Fox Body Mustang - The Science Explained

The Fox Body Mustang set the template for all future Ford Mustangs. Today, Ford's V8 powered flagship pony car uses the same balance of fuel efficiency and power that the Foxbody set over 30 years ago. It was the muscle car that finally pulled Ford out of the hangover following the 70's oil crisis. All it took was space age computer technology, wind tunnels, and sticking a cat in the exhaust. With all of these things the Foxy body is Ford’s greatest underdog... underfox? UNDERFOX!

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[Donut]

What's the best color combo on the Fox Body? Calypso green with grey interior gets my vote with the Summer edition in close 2nd - Jeremiah

[jdlnz]

I wish Donut Media existed back when i was in highschool, wouldve appreciated my physics class a lot more. If teachers were half as enthusiastic as these guys, classes would be awesome

[countrytime]

I feel like this is a total smart ass answer but, Tesla’s don’t have EFI right? Lol

[putraadriansyah]

Ford with 16bit intel cpu and 1kB of ram: run a 8 cylinder engine.

My computer with 64-bit cpu and 8GB of ram: crash when i open chrome

[JuiceJive]

The family car when I was little was an '86 GT, dark grey paint and grey, red-piped interior. Spent many road trips laying down in the fastback. Would have been my first car, but my mom sold it when I was 13 to buy her 2nd husband a project Jeep. I'm totally not still bitter about it 20+ years later.

[pigdestroyz]

Obviously we miss Bart, but Big J here has grown on me quite quickly. I’d love to see a collaboration episode where Bart comes back for a time and does an episode with J

[brandyngonzalez]

Our Dads can adjust the Throttle, timing, etc; by just hearing it. Truly impressive

[Srt_Simplicity]

"don't cut your cats off" okay i won't. *buys downpipe and unbolts cat*

[ncsteinb]

That "p" in the Drag Equation should've been a Rho "ρ"... Rho is density, p is pressure.

[superdupergrover]

The fox body: when Ford's designers only have a straight edge and a protractor.

[iamme]

My first 3 cars were fox bodies. I learned everything I know today about cars from working on these. They will always hold a special place in my heart.

[hyri]

Jeremiah: THIS.. is a Mustang, and THIS... is a Mustang
Me: *Doug DeMuro intensifies*

[zorginess]

3:17 The ‘V’-squared means the drag force increases quadratically with the velocity, NOT exponentially. Exponential increase of the drag force with the velocity would mean ~2^(V) . Sorry guys - writing my thesis in physics. Great video

[kaji]

I'm pretty young into my car enthusiasts life only 17 iv learned so much from donut even if my comment gets lost in the sea of other just wanted to say I love you guys and what you do for the people who have been about this for years and the relative newbies like me who know stuff but have a passion to learn more and more and have alot to learn

[Lead_Foot_]

They did actually have a form of fuel injection in '85 which was tbi (throttle body injection). They didn't have only a carb until '86, they did have a form of injection

[ThetrueJester]

Donut media math equations: "hey I'll actually use these, I like cars"

School math equations: " i wont use 90% of this"

[PizzaParkersGarage]

Hey man. It's not about the size of the ram. It's how you use it! Some would say 1KB is MORE THAN ENOUGH OK.

[karimsaadoun]

We need an episode of “The Science Explained” episode on James’ dad.

[gtd]

My favorite article from HotRod magazine was about a guy who wanted a fast fox body. So he went and pulled some turbos from some junk tractors and ran a 10s pass at a drag track. But then he couldn't run it anymore because he ran a 10s pass and the track told him never come back without a roll cage.

[merrittgaming]

Used to work at a car wash with an express detailing service, and one day we had this lady roll in with a 1993 Mustang Cobra (painted teal metallic). Since the customers had to wait inside while we detailed the cars, and we had a fairly long line that day, I got to drive it up and around to the detailing lane (since I was the only one who knew how to drive a manual). Honestly such a beautiful car and felt really great to drive, even if it was only for a few short moments. Asked her about it afterwards and she said she had owned it since new, but was about to sell it later that week. If it wasn't for the fact I was still in high school I'd have offered to buy it right there lol