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Old 09-19-2010, 03:03 PM   #14 (permalink)
EdKiefer
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Originally Posted by Oval_Overload View Post
If I'm not mistaken, the old 'Birds of the 1980's and '90's weighed well over 3000 pounds, so taking into account the 200-300 pounds the Edsel will loose by ditching the V8, it might actually be faster with the four-pot.
They did weigh more than 3000lb, I think the mustang SVO was around 3200 and Tbird around 3400lb . My Xr4ti weighed around 2900 .
The thing is the rear ends where higher geared 3.55 (stick)-3.73 (auto) . With the stick it might not hurt to much expect off the line with 3.10 rear .

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