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1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Mustang GT - High-Mile Style - 300,000-Mile Fox
This Buehler's Days Off Are Spent On Or In His GT... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang LX Coupe - Tropical Storm
After 21 Years, Lidio Iacobelli Still Uses His Tropical Yellow Coupe To Remain A Pioneer In The Mustang Performance World.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Fox Coupe 5.0 GT - Back On Track - Strip/Show Fox
Jim Ricchezza Is Back On The Scene With This LX Notch... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Mustang LX Cobra Body Kit - Getting Wet - Prep & Paint Your Stang
MM&FF Shows You A Simple Way To Revive Your Tired, Faded Paintjob.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Mustang LX 302 Block - Humble Beginnings
Time, Dedication, And One Serious Showstopper... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fox Mustang Brake Upgrade - Give Your Fox A Brake!
MM&FF Shows You An Affordable Fox Brake Upgrade Using SN-95 Parts.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Mustang GT - Flying 'Rat
Jim Buehler's Fox GT Is Certainly No Hangar Queen... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Mustang 5.0 LX - A King And His Castle
Live In A House, Or Live In Your Car?... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fox Mustang Cylinder Heads - Xtremely Impressive
We hop up the 347ci stroker in a 1988 Ford Mustang LX with cylinder heads for '86-'93 Mustangs... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Ford's Newest 302 Crate Engine - The Boss Is Back
Ford sent us their shiny new 302 crate engine. Glad rings it out on the dyno.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang Capri Coupe - Cool Coupri
Jason Duggar Mixes And Matches His Way To One Unique Ford.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Mustang Project - Iron Plan
The Fox 500 1988 Ford Mustang gets its Shelby GT500 engine and an all-star supporting cast... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo '88 Saleen Mustang - Pursuit Coupe
Fox-Body Saleen Coupes Are Rare Indeed. Scott Robinson's Police-Package Saleen Is Rarer Still.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fox Mustang Disc Brakes - Braking News
We thought Shelby GT 500 brakes would be fitting for our Fox 500 project 1988 Ford Mustang... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang 5.0 Pro Stock Build - Pro Stock Pony Part 3 - Tech
Simple Bolt-On Parts Equal Over 600-Plus Proud Ponies At The Wheels On This 5.0 Mustang.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang 5.0 Pro Stock Build - Pro Stock Pony Part 1 - Tech
We Install An Hp Performance Turbo On A Stock 5.0 And Make 545 Lb-Ft Of Torque.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fox Mustang 500 Project Car - Planting The Power
Paul's High Performance rear-ends our Fox 500 project car with a complete set of Maximum Motorsports' suspsension gear. - 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords Magazine... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Fox Mustang 500 Project - Caged Animal
The Fox 500 project continues as we brace its t-top chassis with a bolt-in rollbar kit from Maximum Motorsports. - 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords Magazine... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang 5.0L Muscle Car - Make 600 HP On Pump Gas
Take A Stock 5.0L Ford Short-Block, Bolt On A Set Of Aluminum Heads, A Roller Cam, And A Procharger Centrifugal, And You Too Can... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fox 500 Project - Supporting Cast
Watch this 1988 T-top LX undergo a GT 500 engine swap.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang LX - Blues Traveler
Bill And Tanya Tumas' '88 Mustang LX Has A Home On Beale Street.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang LX - Mr. Biggs' Stuff
Mike Biggs Hits His '88 LX With A Shot Of Nitrous And Sidesteps The Clutch In Search Of Fun.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fox 500 Project - Style Points
Read all about the process and work put into the custom seat makeover in the Fox 500 Project.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Learning About The History Of The Ford Power Stroke Diesel - History Lesson
From its humble roots to today's powerhouse status, we look at how the Power Stroke has never let us down.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Budget Ford Mustang Build - Back-To-Basics Budget 5.0 Buildup Part 3 - Tech
We Add Edelbrock Heads, A GT-40 Intake, And A Comp Cams Camshaft To Our Rebuilt Junkyard Engine-Grand Total So Far: $2,289.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Budget Ford Mustang Build - Back-To-Basics Budget 5.0 Buildup Part 2 - Tech
We Overhaul A Junkyard Engine For $394, Then Make 21 Extra Horsepower For $0.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang - Supercharger Installation - Pump-Gas Brags
Rick Anderson's Vortech-equipped 1988 Ford Mustang coupe combines big boost, big cubes, and a hint of methanol to make over 700 HP on pump gas... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Budget Ford Mustang Build - Back-To-Basics Budget 5.0 Buildup Part 1 - Tech
We'll Show You Sub-10.3-Second E.T.'S For About $7,000-Including The Car!... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang LX - Melee On Mean Street
Former NHRA Stock Eliminator Slaughters The Competition In NMCA Mean Street.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang GT - Flame On
Jim Richezza's award-winning flamed 1988 Ford Mustang GT show car definitely says "game on" to his competitors... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Zoom at the Top
We install Trick Flow's heads, cam, and intake package on a 1988 Ford Mustang to see if there is such a thing as high performance on a budget... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 And 1981 Ford Mustang Supercharged - NMCA Drag Racing
That Reagan guy called it trickle-down economics. In political rhetoric, it's about feeding an industry resources and taking advantage of the natural tendency of ideas and hardware... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang GT - Back In Black
1988 Ford Mustang GT with Ford performance parts including JBA headers and a 302 engine... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 5.0 Mustang Intake Manifolds - Tech Stroker K.O. Punch
Testing A Real Heavyweight: The TFS Box R Intake... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Car Craft Shop - This Guy's Garage
The boss will hate us but we did it for you.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Auto News and Events - 'Straight Scoop
There Aren't Legions Of Racers Lining Up To Compete But That Hasn't Dimished The Level Of Competition... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 6>8 For This Fox
With a stack of mid-10-second timeslips under its belt, Super Six Motorsports is aiming for the 9s with its V-6-powered Mustang.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Mustang LX - Graham's Cracker - West Coast Style
Fall out of the womb in California and it seems you're automatically entered for life in the world's largest, longest running, and most diversified car show competition. Amazingly... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 5.0 Mustang LX - Twice Lucky
Our tale begins with a young dude and his first Mustang-a car that is his pride and joy, and a rolling extension of his personality. He lavishes attention on his '88 5.0 LX and kee... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Mustang GT - Twice Is Nice - Xtreme Street Stangs
There has always been an exotic mystique surrounding turbochargers, especially in the Mustang market. Turbochargers have always had a cult following, but the entry fee and subtle i... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Stroker Stick Science
The build up of the 200-mph turbo motor (detailed elsewhere in MM&FF in February 2004) brought with it a dilemma of sorts. The idea behind the buildup was obviously to produce suff... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Mustang GT - Heads-Up Case
What are the traits that define a heads-up racer? Is it determination, wealth, talent, or a special work ethic? While some would say it's purely the need for speed, those who are i... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Bringing Down The House
A few years back, while I was frequenting a local watering hole, one of the regular "old timers" who used to hang around the local street scene back in the '60s looked at my Mustan... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Normally Aspirated 1988 Ford Mustang GT - Plug And Spray
Longtime readers may remember we covered Rick Anderson's pursuit of high-revving, naturally aspirated horsepower in our Oct. '02 issue ("Natural High," p. 55). Back then Rick had D... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang LX Notchback - Always Bet On
It was a hot and humid Saturday night in Syracuse, New York, during the summer of 1994. I was enrolled in an intensive five-week gross anatomy course at the Upstate Medical Center,... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Installing Mr. Freeze's Boost Tank - Chillin' Like A Villain
It's not batman's nemesis-this mr. Freeze will give your blown mustang super powers... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang GT - Early Bloomer
Most kids at the age of 15 have little experience wrenching on automobiles, and San Francisco Bay resident Ross Dehoney was no different some 6 years ago. But the high school stude... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang LX - Top Notch
One of the main obstacles to getting started with a serious 5.0 Mustang project car is the material you have to work with. Some guys can take a rusted-out four-cylinder back to the... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang GT - Simply Fast
Just your average, street-driven,10-second 1988 Ford Mustang GT... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Take Your Tops Off
Unlike the exterior, the interior was in relatively good shape save for the floorboards, which had to be replaced. Keeping track of the engine are some Auto Meter gauges that were ... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang Coupe - Collard Coupe
South Florida Mustang shops continue to turn out fast Mustangs by the boatload. But most of these cars aren't built for a specific class. They're just wicked fast, and if they happ... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang GT - Match Racing
Check out this 1988 Ford Mustang GT with a 347 stroker using a stock block, a cast crank, I-beam rods, and driven by a Philip's wife!... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang GT - Favorite Fake
Adam Dugger's `88 Ford Mustang GT was hand crafted to resemble a 1993 Mustang Cobra. You may say fake, we say awesome!... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Classic Mustang's Overloaded Headlight Switches - Death To Blinky
Check out our advice on how to stop overloaded headlight switches by simply hard wiring your foglights to an aftermarket relay!... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Classic Mustang's Overloaded Headlight Switches - Death To Blinky
Check out our advice on how to stop overloaded headlight switches by simply hard wiring your foglights to an aftermarket relay!... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang LX - Can't Touch This
Matt Balazs got his '88 Mustang LX as daily driver when he went to college, but as the days went by so did the modifications and the jump from street racing to track racing.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang GT - Renegade Lyons
Tim Lyon's 1988 Ford Mustang GT hunts down the superchargers in the Drag Radial class... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang Notchback - Haul In The Family
Robin Lawrence originally got the '88 Mustang Notchback for his daughter, but he quickly began to modify the Notchback and compete in the NMRA class.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Ford Fox Mustang Fuel Pump Replacement - Part Transplant
Check out how to replace your Ford Fox Mustang's fuel pump to increase its performance!... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang LX - White Lightened
Kurt Vesely rescued this '88 Ford Mustang LX ex-cop car and turned it into a street legal racer with Trick Flow Street Heat Heads.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang - Extra Special
Richard Sprading brings back the 1988 Ford Mustang, wait...the '88 ASC/McLaren 5.0 Mustang, yes that is right.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Dream Chasers
In 1999, Ed Thomas was a proud man with a fast car. His '88 Outlaw coupe was running low 9s and he'd even seen the 8s once--an impressive 8.90 at 157 mph. As if that wasn't cool en... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Recipe For A Righteous Ride
In today's television society, we often put our sports heroes on high pedestals. We deify them and expect them to speak with wisdom and reverence, and denounce them when they don't... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang GT - Road Raging
Check out this 1988 Ford Mustang GT has a turbocharged temper and 10-second potential!... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo A young Man Is Gone
On Sunday March 3rd, in the first round of Pro 5.0 eliminations at the Spring Break Shootout, Steve Grebeck lost control of his record-setting 6-second Mustang and crashed at the t... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang LX - Fuel Circle
Lidio Iacobelli's 1988 Ford Mustang LX is a multipurpose ride with modern EFI manners... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Zex Is For Nitrous
We’re willing to bet most of you have never heard of Zex. As a matter of fact, it was news to us when we saw the press release. But what enticed us the most was the phrase ... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Eric Buck's '88 LX Hatch
In the Pro 5.0 and Street Outlaw Mustang ranks, nitrous fiends have taken a big hit from the turbo and blower guys. Only a few juice junkies care to take the challenge of running d... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo 1988 Ford Mustang LX Coupe - Lit-L X-Tra
From 4-Banger To Gear-Banger In No Time At All.... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Steve Barton's Racing Engine
It’s not every day you get a chance to wander around inside a national drag racer’s engine, so today won’t count as just any old day. That’s because Ford Perf... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Brent Wiest's 1988 Mustang
It probably won’t surprise you that we see quite a few hot Mustangs here. Of course nearly everyone we meet asks us how to get theirs in the magazine. Only a few are audacious... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Jeff Wright's '88 Mustang GT
Don't tell Jeff Wright from Louisville, Kentucky, what it means to put in some hard work on his car. Listening to his story about his '88 GT should put a lot of other guys to shame... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Paul Gaudreau's 1988 Mustang GT Convertible
"That car's not a Mustang," Andy Riedy of R Performance/ Florida 5.0 said offhandedly over lunch. "It's a hot rod."... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Project Mondo Stocker Part V: The Last Chapter
Author's Note: What you are about to read is real. It is an account of what happens when you mix the induction system of a 1,000hp engine with the stock bottom end that Ford suppli... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Project Mondo Stocker Part IV: Drag Parts
It seems like only yesterday we got the not-so-bright idea to transform our street-driven 11-second sedan into a stock-bottom-end time bomb ready to tackle the quarter-mile with on... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Project Mondo Stocker Part III: Suspension Upgrade
In case you're just checking in (or in case you have forgotten), our stock-bottom-end, Vortech Mondo-supercharged project car is nearing completion. While preparing the car for Str... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Steve Barton's '88 Mustang Coupe: The Car To Beat
Regardless of the sport, if you’re the champion, everyone’s gunning for you. Take basketball for example. For years, the Chicago Bulls were the team to beat. But now tha... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Vortech T-Trim & Y-Trim Superchargers Comparison
In life things are rarely cut and dried. This cliche rings especially true when it comes to supercharging. Most manufacturers build street superchargers and race superchargers. Str... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Project Mondo Stocker Part II: Digital Fuel Injection
There's a certain mystique surrounding Accel's Digital Fuel Injection (DFI) system. When first introduced in the '80s, only the really high-tech racers with money to burn dared try... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Project Mondo Stocker Part I: Vortech Supercharger
Vortech's V-3 and V-4 "Mondo" gear-driven superchargers were developed out of necessity. By 1995, the top guns on the supercharger warfront were spinning the snot out of the Vortec... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Greg Staufer's '88 Mustang LX
The ad itself was pretty simple: "For Sale - '88 Mustang LX, supercharged, 11-second car, low mileage, $6,800." It was everything that Greg Staufer of Midlothian, Virginia, had b... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Fastest Pro 5.0 Mustang Doug Mangrum's '88 GT
The year was 1988. When Doug Mangrum took delivery of the world's fastest Pro 5.0, it was nothing more than a bone-stock, 14-second 5.0 GT--leather interior, power windows, and all... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo John Gullet's 1988 Mustang GT
Despite all its new-found outward beauty, you really need to take a gander underhood to appreciate John Gullet's Pro 5.0 '88 Mustang GT. Your eye will catch a hulking 393ci Windsor... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo How To Install Edelbrock Shorty Headers
Installing headers is often one of the first things that late-model Mustang owners do to their cars. The header market for these cars is huge, and there are three basic types avail... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang Base Review Photo Lou Proto's '88 Mustang Convertible
Twenty-five-year-old Connecticut native, Lou Proto, bought this '88 convertible new in high school as a daily driver, and the car has since evolved into an 8-second terror. Along t... click here to read more
1988 Ford Mustang