Damn it, Rara. You took the words right out of my mouth.
I do have couple things to add. Perhaps this person was referring to the lightest fox body instead of the GT. Those coupes were pretty fast due to the extreme light weight and lack of options.

But even low 14s is still no match for the newer GT.
Also, I think he meant the 87-88 were better because the forged pistons in them(hmm, force induction) if my memory serves me correctly. I could be wrong but do you remember exactly which year Ford stopped putting the forged pistons in due to cost.