1998 Ford Mustang GT from North America - Comments

Non-Leather seats have started to show wear badly.

Speakers are beginning to crackle.

Carpet in Trunk has torn away and slides freely.

This car is in serious need of performance upgrades, with only 215 horse power from the factor and weighing with the big cars, it is pretty slow off the line. The rear end "hops" when big power is put to it, but that can be fixed with the proper control arms. I have put in a few dollars into this car (heads, cams, exhaust, tune) and it ROARS. There is no match for the sounds of a V8 roaring down the road. I could not be happier with my car. The few problems I have encountered are mostly due to the performance upgrades and would not be noticeable on a stock, daily driven car.

My buddy has a 97 with a flowmaster exhaust, I have a 1975 Cadillac Eldorado. Let me just say that the big 500 in the caddy does sound better than the 4.6 in the mustang. Sorry, but I am right.

First of all a Mustang is a ford Product. that is the worst of all. Fords are slow, anytime that you want to race let me know. I've got a 69' camaro SS 454 Turbo 400 trans amd NOS. so bring it.

"First of all a Mustang is a ford Product. that is the worst of all. Fords are slow, anytime that you want to race let me know. I've got a 69' camaro SS 454 Turbo 400 trans amd NOS. so bring it."

I agree that the original poster was being a little arrogant, and sort of brought this on himself. But it's not quite fair for a 454 Camaro to pick on a poor little '97 Mustang. You are totally out of his league. Go find a 'Cuda to play with.

Oh trust me, I have, they're fast cars, but they've never beaten me. You do the math: a 575 hp LS6 454 plus the 250 hp shot of NOS. You can find any Cuda you want and race me.

To the comment above:

while I have respect for chevy muscle, try racing a 2007 ford shelby GT 500 with the roush charger and NOS. I think you would be in over your head. 500 stock HP plus the roush chargers additional 200 HP is 700 plus the NOS. good luck.

Using NOS in an american muscle car is just plain WRONG. where's the fulfillment in that? knowing that your car can't beat the other one on its own so you have to push the little button and make the other car magically dissappear? Nahh. that's not racing. NOS belongs on those little ricer imports. If you really want your car to prove something, add steel and aluminum parts to the engine, not pressurized gas.

You don't have an LS6 454. I've never seen a 7.4 liter (454) LS6 engine ever. You've simply got a chevy big block.

Let's see, Ford sucks cause they use a smaller engine than your LS6, big deal. And get rid of the NOS, you'll blow your engine a lot quicker that way.

My bad, I was confusing the LS naming. But my other point still stands.

LS5 454s are the common version. The LS6 454s are were put it select 70-72 Chevelles. They came stock with 450 HP, and nicknamed the "rat motor"

They were not put in any other Chevrolet from that era.

If you want to actually praise exhaust note I would go with Mopar as the best sounding ever... even though I have also owned a mint 1969 SS Camaro as well as quite a few others. I thought I would never praise Ford, but I became quite impressed with late model Mustangs. My older son bought 2 1995 Mustang GT's as his first cars.. an aftermarket Turbo kit conversion stick Coupe and a Convertible automatic with 100 shot nitrous both obviously modified. His last was a 66 Mustang then added a late model Mustang complete drivetrain and even a/c as well starting with just a basic 6 cyl. plain jane Mustang. The newer Mustangs are great used car bargains for first cars and can be endlessly upgraded over time. Instead of comparing this Mustang with big blocks it would be much more interesting to compare it side by side with the 69 Camaro Z/28 302. Although I like GM best I am happy to see all types of domestic musclecars today. My son sold all these Mustangs he built a few years ago and upgraded to a 2002 Viper RT/10 now heavily modified as well. It doesn't sound bad 10 cyls. with Corsa Cat back exhaust..........