Originally posted by spankaveli
I speak from experience when saying that if you want to go fast, the Civic route is not the one to take. I've been down both roads. The people that I know with Civics that are genuinely into speed don't do it to be fast, but to be faster than people that think they're slow. I was happy when I bought my Si for 13K, and thought it was fast, did some stuff to it. Sold that, bought a 5th gen EX, swapped it, it was faster than my Si even with the 55 shot of ZEX. Wrecked that, and decided if I wanted speed I'd have to buy something that was fast stock, so I bought an 87 5.0. I'll never look back. On my Stangs worst day it's faster than my hybrid was. Plus I paid only $5,000 for it including $1,000 for a new clutch because the clutch died 4 hours after I bought the car. Hybrid's best time, 14.6. This car's best time on the day when it wasn't making power past 4,000 rpm, 14.4. Mustang's best time to date? 13.5@102.78. That's with $5,000 total invested. You tell me which one is more cost efficient. And it's not about reliability either, because the only reason that this car's been giving me problems is because whomever did the mass air flow sensor conversion did a crappy job. I have to rewire that. With a short shifter, taller gears and some slicks this car will see 12s. That'll be with $5,500 invested. 
looks like you've got my number on that...
u seem to be an exception b/c popular belief (and an example that my friend's 2002 mustang has already broken down) says that mustangs (and most domestics in general) have a bad reputation in terms of reliability.. you're an exception
once again, i never doubted that you can make a mustang 5.0 fast as hell for little money, i simply disregarded them in my post b/c they are (generally) known to be unreliable and well.. this might be opinion, but many ppl think they are ugly.. all the 5.0's i see around town are dirty, have different colored body parts, rusted out, broken headlights, bad tint job, and look just plain ghetto.. i couldn't picture a 5.0 in a car show, no offense.. but i must you that you have done a good job with your car, i respect your ride totally