[DAVID GAGNARD]

Years ago, maybe the early to mid 90's, not sure, I drove a very early FFR, number 46 or 47.....The owner built it by the manual,stock 225hp 302 GT motor with a 5 speed and 3.55 rear gears....While it was not earth shattering, it had planty of zip and would probably run the quarter mile in the mid 12's,maybe even low 12's, just my guess.....It was plenty fast enough for a novice and made an excellent weekend driver/cruiser car and got about 20+mpg.....would outrun 90% of the cars on the street at that time.......

I think too many people get caught up in the HP #'s game and thing the need 600+ hp to have fun, but those monsters require a lot of mantinance and some are very finicky about running hot in traffic....

Any decent motor with 400hp and 400 lb.ft. of torque will make a fun car to drive on the street and outrun most anything you come up against.....IMHO

Now racing is a whole different ball of wax.......

David