For today's Throwback Thursday action, we take a look back to 1994 and Motorweek's Retro Review, which really puts into perspective just how much things have changed in the pony car wars.

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Those were the days . . . I had a 94 GT that I installed a Kenne Bell supercharger in 1995. I had that car for 6 years until I lost it in an accident. It was the most fun car I ever owned, up until now, the GT350 should be a blast.

 

Back in those days I was rockin' the very last 1985 Mustang GT made..which made it the last Mustang off the assembly line with a 4 Bbl carb. It came from the factory with a 235 hp Ford Motorsport 5.0. Most car magazines were getting 14.9 1/4 mile times with the 3.08 axle. Mine had a 2.73 axle and once broken in I went 14.70 4 times the first trip to the drags. With a carb spacer, under drive pullies and a K & N filter I was running 14.40's and ran a 13.89 with some borrowed slicks!!

The tag said "Z EATR" and that is what I did every time I went to the track...including Auto Crossing.

Nowadays I rock a 2000 GT+ $25,000 in mods including a Vortech SC. It is set up for road racing (full Kenny Brown treatment) but does go 12.5 in the 1/4 mile. Every time I think I want buy a new Mustang I just take a drive in my 2000 and the temptation to go $40,000 in debt just to have something new goes away!!!!

 

That's a bad *** pony love the interior.

 

Good story!

 

Thanx Guy's!!!

 

Love the stangs! Need to get that SC also, looks like it would add a bit of fun under the hood! Does it have the traditional super charger whine??

 

Yes . it is a "SQ"(super quiet)....but where ever I go people ask..."What you got under the hood"?

 

ok, got a link to the kit? would it be a bolt on for the 3.8L V6? or do I need to do any thing special?? I would like to just contact Bamma and tell them I added this thing and tune accordingly and be done with it after install.

 

If it is a kit for the 3.8 it should bolt on. You can get a tune for it by just letting them know what mods you have...but I would then take it to the dyno and get the tune checked and "fine tuned".

 

I'll just leave this here....

 

 

That's the first Family Circus that was ever funny.

 

To be honest 1994 (actually 1993) was when things got bad between the GT and Z28. When GM dropped the LT1 in Camaros it was game over for the GT until the New Edge SN95's came out and even then it was a drivers race. Still in 99, the LS1 was out and wiping the floor with GT's once again. I owned a 95 Z28 and never seen Mustang taillights (unless heavily modified). I got rid of my Z28 in 2001 due to reliability issues and the cost of maintenance.The Maint costs were high because of the design of the car. Replacing the fuel filter/pump required dropping the rear end, water pump replacement was brutal as well. The tranny went out. Not a well built car compared to my 1999 New Edge GT that has ran strong for 17 years now. (just gave the car to my younger brother due to picking up a new S550 GT.