This will be good http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cul...cars-will-be-our-performance-car-of-the-year/
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I think it's funny that motortrend doesn't have a gt350r in their annual competition.
Then again, they said the 1le vs gt pp was a numbers only segment, no word on daily driver luxary.
And they said the track toy zl1 vs gt500 was about so much more than numbers; comfort, daily drivability, etc.
When the mustang has numbers, it's about comfort/balance.
When the mustang has balance/comfort, it's about numbers.
When the mustang is a phenomenal drivers car, it's about not being invited.
Motortrend is deep in gm's pocket.
GT350 wasn't available for the Motor Trend Best Driver's car comp.
We were in LA for last week and decided to rent a nice car while we were there. We rented an SL550. They didn't have the AMG version of it, so settled for the regular model. Still, I was SUPER impressed with this car. 4.7L TT. Little lag and felt like it had plenty of pull, regardless of the RPMs. I can only imagine what the AMG version drove like. It's got to be SICK! My wife was a little disappointed by the ride, because it was a little stiff, but I had to remind her that it was still a sports car.
The Mercedes wins it allegedly.
You can google something like "amg gt motortrend best drivers car" for the scoop.
but this is Road and Track...
I find it hard to believe.
Ford's had the cars out and running since June/July, did they film it in May?
Up here at 4600ft, with da's often approaching 6500ft, these stock turbo v8 Germans are literally walking 1-2 cars on bolt on na Coyotes. Altitude and turbos is just a great approach.
I hope ford goes tt on the next gt500. About the time a tune adds 100whp, is when the sc or nothing guys will eat humble pie and start to like turbos. ...
Ford still hasn't released any GT350(R)s to the press for instrumented testing. The M/T Best Driver's Car was completed in June.
I disagree with that. Maybe the centrifugal superchargers fall down at altitude, but positive displacement superchargers do not. PD superchargers used to be used on fighter planes back in the '40s/'50s; propeller planes, obviously. That's a heck of a lot higher than 4600' - 6500' of altitude. And that's with the old Roots style blades. Today's twin screws will give turbos a run for every bit of their money at altitude.
That is incorrect on the positive displacement blowers. They do in fact fall flat at higher altitude(and other weather conditions) similar to NA engines. ...
That certainly hasn't been my experience. My butt dyno tells me my car runs just as strong, if not a tad stronger, at altitude. It [PD blower] definitely doesn't fall off similar to a NA engined car. On the turbo waste gate arena; turbos might have more adjustability, but it's not wholly unique to turbos to be able to adjust boost as altitude climbs. When I'm driving up into the mountains, I can watch my boost gauge climb as the altitude increases. (It generally goes from 0psi to 3 or 4 psi.) And I'm talking about under a steady throttle, not gassing it. Not hurling any rocks your way, but I always find it curious why turbo guys seem to think turbos have a monopoly on boost control.
Anyway, let's not derail this thread. Turbo versus supercharger discussions almost always end up in the gutter.
Ford still hasn't released any GT350(R)s to the press for instrumented testing. The M/T Best Driver's Car was completed in June.
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Ford still hasn't released any GT350(R)s to the press for instrumented testing. The M/T Best Driver's Car was completed in June.
I disagree with that. Maybe the centrifugal superchargers fall down at altitude, but positive displacement superchargers do not. PD superchargers used to be used on fighter planes back in the '40s/'50s; propeller planes, obviously. That's a heck of a lot higher than 4600' - 6500' of altitude. And that's with the old Roots style blades. Today's twin screws will give turbos a run for every bit of their money at altitude.