80's factory lightweights?

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: old5.0</div><div class="ubbcode-body">To put that into perspective, a stock EFI 5.0 with A/C and auto will put down around 185 horsepower to the wheels, which lines up well with the 225 flywheel horsepower rating, while the exact same car with the stick and minus A/C will put down around 210-215 RWHP. In fact, I've seen a few 87 sd cars put down the full 225 rating to the tires, which would rate somewhere around 260-270 flywheel horsepower. Add in the 2-300 pound weight savings, and it's easy to see why the no-option coupe feels much faster than the typical street cruiser GT: because it is! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img]
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Definitely true. Years after driving that LX, I had a loaded '95 GT w/ AODE and 3.27 gears. Basically the same engine with a different upper intake. I added a catback, h-pipe with high flow cats, custom tuning, ported lower intake, and 9.5&quot; torque converter. The best it ever ran was 14.4x @ 95 mph. A stock low option FOX LX would run faster or just as fast with no mods. Stock, my '95 was like a 15.2x @ 91 mph car.