DrB Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 You have any more to add here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elsolo Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Nothing made after 72 is a muscle car, until maybe recently. 73+ were a mess 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekozak Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Well, ain't that some ******* ****! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenoF250 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Those are some hideous piles of ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) From 1972 through the early eighties the car manufacturers struggled to put together smog compliant muscle cars. In 1985, Ford started putting roller cams in its H.O. five liter Mustangs and then things started picking up. The roller cam allowed a smog friendly duration, but augmented performance by allowing the valves to open more quickly (thus simulating a high duration cam profile). Big blocks were dead and Ford still shipped the Mustang with heads that had a small exhaust port that strangled the engine over 4,800 RPMs, but the roller cam brought the five liter to life. A new profile cam and a set of aftermarket heads really make a difference on these motors, but their forged pistons can take a surprising amount of abuse. The predecessor to the four barreled Fox Body Mustangs were the Mustang IIs which had a decent body style but some really gutless motors. Edited April 8, 2018 by minervadoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 The Gremlin with the POS V8 got me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeorge Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 On 4/6/2018 at 10:06 PM, DrB said: You have any more to add here? That is not a muscle car, no performance engines were ever put in , just a graphics. The only cars I would count as muscle car in the late 1970's would be the 400 and 455 equipped trans am's and firebirds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem like me Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 10 hours ago, geeorge said: That is not a muscle car, no performance engines were ever put in , just a graphics. The only cars I would count as muscle car in the late 1970's would be the 400 and 455 equipped trans am's and firebirds Laguna S3 was a real car and was onet that could still do a burnout in 1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 thats right 135 HP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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