Very disappointing seeing supposedly grown men associating there manhood with the sound of 8 cylinders lighting off.
Yes firing order and number of cylinders firing does make a difference in the cool sounds capability of different cars. But many of the same mental midgets are buying 4 cams for their DOHC V8s, spending a small fortune for very little power increase, and then raving about the "RAD LOPE DUDE"!!
Sorry that's pretty lame, pull a freaking vacuum line off.
Back in the day you could tell the different engines without even looking, on the back straight at Watkins Glen, between the Cleveland headed SBF cars and the SBC cars.
Why all the disdain and condescension for a V6 DOHC 24 valve 3.7 variable valve timing powerful and light Mustang?
I would consider one when they come onto the used market in a year or two.
I think they would make a KICK ASS track car!
Oh sorry, that would be a track with TURNS!
The availability of inexpensive and plentiful after market parts incl. suspension, brakes, gears, wheels and just regular replacement parts makes both cars very attractive.
The V6 is particularly attractive due to the lightness and the multifaceted benefits that lightness brings.
Look at the brake performance of the non-Brembo equipped V6 car!
What happens when you take that same car and add the 14" Brembos and light 18" wheels that JUST CLEAR the brakes.
A lighter car will corner faster than the same car with more weight, it won't be as fast at the end of the straight but it will be faster in the corner and at corner exit, so depending on the length of the straight the more powerful version of the car may not have enough room to catch up.
If the weight difference and the cornering speed difference is great enough it is possible that at some tracks that DO NOT have a lot of very long straights, the V6 car may prevail.
I have had to give "point bys" to less powerful, lighter (flat) 6 cylinder cars that were clearly turning faster lap times than I was.
I could annihilate them on all of the straights, but they would still end up right in my mirror corner after corner.
It only takes about two corners with a Cayman S filling your mirror to tell you you need to let that guy by.
Oh BTW... They sound freaking AWESOME!
You people fight like kids. Grow up.
The new 2011 V6 Mustang is a nice car. I honestly, wouldn't mind having one. I'd probably get the black one, and get white racing stripes, then get the hood scoop....powder coat the rims to a darker color...and then add some bolt on's.
13.7 seconds in the 1/4th is not bad. It does 5.1 seconds 0-60mph, which is also not bad. With bolt on's, I could definitely see 12's... in the 1/4th, and 4's in the 0-60, easily.
People need to grow up. If people are going to talk trash just because it's a v6, and they feel the need to talk smack because they are compensating for the lack of their manhood...then go right ahead, but the new v6 is a whole lot better than the last gen v6.
PROPS!!! WOW you've been here since November 09 and have held off posting until just now!
No doubt motivated by the incredibly sophomoric idiocy exhibited in this ridiculous V6 bashing thread!
One of the BEST FIRST POSTS EVER!!!
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A lot of people get hooked on open track and road racing and have to switch to lighter cars eventually because tires and brake expense on our beloved V8s gets to be too much and ends up limiting our track time.
I can't even count how many guys I know that had to ditch their V8 car and switch over to something much lighter.
This car will help stem the defection to older BMWs and Miatas!
and that is a GOOD THING!
I may pick up a used one in a few years for that exact reason!!
Lol thanks man. I get tired of people acting like 5, and bashing others because of preferences. Some can afford a v8, and some can't. Having a v6 makes you no less of a man. Nor would I consider the new v6 mustang a chicks car. The car can down right fly.
People just need to grow up. The whole "I am better than you" attitude because they have a v8, and you have a v6 reminds me of high school.
I will say I also am seriously considering getting the v6 as well. Then of coursing adding every single basic bolt on I can find, and getting a tune. However, I am still kinda up in the air on that, because I am moving to CO.
I'm thinking of replacing my 03 3.5l Altima with a 2011+ Mustang v-6. I've already got my modded C6 for my hobby car so it would be a decent daily driver. Hell, same power as the 96-98 Cobra's, looks like just as quick stock for stock. I like it :beer:
I would say that the OP set the wrong tone for the thread to begin with......
It sets up a defensive tone for us poor saps, who didnt know what we were buying.... if only we knew that the v6 was going to run so well.... oh wait....
as I said before it is cool that a v6 runs that well, but its not for me..... Its like ordering a bacon cheeseburger with out the bacon and cheese. whats the point?
1). Sad excuse. Wanna try again? How about the guys that think all v8's are superior, and that if you don't have a v8, you're pathetic.
2). Everyone knew the 5.0 was coming out for a while. Everyone knew the v6 was getting a drastic upgrade, performance wise.
3). It's fine that the v6 is not for you, but that doesn't mean knock it.
Bottom line...
If you don't like it, don't knock on it. If you don't like it, stop coming into the v6 threads. Simple as that.
They are going to sell an ass load of the new v6's to the average consumer. That car does not exist for the hard core performance enthusiast. It was built that way to destroy the domestic and import competition. There is nothing else that you can buy right now for that kind of money with the power to weight ratio of the new V6. No one who bothers to do research on their new car purchase will buy a camaro or challenger v6 if they test drive all three. This is why Ford is not bankrupt and the other two are.
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