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Originally Posted by Chazman
Here's a Motorweek road test of an '89 G92, dual cat, LB9, 5 speed with a 3.45 gear.
This is the fastest one I've ever remember seeing from the day and may not be representative of the typical production car - but they got a 13.9 second 1/4 mile.
https://youtu.be/aCL-odNmuGA
There were a number of free/cheap mods on the TPI back in the day, (similar to the 5.0 Mustang), which could REALLY wake it up. |
Yeah, I remember back in the late 80's MCR testing a 350 Iroc and running a 14.2 or 14.1, and all that jibes with the fastest 5.0 road tests I remember from back then:
85: Autoweek, 85 GT 5 speed car with A/C, 14.38@92
86: Car Craft, 86 LX coupe, 5 speed, no A/C 14.33@97 (with 2.73 gears)
87: Cars Illustrated, 87 LX hatch, no A/C 5 Speed radio delete, 13.73@101(?)
I also recall SSDI going 14 flat at 100 mph in a stock 87 hatch with air and Hot Rod (maybe) going 13.9x in a stripper LX coupe.
I suppose you could argue that those results aren't typical, but you could make that argument about things like 12 second Hemi cars, as well. Depends on how they're optioned, maintained and driven. I've been messing around with these piles of junk for the better part of 30 years, and putting a near stock Fox into the 12's just isn't particularly difficult. I can't imagine what would make it so hard (or near impossible) on a 3rd Gen, but I don't know near as much about them.