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2015+ Shelby GT350 Mustang
Happy with your 350? Previous owners of GT500, please chime in.
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<blockquote data-quote="ANGREY" data-source="post: 15836710" data-attributes="member: 188865"><p>It's a little bit to do with countering what people have become accustomed to over the years.</p><p></p><p>I see vids of people short shifting the 350 a lot, simply because people are used to the cadence/rhythm of previous V-8s that didn't rev an extra 2k rpms.</p><p></p><p>Similarly, I think most of us got accustomed to cruising on the highway in overdrive and when you're ready to pass someone, you just used your right foot. The 350 needs to be in higher rpm to generate any comparable levels of torque we're used to.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, we're used to not having to drop and rev every time we want a little torque, but with the voodoo, that's absolutely what's necessary (to run the rpms up quite often).</p><p></p><p>The car loves to live in the track range of rpms, but don't low, is pretty pedestrian. </p><p></p><p>So I've had to break some habits/expectations about keeping the car in sub 3k rpms (and not shifting) to get it to move quicker than a Taurus.</p><p></p><p>My advice to anyone who says that the 350 is gutless or has no torque is...you have to change your mindset and your typical way of driving every other V8 you've driven. It doesn't work that way and you're driving it WRONG.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANGREY, post: 15836710, member: 188865"] It's a little bit to do with countering what people have become accustomed to over the years. I see vids of people short shifting the 350 a lot, simply because people are used to the cadence/rhythm of previous V-8s that didn't rev an extra 2k rpms. Similarly, I think most of us got accustomed to cruising on the highway in overdrive and when you're ready to pass someone, you just used your right foot. The 350 needs to be in higher rpm to generate any comparable levels of torque we're used to. Additionally, we're used to not having to drop and rev every time we want a little torque, but with the voodoo, that's absolutely what's necessary (to run the rpms up quite often). The car loves to live in the track range of rpms, but don't low, is pretty pedestrian. So I've had to break some habits/expectations about keeping the car in sub 3k rpms (and not shifting) to get it to move quicker than a Taurus. My advice to anyone who says that the 350 is gutless or has no torque is...you have to change your mindset and your typical way of driving every other V8 you've driven. It doesn't work that way and you're driving it WRONG. [/QUOTE]
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Happy with your 350? Previous owners of GT500, please chime in.
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