No, Dude, these guys are partially right. You are currently painfully slow. Let me illustrate, when you cross the finish line in the 1/8, I would have crossed the finish line in the 1/4 more than a second ago.

Howsomever, you car will respond exponentially better to mods than the 240. You will note that most of the imports use Mustangs and Camaros to judge how they are doing. If they can turbo their car and go out and beat a stock Mustang, they are "fast". But you will not see many, if any kill, stories about a turboed Civic or 240 beating a similarly turboed Mustang or Camaro. Not to say that it doesn't happen, it does on rare occasion. I mean look at the Bucs, they're 10-3.

As for the bang for the buck, my '64 Falcon that I had ran 12.4x in the 1/4 for me for two years and I paid $1000 for it. The guy I sold it to cleaned out the distributer and put a rebuild kit into the carb and ran 11.8x with it...just a carbed 302 with a stock C-4 3 speed automatic. Oops, sorry, it had a shift kit.

 

I Love Mustangs. But I wouldn't mind having a 240 in good condition. I have limited money, and im job hunting.. and im 16.. and you know how you guys were when you were 16, im impatient as hell >.<

 

Oh so you have beaten alot of cars in your day well boy its not long intill you see your ass in jail with no licence or a car, have fun on the streets and try not to kill anyone dip shit.

 

Hey ultra, I dont race on the street, I race legally, and I have beat many ricers. So before you start getting all emotional, why dont you get all the facts first, I said "I have beat many ricers" I did not say "I have raced many ricers on crowded streets hoping to go to jail or be involved in an accident".

 

You make a good point. One thing I disagree with is the remark about judging your import car's performance off of Mustang's and Camaros. If I can beat (and I have, on the street) a modded (exhaust) '00 Camaro SS, I think that makes me pretty fast. And for about $20k cheaper. And with 4 less cylinders and exactly 3.7 liters LESS displacement. Another irrelavent point is "similarly turboed"...you want to put a T25 on a Mustang or Camaro? Be my guest. I am still running the stock T-2-Small on my SR20. Im interested (not trying to be a smart ass) in what it took to get your car to an 11 flat. I know you still have the stock bottom end...but what else?

 

Oh shit, here comes the "I am faster with less displacement" arguement again.

My advice is to do whatever the hell you want to do and not let anyone tell you what you should do. If you want to keep the Mustang, we can help. If you want a 240, we can help. Make the decision for yourself. Personally, I'd like to see the Mustang fully restored as most folks don't bother with them unless they are decked out in the Pace Car regalia. A fox body is but a blank canvas, plan before you paint and you will have a masterpiece.

 

All it was to begin with was a domestic versus import pissing match anyways.

I'm done here it's getting pointless.

Craig pretty much summed it up.

 

First off, if you dont trade the mustang your a fool. Turbo Nissans ARE one of the best bangs for the buck, so are DSMs
Second, Bumpins car is raw and will drive circles around you and a majority of the shit talkers on this board...

 

I started this topic because I wanted everybody's personal opinion on what I should do, I thank the people who tried to help me, instead of making pointless arguments.