The thing is that there are a LOT of different varieties of 5.0's out there. A mustang GT or convertable is a pretty heavy car, and all the slushbox ones are slow, but a decent 5.0l LX with even mild mods is a very quick car.
However, has anyone ever been INSIDE one? They're the nastiest, most low-budget cars out there. At 09:41 PM 8/23/01 -0400, Fli GLi wrote: > > I'm not one of the responsible ones.... COOL!!! :-) Good for u. > > Renard > >'90 GLi (hoping to put some 'stang to pasture some day) >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of jimvish >Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 9:29 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: 5.0 stangs > > >from them, and anyone that tunes them takes advantage of this. I know I'm >gonna get a verbal bashing by the more responsible people on the list for >this, but I was right behind one on Saturday morning on the way back from >the VW dealership from 0 up until 110 when he let off. When I pulled up >beside him he was laughing hard and gave me the thumbs up. At least he was >cool about it, a lot of 5.0 owners get pissed when a 4 banger can hang with >them. > >Jim Weinheimer >[email protected] >85 2.0L 16v GTI >85 Golf > > > >>Has anyone had any expeiriences with these as far as racing them with a >16v? >>I raced one today from 2nd gear up and was very suprised at how my stock >GLI >>hung with it. I stayed right with him until he shifted into third and he >>started to slowly pull away. I was very suprised. He had flowmaster >>exhaust, and a bunch of stickers but I dont think they ment anything. He >let >>me pull up beside hime so he could give me the thumbs up and tell me I had >a >>"Quick" car. O well, I guess it shows torgue can beat horsepower. >> >>Preston Hoover >>'89 Jetta GLI >><HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Has anyone had any >expeiriences with these as far as racing them with a 16v? >><BR>I raced one today from 2nd gear up and was very suprised at how my >stock GLI >><BR>hung with it. I stayed right with him until he shifted into third and >he >><BR>started to slowly pull away. I was very suprised. He had >flowmaster >><BR>exhaust, and a bunch of stickers but I dont think they ment anything. > He let >><BR>me pull up beside hime so he could give me the thumbs up and tell me I >had a >><BR>"Quick" car. O well, I guess it shows torgue can beat horsepower. >><BR> >><BR>Preston Hoover >><BR>'89 Jetta GLI</FONT></HTML> >> > >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with >'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > ************** Patrick Austin [email protected] (617)782-9115 ************** _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
