Ford Mustang
Reviewed by Unique Cars and Parts
Our Rating: 1
Introduction
The 2.8 litre V6 was dropped for 1981,
with the 3.3 litre V6 receiving a slight boost in power
up to 91 bhp.
The
turbocharged L4 continued and
was still the standard engine in the Cobra package,
although buyers could substitute the 255 V8 as a $144
credit.
But by the end of the model year, the
turbocharged engine was dropped (due to nagging realibility
problems) and the V8 became the standard engine in
the Cobra.
Midyear, Ford introduced a four-speed
plus
overdrive (effectively five speed)
manual transmission.
This
transmission could be hooked up to a new Traction-Lok
rear axle, which was a limited slip differential that
was vastly improved from its late 1960's iterations
and finally was able to somewhat control axle hop and
wheel spin.
The 1979 Replica T-Top option was brought
back, which led to some aftermarket convertible conversions.
Ford
didn't seem to notice (or care) about this pent up
demand for Mustang convertibles.
