Anyone got numbers on an 87Mustang LX 302??????

 

Sure, they were about 225 HP at 4000 RPM
300 FT LBS of torque at 3000 RPM

heres a sight that i frequent (notice the avatar) A LOT that will have a lot more detailed stats.

http://mustanggt.org/main.htm

there forums are nowhere near as busy as FTEs but there are some fox body geniuses in there

edit: to give you a little more info than you asked for, the only differences between LX and GT V8 Stangs from that era (87-93) is the trim, mechanically its the same car, and in fact the LXs are lighter because they lack the skirts and such.

an 87 pony car is speed density, but you can do a mass air swap if you plan on a lot of mods.

hope that helps.

 

Thanks I appreciate the input.Was lookin to buy this and wanted some basic info on what I may be getting into.Sounds Like I need to look at this car.....

Thanks again

 

In additon to the ground effects, GT's also had the handling package. Sway bars and stiffer shocks, etc. They had quad shocks in the rear too but I'm not sure if the LX's had these or not.

 

I bought a 1987 5-speed Stang GT new when I was 24 years old. I was in love! Me and a fast fast car!! The car was very fast and took down alot of other contenders, modified and stock. I wouldn't mind owning a 1987 5.0LX right now, it is a great car!!!!!
The car will be difficult to keep running in its stock config. You will probably have trouble finding parts for the car or will have to pay an arm and a leg to get things fixed. Ford has a nasty habit of throwing away its' parts stock if the car hasn't been in production for a while. You'll probably do OK in the aftermarket parts world though. The stang is a pretty popular car.
The exterior/interior fit and finish was terrible on my car, water leaks, poor alignment of body panels, etc.When I traded it in (Nov.95/122,000 miles on her) just about everything that could have been broken was. AC was dead, power windows were dead, the broken door handles were plastic and had to be replaced, that year, Stangs were throw away items, i.e. it wasn't worth fixing them up after they fell apart. too expensive.

 

I just sold my 92 lx Mustang last summer. I got $4500 for her. I put a new paint job and new Force 2 exhaust on. The car had a 5.0 w/5spd and was loaded with options. The car had 98,000 miles. That was my 3rd and final stang. I also had a 90 gt and 91 lx years ago. They are great cars if you can find one clean and unmodified.

 

Fox's are not difficult to keep running in stock form at all. There are hundreds of companies that are dedicated to the Fox Mustang for any part you can imagine, stock or modified. The body panels never lined up well, and yes they had leaks. Parts aren't that expensive either. Mustangs are performance cars, not luxery cars. Don't expect things to be perfect.

 

Any part on a Fox bodied Mustang can still be purchased, usually by aftermarket companies, their quality is usually better anyway. Dont let small things like broken door handles and a messed up ashtray lid or busted armrest hold you back. I've had 3 Fox bodied mustang's and now own an 03 GT. Love them.

 

Boss50- The suspension on the GT and the LX with the 5.0 was the same, and both had the quad shocks. If you got the LX with the 2.3L 4 cylinder, then the suspension was different. The trick in 1987 was to get the LX 5.0, it lacked the high school skirts, cost less, weighed less, and went faster!

 

i'll be first i guess to say AOD trannys suck. Get the T5 but be nice to it or it turns into a time bomb quickly as well.

 

I never thought they had swaybars, but I did some research and I guess they do. My bad. Although the LX's were a LITTLE faster, I still would take a GT anyday. I never liked the look of LX's. They're too plain, but thats just me.

 

Speaking of the original Borg-Warner T5 5 speed....It can't be raced, just as fordeverpower already mentioned. It will be good to cruise around town and take long country drives, but if you are a late night hell-raiser, and a racer, the T5 will have to be left in the gararge to be sold on ebay later. My original T5 busted a couple gears around 88,000 miles. The synchro's were made out of some really cheap junk. The best part of the 87 stang was the bullet proof 5.0...the factory workers that made my engine did a sweet job, and I never had a major mechanical problem with the engine up to 122,000 miles of drag racing, 5000 RPM 2nd gear and screech, 3rd gear and screech!!!!, and 145MPH speed runs. The thing I remember was that the 5.0 had some nice hardware in the head, Ford put high quality parts inside the engine that would take a beating.

 

Funny. My '89 with a T5 put up with probably 100+ runs down the strip in the low 13s and high 12s on cheater slicks and still works great. I've had the car since 1995 and no problems for me. Did I mention I have had a Vortech that whole time and don't "baby" the car? But I don't full on powershift it either...

Some people can break anything.

 

I find that hard to believe and so you should consider yourself lucky. I have seen many stcok mustangs blown up t5 with abuse. Its not that some poeple can break anything, its a common problem that you should be aware if you follow Mustangs. And sure there are the occaisonal stories like yours.

 

Look, I didn't get into this thread to start a ****ing match, but rest assured, that I have been racing 5.0s since 1991 and have seen my fair share of what happens. The only T5s I have seen that were broken, were broken due to someone that didn't know how to shift (or were obscenely overpowered) and didn't know enough to stop doing what they were doing in the first place. Come to think of it, I can't think of one person I know personally that HAS broken one stock or otherwise.

Its simple...If you can't powershift it correctly, STOP NOW. I can't, thats why I don't and my tranny has made at least 100 runs and has no problems. The WC T5s like mine were rated at 265 lb-ft. of torque and I imagine that I have about 100 or so more than that. But still no problems. Yeah, I give up about 2-3 10ths at the track, oh well.

It isn't the power (unless you have a TON), its idiots behind the wheel. To say that you can't race a T5 is simply wrong, which is what I responded to originally.