You guys are never gonna believe this. Tonight, my crappy old '92 explorer, with 194,900 miles, beat a mustang. Here's how it went.

I was on my way to Wal-mart to get a memory card for my HP camera. I was stopped in the left lane at a 4-lane intersection. I look in my rear view, and this car pulls from the left lane into the right lane. Ok, he thinks he's gonna pass me at the stoplight. That's fair. But I have to give it a try. At this time I have no idea what it is, just another POS little car as far as I'm concerned. Well the light turned green, and I floor it. I mean, as far as the gas pedal would mash down into the floor. We both accelerate evenly, with the very slight advantage going to me. By the time we got close to the wal-mart turnoff, we were both going about 60, and I was ahead by almost 3/4 of a car length. He lets off and gets back in the left lane behind me. At this point I notice that little horse symbol on the grille. It's a mustang! WTF??? An old 4 door explorer is NOT supposed to beat a mustang. Anyway, he turns the other way in the parking lot, presumably to avoid the embarassment any further.

I would have to assume it was a V6 mustang, since there is no way I'd have had a chance against a V8.

I was grinning all the way back home.

 

LOL, Good kill!

 

Man, If my 88 5.0 LX ever got beat by a tired old Exploder like that and I wasn't sitting in tire smoke or broke, I would have taken it straight to the crusher!!
I like reading stories like that though, I outran one of those bling bling little Calvaliers with the wing, ground effects, tailpipe bigger around than the wheels, etc in my 2001 F150 SuperCab 4x4 from a redlight one time. Then the dudes girl in the passenger seat wanted to ride with me at the next redlight. I told her that I didn't think that the MRS. would appreciate that too much and sped off again.
A race is a race no matter what the vehicles are and I still love the adrenelin rush everytime that I get into a drag race.
Good thing I wasn't in my 77 with the mild 460, they would have never caught up to me at the next red light

 

You didn't beat anything. He just pulled in behind you because only a jerk would pull in front and then brake for the Wall-mart turnoff.

 

yeah, i agree with rwplett, he probably just figured you'd blow a head gasket and pass you no problem

 

Duh. If that was the case why did he even bother to get in the right lane in the first place? Remember, he pulled up behind me in the left lane at the stop light then went over to the right lane. It's a left turn into wal-mart. He wanted to get by, pure and simple. And I denied him that.

Had the race continued any longer, I'm sure the explorer would have shifted into OD then he would have taken off. But it didn't.

 

I would put money on it that it was a V-6 mustang....if it was a v-8 he wasn't trying or theres something wrong with his car. Still makes ya feel good thou don't it?

I was behind a chevy cavalier (sp?) once..he took off from a stop light hard and chirped 2nd gear so I knew he was tryin...so i was behind him at the next light where it was 2 lanes and after the light goes to 3...he took off and i was actually able to pass him on that left lane and I heard him chirp 2nd so I again..knew he was trying...I jus had to laugh as my truck is pretty slow. I only got up to about 40 though..past that he would have beat me.

 

Yeah, I'm sure it had to be a V6. If it was a V8 I wouldn't have stood a chance. Good job on the Cavalier. Lets see, what could we call those, how about "Ghetto Rice?"

I wonder if I'll see that mustang at the used car lot anytime soon?

Sure does make me feel good, but also concerned. A mustang, of ANY type, should own any Explorer, of any mileage, let alone a '92 with 194,900 miles. What has the mustang come to?

Edit: Had I been in the '70 F-100, it would have been a pathetic absolute slaughter, since it is MUCH faster than the explorer. Of course then, i probably wouldn't even have known he was racing.

 

Well the Explorer aint' no Turtle(At least the V8). I know I won a street race before It was aginst a 02 Chevy S-10 With an intake kit and Nitrous. I actually beat him pretty bad, by the end of it I was going 112 MPH, and I quickly Found the next Redlight. But I have a 2000 Explorer V8 EB with 48000 miles and it is pampered (Most of the time HeHe)

 

I can't say I remember outrunning anyone in my explorer,(91 4.0L with 220K) but I do remember the weekend I had to pull the manifold because of a water leak... while I had it off I really went to town cleaning the carbon build up off the inside of everything. First time I noticed a difference was when I backed it out of the driveway for the test drive and when I let off the clutch in first and nailed it (usually it would just slowly clatter up to about 20 mph) it let loose and smoked the back tires. I let out of it since I was right in front of my house... but the next day I did it 2 or 3 times. I really got some looks pulling off from a 4-way with the back tires lit and the rear end slidding a bit... it was a blast. Good thing Mr PoPo never saw me... he might have thought my "Excessive Display Of Acceleration" was un-called for, they usually do.

 

good lord. i feel like i'm in a honda forum right now...cause they always brag about beating a v6 mustang. haha...joking man. nice kill though.

 

probably a 4 banger mustang

 

As people remember the 5.0 it is usually referred to the 93 and below. In 1984 to 1993 they had 4 bangers. 95 came out with the 6.

 

94 came out with the 3.8L V6 87-93 had a 88hp 2.3L 4 bangers left over from the Pinto era.

 

It's always fun beating up on a mustang or anything else for that matter. I used to have a 78 f-250 crewcab 2wd that I put a mild 460 in, I blew away a 60 something mustang that was gettin it pretty good, definitely a v8 in that one, I also stayed right with a gto judge. My truck was the ultimate sleeper, left rear bed was crushed from a front end loader accident before I got it, truck was nasty white, with black over spray all over, faded red front fenders and passenger front door, brown and tan rear door. Haha, gotta love it. Was riding with a friend one time in his lowered s-10 with flames on it, looked fast, got beat by some crappy foreign suv.