Linkage came lose
motor mount broke
water pump leaks
seats wear easy
arm rest fa ll aprat.
It's a good car to have when your 16 the response form the engine when you get on it lets other people know what you have. also handles great in corners. Also no one big or tall an fit tin the back seat. I have not been beat yet I have raced a eclipse and a tibaron and smoked them!!!
Stick with racing the imports because these cars will not challenge a new camaro and will prolly even loose to the new 3.8 camaro's. I own an 89 RS TBI with a few minor mods and my old 89 Mustang GT would blow the doors off of this thing while getting better gas mileage at that!
5.0 mustang is the best one you can get. I think you need to try racing a 350 Camaro.
I raced a Formula 350 and an IROC 5.7 when I had my gt and barely beat both of them. 3rd gen Fbodys are nice and pretty easy to work on. But fast they really aren't unless you have the TTA model which is the fastest 3rd gen Fbody produced.