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Ford Mustang Fox Body (3rd Generation)

1979–1993 · Fox · coupe

Third-gen Mustang on the Fox platform — coupe (notchback), hatchback, and (from 1983) convertible. Headline engine is the 5.0L HO pushrod V8 (225hp peak by 1987-1993). SVO 2.3L turbo (1984-1986) was the four-cylinder weapon. Notchback coupes are the drag-racer favorite for low weight; LX 5.0 sleeper sedans defined the late-80s street-racing scene.

Watch out: Subframe connectors are basically mandatory — the Fox chassis flexes under hard launches and the unibody will crack at the torque-box-to-floor-pan welds without them. Also: 8.8 rear axle is durable but the open differential is the stock weak point; T-5 manual transmissions grenade above ~350 lb-ft.