Seriously guys, what the fuck happend to the muscle cars back then...

Ford brought back the Mustang spirit in 2005.

Dodge brought back a proper muscle car look in 2008.

Chevrolet was the one to finally put the "Muscle" back in "Muscle Car" in 2010.

Did not know. Thanks!

americanmuscle.com/87-93-mustang-wheels-rims.html

Wow.

Well, the Fox body Mustang was supposed to die in 1988 and be replaced by a FWD Mustang. When Ford announced this around 1985/1986, there was a letter writing campaign against it. Ford was INUNDATED with well over a hundred thousand letters within weeks telling them how retarded an idea this was.
The problem then was money. Ford had spent a LOT of money on the 1986 Taurus and the FWD Mustang project and were on the verge of bankruptcy. The Taurus sales saved Ford, and the FWD Mustang was released, as planned, in 1988 as the Ford Probe.

From 1988, Ford then went to make a new RWD Mustang, but being so low on cash, they had to rely on the fox body platform again.

The 2005-2014 Mustang uses a modified variant of the Lincoln LS and 2000's Ford Thunderbird chassis.

2015+ is an all new chassis.

Are we having a muscle car revival? If so, how long will muh V8 last for?

Should I go for it, fellow muscle car enthusiasts?

Yuropoors don't care about the number of lugs because nothing they can afford has enough torque for it to matter.

Sorry but Ford did that two years prior and much, much better.

>4.6
>Muscle

>there are americans who unironically think they need more lug nuts to handle more torque

>>Weak engine is still a heavy ass V8
>>Strong engine is automatic only
>>Not fucking it up

Butthurt Ford fanboy detected.

LS1 kicked the shit out of any NA Ford V8 til the new 5.0

>315 HP V8
>Muscle

Meanwhile, back at Chevrolet in 2010...
>426 HP V8

I still think the 240SX is the hottest car around

>Weak engine is still a heavy ass V8
>Strong engine is automatic only

Shitposting has reached maximum levels

By then Ford had the GT500. You can't win this, buddy.

that things a piece of shit

on a side note the only american car i would ever buy...

For the price of a GT500, you could have a faster Camaro. The point of a muscle car is cheap speed. The GT500 was not cheap.

>posts picture of mustang with 5 lug conversion

Eurocucks and Ricecucks started designing cars more, and they only want econoboxes for their shitass tiny as fuck roads

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Yeah LS1s really are great from the factory. Too bad there's no room to bolt anything onto them

you seem upset

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Stupid shitty radicals in Europe should stick to killing each other over land and bucktooth gooks should go back to sticking whales instead of designing cars for their dumbass midget slant brethren. CARS ARE STRICTLY AMERICAN.

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straight pipe LT1 makes my dick hard

can't wait till the wall is built, maybe you guys could leave the internet too and live in your own little world

Fuck no. Mexican owned it you don't know what they fucked up.

>Not supporting Bernie Sanders

>supporting a pushover who will never be allowed to deliver his promises

>thread turned int /pol/ garbage

how disgusting

remember to report the crossboarders

>315hp

try again cuck

>needing a blower to not even make 400 HP

This. And good suspension

>killing America
Fuck off. Bernie is the worst of the shitty choices we have.

I can't wait until election day so I can laugh at Berniecucks.

>needing a...

oh wait, camaro and challenger did not exist in that era

the termi was faster than the corvette aswell kek

I thought that was the late 70s when the Mustang 2 was flopping hard

but thats wrong you faggot.
the mustang made 225 hp in 1989
dont forget the low end tourqe numbers that the camry was no where near.
you dont love foxes, you dont even know the numbers

>225 HP in 1989
So frightening. Especially when it was slower than a 4 door family sedan from the same company making the same power from a 3.0L V6.

>low end torque
its like youre retarded.
you had to really step on the taraus (cause it was automatic only) to get the use out of the engine (which had a limiter on it cause they didnt think the car could handle the power)
try again fag

>(cause it was automatic only)
False.
The SHO was manual only until 1991 when the automatic became an OPTION. Automatic wasn't standard equipment on the SHO until the 1996 V8 model.

Try again.

The Dodge Spirit R/T was the fastest sedan In the world at one point. But notice something? Nobody cares. Fwd cars get obsolete quick, have more problems, and less mods available.

>Ignoring the LS1 and LT1 engines
Ford fag detected

stay butthurt your favorite secretary car is slower than a family sedan
>b-but muh RWD
lol cuck

The engine was designed by Yamaha, the only thing Ford did was sign a paper stating "you build an engine"

But I own a car and do sick skids while you gather pictures of fwd cars on the internet.

>But I own a car and do sick skids
No you don't. You're here shitposting.

Perhaps you should do your homework before you start showing what a retard you are

>slower than a maxima

Exactly. I see you agree as well

5.Slow was a well deserved nickname

>5.slow

my sides

Thread about America muscles
Nobody mentions the viper

Thats because its trancended muscle and become domestic terrorism'

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That's less of a muscle car and more of an American kit car with a Lambo tuned truck motor

Stealing from others and making everything more dange-better is the most American thing ever

A base model sure nothing else

LOL only part of my post you sigled out cause you know the rest was true.
try agian

The only limiter on the Taurus SHO was the RPM limiter. The V6 was capable of revving to 10k, but Ford wasn't so sure about all the accessories like the alternator or A/C compressor being able to take that kind of RPM.
It wasn't because the chassis could handle the power

I just singled out the automatic thing because it's the single largest error you made.

Enjoy being slower than a fucking Ford Taurus.
>b-but muh V8 and RWD
still slower

hi guys

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This retarded faggot again. Own up to the FACT that era mustang was slow.

Then fuck off. Asshole.

Someone's new

The modern Viper engine has maybe two bolts in common with the original V8-turned-V10 truck-Viper engine.

LOL
someone is mad about a mustang
I dont care if the mustang is the slowest car in the world.
all I know is, you are a gigantic butthurt faggot

>grasping at straws
doesnt matter why it was limited, it was limited when applied to the taraus.

thats the thing faggot, the mustang ISNT slower than the sho. not in 0-60 or quarter mile.
the sho cant beat the fox of the 80s
zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/ford-0-60-mph-times/a-z/

please try harder next time

bad info with no source faggot. next youre gonna try wikipedia.
allfordmustangs.com/forums/1388616-post.html

mustangspecs.com/years/93.shtml
besides, my original statement was about the 89.

youtube.com/watch?v=EUrfIW4zQmM

It was actually fast for its time.

Styling changed. Belive it or not a car doesn't have to look the same for decades.

They were intentionally gimped, it's not like it was the limit of the motor.
>glass t5
>87 octane
>4 lugs are bad because reasons
Oh, you actually know nothing about the car

Disregard the octane bit I'm apparently blind

Open the link m8

>'93 is the lowest rated of the Aero Nose fox
>due to switching pistons from cast to hyperutectic(sp?) bullshit

I had a '87 LX 5.0 that made 220whp 280wtq with a few simple mods.

I feel like I'm the only one who likes this gen of Chargers

You're not alone. I like them too, even if it is just a Dodge Omni coupe.

because it was trying to be a sports car/supercar, not a musclecar.

the definition of musclecar is "affordable"

Fucking Alphonse. I hope he somehow gets perma-banned.

>32% nastier

>32% less crappier

its not a revival until every company is shitting out cheap muscle cars and it becomes a thing in public consciousness again. right now they are just slightly cheaper luxury items for the guy who can afford the extra 10 or so k for the V8 version. everyone else has a v6 or the i4 if theyre a woman

>tfw 2017 Chevy Firebird

I'd buy one

Should I buy this you guys?

tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/5585160399.html

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>Too bad there's no room to bolt anything onto them
you only need a cam and CNC heads to make 500Horsepower N/A
no need for boost

>Weak engine is still a heavy ass V8
??
is this bait or is he that dumb?

the same shit happened to 4x4s.
look at the fucking bronco 2, or the god awful 90s blazer.
hell, dodge didn't even have a dedicated 4x4 by then, they just said fuck it.
the 90s were a dark, dark time for cars.

>The 305 is a good engine

So my terminator is a foxbody...
>the things you hear on Veeky Forums

600whp on my stock block just isn't enough to be muscle

Owned both a 2v gt and ls1, the fbody platform is overrated as fuck. they were dead equal in a drag race

yupp, that car makes about 390 at the wheel, bone stock. intake and exhaust and take it closer to 440whp, without even pulleying it.

Yea, i need one...needed it to make more than any production v8 ever made, including your failcat.

Calling others a cuck, while bragging about FWD? Not much else to be said here.

LOL, you must really have a FWD. You can't even handle that others can drive their rwd cars to the limit, meanwhile your honda can't go past 70.

Kills me that they went back up in price, oh well..maybe I can have a kit car version when I'm an old fat man

And what do you drive? Anything thats faster? Not everything you read in a magazine about times, or HP ratings, are accurate.

Heh, exactly. t5 and the later t45 are fine transmissions.

Shew, I need to just stick to forums with people that actually own cars, and can work on them.