being a 5.0L and only having a limited number of horses. I'd like to see any other "performance car" from back in 1986 turn a 14.60 at the track with a 17 year old driver. (The car being BONE STOCK) with 50,000 miles. Also on 225/50/15's that he bought used from a cheap tire re-sale dealer. He bought this car for $4,000 in MINT condition. Anybody else know a car that can compete with that for $4,000 from back in the mid-80's?