Since the day I bought the car, the rear suspension, or something in the rear has not been right, when you hit certain bumps. Plus, the more people you have in the car, the more severe the "slapping" noise you hear in the rear. Funny, no one has any clue what the problem is. Fortunatley, it hasn't gotten any worse.
The water pump went at 63,000 miles and left me stranded.
I'm losing coolant mysteriously.
Strange smoke that smells like coolant comes out from under the hood once in a while on the driver's side.
I go through tie-rod ends a lot.
Steering rack completely dead at 35,000 miles.
Not a bad car. performs pretty well and handles nice. I love the interior the best of all the mustangs, yet (aside from the '85 and '86). I will say this: The old 5.0's from '86-92 were quicker and had more torque. I don't care what the numbers say, they were quicker and they are much quicker than the newer 4.6 stangs. Hands down. The 94 is OK, even with the 2.73 rear end. I would recommend leaving the car stock, as aftermarket parts just ruin the integrity of the vehicle. I've had a K&N filter charger on the car, which caused it to suck in hot air and detonate. Not good. If anything, change the exhaust to an aftermarket cat-back system like flowmaster. Anything else is just foolish. I would definitely buy one again and plan on it someday. Great car for the money and it's pretty powerful.
Fox chassis mustangs, I know this is SN-95 but it is only an upgraded fox chassis, have a tendency to leak from the heater core. This may be where your leak is. I've done a few and they are very labor intensive so watch out.
Id like to believe you on your theory about the 5.0 being much better than the 4.6 but it is knowhere near true. the 94-95 model mustangs only push 215 horsepower. The 87-93 push between 215-235 (90-93 being 235). And the 85-86 actually only push about 185 horsepower. Now I didn't believe this I actually owned an 88,90,94, and now a 97. I eat 5.0's alive with this 4.6 modular engine, the thing of it is, is that it has OHC and distributorless ignition with boasts an amazing 265 horsepower. When stock I actually beat a 95 cobra. (3 of 3 races). Now that I have an performance intake and a good set of cams, k&n intake, flowmaster, and hurst short throw I have now problem pulling between 6 and 8 carlinks on a 5.0. Sorry.
Yeah. I agree. My 96 eats stock 5.0's. The 5.0 has more torque and can pull off the line, but midrange and top end I walk away. I added 3:73 gears, and that solved the problem off the line.
Finally, I see that somebody has the same problem with a noise coming from the rear of their 94 mustang GT. As you mentioned, since I bought the car there is a sqeaking/grinding noise coming from the rear when you go over a bump. The problem increases significantly when there are other passengers in the car. I had the car looked at by Ford when I bough it and later by an indepedent mechanic. Nobody can figure this problem out. Can anyone offer some insight to this problem? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Rear anti-swaybar bushings are worn.
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