My Mustangs first Kill...Poor Civic SI..

1993_GT · #1 02-19-2005, 08:01 PM

Hello all, New to the board and new to racing. Just got back from Iraq and the whole time I was over there, this buddy of mine would not stop talking about his GT Mustang... I mean we would be taking fire, shit would be blowing up all around us and still he would not shut up about his "Stang" as he called it. This friend of mine ended up paying the ultimate price, but I never forgot about his stang. When I got back to the land of the Big P/X the first thing I did besides kiss my wife and young son was buy me a completely stock 1993 Ford Mustang GT 5 Speed. I had heard so much about this car from my friend that I had to have one. This car has only 89K miles on it and still has the air silencer in place. After buying the car for only $3800 which I think was a steal, I had all the fluids changed the plug wires and cap replaced the fuel injectors cleaned and replaced the filter.

As I was driving home from the mechanic. I stopped at a light and I was waiting for it to change. A newer model Honda Civic SI pulls up next to me and looks over. I had my windows down as it was a cool day here in South Florida. The driver of the Civic SI yells over to me and asks if the car was stock and how nice it looked after a bit of chit chat he asks you want to run... I said what the hell lets see what this Stang can do. The light changes to green I pop the clutch and take off tires spinning like crazy, the Civic is about a half a car length behind when I try and shift to second and miss it altogether, the car makes a god awful sound then I see the civic pull ahead of me. I find second, and then third and fourth with no problems. The Civic is left looking at my tail lights. By the time I back off in fourth gear at the next light I have him beat by at least two car lengths. We stop at the next light chit chat some more and the civic driver said good race and invited me to race again Saturday night at this gathering of other street racers.

But that is for another post... God I love this Stang, Thank you Sgt. Thomas Grahm USMC.

YOU ARE TRULY MISSED MY FRIEND!!!!

BaNe · #2 02-19-2005, 09:52 PM

maybe it was a reg civ with Si badging

Thourun · #3 02-19-2005, 10:05 PM

Nice story, welcome!

RedLightning · #4 02-19-2005, 10:47 PM

Good race, and thank you very much for serving your country.

CivRacer95 · #5 02-19-2005, 11:16 PM

Very good first post here. Welcome to AF. I find it believable that he was able to beat an SI. Nothing wrong with that. Sorry to hear about your buddy there, but don't get too cocky about how great V8's are. Good race, glad you had fun. L8...

ViperJ · #6 02-19-2005, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RedLightning

thank you very much for serving your country.

I agree, I give all the Army, Navy, Air Force etc guys/girls the highest respect. Thats great you were able to find a race right after you got your Stang, it took me almost a month before someone would run my Camaro.

chevydrummer76 · #7 02-19-2005, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by BaNe

maybe it was a reg civ with Si badging

or maybe not

-Josh- · #8 02-19-2005, 11:57 PM

Nice job man, i think you'll also find the Mustang forum very helpful if you want to find out more about what your car can do and what you can do to it. Good luck

dampachi · #9 02-20-2005, 02:31 AM

Welcome fellow mustang owner.

Glad to hear you're bullying them SIs around too. Good run.

street_racer_00 · #10 02-20-2005, 02:35 AM

Congrats on your five oh...one of the best platforms available if you want to mod a car and make it quick for as few clamshells as possible!

1993_GT · #11 02-20-2005, 10:52 AM

Thank You All,

I look forward to being a part of the Automotive Forums Board and I will keep everyone posted as to the progress of my Stang. I will post some photos as soon as I figure out how. Heading over to check out the Mustang board to see what is up.

Sorry Civic owners if I came off cocky as someone suggested here. I was just really excited about my first race.

Thanks again to everyone!!

-Jayson- · #12 02-20-2005, 10:57 AM

good race, i cant help but think off Bubba from Forest gump when you were talking about the buddy who wouldnt shut up about the stang.

dampachi · #13 02-20-2005, 11:14 AM

hahaha. me too, jayson. but i didn't wanna say anything. haha.

1993_GT · #14 02-20-2005, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by -Jayson-

good race, i cant help but think off Bubba from Forest gump when you were talking about the buddy who wouldnt shut up about the stang.

Yea I can see that too. all he would talk about was his Stang. He always had copies of Muscle Mustang and 5.0 Super Fords magazines. He waited each month to get these magazines and would read them over and over....

So how could I not get a Mustang..........

I will be adding Gears and exhaust this week. I am trying to decide whether or not to go with 3:55 or 3:73 I have been told that 4:11 are the way to go. Also which exhaust is better MAC or Flowmaster.

I plan to head to the track after gears and exhaust to see what she will run in the quarter.

Any ideas?

street_racer_00 · #15 02-20-2005, 12:46 PM

Well I honestly know really little about those fox body mustangs, but I've heard that 3:73s would be a better way to go than 4:11...someone who actually knows what they are talking about should step in now...

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