FOX BODY REHAB | MEET THE MUSTANG | Episode 1
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- Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2023
- Last year, we here at Hemmings introduced you to our new RUclips series, REHAB. The idea was simple - take a stock older vehicle and breathe some new life into it so that when complete, it’s in better shape than when it arrived. Our first subject was a 1987 Chevrolet IROC Camaro - it was a good car, but with a spun bearing and some soggy suspension, it needed work. The result when we completed it was an IROC that was improved in every way.
However, this is season II, and with that comes a new car - and by new we mean a 32-year-old Ford Mustang GT complete with a 5.0L V8 under the hood and a lot of room for improvement. But where our IROC was set up for corners, our Fox body will be prepped to run down the 1,320, but in a style that’ll make you think it’s the late 1980s all over again!
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That 200hp +/- 25 HP mark is the perfect target for the saying, "It's more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow." It is enough to really put a smile on your face but not get in too much trouble with jackassery. Looking forward to this one!
That's absolutely correct - and honestly, even stock, the car was a hoot.
That 300 ft/lbs is what made these fun.
You guys got that right! I had more than a few of these foxes growing up. My first had 373 gears, lowering springs and a cold air and i used to burn rubber all over lol and felt like a god
@@cousineddie3302 And still controllable - you could use 100% of it and not get in "too much" trouble
That’s why Miata’s and tacomas are fun too lol
I was a sophomore in high school in 91. I had a Foxbody with a Saleen trim. Or I should say my dad did. I drove it once a week to school and absolutely loved that thing. And I'm partial to Mopars. Brings back memories. Thanks for the vid.
Thank you for sharing and the support!
I am old school from the old Mustang era (had one myself). I was never a big fan of this body style until this last year. It has grown on me. There is a lot of potential for these in the right hands. This will be a cool series. Looking forward to it.
Thank you - and yup, we think everyone will dig the final result.
The commentary nailed it. Old muscle body style was the mustang…but this fox platform brought application muscle that still holds up today.
Finally!
And at *NO* point were the IROCs more sought after than the Foxes.
true, even in "Joisey", the mulletheads loved the IROC but everyone else was looking for a black notch 5.0--did anyone ever rap about their IROC?
@@albertgaspar627 BOOM! IROC rap song! ruclips.net/video/b8tA36v1eck/видео.htmlsi=m81m2_ng2ETjHewy
Sure they were, by many, I was one of them. I also loved the Foxbody though.
@@albertgaspar627yes there are songs that talk about the IROC.
@@Jedi391 such as?
My Fox notch ‘87 4 cylinder converted to 5.0 with turbo built AOD 3.27 gear Weld’s 275 front Weld 165’s love it! A step back in time
That's awesome!
Oh Twisted Synergy! Great guys! It's weird seeing a place I pass by regularly on RUclips 😅
Interested to see this one, too😊
Man in 2016 my dad picked up a one owner 93 lx white top convertible in calypso green with 12k original miles almost museum quality for $12,000 cash in Long Island. Hate how expensive these are now. Looking forward to this build. Fox body’s are just so cool!
Is it still in the family or what happened to it?!
@@hemmingsmotornews yes he still has it! Has about 17k miles now. He also has a 93 lx vert summer edition with about 40k miles and a 93 vert gt in bimini blue that he built for the strip with a ten point roll cage and all! His garage is quite the collection from foxbodys, prowlers,vipers. gtrs, corvettes etc. He also has a few 1970s econolines all original. It’s a super cool garage to visit when I see him.
The automatic cars came with the optional 327 gears. I'm going on my 41st year with Foxbodies and will have them for the rest of my life.
You Sir, are committed! Well done!
I recently bought, AND sold my 9th fox. lol I just can't get enough of em.
@@genemounce8302 That puts places you in straight connoisseur territory!
Great job guys! Can’t wait to see the finished car!
Thanks Gabe - it's awesome!
Nice, a new rehab project :D
I'd love to see a 86-88 Ford thunderbird come back to life like that!😊
Fox Forever !!!!!!
Despite the F-bodies having edge in style, Ford wasnt afraid to pair their best V8 with their manual transmission. Ford also had the edge in interiors , driving position, less weight and lower cost than the F-bodies.
I had forgotten just how comfortable and fun to drive these cars were to drive! Seriously, for the money, they're still bargains.
In the 1970s I had a Mustang II. It was a four-speed with a four-cylinder engine and a lot of fun to drive.
The re-introduction of the mustang in 1979 turned me off. It was a square bodied atrocity
I was an older dad and in 2014 my 17 year old son bought a 1991 LX convertible (I was 65 years old at the time, lol).
He and I worked on it together, making various upgrades. In 2019 he decided he needed a newer vehicle and so I bought the LX convertible from him.
Now I am in love with the darn thing. It’s fun to drive, with subframe connectors it handles easily, and ‘turns heads’ wherever I go.
I had an identical 88 . A little over 300hp with 3.55 gears and 5 spd . Amazing combo for the day .
It sure makes me happy to finally see Mike in a mustang!
Trust me, it makes me happy too!!
Mike,
The optional rear gears was 3.27, which is in my 90 LX hatch.
Great show!
Thank you Sir!!
You are right. They only came with 273, 308 or a 327.
If you did a blower in the 80's or 90's you had either a Vortech or a Novi. ProCharget wasn't around yet. The optional gear was the 308. Automatics were ok with a 410 gear but mileage suffered.
I had the textbook Fox Mustang build.... notchback LX 5.0, 5-speed, Centerforce clutch, shorty headers, Flowmaster exhaust, 3.73 Traction-Loc, GT seats, Pony rims... but I didn't own that until the early 2000s. When these were new, I was one of those guys street racing old musclecars... I couldn't afford a new Fox'Stang so a cheap 440 Barracuda had to do! How times have changed.
There was once a cheap 440 Barracuda?!? But we hear ya Sir!
In the late 80s/early 90s they were cheap, especially when compared to a brand new 5.0 or IROC. Considerably quicker too. 😈
I was that kid in HS back in '87 that had a black 67 coupe, gray landeau roof, with a .030 over 289/c4 and 4.10s absolutely KILLING those notchback 'trooper' cars. Cruise down 6th St and race back down 5th, towards I35. . . .I made $3.25 an hour at HEB bagging groceries and every last cent went into just being able to drive to DT Austin and race every weekend....
Had to get my son in on the fun- wrapping up the build on his 1979 coupe with AFR headed 302, T5, and 4.10 8.8 with coil overs. We painted it ourselves and I don’t hesitate to turn him loose in it cause he knows what went into it.
Thanks for sharing!
Sub’d for the next episode! I just picked up a 89’ 5.0 coupe myself that’s also stock. Brings me back to the early 90s. You guy’s “period correct” build plan is gonna be freakin awesome !
Yup - it's time to go back to high school!
Nice , picked mine up from a scrap yard near bayside Queens rebuilt it and have been beating the crap out of it for the last 30 years
Looking forward to more
Thanks for the support!
Even though I’m a Mopar guy, I enjoyed the hell out of my 89 Notch in that same color. Had it 6 yrs before it was rear ended.
Swapped it from AOD to 5 spd, TF top end package, swapped to 3.55 gears and JBA Speed Shop suspension(20 yrs before I worked for them) and ROH five spokes and the old Bridgestone potenza tires. Did 12.80s in tbe 1/4 and handled really well. I put 200k miles on it and it still ran great. Sad day when it was totaled.
Sounds like it was an awesome ride, thank you for sharing! What did you pick up next?
@@hemmingsmotornewsmostly Mopars since then. Several A bodies, a couple B bodies. Several Dodge trucks, still have a nice 340 Duster and a magnum/nv4500/part time axle swapped 79 Ramcharger I’ve had 17 years.
Guessing 150-160hp.
Wow, better than mine was even though it only had 30k on it.
Trick Flow top end, 5 speed swap, Mac exhaust, Draglites, Cervinis cowl hood and ghost flames FTW!
Ok, I give up. How many grand slams is Hemmings going to hit? Just for fun, I guessed 175, we were all in the ballpark. It was great seeing Mr McGean again, I used to read his work in Hot Rod (mumbles actual timeframe) years ago. In short - thank you - looking forward to this (as I seem to do with all your work). ~ Chuck
Thanks Chuck!! And just wait for 2024 as we've got A LOT more stuff coming up!!
Automatic 5.0s had 327 gears the and t5 had 3.08s. Back then we did vortex or paxton superchargers or kennybell whipple twin screw.
I graduated from high school in 1989, so the IROC, and now this fox body, brings back so many memories for me. Love them both. Really enjoyed the IROC series, but am afraid this one won’t be for me. I do not like the big/little drag set up, and especially not with a big cowl hood. Just not my cup of tea, but that is ok! Will still be watching.
Very nice I have a 1990 lx hatchback myself very fun car just needs a little tlc
At this point I feel like they all need a little TLC LOL!
That thing needs a gt 40 intake, some junkyard gt40 heads from an exlpoder, and an e303 cam.
👀 👀 👀
I always liked the LX (both bodies) over the GT.
The LX came in THREE bodystyles not two (notchback coupe, convertible '83 and later, and hatchback). GT only came in convertible and hatchback.
I dig em' both - but yes, the lines are cleaner on the LX. Many don't care for the GT, but an 88-93 GT with full body cladding is a beauty of a car in my opinion.
Some autos came with a 327 rear gear not a 372
I had this exact LX 5.0 but with a 5-speed, I miss it every damn day!
What happened to it?!
@@hemmingsmotornews Was forced to get rid of it & the person that got it put it into a tree
2.73 and 3.08
The optional gear set was 3.08…….most auto’s came with this gear set as the auto cars needed a little more get up and go compared to the manual cars.
The auto optional gear was a 327. You could not get a 327 gear with a stick car.
Noted and thank you!
The 2.73:1 rear gears weren't best for acceleration, but great on a daily car...I drove mine in the snow and could beat my boss to work even though he had an S10 blazer. And if i coasted up to yellow stoplights and down hills, i could pull off 30 mpg (tested by two different gas station pumps). With the GT hatch, my 1986 also did pickup truck work, bringing home cheap engine blocks and free furniture--plus let me camp overnight at swap meets where folks cut deals before the rest of you showed up at 6am the next morning and did a bit of partying with some homemade, um, party favors :)
We had forgotten how much room the hatches had!
Thanks for sharing! Whats the current lineup now?
@@drivebigmuscle8080 esp. with the rear seat down. living in NE, i first had a 1975 Pinto Country Squire wagon (in chartreuse) and could get from NE down to FL in 24 hrs by using the back area for a relief driver to sleep. still had to make time to check out South of the Border in the Carolinas along the way, tho :)
@@hemmingsmotornews I had to take it off the road a decade ago to take care of elderly parents (i live in the snow belt, and i needed something that could get thru snow if there was an emergency--if i ever had to stop for a stoplight in the snow, i was stuck with that car). I was hoping to do a stroker 351W since the original engine is long gone, but in searching for parts I found a 1968 Olds 442 with a switch pitch torque converter and variable duration lifters on an aftermarket cam for $4,500...couldn't pass that up :)
with the rust in the Must' , i'm thinking Capri bubble fenders might be in the cards just for something different (1986 was the last year for the Gt to not have the side trim that added weight). I'll be happy with a 5 speed (the T5 in it now isn't original) but the ultimate goal is a long distance traveler (i do car shows in NE, NJ, NY) that runs low octane pump gas (hence a stroker over a power adder) and AC and CC. My 442 is a base model with no AC, and after an hour of driving in the dog days of summer i'm ready to park it :)
I had a turbo t'bird before this, so i want something that won't beat me up as far as the suspension is concerned. something that can get me out of trouble faster than i got in it--after a few hours of driving, the white line fever sets in :)
thankfully the Fox body has a plethora of parts to choose from, and many are at used car prices. will be fun to watch how this series goes forward (i've been to the hemmings cruise nights once or twice, if you're in that area, check out the Gillette Stadium thursday night shows at Bass Pro. it's a bit of a travel for you from VT, but the Mass Cruisers car club claims to get 2,000 cars so it'll be worth it for your guys).
@@albertgaspar627 Thanks so much for words. These cars are great and wonderful dailies, it's just hard to believe they're over 30 years old now.
I own one 92 LX with a vortch supercharger
How do you like it?!
@@hemmingsmotornews love it !
Better swap out those 100k valve springs before throwing some boost on there.
Nah... they're just fine.
Take a shot every time Mike says he’s six-four.
You'd be drunk 5 minutes in. BTW - I'm 6'4".
Should have got the LX 5.0 Trunk. Much better for drag racing.
Also much more expensive!
Those had forged internals depending on the year, the heads however are junk, adding boost is great and all but the heads will definitely be the limiting factor
Forged pistons up to '93, not forged rods or crank.
@@sublime929 right ok so can handle some boost
85-92 had TRW forged pistons. 93 had hypereutectic pistons.
Back in the day dudes were running MAS kit and either a Vortech or ProCharger without intercooler on stock internals so should be fine!
true about the heads, but a junkyard Explorer will have the cobra style intake and the GT40P heads, a bolt on swap that doesn't cost much.
I hope they do a proper Mustang build and set it up to burnout crash into parked cars leaving a car show...
that's the 05 and up mustangs.
@@toomanycars4800 Exactly.
Needs a new speedo cable change the cable it’ll stop bouncing
Did that, no change, it's in the speedo head. It is getting better as we drive it though 👍
It’s an automatic 🥱
It’s not period correct without Draglites.
Stay tuned.
Most Foxbody Mustang street driven cars maintained their stock rims back in the era. The first set of Welds I used on the streets was in 97.
Just leave it as is. Don't ruin it like the rest of them.
I agree, the simple fox that isn't overly flashy and overbuilt is nicer in my opinion.🐺
Everything done is easily reservable, we made sure of that.
@@drivebigmuscle8080 That is one bright side to this whole plan. I worry for the stock internals with the addition of the supercharger though.
overpaid by $4k
It was a fair deal for a very clean car.
@@drivebigmuscle8080 absolutely not. Maybe if it was a 5spd. Rusty auto $8k max. I paid 12-15k for clean 5spd notches all year long.
You lost me at (automatic transmission)
That's a shame.
I HAD A FULLY LOADED 1986 MUSTANG GT FROM 89 TO 2014. I SOLD IT JULY 4TH 2014 WITH 326,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE ROAD TRIP KING. EXTREMELY RELIABLE. I HAD IT TO 150 MPH COUNTLESS TIMES. 4TH GEAR RED LINE .
Thanks for sharing!
NICE!
3.27 gear was option for a AOD cars
If its not a notchback fox i don't want it