I know of many mustanges that are easily beat. My Sunbird which came with a 3.1L v6 around 150 HP was only 2500$. i dropped a 305 small block v8 8.1L with 355 HP and i can smoke any mustang. If you want a nice car, and nice looks go with a toyota celica, or misubishi 3000gt/eclipse. a 3000GT are awesome cars.