When I see them I save them. Those 2 years that they were built are some of the Biggest Bad Ass Mustangs of all time till now, I am in love again.
That's a Beautiful Mustang.......back when displacement meant something.How about these, and this piece of Ford history.
Agreed, but from a "seat of the pants" feel the Testarossa, with it's unrefined suspension and lack of "nannies" probably felt just as exhilarating to drive as a new GT500, but from a very different perspective. My standard GT is so refined at 435HP that it does not feel like driving the Mustangs of the 80's that seemed to be trying to kill you on a regular basis when you pushed them hard.
It amazing how corporate build priorities change over time, usually guided by the gov't requirements. In the 80's cars were made lighter to improve mpg while still having better safety and crash survivability due to better engineering and manufacturing technology. At the time, 60s -70s cars were thought of as heavy, unsafe, gas hogs, but still faster than most new cars. During the 90s average weight started climbing as more and more features became standard, as well as more stringent crash test requirements which meant putting additional reenforcements in strategic areas of the unibody, more air bags and other safety features/equipment, all of which adds weight. Nowadays a compact car like the focus weighs more than those older, "heavy" musclecars of the 60s, but is much safer and more comfortable to drive while still getting 3x the mpg!
True... to a point. The Mustang was more than likely tuned to run 96 Octane from the factory, then it will perform better on 96 than on a 93 tune. With that said, he more than likely has it tuned for 93, then you are correct it will not have much or any benefit to go to 96... My old car would run like a raped ape when I found some racing fuel, but I always kept it on the edge it made all the difference in the world. Just like people tuning their S550 GTs to run on E85, E85 performs better because the Octane rating can be 105. The down side to E85 is the amount of Fuel you use increases because it has less energy per ounce, where the old High-test 96 octane gas you did not lose mpg...