I own both, well sort of, a 93 Mustang LX 5.0 - stock and a 1988 CRX HF (the light one :-) The Mustang is awesome in off the line power, stock it gets to 60 MPH in just over 6 seconds, always brings a smile to my face. My CRX is awesome on corners, scared a guy the other day, almost off the road getting on to an on ramp. I don't' think he ever saw a car come up behind him so fast on an on ramp! You could get a CRX to beat a Mustang in a stoplight race, but the Mustang would have to be stock and the CRX, whatever kind of motor it had and power adders would have to have some good tires or slicks. Otherwise it would be hard to hook up.
Ryan > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-crx@;mesaaz1.vwsi.net]On > Behalf Of Brandon Bankston > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 1:48 AM > To: The Rex list > Subject: Re: CRX: beat mustang 5.0 > > > geez. I hate questions like this. Beat it in what? You > already beat it > in fuel economy, fun factor, interior trim, reliability, > price, cornering, > cargo room, looks, ergonomics, utility, practicality, weight, > and at least > a dozen other categories that I'm too tired to think of right > now. What > more do you want? > > > > > what year 5.0 mustang? How fast is this particular 5.0 > mustang? How good > is its driver? How good a driver are you? what have you done > to your CRX? > How much money can you spend? What type of race? What type > of surface? > > Questions like this are far too generic and will not draw useful > answers. It's like asking someone "what do you get when you > divide 40 > by ?" > Not enough info. > > Also, what's with the fascination with beating 5.0 mustangs > lately? Seems > I see this question everywhere I go. > > > If you're talking about beating the mustang in a straight > line (and you > probably are, because that's what all the other people asking > about beating > 5.0 mustangs want) you may as well forget it. Sure, you can > hop up your car > like crazy and get it to go really fast in a straight line but you'll > probably ruin the handling in the process, AND the guy in the > mustang won't > have to spend much money to get his car to beat yours again. > > If you own a car, you should take advantage of the strengths > of that car > rather than trying to make it into something it's not. The > CRX's strength > is cornering. Trying to make it into a drag car is as > pointless as making > a funny car into an autocrosser. Build on the car's > strengths, not it's > weaknesses! > > > > > > > > At 10:32 PM 10/31/2002 -0800, Robert K. Kuhn wrote: > >On 01:19 AM 11/01/02 -0500, Fidel Garcia said... > > > >>ok guys, here is my question, what do I need to beat a > mustang 5.0 in a > >>CRX ( excluding turbo or nitrox. ) > >> > >>let's suppose that I have a 88-91 Si. > >> > >> > > > > > > > >Be a bit more specific ~ Straight line (i.e. 1/8th mile > drag), AutoX or > >Open Track? > > > >And why the need, just out of curiosity? > > > >Robert K. Kuhn > >CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal) > > > >1990 Honda CRXsi (http://www.hooligan.cc) > >ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla) >
