Also I had a chance to race two young guys in new 5.0 Mustang and still beat them with those 225 tires on 14" rimms spinning... I think this is not bad given 3 speed transmission being another "problem" of this car. Shift from 1st to 2nd feels like going straight to 3rd.
Car is not slow, it sounds very nice, idles perfect at 750 rpm, starts right up... Its just missing the low end which you would expect to have with v8. You need to rev it up and it really likes to rev up high. We had to put in chromoly .080 wall pushrods because steel .060 wall pushords all bent after few faster runs. Would be good to install some aftermarket rev limter to stay safe.
