Foxbody Rallycross.

What do you think about a Foxbody Mustang as a rallycross car?

I'm betting that with a V6 engine, some better brakes and coil overs with taller springs, it might be fun. Probably not fast or competitive, but fun.

Discuss.

I think any car could be fun with rallycross. If it could be done cheaply im sure it would be fun on a budget. might not be ideal but im always a fan of kinda out there ideas

Bone stock it would be fun. In fact, I have a set of rally tires on 5X114.3 steelies... How fun does it sound...(in other words, I'm in the market for a 5 lug fox...)

Make it a 5.0 V8 and then you're talking.

I'd bet it would be very competitive. 4 cyl Fox Mustangs are the bread and butter of dirt track mini-stock racing. If they can survive those beer pissing rednecks, they can survive anything.

Also,

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/reader-rides/198/

There are a couple Mustangs that have run (even a Camaro!). They can fit the smaller size BFG's for cheaper tires.

Foxbody V8s couldn't stop, I don't imagine dirt would help that much.

The reason I'm asking is there are a few 80s era Mustangs cheap on Craigslist. I'm betting I could pick up the GTwith no engine and a dirty interior for $250.

The dirt track setup is exactly why I was thinking this could be done very well for $1000.

(edit: and I'm thinking a V6 out of a Probe or late model Mustang- all aluminum, etc)

Someone is, or was recently, successfully campaigning a fox body as a stage rally car in NASAs rally series. If a fox can handle stage rallying, rally X shouldn't be a problem. A fox Stang in the dirt sounds like a lot of fun to me.

Brett_Murphy wrote: Foxbody V8s couldn't stop, I don't imagine dirt would help that much.

Actually it will. It takes much much less pressure to lock up a wheel in dirt than it does on asphalt. Therefore, you need much less braking power, and much less thrust power to perform well in rallycross. Breaking traction is not a good thing...

How much power do you really need to spin the rear wheels? Not a ton, so a V6 Stang oughta work fine, and be cheaper because they're generally less desirable.

You could probably pick up a V6 mustang for cheap from a pregnant teenager.

In reply to Maroon92:

That is a great point. I'm kind of irritated it wasn't dawning on me last night. I guess I was more tired than I thought.

However, a V8 will still have more force of inertia working against it, and as it's been hinted at, the non-8s are cheapity-cheap-cheap.

I'm going to rallycross my '93 Toyolla Wagon, so why the hell not?

Looking for an Escort or other similar vehicle to rallycross. Just putin' it out there.

The one rallycross I've managed to make it to so far had a fox body V8 running in M2, just sayin'.

I think the only requirements to be competitive in Rallycross are:

1) A sincere lack of empathy for the car you're driving
2) The right tires

Seriously, there's no reason to think a Mustang couldn't play. There are rumors of taking our crapcan Lustang (Linctang? Mustoln?) to the next local event next month, and it's vaguely related to a Fox body car.

I'd go with a 2.3 4cyl and 5 speed. From what I've seen the 2.3s can make more power than most Ford V-6s, and there are tons and tons of speed parts and dirty tricks for them, and lots of way to hide the speed parts. One of the most impotant skills in mini stock dirt track racing is to sneak stuff past the tech man.

+1

Rallycross is all about finding grip. You do that by being smart. Having good tires helps. Everything else is just gravy and doesn't mean you'll be faster than the gal that knows how to find the grip.

Mike Hurst and Rob Bohn successfully campaigned a Group 5 notchback in the 100 Acre Wood Rally. It had a "6.3 Liter" engine, a slightly poked and stroked 351 Windsor, that may have necessitated a judicious right foot but it didn't keep them from winning.

A Group 5 fox has been a dream of mine for years...

Hey! Ive seen that car race!

I'm somewhat surprised to be the first to this thread with this: http://jalopnik.com/5658080/78-ford-station-wagon-wins-rallycross-2

It is what the thread title made me think of...

Clem

If a Fox can do it.. where are all the P71 RallyX cars?!

In reply to ClemSparks:

That is AWESOME!!