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10-07-2013, 02:34 PM | #1 |
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85 5.0 Mustangs
What makes the 85 Fox body 5.0 combo so good, that it hold 7 stock records. And why no SA records ?
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10-07-2013, 03:12 PM | #2 |
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Re: 85 5.0 Mustangs
Hey Rory,,, you may want to jump in here and enlighten this gentleman regarding this combo,,,my 2 cents.
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10-07-2013, 03:25 PM | #3 |
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Re: 85 5.0 Mustangs
Slickfoot, 1985 was the last year of the carburated 5.0 Mustang. It used a Holley 4-barrel carb and are stick only. The automatic version was fuel injected.
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Re: 85 5.0 Mustangs
Gary Summers makes this combo look easy, if it was easy everbody would be doing it. Looks like alot of hard work and testing that he does, my hats off to him. Wish my car was that fast. I dont think it is just a stick thing put a good C4 in it, it would still fly. The later fox bodys are easy to get under the index say .5 -.6 undar, but bad *** fast is all cubic dollars on a dyno and parts. Just like any other combo.
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I think the '85 is a good combination also. There have been a handful of them over the years in Stock and SS, and I think that all of them have run well. |
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Re: 85 5.0 Mustangs
What is a good combo for an 89 stick car , like I said it's been 43years for me . and what do you mean by dime rocket
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83-84 CFI 5.0 automatics are way over factored. Too high for that tiny CFI throttle body. 1985 4 bbl Mustang 5.0 combo had the hydraulic roller cam and the heads were better than the 83-84 4 bbl Mustang.
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The 83-85 heads, intakes and carbs are all the same except for casting numbers. As for the author of this thread, everyone is here to help. What trans and clutch are you going to run? Sorry if I derailed your post. Sean
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As for running a stick trans, I would not waste my time with a stock T5. When I first started running my 85 Mustang, I too thought it would be much cheaper than buying a good trans, by the end of that first year, I had 2 broken T5s, and a bent mainshaft that was replaced1/2 way thru the season. I put a Jerico and McLeod Soft Lok clutch in the car in 2004, and other than changing the trans oil occassionly, I have not touched the trans since. Same thing with the rearend, the stock Traction Lock and axles are not up to the task with a stick, although the axles would likely live with an automatic, the Trac Lock will let you down, and NHRA mandates aftermarket axles with a spool. Best to get some good pieces from the start.
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