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Jackie Stewart and Rick Mears Confirm: Mustang Beats Well Set Up 944
And have been doing it for over 30 years!
Was looking at some old car magazines from my teenage years and found the proof. This is from Road & Track, 1980.   
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There's a turbo Mustang (SVO?) sitting in a yard on my way to/from the shop, rotting away (actually no rot, just sitting). I'd love to get my hands on it, but too many projects right now.
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A stock 924 is not a well set up 944. Not even close. And that's a mustang turbo.
How about a comparison to a 944 turbo? Last edited by dad911; 09-18-2011 at 10:50 AM.. |
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09-18-2011, 10:48 AM
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That's a 924, not a 944. The 944 would run rings around the Mustang.
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The 944 is the 924's son!
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09-18-2011, 10:52 AM
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09-18-2011, 12:11 PM
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1980 924 - 110 HP
924 Turbo - 143 HP 1980 Mustang turbo 132 HP 1980 Mustang N/A 4 cyl - 88hp Comparing apples to oranges. |
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If you all actually go back and read the title, it said it matched the 924 in 25 of 29 tests. If it actually beat the 924, wouldn't they have said that? What a sad comparison. That's embarrassing.
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09-18-2011, 02:31 PM
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I've owned both Mustangs, 944s, 944 turbos, and a lowly 924.
Absolutely no contest between the buzzy CIS-injected 2.0 liter engine of the 924 and the counter-balanced Motronic 2.5 of the 944. I will never again own a 924, but my current daily driver is a 1987 944S. That being said, I do really like the 2005-2009 Mustangs. Very funny ad- Thanks for posting. |
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looks like them Stewart and Mears fellers been doing drugs again!
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What?
An advertisement in a car magazine that turns out to be a bunch of lies? How can this be! This is a huge scandal. Someone contact the people behind Fox News immediately..... N! |
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What?
An advertisement in a car magazine that turns out to be a bunch of lies? How can this be! This is a huge scandal: A media group lying! Someone contact the people behind Fox News immediately..... N! |
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Having never driven either of those cars, I don't have an opinion but in Jackie's recently published bio, he tells of his decades long, high level relationship with Ford....unbiased world champion...don't think so. Cheers
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Can you even buy new tires for the weird 390mm Metric wheels those early-80's Mustangs rode on?
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09-19-2011, 06:47 AM
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That's funny. My "old" 944 turbo (951) with slightly modded drivetrain and stock suspension (freshened up, but stock) humiliated a "new" Mustang Cobra a few years ago on a certain drive up through the mountains north of Malibu.
I guess it didn't happen since the article says it couldn't.
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09-19-2011, 08:12 AM
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In 1984, the 944 vs Mustang SVO would have been a close match
In 1987, the 951 (944 Turbo) vs Mustang 5.0 would have been a close match In 2011, the Cayman versus Mustang GT 5.0 would be a close match Always the same story
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09-19-2011, 08:59 AM
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