High 60s loaded is too high IMHO. Loaded with all the track pack goodies it should be a few K higher loaded than a loaded Boss, What was the Laguna Seca edition the last year it was offered?
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High 60s loaded is too high IMHO. Loaded with all the track pack goodies it should be a few K higher loaded than a loaded Boss, What was the Laguna Seca edition the last year it was offered?
It should beat a stock 13-14 to 60, maybe post a better 1/4 mile ET, but the rate of acceleration will not match the GT500 at speeds where the GT500 has traction (obviously).
I seriously doubt that.
Handling? Sure, it's an IRS car with a better chassis, tires and bigger brakes. Acceleration? No.
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Negative friend. As much as i am liking the 350 it will still get destroyed by the 13-14 gt500 in straight line performance. I do believe that it will make for a better all around car.
Are we going to get HP and pricing? I guess not, if not I wonder when?
The latimes article says pricing closer to ordering and second half of 2015
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-ford-shelby-gt350-mustang-reveal-20141117-story.html
The Gt350 is following what it predecessor was and did. A road track car that can be driven on the street. Its not being built for just straight line performance. Its being built to rip up a circuit AND drive home. The tech package is proof in this. A much higher level boss, with things that the normal driver wants. Something the z/28 did not do quite as well.
Ford will not use this
Until we get more info, I will not speculate on if it can or cannot do certain things. Many said no FPC engine..well here it is. Ford will not do this or that...well wrong again. I think this will be a very nice car in the line up, and about F/I.......Was not the original 350 able to be F/I ? and was ?
Ford will not use this
Until we get more info, I will not speculate on if it can or cannot do certain things. Many said no FPC engine..well here it is. Ford will not do this or that...well wrong again. I think this will be a very nice car in the line up, and about F/I.......Was not the original 350 able to be F/I ? and was ?
We won't know that until the Production car is here and can be driven, real world and on the track.
Put the Koolaid down.
Figuring 180 lb driver, 520 HP, and that whatever weight savings the GT350 uses will keep it from getting any heavier than the current V-8 GT track pack, but not make it any lighter, I see it trapping about 120 in the 1/4, vs 125-128 for the 13-14 GT500.
Yeah im surprised all the negative about a flat plane Crank. Everyone is saying 500hp but its 500+. Might be 520 might be 550. Either way for an all motor car that is awesome.
IMO you're being pretty generous.
Compare to what the current '15 GT with 435 hp is running...high 12's in the ~112 mph range in magazine testing. Figure ~70 more hp, similar weight, and I don't see them running much quicker than mid-12's in the 115 mph range. Obviously, in private hands in good air they'll run quicker. But never 11.2-.3 at 127-128 mph.
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reducing interior glare is a nice touch, but if we're going to snag "continuously controlled” dampers, why not exploit Head-Up Display too? IMO that's so useful, I don't understand why there hasn't been a proliferation of it, especially to what's touted as a state-of-the-art track focused Mustang.
I think the hp numbers may end around 520-525, otherwise Ford could used 525+ as their statement. Look at the 2015 gt, people assumed 450-475 because Ford said more than the previous years which the Boss at 444 was also produced in. Look what they got, 435hp, 15 more than the previous gt years. I wouldn't expect a lot more than what they released but should know later with the full press release. Also forgot, but this motor compared to the coyote will have less torque, another kick to those expecting great 1/4 times out of gt350
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No word on whether or not it utilizes Direct Injection. A high-revving/free breathing combination may make those numbers attainable if Ford decided to use some available technologies.
I'm also wondering...dry sump? With the lowered hood, etc, just maybe.
We'll revisit once the car is released and some times are posted.
Absolutely.
Bear in mind that even if they pull some weight out of it and get it to 3750#, it would have to make ~645 hp to have the same horsepower to weight ratio as a '13/'14.
But it'll clearly handle very well, and the brakes look to be very impressive (although CCB's like the Z28 has would be better), so it'll handily beat the GT500 in those metrics.
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A dry sump would be cool. I am guessing the more compact FPC crank allows a more compact engine height (no reciprocating counterweights to accommodate in a taller pan) and it allowed them to lower the hoodline.
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Yeah.
It's going to be over 200 ft.lb. shy of a '13/'14 GT500, so that's going to leave a mark in terms of acceleration.
Dare I say it'll be about as quick as a Boss Mustang?
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