NEARLY 2 YEARS WAITING: New Mustang GT PP is finally mine!

Hi there

Nothing to excited but I changed my boot or should I say trunk and all interior lighting to LED based, which was mainly just the map reading lights, but now the car only has white/RGB leds throughout, hard to show in a picture but here goes:

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Wherever you see blue lights these are the stock RGB units from Ford where you can change to any colour you wish or adjust brightness. The LED lights I installed give a cleaner look and in the boot you can actually see more now as the LED's are obviously more powerful.


Next onto the clutch, as I've said several previous times the clutch is completely lacking any feel at all, it is very light and there is no biting point that I can feel. So it seems a very common thing in US to remove the clutch assist spring as it is just not me finding this issue but 100's of owners in the US who have all removed the spring. Here is a picture of the culprit:

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Took a minute to remove with no tools, push pedal to floor with one hand and with the other hand take a good grip and push to centre of car, it just comes off. The clutch is now heavier for sure but I can feel the biting point and it has made my pulling off and 1st-2nd gear change much smoother. So seems us UK owners need to do the same as US guys.

Would be nice if I could find an in the middle spring as now the clutch pedal is very heavy, if I could make it a little lighter, just a little with say a weaker spring would be great, but the car is for sure better without it, just means I will have an Arnold size leg in a years time. :D
 
Gibbo said:
Thats what american V8's are all about, but I am getting better than expected, 16mpg so far overall and seems to be improving.

Of course that is the reason people want a V8, but its not because they are loud it is because they sound 10x better than any 4 pot, factual, just like a V6 sounds better. Focus RS I see flying around have far louder exhaust on them than Mustangs, but they just seems to make absolutely disgusting noise followed by pops, explosions and bangs, sound absolutely crap.

The RS at the end of the day is more practical than most cars and definetely pretty much faster than anything else on the road, just like the old Evo's were, but I've being there and done the 4-pot turbo AWD thing in arguable the better car than the RS with the EVO X FQ-360 and they have their place.

Some people get Mustangs, V8's and some people do not, those who get it know exactly the feeling you get just from starting them up and that is what driving is all about, not just the numbers and technical specifications but how the car makes you feel when you drive it and everyone likes different things. :)
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Pioneer lives in Essex, of course he prefers the RS ;):p:D
 
I'm really rather surprised it didn't come with LED interior lights as standard; it's 2016! Just another sign that car manufacturers lag behind the times in many ways.
 
TheVoice said:
I'm really rather surprised it didn't come with LED interior lights as standard; it's 2016! Just another sign that car manufacturers lag behind the times in many ways.
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An oversight considering the car does have RGB led's in it however, but when it came to just single colour lights like map reading lights, glovebox, vanity mirrors and boot Ford just put regular bulbs in, the led's were like £10 so a cheap modification that gives a cleaner look with more light output.
 
the Mustang is a great car for sure, but it wont hold the road like an Evo, no Yank V8 will and not many European cars either, as for speed, it depends how powerful the Evo is ;)

as for which sounds best, nothing sounds as good as a Yank V8...FACT, and the more powerful it is, the better it sounds

i think all fast cars have bad images, but the worst are the Lambos and Vehrons, because these are driven by rich spoilt posers that love to be seen, especially those idiots in Park Lane etc !!!!

would i have a Mustang, yes, but i wanted the Hemi Shaker instead but couldn't afford to import it, but that's life.... what was the cost ? i forget now but it was something like 60K
 
Mal X said:
the Mustang is a great car for sure, but it wont hold the road like an Evo, no Yank V8 will and not many European cars either, as for speed, it depends how powerful the Evo is ;)

as for which sounds best, nothing sounds as good as a Yank V8...FACT, and the more powerful it is, the better it sounds

i think all fast cars have bad images, but the worst are the Lambos and Vehrons, because these are driven by rich spoilt posers that love to be seen, especially those idiots in Park Lane etc !!!!

would i have a Mustang, yes, but i wanted the Hemi Shaker instead but couldn't afford to import it, but that's life.... what was the cost ? i forget now but it was something like 60K
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No idea where this comparison came from, we were comparing EVO's to RS's and not other way round. As a capable road car the closest car I have driven to rivalling my EVO on the road especially in damp/wet conditions was the 911, other cars simply cannot compete, only Porsche really.

On a track it completely changes though and the 911, M3 are much quicker than the EVO was, the EVO would need a 100BHP advantage to stay ahead of them.

Anyway back on topic.

Drove to work this morning in race mode, wow very nice indeed and removing that clutch spring has made driving the car night and day better when it comes to the clutch and 1st/2nd gear changes, certainly something all should consider if your not getting on with the clutch and after all it only takes a minute and cost nothing.

Today was really the first time I really got on it, nearly full power in 2nd and full throttle in 3rd and 4th, car pulls incredible and the revs never die off unlike a lot of V8's it pulls hard and fast to 7000rpm limiter. Race mode vastly improves throttle response as well compared to normal and sport, it feels far less laggy and the car just seems to drive and handle more naturally, not tested how much slip angle one can get yet but even in normal mode the stability systems seem pretty dialled which is good, as DSC on in the M3 can kick in way before its actually needed.

The sound track is now perfect, cruising along is just a lovely V8 burble, its not loud, but makes itself known with a real nice deep melody, I think this car wins as the best sounding car I have owned yet as it is just so true american V8, I spent months looking at exhaust systems and changed my mind several times, so glad I got the Corsa Sport. :)
 
MooMoo444 said:
Sorry if you've mentioned this in the topic already, had a look but couldn't see.

What would you say is the absolute worst thing with the car? Curious really, since it looks perfect haha.
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The clutch was horrible, thought I complained about it quite a lot in the thread to be honest. But since removing the assist spring which I posted about last night has vastly made it better, so its no longer such a complaint. :)

Let me drive the car more then I can really list the negatives, no matter how minor, I am still yet to truly push the car towards its limits yet.

But now I have sorted the clutch, I am thinking hard, but there is nothing I really hate or dislike about it, I am sure I will find minor niggles like the stock exhaust being too quiet, but I fixed that. :D
 
Gibbo said:
Today was really the first time I really got on it, nearly full power in 2nd and full throttle in 3rd and 4th, car pulls incredible and the revs never die off unlike a lot of V8's it pulls hard and fast to 7000rpm limiter.
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Going to be hard to resist a break in period?
 
pioneer2000 said:
I'm not entirely sure Ford would agree with that!

Also, i'm myself not sure how you're driving like that considering that it's pretty icy out!
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I hit rev limiter pretty much as soon as I got the car, note the day I collected car was dry and sunny. No Ice!

Ford also state there is no break in period and no running in period as such, not even a running in oil service, though I shall change the oil to a full synthetic at 1200 miles. :)
 
Rossi~ said:
Regarding rear wing and bodywork: Are you planning on bolting on a load of different brands? Or are you going to be looking for kits that match?
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I am doing no body work, all I will go for is a rear wing in future, nothing else, the car has beautiful lines and aero as standard, no need to change. :)
 
Jonnycoupe said:
4500rpm limit i try on sub 1000mile cars.

Load it up to get the piston rings pushing to the wall, but those high spots on the rings to wall dont really appreciate the high speed of high revs.

#running in rules.
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Many arguments for and against both, I am just giving it the odd blast with half throttle from time to time but typically driving in the 1500-4000rpm range as the engine has so much torque. Can be in 5th by 25mph and it just purrs. :)
 
pioneer2000 said:
I'm not entirely sure Ford would agree with that!

Also, i'm myself not sure how you're driving like that considering that it's pretty icy out!
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I've seen plenty of arguments for and against gentle to brutal breaking in periods - I think if you're sensible then I don't think it really matters.

As for driving hard, just because it's cold doesn't mean there are not opportunities to open the throttle up!
 
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