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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="GT Premi" data-source="post: 15837054" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>I don't understand the complaints about power, either. You buy a car that's meant to be revved out, you won't rev it into its power band, then you complain that it doesn't have enough power and that you shouldn't have to rev it out all the time. Huh?? How much sense does that make? The people complaining about the perceived lack of power down low probably bought it just to have the next shiny and newest thing and didn't really know (or care at the time) what they were buying. They just had to have it just to say they had one. I actually doubt the honesty in those testimonials. My GT500 is probably putting close to 700HP to the wheels, and I still don't feel any lack of around town driveability in my GT350R. I admit, though, that lightweight wheels contribute a LOT to how a car feels. When I put lightweight wheels on my GT500, it felt 400 lbs lighter even though the actual weight reduction was "only" 60 lbs. With all the other weight reduction I've done, my GT500 now drives like a 3300 - 3400 lbs car.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A standard GT350 and an '11 - '14 GT500 are pretty close in weight. Almost identical, in fact. So some better brake pads would put them dead even in the braking department. The smaller rotors on the GT500 will boil the brake fluid much sooner, though, and won't have the endurance of the GT350.</p><p></p><p>A solid axle car can <em>absolutely</em> handle as well as an IRS car. The Mustang GT has been neck and neck with the same-years BMW M3/M4 in performance ever since the S197 came out. Albeit very sloppy while doing so. However, there is no shortage of suspension parts and manufacturers that can make the S197 handle like a dream and still be comfortable and compliant on the street. I speak from experience. Yes, it <em>is</em> expensive to do so, but it's very rewarding. If I had to put my GT500 back to its stock suspension setup, I'd just get rid of the car. It's THAT much better. It's not even the same car anymore.</p><p></p><p></p><p>OP, I still have my heavily-modified-for-handling/lightly-modified-for-power GT500. I still enjoy every second behind the wheel of my GT350R in spite of it being woefully outmatched by my GT500 in the power department. I actually enjoy driving my GT350R at pedestrian speeds more than my GT500. It's easier to modulate and moderate the power around town. With my GT500, whenever leaving from a stop behind another vehicle, I have to let them get at least 3 car lengths ahead before I start moving because it just leaps forward from a stop. It's fun having that kind of power, but it's also annoying sometimes. </p><p></p><p>If I were ever in an unfortunate position where I <em>had</em> to get rid of one of them, I'd have a very hard time picking which one. Even though my GT500 is now a corner carver, they're still both very different cars. Yet they both provide equal thrills.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 15837054, member: 121775"] I don't understand the complaints about power, either. You buy a car that's meant to be revved out, you won't rev it into its power band, then you complain that it doesn't have enough power and that you shouldn't have to rev it out all the time. Huh?? How much sense does that make? The people complaining about the perceived lack of power down low probably bought it just to have the next shiny and newest thing and didn't really know (or care at the time) what they were buying. They just had to have it just to say they had one. I actually doubt the honesty in those testimonials. My GT500 is probably putting close to 700HP to the wheels, and I still don't feel any lack of around town driveability in my GT350R. I admit, though, that lightweight wheels contribute a LOT to how a car feels. When I put lightweight wheels on my GT500, it felt 400 lbs lighter even though the actual weight reduction was "only" 60 lbs. With all the other weight reduction I've done, my GT500 now drives like a 3300 - 3400 lbs car. A standard GT350 and an '11 - '14 GT500 are pretty close in weight. Almost identical, in fact. So some better brake pads would put them dead even in the braking department. The smaller rotors on the GT500 will boil the brake fluid much sooner, though, and won't have the endurance of the GT350. A solid axle car can [i]absolutely[/i] handle as well as an IRS car. The Mustang GT has been neck and neck with the same-years BMW M3/M4 in performance ever since the S197 came out. Albeit very sloppy while doing so. However, there is no shortage of suspension parts and manufacturers that can make the S197 handle like a dream and still be comfortable and compliant on the street. I speak from experience. Yes, it [i]is[/i] expensive to do so, but it's very rewarding. If I had to put my GT500 back to its stock suspension setup, I'd just get rid of the car. It's THAT much better. It's not even the same car anymore. OP, I still have my heavily-modified-for-handling/lightly-modified-for-power GT500. I still enjoy every second behind the wheel of my GT350R in spite of it being woefully outmatched by my GT500 in the power department. I actually enjoy driving my GT350R at pedestrian speeds more than my GT500. It's easier to modulate and moderate the power around town. With my GT500, whenever leaving from a stop behind another vehicle, I have to let them get at least 3 car lengths ahead before I start moving because it just leaps forward from a stop. It's fun having that kind of power, but it's also annoying sometimes. If I were ever in an unfortunate position where I [i]had[/i] to get rid of one of them, I'd have a very hard time picking which one. Even though my GT500 is now a corner carver, they're still both very different cars. Yet they both provide equal thrills. [/QUOTE]
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