Originally posted by CART99:
Originally posted by CSVT1214:
Originally posted by CART99:
Originally posted by CSVT1214:
Having 195 hp and a blue interior doesn't make it an E0. E1's had the same specs.




I disagree. E1's have 200hp, not 195hp, and they came with 215 tires, not 205s. Also, I'm 90% sure you could no longer get the blue interior in a t-red car once the E1 tan interior came out.




That is totally wrong. E1 = 98.5 (not 99-00). 1998-1998.5 all had 195 hp.

Also have 205s. I know this because my friend whos car I see every single day is a 98.5. It's not just the tires mounted on his car either. His sticker in the drivers side door says 205.




Ok, if I'm totally wrong, then what did Ford change on the car between 1998 and 1998.5???




I don't know every little thing changed, but some obvious changes are Cobra style wheels, decontented dash clock, no more Pre-98 chrome antenna base, gauge cluster, window switches.

I'll let someone else that knows better list the visual and mechanical differences between 98 and 98.5.


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