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Posted by 97cobra209 (Member # 11376) on
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So I've been kicking around the idea of getting back into a foxbody and my first convertible at that, I don't mind spending on gas as I'm looking at making it a daily only issue is the clean ones are all 4cly cars so how reliable are the 4cly and are the auto trannys bad in these things?
Posted by Sinister Mustang (Member # 13889) on
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I wouldn't do the auto in these cars. They've been known to crap out around ~100k. Not to mention they're at least tolerable in terms of power with a 5 speed.
Posted by 97cobra209 (Member # 11376) on
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Don't plan on making it a powerful car just looking to rest my supercharged coyote as it has 90k miles on it already.. it'll be more of a looks car then anything..
Posted by Robb (Member # 9444) on
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Drove a 93 4cyl auto as a daily for awhile. It was completely gutless, like scary slow but it was bulletproof in terms of reliability.
Posted by Blind (Member # 3052) on
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when I parted out my 4 banger guts after doing the conversion I had a dozen people that wanted to buy the totally functional a4ld auto transmission, and nobody wanted the engine.
that should say something.
Posted by FriscoNotch (Member # 5916) on
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Doesn't seem like there are many of these 4cyl in good condition left, are there?
Posted by 97cobra209 (Member # 11376) on
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Originally posted by FriscoNotch:
Doesn't seem like there are many of these 4cyl in good condition left, are there?
Oh yeah they're out there better condition then most 5.0.
Posted by LXjames (Member # 10791) on
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I got my 4 banger out of state auto trans clean title really straight car runs like a champ. Mine is the 8 plug as well not sure which ones are better never had one
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