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GrumpyCatStevens t1_jd17jwv wrote

Reply to comment by tan-499 in My old man circa 1985 by 2seamcutter

Is it a 5.0 or a Turbo? Both were available that year.

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tan-499 t1_jd183en wrote

Was a turbo available on the GT? I think the turbos were in the 4 or 6 cyl or am I wrong? That's a GT there.

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GrumpyCatStevens t1_jd18m03 wrote

The turbo Mustangs of that era were 2.3L fours, and the GT could be had with that engine at the time as well as the 5.0. I knew someone who had a GT Turbo back in the day.

And of course there was also the SVO from '84 to '86, but this is definitely not one of those.

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tan-499 t1_jd195oe wrote

👍🏻 I didn't know there was an option to put a 2.3 turbo in a GT. Still learning at 46....

I remember those special vehicle operations cars my neighbor had a black one I used to love the way that ram Air hood looked but they were not v8s so it wasn't THAT cool lol.

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GrumpyCatStevens t1_jd1cuio wrote

Probably the biggest strike against the SVO at the time was that it was THE most expensive Mustang you could buy at the time, and it wasn't any quicker in a straight line than a GT. Especially not after the 5.0L was bumped up over 200 hp in '86.

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mosinzach t1_jd3mi8a wrote

Yes we’ll sorta they called it the gt turbo, it was 2.3 turbo charged 4 cylinder. The svo came the same year in 1984.

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tan-499 t1_jd5htug wrote

I think I do remember those turbo gt's. The decals. I mean I definitely remember the trans am turbo (which turned out to be the fastest production TA of all time, the 89 turbo). Turbo was all the rage in the mid to late 80s

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