I raced a Mustang 5.0

[Fencelizard]

I was heading home from a friends place in Port St. Lucie the other day. Pulled up at a red light to a guy in a 1985 Mustang Fox body fastback 5.0 5 speed. One look and it was on lol. Light turned green and we hit it. Absolutely neck and neck up to 90MPH when we hit the next redlight. The guy was cool, he commented "That's all I Got". Glad I Forscan activated sport mode or I would have lost. Fun times when your Rock Crawler is as fast as yesterdays top Pony car. I miss my 83 LX 5.0...

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[drew707]

ForScan doesn’t make the Bronco any faster lol. Maybe a 10th of a second in a full mile purely because of the ramped throttle response but 100% throttle is still just 100% throttle.

 

[Fencelizard]

It definitely changes shift points and wakes it up IMO.

 

[tyrobronco]

There is also manual mode - FYI.

 

[Fencelizard]

I'm a slushbox guy, could never work a paddle shifter or plus button lol... Just mash it and go

 

[HBTFD]

I fondly remember the roller 5.0s, only available in a 5 speed. A friend of mine had one and sold it for an 86 auto 5.0. He still regrets swapping those cars.

 

[Fencelizard]

Loved my Borg Warner T5, There were better trannys but mine worked like a dream.

 

[Mr. Nice]

I was heading home from a friends place in Port St. Lucy the other day. Pulled up at a red light to a guy in a 1985 Mustang Fox body fastback 5.0 5 speed. One look and it was on lol. Light turned green and we hit it. Absolutely neck and neck up to 90MPH when we hit the next redlight. The guy was cool, he commented "That's all I Got". Glad I Forscan activated sport mode or I would have lost. Fun times when your Rock Crawler is as fast as yesterdays top Pony car. I miss my 83 LX 5.0...

Wow that Mustang had 210 hp and ran a 6.9 second 0-60 when it was new. Slow by most anything today.

 

[Fencelizard]

my wife is really fat to.

 

[DogHauler]

Those cars are pretty slow by today's standards, a 5.0L Broncstang would be cool.

 

[E. Davis]

5.0 Crew! The Gen III Coyote is a hoot for sure, but I'm on my 3rd set of tires and they are fixin' to expire at about 45,000 miles.

 

[ProdigyJKU]

Half the forum seems to think sport mode is this magical feature.

 

[buzzcutt2]

I’m still trying to figure out where Port St Lucy is located…There’s a Port St Lucie in Florida…

My first car was a 1982 Mustang GT…4 speed. As a 16yo is was fast, not so much these days.

 

[Fencelizard]

I’m still trying to figure out where Port St Lucy is located…There’s a Port St Lucie in Florida…

My first car was a 1982 Mustang GT…4 speed. As a 16yo is was fast, not so much these days.

Talk to Siri, her spelling is about 50% at best...

 

[DrewBronc21]

Those old slow “muscle“ cars sure sounded fast though. My brother had an 83 Z28 with about 190 HP I think. It sure seemed fast as a teenager.

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