CARE TO SHOW SOME SOURCES WHERE A FORD MUSTANG HAD AN OFFEBHAUSER ENGINE OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR TALL TALES? IOW'S BULLSHIT!
See post #7.
I never heard of it either.
CARE TO SHOW SOME SOURCES WHERE A FORD MUSTANG HAD AN OFFEBHAUSER ENGINE OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR TALL TALES? IOW'S BULLSHIT!
TO THE BEST OF RECOLLECTIONS THE MUSTANG DIDN'T GET A TURBO UNTL 1983 THE SVOMUSTANGWHICH WAS SHARE WITH THE TURBO THUNDERBIRDIN1983See post #7.
I never heard of it either.
PROVE THIS CAR EXISTED PERSONALLY I'M CALLING BULLSHIT AND YOU'RE STRAIGHT UP JUST A LIAR!<>
The bestest Ford ever at a realistic price was the 1979 Offenhauser Mustang Turbo.
Yes, plastic seats & tinny body panels, but that 4cyl blueprinted Offenhauser turbo’d engine and 5-speed were terrific.
Real racing suspension, saved my life once.
On the EasTex in the wee hours, returning from Lufkin to Houston, some genius had parked a black, lights-off car in the inside lane. Doing about 80, the car was suddenly in my windshield. One reflexive jerk on the wheel, burppp; the little car changed lanes w/o even a squeal, and I missed it by 3 or 4 feet.
What a pocket rocket. . . . . .
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No car on the Fox platform was ever going to be a good handling car, unless you completely re-fabricated the suspension. The geometry is all wrong to begin with, and there is no way to work through the compromises to make it right. Aftermarket bolt-in components will certainly help, but the factory pickup points are still in the wrong positions to do it correctly. To do it right you're cutting and welding. Ultimately you would end up with a car that looked like a Fox, but underneath it would be nothing like what Ford stamped out. I was going down that road decades back with an 87 coupe, started by welding in a full Wolfe Racecraft through-floor subframe and a 6 point Wolfe roll bar. I wanted to get the car on the road so I just said the heck with it and put in an AJE 4.6L K-member and tubular control arms in the car, and fiberglass fenders to match. That setup moves the front wheels a bit farther forward and revises pickup points a little, but it's still a compromise.
Then life caught up and the toys got sold and the house got built, marriage, kids, etc. Never finished the car, sold it all.
Oh, and yes, it was being built with an LS
I had a 1979 turbo off the showroom floor.TO THE BEST OF RECOLLECTIONS THE MUSTANG DIDN'T GET A TURBO UNTL 1983 THE SVOMUSTANGWHICH WAS SHARE WITH THE TURBO THUNDERBIRDIN1983
I'm asking...I had a 1979 turbo off the showroom floor.
ETA: But not an Offenhauser.
I'm asking...
We had two different 4 cylinder 'Stangs....
One had a turbo for sure...was easy on gas and ran well (for what it was) Could it have had dual plug heads? It was a blue coupe? If I recall?
The other had dual spark plugs...not sure if it had a turbo? It was good on gas. It was black, hatchback if I recall?
That was (before lunch, so I cain't recall) over 25yrs ago.......
What are you asking?
FROM WHAT I CAN RECALL THE MUSTANG WAS OFFERED WITH TW DIFFERENT FOUR CYLINDERENGINES ONE WAS CARBURETED THE OTHER HAD A TURBO AND FUEL INJECTION BOTH WERE 2.3 LITER EBINES THAT STARTED AS PINTO ENGINE!I'm asking...
We had two different 4 cylinder 'Stangs....
One had a turbo for sure...was easy on gas and ran well (for what it was) Could it have had dual plug heads? It was a blue coupe? If I recall?
The other had dual spark plugs...not sure if it had a turbo? It was good on gas. It was black, hatchback if I recall?
That was (before lunch, so I cain't recall) over 25yrs ago.......
I maintained both (we had some other car in between...Geo Tracker? ) Just don't recall..FROM WHAT I CAN RECALL THE MUSTANG WAS OFFERED WITH TW DIFFERENT FOUR CYLINDERENGINES ONE WAS CARBURETED THE OTHER HAD A TURBO AND FUEL INJECTION BOTH WERE 2.3 LITER EBINES THAT STARTED AS PINTO ENGINE!
You're quick.That's @msharley he doesn't need a subject to ask a question.
Just give him any old answer and he will be satisfied.
Yes, it was an early version of the current eco-boost 2.3. They had an intercooler which was rare in the day, but one could adjust the wastegate for some amazing boost impacts. Some of the SVT examples also came with metric wheels and the wild Michelin TRX tires.Didn’t the Mustang SVT have a turbo 2.3 back in the mid/late 80s?
years later the mustang became the fox body platform and the main platform for several different ford vehiclesCortina was for Britain, a small car by US standards. About equal to the Voxhall. First mustang was a FALCON with different body panels.
SVODidn’t the Mustang SVT have a turbo 2.3 back in the mid/late 80s?