How weak is the American performance car in the 1970s? Very weak. The new emissions and economics regulations absorbed life from the American V-8, and it was not until the rise of modern engine management systems that our cars recovered in the afternoon. The Dyno test for Ford Mustang CoBRA of 1979 shows how you got dark things.
YouTube channel late to restore the form She recently recovered a cosmetic mostly from Mustang early fox, this MustangAnd instead of sticking to V-8 more hotter under the hood, it may be fine. On Dyno, the automatic Cobra managed to only 125 hp and 211 pounds of torque in the wheels. This is not. awesome Since Ford classified this 4.9 -liter engine (bad as 5.0) at 140 hp and 250 pounds in new. But also, shish. Mustang four cylinders today It makes more than twice that.
This is only 25.5 hp/l, or 15.6 hp/cylinder. The automatic transmission of this cobra does not do any preferences as well. Noticeably, this was not even less V-8 Mustang: Ford V-8 provided a capacity of 4.2 liters in Mustang 1980, which made only 118 hp.
Things will not be very dark for a long time. By 1985, Ford managed to obtain more than 200 hp from Mustang V-8, and it has been a fixed climbing since then. Today the dark horse Mustang It makes 500 hp from the V-8 of the same displacement. If you own Mustang Cobra in 1979, things may be worse. Restore the late model as soon as it enters “Mustang Ghia” 79, and four cylinders of four cylinders of 2.3 liters naturally made only 64 hp.
