1990 Mustang LX 5.0 Drag Racer

This was a great kit that went together quite smoothly, once I figured out the front suspension and engine mounting. Parts fit was excellent with no flash and I just love glass that mounts from the outside. The only real issue I encountered was with the right hand 1/4 panel decal, the stripe that should be white is clear, left side is just fine. If your not using these decals it not a big deal at all. Definitely have to pick another one of these up!

This is a great followup to the LX / Police car kit. This version has the skinny drag slicks from the 69 Nova in addition to the 4 regular tires in the original kit. It also has a nice and correct 6 point roll cage, cowl induction (and stock) hoods, all new Tubular front suspension, rear spoiler, Lightweight drag racing bucket seats, and Weld Drag Star wheels (one of my favorite wheel designs) and an extensive decal sheet with plenty of contingency sponsor decals. Please note, even though the box doesn't say so this kit includes all the pieces to build a factory stock 5.0 LX Mustang. Now where I would have liked to see some improvements: 1) the intake, while plenty of these cars are raced with fuel injection the race Intake setup is merely a tube that runs from the throttle body to the inner fender and disappears implying the open element (K&N style) air filter is hidden in the fender out of site. I would have rather seen a cold air box set up with the filter where you could see it or maybe an optional 4bbl intake and carb since many racers prefer this to fuel injection anyway. 2) I would also have liked to see some aftermarket headers and a set of at least Ford Racing Aluminum style valve covers since even the weekend warrior drag racers don't use the cheap parts store chrome stamped steel no name valve covers supplied in the kit. 3) Since this is supposed to be a realistic drag car a proper set of 10.50 Drag slicks or some type of DOT drag radial tire would have been nice instead of the 8 inch slick in the kit. 4) Racing Tach, it is far too small for a real dedicated drag car this kit attempts to replicate. My suggestion is buy the AMT 10.50 M&H Slick pack and a Revell 32 Ford of your choice (to kitbash engine parts with) to fill the gaps. Oh and if you also build Tuner Cars using the open element air filter from one of the Tuner Series kits from Revell and scratch building the rest of a K&N FIPK kit would work too.

This kit comes with all the parts to build a stock LX. The instructions only cover building the drag version which has mags, drag slicks, hood, spoiler, race seats, roll bar, tach, suspension parts, intake manifold. Fun kit that offers many choices. I went for a rough junk yard miss matched parts look. Engine and suspension are all separate and many parts. Decal collection with many race stickers are fun to apply over the finished car. Parts are clean and fit very well. Instructions are not so clear on part order or orientation. The front suspension in particular require very careful review of the instructions, test fitting, and guessing. Decals are provided for the door handles, door and trunk locks. 5.0 decals for the fenders are provided but are larger than the molded emblems. Either grind off the emblems or skip the decals. Build your own and I see you at the drag strip!