Stealth vs. Mustang v6

TorchedStealth · #1 04-10-2006, 04:50 PM

So today i was bringing my friend home from school when we spotted a white mustang that looked like the one a kid i know has. So i drove for a while to let him catch up and he finally did so we just cruised for a while until we got to a part of the road that has a 55mph speed limit and there wasnt many cars. We rolled down our windows and Kyle (driver of mustang) had a passenger too. They both had these smiles like they were about to own me and his passenger says we will go from a 55 roll. So i manually shifted my auto to second and he has manual so he shifted too so i honked three times and we were off. I jumped ahead pretty fast and had about a car length on him and we brought it up to 85 and shut down. At the end i had about 2 c/l on him. He wanted to go again so we did. 55mph and this time he just hits it out of no where so i had to play catch up. I was about 2 c/l behind cause of the jump but i gained to about even by the time we hit 100 and shut down. I gave him a wave and headed off. All i have is intake (and a 260 pound passenger) and he has intake, exhaust, chip, and headers. It was fun though, closest race I've had yet. Sorry if its a little long but thanks for reading.

2000LS1Z28 · #2 04-10-2006, 04:57 PM

Good kill. I use to own a 91 Stealth R/T Twin Turbo.

98StangGT · #3 04-10-2006, 04:59 PM

Nice kill.

I always did like the looks of those Stealths/3000gt. I was thinking about getting a VR-4 with 75k miles on it, but I heard they are really unreliable... Is this true?

TorchedStealth · #4 04-10-2006, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 98StangGT

Nice kill.

I always did like the looks of those Stealths/3000gt. I was thinking about getting a VR-4 with 75k miles on it, but I heard they are really unreliable... Is this true?

I dont have the twin turbo just the dohc n/a but ive heard that if you maintain them properly you can get over 200,000 miles on them. But im sure one of the tt owners form the 3/s forums will come and tell you about them.

youngvr4 · #5 04-10-2006, 08:54 PM

it can go both ways, depends on how well its taken care off
but when something does go wrong, its really expensive

VR43000GT · #6 04-10-2006, 08:59 PM

Yeah they aren't cheap to fix by any means but they can last very long if properly maintained as mentioned.

Nice kill TorchedStelath. What year was it? A 99+ or not?

2000LS1Z28 · #7 04-10-2006, 09:22 PM

My former Stealth went through $8K that I had saved. It was the most unreliable car i've ever had. The 3rd gear synchro went out on it, and back then you had to replace the entire tranny in order to repair the synchro. It also had a leaking transmission (Roughly $1.5K in repairs), leaky turbo housing of some sort (Oil was coming out). It was a nightmare, but mayhaps the previous owner neglected maintaining it.

Needless to say it was traded in quickly. I believe the Acura dealership I traded it into were pretty upset afterwards.

_omen · #8 04-10-2006, 09:51 PM

Nice Kill. Sometimes, those 'stang drivers are kinda cocky...nice kill either way.

youngvr4 · #9 04-10-2006, 09:51 PM

thats one of the worst cases i've heard
worst thing to happen to my car was a cylinder went out

after i abused the shit out of it, with 165,000 miles on it

beside that, the synchro's, that was only $550

my worst car was a 1982 nissan maxima

VR43000GT · #10 04-10-2006, 10:02 PM

That could also have been a case of abuse by its previous owner. 3S's like many other cars can be worn out due to abuse and lack of care.

TorchedStealth · #11 04-10-2006, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SL3000gt

Nice kill TorchedStelath. What year was it? A 99+ or not?

Thanks, it was not a 99 or newer, it was the model before that. I think his mods payed off cause he shouldn't have hung with me like that i dont think.

VR43000GT · #12 04-10-2006, 11:25 PM

No probably not. I think the V6 stangs before 99 were like 159hp at the crank(someone correct me if I'm wrong).

TorchedStealth · #13 04-10-2006, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SL3000gt

No probably not. I think the V6 stangs before 99 were like 159hp at the crank(someone correct me if I'm wrong).

Yeah i just looked it up it is 150hp at the crank and 215 ft.lbs of torque.

Igovert500 · #14 04-11-2006, 04:19 PM

Mine has been pretty reliable. Only issues I've had were oil cooler lines started leaking after I drove it through 2 NY winters, and an elusive electrical short in an injector circuit, and a leaky BOV. Other than those issues, it's only been flat tires and bent rims from potholes (at least that's all I can remember off the top of my head) But no engine/tranny/t-case issues here.

4.6LMounti · #15 04-13-2006, 07:31 AM

Nice kill.

No idea why someone would waste the money on a 6cylinder mustang, to try and make it run like an 8. How pointless. Anywho, nice ride bro, always been a big fan of the 3kgt/stealth era

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