Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The 1995 Ford Mustang GT

The 1995 Ford Mustang GT was the last of an era for the Mustang. Due to new laws requiring all cars to be electronically controlled, Ford had do away with its 302 cubic inch small block motor that had come in the Mustang since 1979. It was the last pushrod motor to be used in the GT model. The car came stock with either the tremec T-5 standard transmission or c-6 automatic transmission. Off the showroom floor, they came with only 225 horse power, but the 302 block (also known as the 5.0 liter), is very well known to be easily modified to create much more power.

The new era of the Mustang that came from this is the overhead cam v8.  Only a 4.6 liter, it created large amounts of power for its size. Between the loss of the 5.0 and the complete body redesign, in 1996 the Mustang GT was unrecognizable compared to the earlier generations of Fox body Mustangs. This new era may have been brought on by legislation, but was much needed. Many people had the opinion that Mustang was falling behind in technology, and some believed the car to be serverly underpowered. Some were sad in this change, but many welcomed it. The major thing it signified is loss of not only needing wrenches to work on your car, but a laptop as well.

14 comments:

Austin said...

I still think the best year for mustangs was '69. Those were some good cars.

Car guy said...

I prefer the 67 GT 500 in my opinion.

Austin said...

Yeaa I realised that i had said the wrong year right after I posted that. The '69 was a good year for the Camero's.

ashton said...

I think that the best quality of car is the 2010 hemmice Camero, with a pro flow super charger.

Anonymous said...

the 95 is alright, but i personaly think that the 72 chevelle is the weay to go. It is the best old school muscle car out there.

emilyt said...

I don't have a clue about some of the things that you are saying but I did learn a lot. It also seems that you guys know your cars and I think that is a great thing to know in the future.

93margaret said...

very interesting.. can tell what your passionate about ;) i agree... 69' was a gooood year.

daniels said...

i think the 69 nova is a better muscle car. not really a ford fan!!!

Mrs. Rohla said...

Are you one who welcomed this change? Does needing a laptop create significantly more work for repair?

Car guy said...

It both creates and lessens the aomount of work. It's a mixed blessing, because it helps with the amount of time needed trouble shooting a problem, but yet eveything being connected to wires makes both the disassembly and the reassembly more of a hassel.

Car guy said...

It both creates and lessens the aomount of work. It's a mixed blessing, because it helps with the amount of time needed trouble shooting a problem, but yet eveything being connected to wires makes both the disassembly and the reassembly more of a hassel.

Car guy said...

It both creates and lessens the aomount of work. It's a mixed blessing, because it helps with the amount of time needed trouble shooting a problem, but yet eveything being connected to wires makes both the disassembly and the reassembly more of a hassel.

Car guy said...

It both creates and lessens the aomount of work. It's a mixed blessing, because it helps with the amount of time needed trouble shooting a problem, but yet eveything being connected to wires makes both the disassembly and the reassembly more of a hassel.

Car guy said...

It both creates and lessens the aomount of work. It's a mixed blessing, because it helps with the amount of time needed trouble shooting a problem, but yet eveything being connected to wires makes both the disassembly and the reassembly more of a hassel.