1991 Fox Body Mustang Is A Green Monster With A Grudge

With their lightweight construction, room for big motors and big tires, and a lower price point than most of its competitors, Fox Body Mustangs have become an icon in the racing community. The current theme is to acquire a low-cost shell with mechanical simplicity, and then pile in the power with performance parts and run it. Then strip, rinse, and repeat. However, this is not the exact case with the 1991 LX Fox Body Mustang hatchback that belongs to Cory Bullock.

Bullock attributes his older brother who was into cars for sparking his passion for automobiles and really all things racing. “I have raced everything that has tires since I was 16 years old,” Bullock says. He had cycled through various race cars until eventually settling in with his Calypso Green hatchback, in 2009.

Bullock started with a ride that was just a touch above bone-stock. It was equipped with the popular small-block 5.0-liter with an upgraded cam, five-speed T5 manual transmission, and Weld Racing draglite wheels. It didn’t take long for Bullock to seek more from his small-block Ford powerplant. He opted to swap the heavy iron heads for some better-flowing Edelbrock RPM aluminum heads, as well as bump up to a lumpier camshaft. Finally, the carburetor was swapped in favor of a complete EFI conversion. The new hot-rod combination pushed around 400 horsepower at the crank.

Bullock’s direction with the hatchback went from quick daily driver to race-worthy competitor. Instead of continuing to row the gears of the original T5, he tossed a three-speed C4 automatic transmission behind the engine, which is known in the Ford community to be strong, reliable, affordable, and simple enough to work on in a home garage. Since the new transmission only had three gears to work with, the car began losing its streetability and started the transition into becoming more of a race car.

This is where things really started getting serious. In an effort to keep getting faster, Cory went big and swapped out the tired 302  for an aftermarket 408 cubic-inch stroker capped with Edelbrock’s Victor Jr. heads and a nitrous kit. As he shifted from pump gas to race fuel, he also retired the old reliable C4  for a beefier Powerglide transmission.