MrLOL said:
they do
but only once you've splashed the cash bringing the suspension into the 20th century.
the Mustang GT as standard, is hopless. The Saleen as standard, is better, but still not up there with european cars. Gibbo's saleen has basically all of saleens optional handling kit (in effect, i believe some bits were sourced from other makers etc.. but the same things) fitted, thus meaning it does go round corners.
Hi there
Sorry can't agree wih that. Mustang GT will corner just as good as any other saloon car (normal Euro Saloon cars, not M5's, S4's etc). All it suffers from is been under damped and a bit too much body roll but it still grips well and has very predictable handling.
Roush and Saleen cars in completely standard trim without spending extra money on them are very good. They fix the under damping with new shocks/springs and help elimate body roll with front and rear anti-roll bars. The Saleen and Roush are right up there with European cars, all certainly the European cars I've driven anyway, M3's, M5's, Civics, Mini, Focus ST, Focus RS, Supra to name but a few. Cars that do handle better and corner faster than a standard Roush/Saleen would be vehicles such as Elise, S2000, Boxster, 911, F360, F430, M3 CSL etc.
I just took mine further not because the car was not good enough but because I have issues and can't resist pulling a car apart especially when its possible to improve it further even if I don't ever take advantage of those improvements. Still I have noticed the improvements on the road, difference is the Mustang was intended by Ford to be a basic platform but one that was very easy to improve upon and for very little money. Saleen and Roush do what 90% of customers would be happy with and enough to equal other grand tourers and sport cars from European and Japanese rivals. That 10% who want better can do so very easily from the wealth of parts available and how easy the Mustang is to work on.
With a 911 or BMW M3 the platform has been designed to be just about the best it can offer, yes it can still be improved upon but fact is out of the box a 911 or BMW M3 is one corner carving beast, but they are 3x the price of a Mustang GT. Roush/Saleen bring their cars upto or indeed very close to that of BMW M3's and other similar specced European/Japanese cars.
All I can say is its hard to explain, best way is for someone to spend time in cars such as Mustang GT, Roush, Saleen, M3, RS4 etc. and then decide because in general most owners of Mustangs have had fast high performance European cars previously and find the handling absolutely fine.
Wheras people such as yourself have never driven a Mustang GT before let alone spent several hours in one and even more so one with the basic suspension tweaks that dramatically improve these cars.
