Welcome to The FOXBODY in 2023: It Ain’t What It Used To Be
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2023
- Let's take a look at what you should expect when buying a foxbody in 2023.. Some things have changed since 20 years ago. #buyingfoxbody #foxbodyissues #foxbodyworth
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When I drive a brand new car, I feel disconnected from the road. When I drive my 1989 notch, I can feel the road in the seat of my pants.
Exactly! ✊
I just love the box shaped cars of the 80's and 90's
boy is that the truth--i have a 1968 Olds 442 with the typical numb power steering and super sensitive power disc front brakes, and a 1986 GT Mustang that i explain as a "tin can with a truck engine". but they still ride different than any new car i've ridden in
I certainly love my Panther cars.
When I want fun, I bang the '90 T5 😁😁😁😎
YeeeeeHaaaaaw!!!
I have been saying this! I have a 03 cobra and a gt350, both raw driving experiences!
I agree 100% if you never owned a Foxbody or never drove one you just don't understand the addiction. The sound, handling and smells just take you back. There's really nothing like that raw power with no assistance like the new cars with traction control. You make a good point these days there's a lot of vacuum lines drying out getting hard then leaking and sensors going bad. It's crazy sometimes trying to track down issues these cars are having. That's why I want to thank you for all your videos they have come in very handy especially with vacuum leaks and idle surging issues. Another great video thank you.
Thank you! I’m glad these videos have helped over the years. 🍻
I daily drive a fox from 92-98. In 98 i got tired of sinking all my money into it and sold it. Time went on , i got married and had a few then but sold them. I had a new edge for a bit then a 2008 GT that i got rid of after my divorce. During Covid lock down i picked up an 86 GT that i have 1000s into now. I try to drive as much as i can . Definitely feel like a fish out of water amongst all the cookie cutter Hondas Toyotas and Teslas. But like you said there is nothing like the sound and smell of a fox . Just brings me back to my younger days . I won’t sell it.
Funny how they have there own smell
Thanks for all the time you spend making these videos. They have saved me a lot of money.
Thank you 🙏
I’ve never had a car that caused me to sling tools across the garage and have me threatening to sell it but then put a smile on my face after I figured it out until I bought a foxbody. I’ll never forget taking my new foxbody to church on a Wednesday night the day after I bought it and being embarrassed at the surging and bucking and stumbling upon the first TPS sensor video and fixing my issue with a 6 dollar voltmeter from harbor freight. BREW2l saved my love for the fox
We all been there 💪 but look at you now! Thanks for the love 🙌
Oh we all know that level of frustration owning these beloved pains in the ass. Within the last month or so I've had to replace the power steering rack, heater core, evaporator and the rest of the A/C (except for the compressor). As much as I get pissed off and my neighbors certainly hear my colorful language...I remind myself that I should never have sold my 86 T Top GT with a 5.8 in the mid 90's. I wish I still had it and as of about a year ago got back in a fox but this one is a vert, considering I live in Florida now and that adds to the LMR and NPD orders. My wife can't understand why I would rather sweat and bust my ass instead of having a newer mustang until she sees the joy on my face driving it. Even though it is a project that I daily drive and I do enjoy the conversations it brings.
@@BREW2LFOXBODY I can't thank you enough for all the information you give us!!!!!! Much Love and respect!!!!!
Lol don’t buy an RX7, fox body is easy mode compared to Mazda bs
When i go out inhave people hanging out their window asking if im selling mine. The newer stangs are faster but not getting the attention like a good ol foxbody.
The coyotes are the only ones that’s faster and you can still build a fox to be faster so so easy lol the pushrods don’t fuck around with a f cam 500 lift trickflow heads victor jr intake single plane and carb. Little squirt of nitrous and you keeping up with a hell cat lol
The Foxbody community is by far the best community and it's not even close. When I first got my 91GT I had been only working on my S197s so I had to get back to the older technology. I also love how the Foxbody combines the old school and new school. The possibilities are endless with these cars!
Aint nobody looking at you in a new car. Foxbody baby all the way....
💪😎
I couldn’t afford a nice one. So I’m stuck building a 1992 GT. Saving it from a field
You should be proud. Hold your head high. Not everyone can do that. Much respect 🫡
Thanks for saving one 👍👍👍😎
You're so right about that smell being different (courtesy of my exhaust leak)
Lmao ✊😎
I always like to listen to you talk your foxbody knowledge!! You can really tell how much passion and love you have for foxbody mustangs!!!
Its guys like you as well that make the fox body world a lot easier for new people these days. There were times when I was down and thought about selling my fox. Because of you I kept my fox body and you gave me reason to push on. I'm thankful for all the fox body crew on UA-cam. Brew2l is the man..
I have a 89 lx vert since this past February. I had to do all new fuel system front to back all new ignition, and other things. I done all that watching your videos for tips and tricks. You're the man dude.
Awesome video, I love your channel. I’m a new foxbody owner and I’m daily driving it…your videos are great for those of us just starting out with them. I’m soaking up all of your info…keep up the good work.
I can go cruise with the top down, banging gears and have a blast. Even though I’m not moving very fast lol. But it feels fast. It’s so hard to describe unless you’ve experienced it. If I were to sell it and desire to get another older muscle car it’s going to cost me 2 to 3 times more money. To find one as clean and nice as my Fox. So I stick with her and be content.
lol I love it! It doesn’t matter how fast it is as long as it gives you the fizz!
I can respect it bud. I have a really nice almost stock first gen Miata m edition. Leather seats, 5 speed manual, drop top. California car with no rust, and hasn't been trashed with teenager mods like every other NA Miata. I get these same feelings when I roll out into the road. Fast throttle response (cable body!!), Rear wheel drive, 4 cylinder engine actually has a nice sounding growl and isn't buzzy or lame like modern ones, grips hard in the corners..... I can't sell it. How do you reproduce that experience in a new car? You cant
@@tylerfabish5578
Sounds like a great car. Financially how do you beat it too? In terms of the amount of car and fun compared to the cost or value of the car. I bet it is a blast
You hit it spot on with this one! Foxbodies are in my opinion the best project cars out there. I was not even born when these cars came out and I still have fallen in love with them. There is just something about them that you can't get from a newer car. And yes, the foxbody community is extremely supportive. Wouldn't trade mine for anything!
Lookin to pick one up as my first car and this definitely sold me on it 🙏
I agree, you can really feel the road, and enjoy every second of it. I have a '93 LX 5.0 with 59,000 miles. Garage kept. Really good condition. Love taking it out on the weekends. Have not had any vacuum/sensor failures yet.
Definitely approve, great job on this with the voiceover the drone footage was awesome! If I had to argue foxes still ruled the streets all the way thru the SN and New edge era up until 03 with the terminator release. Yea you could blow a 96-98 Cobra or a 2 valve from either era but they still wouldn't hang with a fox, there were exceptions out there but foxes held their own against the mod motors.
Most definitely! A well built fox could run with cobra but you had better be ready for war 🫡
I need a fuel rail for a 86 5.0 Mustang Foxbody. If you know we’re I can get one can you let me know we’re can get one….
@@deansturm1590 What is the difference between a 86 vs 87-93, I may have one.
Nothing beats that old school feel or sound (cam chopping) of a foxbody
Excellent video! You have to own one or previously owned one to truly understand how much fun these 5.0”s really are, I was 20 years old when I purchased my first 87 GT FOX and the cops gave me mortal hell every opportunity they got to pull me over lol, some lady cop pulled me over and her exact words were “ where are you going so quickly “ MR 5.0 “ 😂, she wasn’t hatin on me big time lol, it was the same color scheme as the black with red stripe you have, red interior with the 5 speed, you guys have some beauty’s sitting there.
Bro, I just subscribed…
So let me throw in my two cents.
I just bought an ‘86 LX 5.0 stick from my buddies older brother, original owner. Straight and rust free, 550k miles on original running gear!
Fixin’ to do full restomod.
And thanks for your video and advice.
Really enjoyed this guy's videos he has some great information. Have a fox body on the for many years.
And he is correct there is something about these old Mustangs. 20 years ago, when I rebuilt the motor, I had no one to help me. Now I have the internet and UA-cam things have gotten a lot better.
I have had a lot of foxes and have a passion for them……I have a recent acquired project roller 1986 factory T-Top coupe with capri fenders added and am having fun starting the restoration process! Can’t wait to give her another chance to be on the road👍🏻
I picked up my fox about a year ago. My co worker at the time was wanting to sell his , I had the 3500 he was asking for but he was hesitant when I showed him the money. Needless to say he changed his mind. 😢 fast forward about 4 months after I had purchased a 2000 new edge , his son had put up his 89 fox for sale. So, I sold my new edge and bought it. 😊 Every time I'm driving it , it turns heads !!! 😮
No it doesn't lol
😢@@Nobody-dc8dp
I just saw a White GT with a Cobra wing on the road today. I hear this familiar sweet sound as I'm sitting at a stoplight in my truck. Look left, and there it is turning my way. With my fox down for a bit, it's good to see someone local out enjoying theirs. I've seen only a few in the area over the last couple years. They're definitely rarer nowadays.
Great information, and very true these cars are so hard to find and when you do they don't want to sell them and they never move forward in the process of fixing them. Or they want way more than they're actually worth because they rust out up here, anyway thanks for the LMR win, I was able to get the oil pan and gasket for the swap so I got that and stock headers and a v8 drive shaft from big stick stangs! Fellow Kentucky youtuber, I really appreciate it
Thanks bro. I’m glad you found a use for the gift card ! ✊😎
Great video Brother!!! I agree with every word you said!!
The power, smell and sound of a Foxbody with no cats and unrestricted flow is an unbeatable experience no matter what horse power your pushing!!👊🏾👊🏾
While I respect every build new or old… I am Pushrod 4 Life!💯🏁👊🏾
There’s just something about these cars that was almost instantly iconic from day one. Something not many cars can say!
@@BREW2LFOXBODY So true Brother!👊🏾👊🏾
I had a 87 GT Conv't for 31 year's I got it new with only 3 test miles on it. The most reliable car I ever owned I went from Connecticut to Florida about 57 trip's and 3 trips from NY to California plus a trip to Texas I never got stuck not even a flat tire. I miss that car. ❤😢
Great video as always dude
I got so lucky with mine. A guy 3 houses down from me had it and I just happened to catch him outside one day and ask him if he’d sell it. I ended up getting it for probably less than half of what it’s worth. He told me later he didn’t realize how much they were selling for lol
lol that’s the best way to buy a car right there! 👌✊
Once again another AWESOME VIDEO my FOXBODY MUSTANG BROTHER!!! ROCK ON!!!
Thanks bro 🙌
Been a looong time since I've popped by. Seeing your fastback driving put a smile on my face 👍
Gathering quite a stable of beautiful foxes. Everything you've said is true, this is a great car to learn on.
Yup by the time I figured out doing a coyote swap, I was already to deap into a small block pushrod setup to switch the power plant. But love the pushrod setup. My next build may be a coyote swap setup
Awesome video i agree with it... foxes have challenges but if you can tolerate it then the fun will never quit.
I love the fact that these cars rely on us to keep them on the road. Most are way past their prime and without some intervention would be in the scrap pile
Facts
Definitely agree, awesome video first. Yes i think what ever it depends on what you want to spend and if
you plan on daily driving it, i think it makes a difference on really what you want to do with it. For me it was
a 04 GT for my daily, it's very fun to drive, reliable, good fuel mileage as well. Again it depends on what you want.
Great video 👍
great vid....
I've got a no option 88 midnight blue notch lowered on ponys with dumped 2 chambers. Rarely can I co anywhere without a conversation with some dude about it...its not pristine, or fresh but it still works good, has a clean interior and sounds great... 26 years now....
Well said. Hardly ever see these cars around even in motor city but saw 3 today in 30 minutes cruising by the lake… likely here for motorcityfoxfest
Sweet! That’s a rare sighting right there.
Great job Brew2al.
Thank ya 🫡
I bought my 92 GT off the original owner in 1998, still have it and it's a blast to drive.
I grew up in the hometown of Cervinis in the hay day of foxes,we litterly would used car lot hop to test drive them to see how fast they were when someone bought them, they literally where everywhere..Now maybe see two a month in the summer and ones mine lol..
lol that would be have been so cool to do😎 💪
Man I’m wanting to buy a stockish Fox body for a back up daily but man your vid hit some good points. I grew up when these cars were new and daily drivers, so I didn’t think it would be THAT big of a deal to daily one but….clearly it would be challenging..
I got mine fairly recently, like late 2021, and I must say, the fox occupies a certain sweet spot like many 80s-90s cars do.
They're new enough to offer all the standard creature comforts you'd expect on any car; things like cruise control, a/c, motorized windows, and a reliable efi system.
Yet, they're also old enough that everything is still quite simple and the average person could easily learn to fix themselves. Combined with the insane aftermarket and vast knowledge base, virtually everything on a fox can be replaced or repaired with relative ease.
These qualities make a fox easy to live with imo and frankly a well sorted one can make a fine daily. Not to mention, they're friggin light, v8, manual, and of course rwd. And if you care about running errands with one like me, you can even get a hatchback!
These kinds of cars just aren't made anymore, and probably never will be made again. As long as that holds true, the foxbody (along with many other great cars of the era) will always be desired. The cost of being able to own and drive one is always gonna be worth it to someone, simply because there's nothing else you can get that provides the same experience.
Exactly everything you said. These were reliable good gas mileage EFI modern cars...I dunno WTF people expect nowadays? An electric with all the gadgets? Then again my first car was a Cordoba, 318 2bbl carb, you wanna talk unreliable those old carbed 60s and 70s cars were a nightmare comparatively.
Driving most modern cars feels impersonal and disconnected. Driving a foxbody is a full-on memorable sensory experience.
Well said brother, if you can't wrench, you'd better be rich. 😂 I enjoyed the voice over along with different takes/video, those days of wishing while thumbing thru magazine's for the baddest go fast parts..
Man I miss those days. But I also enjoy being able to get any part with the click of a button 🤔🤣
Of course, my favorite place to shop is LMR, I got their link on my home screen 🤣🤣
I live 30 minutes from the first HQ of the defunct Mustangs Unlimited...they'd have one or two shows a summer, and listening to Fox owners discuss what works with what and what doesn't play well with others was great. and i remember the days of magazines (I cleared out MU when they ended :) ) since Super Ford and Mustangs Illustrated and all the rest. Having those old tech articles is great--not everything's on the internet and if you don't know a mod exists, how would you ever look for it.
Your a 100% right when u talked about the smell..I just got my pops 1990 gt foxbody titanium grey up and running he kept it in excellent shape but was sitting on flats in the garage since 2010..standard which sucks but has crazy torque for stock..his baby was a 69 cougar manual which he slammed gears in .and the 5.0 was his everyday believe or not
I just watched a series on another channel. 2 guys drove 1000 miles in 2 late 80's icon cars. All they missed compared to the brand new cars they usually test/drive was cruise control and air conditioning. Love my 88 Foxbody.
If you want to really feel sick about Foxbody prices and parts prices for them, just go back and look at one of your old MM&FF magazines and just turn the first couple of pages of the Summit ads in there. That’ll really make you wish you could go back 20 years 😂
I know right! I was just talking to my wife about doing another magazine video.
@@BREW2LFOXBODY I miss the old magazines. I’ve bought a bunch of them off eBay. (I had from like ‘98-‘07 in my basement and a pipe busted and ruined them all.) so I’m trying to get a bunch of them back 😂
@@BREW2LFOXBODY you should definitely do another magazine video. Some of my favorites are the cylinder head shoot out issues.
That's right push rod for life!!! Your right about knowing your limits I've thought about a coyote swap most definitely if I knew how to work on them,a cam swap just isn't that easy on them.
I sure don’t know much about them.. it’s like brain surgery to me 😂🤣
Thanks the video brother 👌👌👌👍👍👍👍
I grew up in my pops 87 hatch with factory cabriolet red with tan interior. 347 stroker all built on the factory on the SD system...everyone knew my pops on stangnet. And 50tech as Mr.SpeedDensity. he owned that car up until my 21st bday(I'm 25 now) and now some idiot now owns it and since my father's recent passing (April of this year) me n my mother wish , more of me tbh want the car back. My heart belongs in a foxbody it's where I feel like home. I drove 2017 LB 2.3 and I love it alot, 1st car and I've learned everything I can do to everything myself. I just picked up a 96 sn95 by since it's as close I can get to getting an older mustang.. I just hope 1 day I'm able to own one, let alone with San tan interior. 🙏🙏
P.s love the video bro. Been following you for a little while now. It helps me keep my dream alive of wanting 1 some day while still having my doubts especially since how much money the fetch now. 🙏🙏
You are absolutely going to work on a fox . But there’s nothing like them. But they truly are some of the best cars to learn engines and stuff on. Like they are very simple
Love the video brother
Thank ya 💪
I love my 90 GT hatch! A few power adders create over 400hp. It's a really fun toy!
Man I watch all your videos and you seem to know more than anyone I've seen online. I have a 1993 Foxbody that has a bigger cam stock heads, stock intake, cold air intake, MSD distributor, shorty headers, 410 gears and a freshly built AOD with a shift kit. My car starts every time but takes a few minutes to warm up to stay running. But the main problem I have is it bucks like crazy when I get ready to stop. Just wanted to get your input if possible. Thanks in advance.
Rob in Michigan
If the internet has taught me anything, it's that we love whatever we thought made us cool during the formulative years. I listen to 1980's music videos and the comments are "yeah, best thing ever! today's music sucks!". Except every decade claims the same thing--even when the songs are remakes of "old crap".
and "Johnny Be Good" will always rock :)
So it's no surprise today's kids love the LS design--they had it for 23 years. And it's a good design. What struck me at age 17 was the GT40 era--it was like when my father experienced the 1955 Chevy having a Power Pack option that meant the dealership could hot rod your car for you and you knew it had engineering behind it since they would warantee it. After the Malaise Era, I stood at Berlin Turnpike in Ct (where we put the rust in "rustic") on Friday and Saturday nights and the ads were actually correct--the boss was back, "supercars" (because "muscle car" was an 80's term, the magazines of the muscle car era actually called muscle cars "super cars") were back again baby, affordable 14 second cars existed again.
But the new generation have their own historical moment...i mean, a 9 second car from the factory? drop the mic, pal.
This is so true. I often think about the same thing from time to time.
I’m looking for a Fox a body here on Long Island in NY. I’m 41 years old. This was a dream car for me growing up in queens and watching all my fellow Greeks and Italians drag racing in the early 90s on the “BLVD”. (Francis Lewis Blvd). I now can comfortably afford to have a weekend toy but don’t know where to start looking. My budget is $15,000
My 93 lx hatchback 331 supercharged T5 is far from slow but I totally get the new tech these days with the independent suspension and everything else. I've own so many vehicles and the foxbody is definitely it's own deal. I'll never get rid of mine
Man I love these types of videos from you Brew2l. My fox has been in my garage registered as non-op since like 2018.. I'm struggling to get it going simply because of that fact that you mentioned where all the Ford oem sensors are going out and the cost to build up my stock 302 is very similar in cost to getting something newer.. thanks for all your videos it's helping me learn but more importantly it's helping me figure out what I want to do with my fox so that I don't spend unnecessary money. Pretty excited for the poopcoupe series!
Don't buy that line that it costs the same or similar to go Coyote. Do the research. Stroke a 302? Couple to a few grand at most. My 347 cost about 3 grand to do and didn't require any crazy modifications. That's a block, machining, stroker kit, and parts. A new engine. I did the R&R myself, with the wifes help. What does a used Coyote cost? Can you R&R that yourself, along with all of the modification required to get it to work? Maybe, but do the research first!
@larrylaverne9547 yes it’s actually very comparable if you’re building a stock 302 from scratch to match the performance of a stock drop in coyote.
Stroker kit,machine work,heads,cam,intake,injectors,throttle body,headers….. the list goes on.
@@larrylaverne9547 I agree, research definitely comes first but honestly, I do buy the line. I'm currently building my wife's xterra to be a budget offroad machine. And even though I'm trying to be budget, I'm getting close to the cost of just buying a newerish Toyota 4runner. Not the same car, I know. But the concept is the same and it's also important to consider that foxbody parts are going up in price whereas new coyote motors are relatively inexpensive considering they're recently mass produced and are very much supported by the aftermarket.
@@_moes_garage_ Actually, WITHOUT accounting for inflation (corporate greed), the cost is going down. I got a screaming deal on my 347 stroker kit (Scat) at $900 several years ago. I should have paid closer to $1,300. Scat has the kit for $1,200 on their site right now. Machining is minimal, and even though I had the shop rebuild my heads and some other work, all of that cost me less than $1,000. I MIGHT have put another grand in upgraded parts (injectors, MAF) to support the new engine. I even had TMoss port my lower for $500 or so.
According to LMR, a Coyote swap will run you FROM $10K to $40K. You'll get from 360HP to 395HP depending upon generation. Can you afford a used 2018 Coyote engine to get that 395HP? I found 1 Coyote for sale around here, with 60K miles on it (hardly new), for $6K. Want performance upgrades? Gonna cost you more. A lot more.
@@BREW2LFOXBODY Actually, WITHOUT accounting for inflation (corporate greed), the cost is going down to build a stroker. I got a screaming deal on my 347 stroker kit (Scat) at $900 several years ago. I should have paid closer to $1,300. Scat has the kit for $1,200 on their site right now. Machining is minimal, and even though I had the shop rebuild my heads and some other minor work, all of that cost me less than $1,000. I MIGHT have put another grand in upgraded parts (injectors, MAF, cam) to support the new engine. I even had TMoss port my lower for $500 or so.
According to LMR, a Coyote swap will run you FROM $10K to $40K. You'll get from 360HP to 395HP depending upon generation. I found 1 Coyote for sale around here, with 60K miles on it (hardly new), for $6K. That's just the motor, none of the stuff to hang it off a 302.Want performance upgrades? Gonna cost you more. A lot more.
I want to believe, and maybe I'm missing something, but that was my own personal experience.
My Saturn's got an old school vibe too....lol And it's even lighter and has a Honda K20Z3 Cammed, upgraded springs and retainers, ARP head studs and Turbo at 450HP. I have A Carbon Fiber Seibon hood with Polymer panels with Einkei 15X7's that weigh a whopping 9.8 LBS. The whole car weighs mid 2300 LBS...lol I like the Foxbody too by the way. I was always a fan in the 80's and early 90's, with the small trunk vs the hatchback. I like all types of cars!
Didn’t watch the whole video but to me a foxbody is just like putting on an old pair of your favorite jeans. Might be kinda old but it feels sooooo good 😎💯👌
Well said 💪
Look, this is exactly how to explain it... When driving a Fox body mustang you are actually DRIVING for the car...you are one wit it and the road....not just riding inside it! That goes for the 1st time I turned the key over 3 decades ago till today! I was hooked from day one! ~ If you know you know!
This mom is so grateful I that don't have have to go purchase one, I only have to walk across my driveway and there's my sweet sexy 89 1⁄2 5.0 5 speed notch which I purchased new!
"F" all of those people teasing me because I never let go of it, and refused to trade it in on any of my Explorers over the years! Those fools! LOL
And...anyone who has a 5.0 as a daily driver knows that you NEED some like an Explorer in climates where it snows a lot! lol
Now the pony gets to be special and my SUV is my daily driver... I'm just sad its not a stick!
Being Born in the late 80s, the Foxbody along with the IROC-Z and Corvettes & Grand Nationals were the highlight of my childhood in the 90s, so I guess I'm in that middle ground where I got the tail end of ol school hotrods and the new tech of today. (30s now)
I own both a 5.0 S197 & a Foxbody and I will 100% confirm its a different experience when dealing with a foxbody, when it comes to cruising around and hotroddin it up, I rather drive something that you don't see every day, anyone can go and buy a newer car, and have all the new features and comfort but to take something old and build it back up and make it your own is its own reward. I rather drive a machine vs a comfy mobile living room.
totally agree with that last paragraph--anyone with decent credit can land a newer car (if they can find one). I got my 86 Gt back when you could land a turnkey fox for under $3,000 every day of the week.
I'm building a 85 gt right now for a daily bc I can't stand these newer cars. All plastic no soul. I can't wait to get it done. I've always loved older cars but I found this one rust free and I'm going to paint and under coat the whole underside of the car to make sure it'll last as long as I can. Your videos have given me a lot of inspiration and ideas for how I want mine to run look and sound. I love how hard that white notch hits when you lay into it I can only hope mine runs half that good when I get it road ready
Edit: the white hatch not the notch I forgot which one was in the older video when you were driving it and someone was tuning on the laptop
Good on you bro! I agree no soul 💯😎
as a second owner of an 86 GT, i will smile at the notion of "all plastic" as if the Fox wasn't full of it :) but as the former owner of a 2018 Ford Focus that lasted all of 2 months before the trans went and I had to junk a $17,000 "new" car, i get the dislike and distrust of new stuff.
@@albertgaspar627 yea there's a lot on the interior but at least the rest of the car is steel and it feels like a real car when you cruising as well
Brew2L is dead on I live in Md literally I pulled to a four way intersection and there was a charger at every direction when I went left through the light one or two of them blew there horn and gave me thumbs up it just feels so good to drive my fox heads turn and people always ask what year is your car it’s so hard to believe to look at a nice looking good running car that’s 30 yrs old and still looks just as good and sound just as good as the newer cars on the road today my choice my fox body all day long👍🏾
Hell yeah! That’s the feeling you can only get from an older car that someone has had to maintain and love to keep it on the road. 💯✊
I owned my 79 22 years ago. It's amazing what $100 bought you back then.
Fact that sensors are just now goin out. Solid 💪 ❤
This is gold.
Thank you
Picking up my 91 GT tomorrow. Had to give 11k for it but to me it's worth it. Just glad to be back in a Fox.
My next foxbody will utilize the factory 2:73 rear gear and a 427 Windsor with 225 high ports and twin 72’s . 2:73’s and 850 ft.lbs of torque go well together . Coyotes and LS’s be damned.
Nasty! Love it 😍
I drive my fox body every day lol. I also do all the work on it myself, the only thing im worried about atm is my MSD box lmao.
Really good information and thank you for sharing! I guess I prefer 66 fastback or 350 Shelby and I gotta say the fox bodies are a versatile investment!
Yes, 25 years ago this video would have been about a 1960s mustang
I agree with everything said in this video but in my personal opinion a Coyote will never sound as good as a cammed Fox, I also think you should make a video talking about how Fox’s don’t need to make big power to be fast, I’ve seen Fox’s with gears, a couple bolt ons and some drag radials run 12.90’s with a good driver. People always rag on them because they don’t make power.
that's the cool thing for me...if you know you're way around, the Fox can be hot rodded with OEM parts. Thunderbird lower front control arms, GT40P heads, etc. and the fact so many kids crash these cars, tell you even a 14 second car is too fast for the average driver trained by a high school football coach how to drive--it's all the computer nanny stuff like ABS and traction control that's keeping them shiny side up in the newer "faster" cars.
Totally agree! All of the mustangs prior to 05 whether it is a fox, SN or new edge are way more fun to drive because they are just raw DRIVER cars without all of the stability track and extra crap to take the fun out of driving a car with power. With that being said you have to know what your doing with the older cars because if you don’t you can get one bent out of shape in a hurry. JMHO
It goes that way across the board for other stuff too... I wouldn't have a new Ranger if it meant breaking out the wallet at the first sign of trouble, plus I wouldn't tolerate where they put the oil filter very well and stupid unnecessary evils like tpms sensors a bunch of annoying plastic and all the other watered down electronic junk they like to put in them... not to mention they are kinda fugly... but I wouldn't get rid of my 96 supercab to save my life and I was offered 3k for it about 8 or 10 years ago when they were plentiful and that was with a slung rod and blown piston in the original 3.0. There's still plenty in the world, but I know most of them will dry up one day. The nice thing about that is I'm sure there will be awe struck kids that never seen one and think it's the coolest truck they ever seen. I'm sure it will be priceless and probably one of the more valuable trucks at that point. It's 5.0 swapped and has Vaughn Gittin Jr's autograph as well as racing stickers all over it, so it's already one of a kind 😂
good content good points audio is lowkey kinda bad try to get into a more closeted space when doing a voice over for better audio but i think the video is pretty good. Also i do really like the foxbody.
Been daily driving foxes since 1998 until recently… it is way more difficult and not as cheap as it was 20 years ago for sure
Damn! Hell yeah I can respect that bro!
The terminator cobra would like to have a word with you about the new edge cars not making power 😂
And give us your honest review I was thinking about doing one in my aod car
Found a near mint one off facebook for 2k only a 2.3L and stalls a lot and can hardly move off a green light but sounds great. It smells like my dads old cars.
I read about the new Ford "Godzilla" 7.3 pushrod fitting under the hood of a Foxbody.
Hilarious.
Twenty years ago! I graduated highschool. Seeing some for sell for under $5k. I wish a bank can finance me in a heartbeat. I got a couple of really nice ones at a couple of dealers in tick tock condition going for in the $10k's ballpark. I gotta found one.
Fox body with Flowmaster 40 series has the best sound of any coyote..it’s like a Harley, unique sound to the vehicle.
This is why I was so pumped to buy my 86 Svo with 48k miles last week. I gave 12 for it but for that money I got one of the rarest and best bang for the buck mustang they made. I plan on doing a complete 2.3 build with a better turbo and modern efi with a magnum t56 but I am using another 2.3 so I can keep the original alone and will be able to put it back stock if need be. My 302 ranger is more fun to drive but not by much
I'm in the middle of a 96 explorer 5.0 H.O. swap into a 96 supercab right now and im trying to figure out how to wire everything to a microsquirt v3, but man it will be worth the headache if i dont fry it completely. Ive already burnt two traces on the board getting the map sensor wiring backwards and just fixed that, if not im just gonna get a 2bbl manifold from ebay and take the 2150 off my 79 f150 that has a 400 with a rod knock and is scheduled for a big block swap next year. rangers will fall into the same fate as foxes I'm sure. The desirable ones found loving homes while there's plenty that's being beat on every corner as work trucks. IMHO the 95-97 trucks are the best to work with if you can work around the twin i-beam setup or replace with crown vic or sn95/new edge setup, but I hardly see a 95-97 on the road anymore. I see 98+ mostly and I dislike the torsion bar year trucks. They look so goofy in the front end, but they get a bit more aftermarket support than older trucks. It's annoying. Looked on ebay for an all aluminum radiator and they had two options, 94 and prior which I know wouldn't work, or chance a 98-11 radiator and it's so close to fitting in between the frame rails, but I decided to plumb it to the bed for weight distribution purposes. It's also as if most aftermarket companies assume everyone wants to build an off road toy out of them. There's a lot more parts for that sort of niche build available. Guess that means a purpose built autocross and grip/road race truck isn't going to be commonly duplicated, which is good because there are a lot of unique elements to my build that I plan to keep under my sleeve. They may duplicate it, but they can't replicate it and if they can't replicate it, then they can't replace it.
It was a cool car when it was brand new, first time I drove a friends foxbody mustang back in ‘94. I’ve loved Mustangs ever since. Never got the chance to own a mustang until last year when I bought my very first Mustang. GT with black out package and active exhaust. Have already started modding the suspension, spoilers, Custom E85 tune, etc. I absolutely love this thing, but I’d trade it for a nice Foxbody any day!
Got to love a Ford guy! Twelve parts for every fix!!!
Love mine. 40k Miles, Convertable 5.0 from 1988
What do you think a 93 GT in great shape should be worth?? With all the regular goodies like exhaust, gears, GT40P's, intake 5 lug conversion?? Thanks for the videos!!
Hell yeah man... these cars drove you... LOL... I have an '88 408... built from a circle track 351W short block. Also have a 2020 GT500... Dr Jekyle & Mr. Hyde. Raw and refined. I pick what I want to feel. Love it. And you are very right, get more thumbs up in the Fox than the GT500!!! Go figure.
Definitely don't see many on the roads out here in California since the "cash for clunkers" program.
Im finally getting to the last puzzle peices of my 1979 Fox Pace Car turned widebody 1uz powered chopped car purist nightmare.
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Brew2l talking nothing but truth again 😎
I loved my 90 GT in the time that I had it. I'd love to have one again, but living in Germany, they're all but impossible to find outside of importing one...
I have a 1985 Capri 5.0 with the4 bbl carb used to take to go to the drag strip the car‘s been mothballed for over 20 years now I just need to have the motor freshened up at the transmission and rear end were both replaced and with only 50,000 miles on each at this point I’m getting concerned with getting the car out with getting parts especially the ignition system could be an issue I want to convert it over to MSD 6al or something like that what are your thoughts about getting parts?
I sure miss my 2 fox bodies. Calypso 93 2.3 turbo swapped and 91 Black on Black GT with only 40k miles. Lost both in a fire 2021 😢 Now prices are so high, probably won't ever get another one. R.I.P my foxes..🥺
All the 4 cyl fox's got bought, turned into dirt racers in the north, making them even more rare here. Most SN's are rotted, unless it's garaged 12 months a year. I parked mine 24 years ago. One day...
thanks, i wasn't sure it was up north or all over the country.
@@albertgaspar627 are you saying it's countrywide ? I know they are pretty rare here, now. S197s are starting to get punky, and are showing their age here now.....
@@jamesgeorge4874 well, i'm up north, so I just assumed it was all over, like "claimer classes". For someone wanting to go all-out on a notch mustang (coyote swap et al) I would suggest buying one of these ex race cars instead--they tend to be reasonably priced up here and already have a roll cage. of course they're going to need stuff to be streetable, but once you consider how many parts you're going to buy (new sensors, whatever drivetrain parts for a coyote swap, leather interior, maybe some widebody fender or something) it makes more sense to start with something stripped than a $30K complete car and then replace half of what you paid for anyway.
@@albertgaspar627 oh, I own an 80 Capri Ghia fastback, I have an -aluminum 5.3- err, a "project engine" swap planned, although there is a 4200 Vortec I6 sitting in death row at my shop with a blown 4L60 I could get free, I sold the 306 that was in it 15 years ago....
@@jamesgeorge4874 the fox will swallow anything, like the 55 Chevies of the 1970's. Before i could swing the insurance on my 1986 GT hatch, I owned a 1986 turbo t bird, so the little OHC 4 bangers hold a space in my heart every time gas prices go up.
hey, if fast and furious could put a RB25 into a classic mustang, certainly an "american 'berra banger" can go into a Merc :)
See I’m like you I’m a push rod guy. I had my 98 gt with 4.6. Great engine. It had h I c full exhaust gears ya know all the bolt ons. Loved that car but it missed the push rods. I get what you said about a yote swapped car. I too can appreciate them and wouldn’t mind building one. As you know the sbf is getting hard to find and expensive. What’s your take on a Godzilla swap? And is that something that could be on your channel in the future?
I have 2 GTs & a LX hatch.Currently building my 1989 GT.Have a built 410 SBF,new Prro M EFI,NOS etc.Plan to make it a hot street car.Funny thing is this 1 has 4 wheel factory disc brakes?Sort of makes it a oddball in a good way!?😊
Kids thank there kooler now then 20 years ago despite newer high hp cars. I am surprised how many young people recognize these cars.
It amazes me as well. I’m glad so many people still care about these old cars. Cause without the interest we wouldn’t have the aftermarket like we do today. 🫡
At the 8:45 mark what wheels are on that gt?. They look similar to the ones on my brothers 85 Capri he had back in the 90's. Nice Channel..btw I have 3 fox fodies , one being a 9sec n/a droptop.
The gold wheels are the SVE hot mesh wheels from LMR. 9’s in a drop top is living life to the fullest! ✊😎👍
@@BREW2LFOXBODY Cool thanks. I ran a few Hot Street events in Nmra in 2006. Had the car for 30 years.
Foxbody, daily driver here since 1995. I can't go anywhere without turning heads. I still have A/C (converted to 134) and cruise control. I only drive a few miles a day, so the miles are not too bad. But, I'll put my 155K mile car next to a 55K mile car and you won't know the difference.