1988 2.0 2WD-WORTH BUYING?

[rusty ol ranger]

And when they do build balls-deep performance, it's some ungodly expensive one-off that nobody can afford, or they never bring it to the USA.

Just like the damn svt lightning. Yeah, they slapped a blower in a pickup, but the SRT10 pickup beat it in every aspect. Same with the RS500. Fast as hell four banger with a turbo on it the size of a bloated armadillo, and UK/Europe only.

Hell, it took them 50 effing years to export a right hand drive Mustang to their second biggest market in the UK.








Ford Motor Company: When half-assing it is a way of life. ?

Honestly IMO their biggest blunder was not sticking a 351W in a foxbody. Woulda made it the bonnified hands down winner of late 80s/early 90s performance and wouldnt of taken much to do it.

 

[Bird76Mojo]

Honestly IMO their biggest blunder was not sticking a 351W in a foxbody. Woulda made it the bonnified hands down winner of late 80s/early 90s performance and wouldnt of taken much to do it.

Yeah, they were a little late to the game with the SN95 getting the 351

https://performance.ford.com/enthusiasts/collector-vehicles/svt/mustang-cobra-r/1995.html

I don't think they used the 351 in ANY Mustang after 1973 or so, until the SN95 Cobra R, and even then, they only made 250 of them. Ford just doesn't get it...

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Yeah, they were a little late to the game with the SN95 getting the 351

https://performance.ford.com/enthusiasts/collector-vehicles/svt/mustang-cobra-r/1995.html

I don't think they used the 351 in ANY Mustang after 1973 or so, until the SN95 Cobra R, and even then, they only made 250 of them. Ford just doesn't get it...

I had forgotten about those.

But no, they dont get it.