my 99 accord ex is running well knock on wood. i was just wondering if i wanted to go the faster route how is a mustang stick? i have test driven an automatic one a few years ago (new body style) and felt it was reasonably fast. but, it didn't feel like crazy fast. i have never been a ford guy, but mustangs are different than ford in my opinion. any thoughts would be highly appreciated.

 

the regular old mustang GTs are pretty slow, my friends almost stock talon roasted one.

 

Yeah, theres a video on youtube of a v6 Accord vs a gt Mustang and it barely beat the Accord. haha I laughed and was proud!

 

why not get a MUCH better car like an evo, sti, m3, 350z, or g35
those are pretty fast cars as well

 

yeah sti i have been in the body style doesn't appeal to me. not into mitsubishi too much. yeah g35s are nice, there is a g37 that will be even more powerful! but, yeah i just thought that a mustang might be pretty fast with some works done it (vortec supercharger).

 

mustangs are heavy and dont seem as agile to me as a g35/g37 would be
but that's just my opinion

 

Which Mustang GT are u talking about? The 2005 + GT's are pretty darn fast. I really wanted a 2005 when they came out since my dad has a 65, but darn those things were marked up high and my car payments were going to be really pushing my budget to the max. Oh well. I get to drive my dads 65 quite often so thats cool...and I was able to pay cash for my honda, so no stress with car payments =) But any mustang other than the 1st gen mustangs and the most recent aren't going to be too fast stock. Well, then again the 1st gens aren't that fast stock, but are just sexy beasts

check out these links:

http://www.edmunds.com/used/2007/for...694/specs.html
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2007/inf...282/specs.html
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2007/hon...962/specs.html

Note the Mustangs weight, horse power, and torque. I don't know how accurate edmunds stats are but I found it to be quite interesting since most people (including myself) think of mustangs as grossly over weight vehicles.

 

I can only speak from my own experience, but the 90-92 5.0 Mustang (manual trans) is frickin fast. The 87-89 should be the same, but I never looked at them because they didn't have a driver's side airbag(one has saved my life beforeso I require it), plus the speedoin those only goes to 85. My first car when I was 16 was a 90 5.0 Mustang GT 5spd. They only weigh about 3100 lbs. And are super easy to mod. Your Accord weighs about the same, except the 5.0 has 300 ft lbs of torque & 225 hp stock. So that year model stang has double the torque you have right now with about the same weight. When I had mine, I could take off in first gear (smoking the tires if I wanted to),chirpthem in second gear, then chirp them again in third. By the time Ishifted into3rd I was already doing 60+ mph.
You have to really know how to drive them though. Their transmissions are finicky. That's why a good amount of guys lose races driving them. It's not the car, it's because the driver doesn't know how to handle thegas & clutch pedals or the shifter itself. They are all different too. My clutch and gas pedals were both so hard your legs would get sore if you drove in traffic. I once drove one that had a butter soft clutch and a hard gas pedal. And another that had soft clutch and gas.
The '93 and newer 5.0's made about 215 hp & 285 ft lbs of torque, and the 94-95 ones were heavier, so they were a bit slower.
When I have the money, I will get another Mustang if I want to go fast. They are much easier to cheaply add HP & torqueto than any other car in my opinion.
Mustangs have NEVER been overweight as far as I know. It is quite the opposite.
Anybody that can't go fast in a Mustang simply doesn't know how to drive it....period.

 

Never really like the mustangs, Tome they always been big engines cars that go fast are heavy and cant turn for its life. My accord prboloy handles better then it. Why not go s2000 route or 350z. Both are just as fast and got great handling behined it. and both prb last you longer.

 

Mustangs are not heavy at all. Go to the "cars" section of msn.com and check out the weights. Your accord weighs almost as much as a mustang....it just has away weaker engine. Mustangs do not handle badly either, no worse than a stock accord handles. have you ever driven a mustang before?
Oh, and I still have a 5.0 sitting in my dad's garage with about 180k on the odo. It normally just sits there, but last time I was home I cranked it. It fired right up first try. I have had more problems with my 95 accord than with either of my 5.0 mustangs. They are VERY reliable. Plus you don't have to worry about your timing belt breaking in them because it has a chain.