Some crazy company called Ford made alot of Mustangs with 6 cylinders.

"Wilsonic" (wilsonic) 04/07/2015 at 22:38 • Filed to: None

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So lately, some people have become offended by !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Like, its super blasphemous or something. Well there was this company in the sixties that made alot of Mustangs with 6-cylinder engines, and they didn't even source the engines from another country. They made the disgusting 6-pot things right here in the good ol' US of A . The insanity of it all. And that company was called 'Ford', which was probably run by a bunch of hippies. Like most people, I know that Mustang is its own brand name and it has nothing to do with a larger company making cars for the common man.

Any true car nut knows that Mustangs never came with anything but a fire breathing V-8. They never had inline sixes or inline fours or turbo inline fours or V-6's or even !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . And they certainly never came with four lug wheels. Even in the sixties. Everyone drag raced each other from stop light to stop light while smoking cigars, drinking whiskey and yelling obscenities at old people. No one had a need for a well styled vehicle with a practical engine. Nobody.

SirDrivesAlot (now with hybrid powerrrr) > Wilsonic 04/07/2015 at 22:44

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The first Corvettes had 6 cylinder engines too.

Frank Grimes > Wilsonic 04/07/2015 at 22:50

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yeah it is super blasphemous. any other engine really makes no sense. the spirit of the mustang has always been the V8. and the difference is that its a ford v8 not a toyota v8 or I6 or anything else. if you want a supra buy a supra and dont put a ford v8 in it.

crowmolly > Wilsonic 04/07/2015 at 22:56

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Here's a foreign V8 built by a boat engine company.

Ford would never put a foreign engine in a hot rod, though.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Wilsonic 04/07/2015 at 22:58

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And I'm just wondering why I didn't buy a BMW 128i coupe... Good inline 6, knows my friend Manuel, and decently screwed together.

StoneCold > Wilsonic 04/07/2015 at 23:22

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The original 250 cu inch engine can be built up crazy high. Both the 200 and 250 respond soooo well to forced induction.

They still make their Al heads, too :)

SlickMcRick > Frank Grimes 04/07/2015 at 23:30

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Frank Grimes > SlickMcRick 04/07/2015 at 23:49

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ok?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Wilsonic 04/08/2015 at 00:10

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Agreed. Purist nonsense. It's your property, do what you want with it!

lone_liberal > Wilsonic 04/08/2015 at 00:12

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I really don't get the vitriol in the comments of that post. It's not like '68 Mustangs are some ultra-rare unicorn so somebody customizing one the way they want it isn't exactly a crime against humanity. Now if they put a Chevy engine in it, then there would be hell to pay.

RallyWrench > StoneCold 04/08/2015 at 00:19

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I'm now learning this since getting the Fairlane. So much great stuff to wake up the 200.

RallyWrench > Wilsonic 04/08/2015 at 00:22

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My 200 is clean, but damn, that one is stunning. Something to aspire to!

I'll admit, I had a little fun with the dude going off about the Mustang being ruined.

alwaysmiata > Wilsonic 04/08/2015 at 08:08

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I don't know why people were getting so upset... That mustang needed some serious love and was about to return to the earth it came from and instead this guy built it into an awesome, pristine car. I'm just glad its back on the road and now its unique.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Wilsonic 04/08/2015 at 09:01

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THRIFTPOWER FTW

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Wilsonic 04/09/2015 at 08:17

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Nailed it!

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > crowmolly 04/09/2015 at 11:19

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I love the fact that when the SHO came out in '89 it was FASTER than the Corvette.

Stick that in your sport exhaust Mr. Midlife Crisis.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 04/09/2015 at 21:23

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The '89 Corvette coupe hit 60 in 5.3 seconds, ran a 13 second quarter mile and topped out at 160 mph; with the Z07 package, it pulled almost 1 lateral g and stopped in incredibly short distances from high speeds. The '85 wasn't far off 4 years earlier when the SHO wasn't even in development. Mr. Midlife Crisis disappeared from sight with only the sound of a first-generation SBC lingering from the sport exhaust.

f86sabre > Wilsonic 04/09/2015 at 21:34

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I still have my first car, a 1968 Mustang with the 6. Bought it in 1990 when I was 15. They are great motors. Damn near indestructible and moved the car around just fine. It he car has been sitting for a long while and needs to be restored. I've often thought about dropping an interesting motor in it. I have an Evo VIII amd have often thought that dropping a 4G63 into it would be good fun.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 04/09/2015 at 21:35

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Oh dear. Ive been fed misinformation. I'll show myself out...

DoYouEvenShift > lone_liberal 04/09/2015 at 21:46

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Hehe

DoYouEvenShift > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 04/09/2015 at 21:48

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But its a Taurus.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > DoYouEvenShift 04/09/2015 at 22:01

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I know, I dun goof'd. I would be curious to see how they stack up on a road course though.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > DoYouEvenShift 04/09/2015 at 22:29

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Come to think of it, theres a C4 Vette at my local auto cross on a regular basis...

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 04/09/2015 at 23:04

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It's not like the SHO wasn't a potent sports sedan, though! I just think that a lot of people exaggerate its performance capability which isn't at all necessary—a front wheel drive, V6 sedan of its size from the '80s shouldn't be nearly that good. After all, we are comparing it to a ~3,000lb car with a 5.7 liter engine, big brakes, and a chassis/suspension developed primarily on the track. SHOs are very cool and perhaps more interesting as a fast car made out of a midsize economy car than a fast car meant to go fast from its inception.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 04/09/2015 at 23:10

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You have an E85 Z4 weighing less and with the DISA 3IM! E87s are great, though. If Active Autowerke comes out with cam regrinds they will have such a complete package for N52s...

DoYouEvenShift > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 04/10/2015 at 07:19

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C4s do very good at autocross events. Lightweight, good suspension, the engine produces tons of low and midrange tq to accelerate out of corners.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 04/10/2015 at 07:43

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Yeah but that isn't driven every day. It gets some track time, and has a few things that would need fixing for daily use (weatherstripping at the top of the windscreen comes immediately to mind)

It would have been a reasonable alternative to my Mini Clubman, however. Heavier, yes, but still fun.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > DoYouEvenShift 04/10/2015 at 08:03

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How much does the Corvette actually weigh? The Taurus is relatively light for what it is, only a hair over three thousand pounds, mine is 3050, with the Plus package, glass hood and such.

Either way, I still think it would be interesting.

DoYouEvenShift > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 04/10/2015 at 08:51

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I think it varies throughout the years and trim options. But Ive read anywhere from 3100-3300 for 80s C4s.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > DoYouEvenShift 04/10/2015 at 15:54

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Huh, so the SHO is lighter. Interesting. The door tag on my car says 3050.

DoYouEvenShift > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 04/10/2015 at 16:21

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"The first generation Taurus SHO can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 6.6 seconds [5] with a quarter mile time of 15.0-15.2 seconds. Car and Driver reported in their December 1989 issue a top speed of 143 mph. Curb weight: 3285 lbs"

Not sure how accurate all that is, I copied and pasted from wiki. The door tag usually lists gross vehicle weight. Which is the the weight of the car loaded with passengers and cargo. So it would be less than 3k.

Dunno man, couldn't say.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > DoYouEvenShift 04/10/2015 at 16:28

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Weird. Oh, did they specify if the car they tested was a SHO plus?

DoYouEvenShift > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 04/10/2015 at 17:42

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Didnt say. Is that a thing? Never heard of it.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > DoYouEvenShift 04/10/2015 at 20:55

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It was a cosmetic package that came on '91 SHOs. The only reason I say it is that the Plus came with a Fiberglass hood. Probably not much of a difference in the long run. They are pretty rare however. Mine is actually a colour that was specific to the plus, and that on top of the black leather means it was one of thirty or so built.

Sorry if it sounds like I'm tooting my own horn here, but I gotta claw back some dignity after sticking my foot in my mouth earlier.

DoYouEvenShift > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts 04/10/2015 at 23:03

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Haha, no biggie. I actually knew nothing of this car prior, so I learned something new.

ChrisMSF > Wilsonic 04/13/2015 at 14:47

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Holy shit: "alot" is not a word. It's is "a lot," as in, "this article suffers from a lot of amateurish grammatical errors."

The coolest Mustang was the Turbo 4 in the SVO anyway. Not really, but any respectable troll should have covered that by now. Boss Trans-Am crap FTW here.