Motorweek 1985 - Mustang vs. Camaro vs. Firebird

[Rick88LX]

A time when idiots argued in person and not on the internet. Amazing to see how much pony cars have evolved since '85.

Obviously a bit over-acted, but entertaining nonetheless. Enjoy.



Motorweek 1985 - Mustang, Camaro, Firebird shootout - YouTube

 

[zak88lx]

That 85 Mustang had a great 1/4 mile time!
14.3 at 92 was damn fast for 1985.

 

[19935.slow]

Thought e6 heads were suppose to suck!:beer: Did work on the other turds.

 

[mata]

that 1/4 mile time is the fastes i`ve seen for any 80s or 90s mustang, by far.....is this a regular time for an 85 stang?

 

[TorchedCobra]

that 1/4 mile time is the fastes i`ve seen for any 80s or 90s mustang, by far.....is this a regular time for an 85 stang?

I went 14.0 with gears and exhaust in mine before I sold it.

 

[FineLineMtrSprt]

slight repost but still a great vid

 

[KingBlack]

good find!

 

[tnuce10]

cool old video!

 

[svtsmo]

lol that was awesome. god just think, in 26 years the Mustang GT has doubled in HP, gained almost 2 seconds in the 1/4, and tripled in price!

 

[ScreaminRedZ]

Very entertaining to watch, I love reading mag articles and such on 80's cars. The 1/4 mile times seemed faster than they should have been for all of the cars.

 

[JD03Cobra]

"Feast your eyes on these 16 inch wheels" LOL

 

[blu88notch]

Neat article.
I went 14.3 @ 97 in my 88 LX when it was factory stock.

 

[ScreaminRedZ]

Neat article.
I went 14.3 @ 97 in my 88 LX when it was factory stock.

Those numbers match up. 14.3 @ 92 mph would be like a 1.7 60' stock. Gatorbacks ftw, lol.

 

[Jimmysidecarr]

I LOLed!!

Funny seeing the old "Quadra-Bind" suspension doing it's classic snap over steer thing.:lol:

I wonder if they used different drivers at Pocono, the Mustang driver was all over the place, definitely not smooth.:dw::nonono:

 

[ScreaminRedZ]

I remember when I got my first car, a 1984 Z28, and wishing it was the H.O. so I would have had 190 hp instead of 150, lol.

 

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[jleews6]

that 1/4 mile time is the fastes i`ve seen for any 80s or 90s mustang, by far.....is this a regular time for an 85 stang?

I have owned most of these cars when they were new (yea I'm old lol) and my 85GT had 308 gears and ran 14.3@97 when it was new. My friend had a 2.73 car and he went 14.5. I also had a new 86gt with 308s and it ran 14.6.
I had an 85 Iroc that ran high 14s.
My friend had an 87 Iroc 305 TPI 5 speed that ran 14.6 and he also had an 87 with a 5.7 that ran 14.2 and 13.9 with just some free stuff and advancing the timing.
I have also owned 7 Turbo buicks and they were all very low 14 second cars when stock but I have seen stock ones run in the high 13s.

What I think is funny now is that we thought these cars were blazing fast.:lol1:

Back in 89 My 85GT went high 10s at 126 and most of my friends were afraid to ride in the car. now a new car with bolt ons will run that but back then it was fast.

 

[OH3MGSVT]

Its pretty sad when I think about it, I had a 2000 Mustang Gt vert that ran mid 14's stock and with a few mild bolt ons I BARELY got a 13.8 out of it, crazy that a car 15 years newer isnt really faster than a mustang from the mid 80's

 

[Dirks9901]

Its pretty sad when I think about it, I had a 2000 Mustang Gt vert that ran mid 14's stock and with a few mild bolt ons I BARELY got a 13.8 out of it, crazy that a car 15 years newer isnt really faster than a mustang from the mid 80's

My 98 GT 5 speed with catback, K&N and shirfter I ran 14.5-14.6 at 95-96MPH. Sad that it was really no better than a 85 GT lol. But i didn't have it long

 

[chrisheltra]

Id like to see a graph with three lines on it. One that shows the power output of each MY mustang, one that shows the ET's of each year and one that shows the price.