[RobW]

I like the idea of more drag racing coverage than others. Mostly, because I prefer drag racing, but also because that's what Super Fords was basically about from day one. Neither type of coverage offends me though.

What bothers me is the page after page after page of ADVERTIZING! I'm thinkin' "C'mon folks, it's not ALL about the cashflow!" As stated earlier, I've already canceled my subscription. MM&FF still gets my money, but that's a much larger magazine(# of pages) anyway and I've always thought they had more effort into the average article.

[underdog]

I wrote to 5.0 magazine, basically agreeing that there was too much non-5.0 material for its title. What I need is information about the car I actually have, not cars I will never have. I also have no use for nor interest in drastic modifications and drag racing, because I'll never do those, either. If I were to break my Fox in a drag-race, official or otherwise, I'd be walking to work for the next 20 years 'cause that's all I got. I need to keep this thing alive, and be very careful and moderate in any modifications I make. Mustang Enthusiast sounded like they would try to fill this niche, but really they seem to be all over the map, as if searching for identity. (An example of a near-miss, they recently ran an article about changing the heater core in a Fox, but chickened out by doing one without A/C, the challenge being to do it without discharging.) For the time being, I guess I just need patience and a good list of the occasional pertinent articles.

[Monte/StangFan]

Hey guys

Take heart in the lack of 5.0 coverage in your favorite mags... this is only because the 80's mustang, is in the grey area before becoming classic, alot of people still think of them as just "old cars" , my monte carlo ss falls into this catagory as well ... give it a few more years.. and when the rarity goes up ... more 5.0's will be seen in the mags... every car goes through this period.. as when the 05 shows up... the 94-04 will just be entering there grey area where they wont get a second glace for a long long time...

of course this is totally opinionated.. but i feel cars get most noticed when there are eather 30 years old.. or nearly new... everything in between can be seen on the streets rotting out all the time... .. for exampe ive seen soo meny rusted out IROC's that its completely tainted any love i had for that car... perhaps in another 5 or ten years when only restored ones are on the road my mind will change... how meny rusty, crappy camaro's, montes , cutlasses and mustangs have you seen?? LOTs ill bet... Well basically what i am saying is when all there junkers are off the road.. and people only see the really good ones driving around.. thats when intrest will come back to the 5.0 every year i see less and less of them... only a matter of time before people start to miss them.... and they become classic... and the 94-04 mustang can take its place as the new piece of rusted out junk on the road.

[countymounty]

I don’t think the lack of coverage is because of a gray area before becoming classic, 5.0 is not about restoring, its about modification of our cars. They are just trying to please everyone Mustang lover and that translated to less articles on your 5.0.

I subscribe to MM&FF so cant gripe too much about all the other fords they cover but 5.0 should change the name back to Super Fords or change it to 5.0 & 4.6 if they are going to give equal coverage. Yes I want to know a little about the new cars, but I want a magazine that is grossly slanted in the 5.0's favor. If they do start giving equal coverage that just means I am only throwing half my money away.

I kept getting these subscription offers for 5.0 and Mustang Enthusiast so I sent them off and decided that out of the three subscription I have I will only renew one. I think Mustang Enthusiast might win out in the end, they are still new and are making some mistakes but thy have great potential. I’m sure I will have to occasionally pick up a copy of MM&FF, yes people say they love the 200 plus pages of content but then I’m only really interested in 50 of those pages.

[nickelpickel]

wow its actually like i'm reading the part in the 5.0 magazing where the people comment and stuff. Seems like i just got done reading about one guy complaining about the same stuff lol. but of course 5.0 mag responds by saying we are trying to please both 5.0 and 4.6 enthusiasts and we plan on doing a lot of 5.0 articles in the next month or two. it went something like that

[samotrx7]

I don't know about yall but I'm sick of dynos in the magazines, it's nice to see what they pick up horsepower wise but I'd rather see what it does at the track. And lately if 5.0 magazine does something to a 5.0 it's just dyno numbers. Just my two cents.

[fiveohnick]

Thank you..... I got 5.0 mustang magazine a while back and it was fine for a while and when the 03 cobra came out they started doing alot more modular articles and features, of which were NO use to me. I tolerated it because there were some good pre mod articles still. BUT when the 05 mustang came out all they did was bolt on articles for the 05 mustang and even more modular stuff. Now you are LUCKY if you find anything that pertains to a pre mod car (5.0 Mustang). I found it a total waist of my money and canceled my subscription soon after the 05 mustang came out. I find more 5.0 stuff in other magazines such as muscle mustangs and fast fords, car craft, popular hot rodding,. They should call their magazine Modular Mustangs.

I have nothing against modular development and in fact they are one of the best designed motors ever and would like to get mu hands on one of them. I just think the magazine should play an even ball game!

[Racman]

WOW this thread is 3 years old and apparently all the complaining didnt work. I agree 5.0 shoud pertain to more 5.0 stories. I think their problem is that the largest market is for the mod motors now and they are afraid to start a new mag or change the name on this one completely. I like alot of how to stuff in my mags. That is the problem everyone likes different parts. Just do what I do and subscribe to a dozen mags and learn about them all!

[adriano_917]

i buy both because i'm really into all fords and all engines its like a passion that i have for all of those, plus my bro has a 4.6 so i still buy them. And I never get tired of looking a 03-04 cobras, lightnings, 94-95,fox bodies,96-98,99-04 they have different set up's and i get to learn more about them. just my thought.

[HalfPackLX]

Boy, I started reading this thread and didn't realize it was 3 years old, but it fit right in now. I like to see a variety of engines and cars, street, drag and road race. I do agree that there are many issues that seem to be all MOD motors! Frusterating.

I have subscriptions to several different mustang mags since it's not too expencive that way, and between the 3 or 4 mags I end up with something of interest. Sure is a lot cheaper that my mustang right now.

BUT, I am with many of you. NOT ENOUGH HARD CORE 5.0L STUFF.
MY biggest complaint about many magazines is the lack of detailed how toos. Yeah, boring for some that alread have done it 5 times, but for guys like me who have read about it but are performing the project for the first time something of more detail would be nice.

DON'T SHOOT ME FOR THIS... but I've found this new magazing when I was on vacation and got bored with the stang mags same ole stuff. It's called PROJECT CAR. YES it's geared toward imports, and No I'm not going to trade the stang in. I just enjoyed to great how to articles and down to earth stuff. If there was a domestic or beter yet mustang version of this I'd have subscribed yesterday.

[tom7340129]

I thought it was funny how they said there are more 4.6's than 5.0's Thats funny,And I put less money into my 88 notchback then it cost to buy a 03-04 cobra and I totally demolish My neighbours 04 cobra with mods, They say "oh it only takes a tune and a pulley to get into the 10's" Yeah what about the 25 grand that you pay for the car, I've put less then 20 thousand into my 88 and I am well into the low 10's

[foxbodyfan]

i Agree with the 5.0 mag thing fellas im 28 and have seen a big reduction on the 5.0 rides however thats why i love em,but when u spend money to buy a magazine that may or maynot help u enhance ur proticular ride,it should atleast have more then one 5.0 article in my oppinion,and did someone say the fastest production car was 11 seconds,hmmm whats the gt 500 run or even the first real cobra from carol shelby,what did they run im unsure but i do remember they ran 289hos or high out puts mostly and belive the made a mark

[forq2]

I guess I cant complain about it. They asked me to renew and I said I will think about it and they kept sending it to me for free for almost a year now so...eh. But yeat 5.0 does not mean all you can eat 4.6

[fiveohnick]

I find that allot of the manufacturers of 5.0 parts have a article database on their web page of articles that have been done about their products. I have been going there for my information these days. I read 5.0 mustang when im at the store and look for anything of VALUE to me, if their is something that I could use ill get the magazine. But for me to subscribe and only get a couple useful issues of the magazine a year I rather get them off the shelf.

Also Ive noticed that there are not allot of new products for 5.0s these days. It seems like allot of companies have lost interest in making 5.0 parts and are focusing on 4.6 stuff, so our hard core 5.0 market seems to be leveling out.