typeR

4 cylinder ? ...i was in my wifes accord AV6'98...this guy kept creeping winding it up...as soon as he would shift from 1st to second i would go from a car back to a car in front and pull hard extending it to 3 ...lol what a dog...had the wife and a trunk full of groceries too....

quikcls

i believe they have a 3.8v6

typeR

dog

darrinb

i can run faster than a v6 stang, i handed one w/ my dads es300(0-60 in 8.0) so the v6 stang prolly doin like 0-60 in 8.5 and like a high 17 1/4

Pull_T

99+ V6s are Mid--High 16s.

acuraman32cl

mustangs are SLOW, i thinks there around 180-200 hp from that huge V6 (go american engineering) and they weight quite a bit too.

CL Type"S"1

All "Bark" no "Spark":pee: Mustang

typeR

where's apopka?

GS Dave

Well driven the 99+ can be in the mid to high 15s. Mag racing...Evan Smith over at Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords pulled a 14.9 out of one. So I would think a decent driver could keep it in the 15s. I haven't run one, so this is just bench racing.

KC CL 1785

I know that the pre 99 v6 mustangs are not very fast at all. My friend had a convertible v6 auto and I continuously rompede all over him. Now the newer ones are pretty quick and I have not raced one yet, but I assumer they are in at least the mid7's in 0-60.

ferizzo

mustangs are not slow...v6 mustangs are slow. Find yourself a GT and you will lose more than win (assuming both are stock). Now TypeR will win more than lose to a GT but once lightly modded the GT will hang if not beat the 3.5 CL-R. All of you can forget the Cobra (except for maybe zootking, allmotor, and fastvtec...even then I don't really know).

quikcls

and who made you god?

Pull_T

No shit. I am God.

KC CL 1785

You too?

knucklehead11

No, it's because they use pushrods instead of the more updated technology of the overhead cam, genius. They're old technology engines that don't haul very well. The current V6 is only about 190 bhp, so it's prolly around 160 at the wheels. Most other V6 engines used in cars today usually at least have an SOHC setup, a lot of the time a DOHC setup, generally more powerful than the V6 Mustang. If Ford made the V6 with a DOHC it'd prolly get around 240 HP (at a guess, not sure).

All in all, it's not because of American engineering that they're slow, it's the use of OLD fuggin' technology in a modern world that puts 'em down.

knucklehead11

Oh yeah, and they did make a 4 cylinder Mustang in the 80's and early 90's in the days of the Fox body and the Mustang II. It was a 3.2L straight 4 engine. Thought I have practically no knowledge of 'em, I've been told they don't get that great of gas mileage and have NO acceleration power, they outright just suck ass. I've also heard the earlier ones had about 88 HP and the newer ones had about 108 HP (not sure, can't remember). When Ford had the SVO going they made the 3.2L with a turbo and intercooler. That lasted for a few years. I think they started in 1974 when the Mustang II began as the "economical Mustang" since the oil crisis was not good for those who had the big gas-guzzling V8s. They lasted until 1993. During that run, some of the Mustang years had V6s, and the last coupe of years of the Mustang II (1977 and 1978) they had V8s in 'em, but some years it's was the 3.2L I4 and the 5.0L V8 only. 1994 marked when the V6 was brought back as the base and the 4 cylinder was eliminated, and it's been that way since '94.

So all in all Mustangs came with the option of having a 4 cylinder eninge from 1974 - 1993.

330RWHP

FYI, it was a 2.3 and the turbo SVO ran from 84-86

CCType-S

Ford stop producing pushrod engine in mid 90's anymore.

330RWHP

The 3.8L Ford engine is an OHV PUSHROD engine!!! Last I checked, Ford's still producing the V6s, aren't they?

typeR

should be called a "get out and push! Rod!" cause that car is slooww

Pull_T

3.8L V6 in Mustangs are OHV motors. Hey, at least they are Right Wheel Drive

knucklehead11

LOL, teh ONE WHEEL PEEL! My friend tried powerbraking his 2000 V6 in the rain one time. It looked hilarious seeing only the right rear wheel spinning, lol....

knucklehead11

Yes, and I hope they keep making them through the 2005 generation as well. I wish they'd at least make 'em with a SOHC setup instead of OHV, it's friggin' outdated now... I dunno, I think it just depends on how the engine is set up. SOHC is a newer, cheaper, more powerful technology, yet a 1/4 mile drag record was set recently with a 60's Corvette making the 5.9's, with a pushrod engine.