I'm looking at buying a 1995 Ford Mustang 5.0 with a 5-Speed. It has a Trick Flow upper/lower, E303 cam, GT40x aluminum cylinder heads, full exhaust, CAI, SVO throttle body, 3.73 gear etc....I looked at the car last weekend and fell in love with the looks. It is in immaculate shape cosmetically and it only has 81,XXX miles (Carfax verified). I'm talking the cleanest SN95 I've seen in person in a LONG time. Myself and the owner took it for a test drive for about 30-45 minutes or so just cruising around. The car runs and drives good aside from chugging in 5th gear at a low rpm, downshift to 4th and it's fine. I'm assuming that's just the cam because all of my fox bodies that had a cam in them did the same thing. I got on it in 2nd gear from a decent roll and the car just seemed way underpowered from what it should be. I've talked to several people and most people are telling me that the timing is more than likely off. I feel sure that that's it also but I'm just wondering if there's anything else it could be?
He said the car dyno'd 310hp to the rear tires but to me it felt like 200hp lol....I'm really hoping that I can just put a timing light on it and get that right then advance it. Like I said, the car will sit there and idle and run great with no issues and it drove just fine for 30-45 minutes so I don't think there's anything wrong with it mechanically. The owner is an older guy and doesn't seem to know much about the car. He thinks the car is a rocket ship and even told me that it "scares him" but to me it just doesn't feel right at all. He just drives it on weekends and such. Seems like it should have a lot more ass than it does. Opinions?
This is the car....
http://hickory.craigslist.org/cto/4532272071.html
He said the car dyno'd 310hp to the rear tires but to me it felt like 200hp lol....I'm really hoping that I can just put a timing light on it and get that right then advance it. Like I said, the car will sit there and idle and run great with no issues and it drove just fine for 30-45 minutes so I don't think there's anything wrong with it mechanically. The owner is an older guy and doesn't seem to know much about the car. He thinks the car is a rocket ship and even told me that it "scares him" but to me it just doesn't feel right at all. He just drives it on weekends and such. Seems like it should have a lot more ass than it does. Opinions?
This is the car....
http://hickory.craigslist.org/cto/4532272071.html