NEARLY 2 YEARS WAITING: New Mustang GT PP is finally mine!
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Had a play and got sub 10s to 100 first go.
Just basic walk off the line, granny shifting 2-3 and done on stock heavier PP wheels as re-fitted them at weekend.
Happy with that, will give it a proper shot once new wheels are on as be nice to get a high 8s especially in a manual.
Just 1000+ horses between the pair and the BMW makes the Mustang look small, though the M5 is a nice car, my god does the Mustang show it up in the looks department, maybe I am bias but these Mustangs are so damn good looking.
Excuse the quality, taken in a rush and both cars were filthy, not washed mine in over two weeks, just being driving it and the keen eyed will notice the stock wheels with no spacers, hence they look a little lost. But sold my bling wheels as fancy a change, though still not made a purchase yet. But either going for same wheel again in 19" but polished or the new M600 (Ford GT) wheel in polished or silver. I simply find on 19" the cars handling is more predictable and fun, the extra tyre wall really improves handling, just like it did on M3, should have known better, so new wheels will be 19" and same/similar tyre size to now.
Also front calipers are in for painting, going Porsche acid green and I've got two-piece lightweight j-hook disc incoming all round.
Excuse the quality, taken in a rush and both cars were filthy, not washed mine in over two weeks, just being driving it and the keen eyed will notice the stock wheels with no spacers, hence they look a little lost. But sold my bling wheels as fancy a change, though still not made a purchase yet. But either going for same wheel again in 19" but polished or the new M600 (Ford GT) wheel in polished or silver. I simply find on 19" the cars handling is more predictable and fun, the extra tyre wall really improves handling, just like it did on M3, should have known better, so new wheels will be 19" and same/similar tyre size to now.
Also front calipers are in for painting, going Porsche acid green and I've got two-piece lightweight j-hook disc incoming all round.
You must have had those wheels fitted for all of 5 minutes.
Yep, already sold them.
Car looks a bit lost on stock wheels without spacers, but it does handle nicer, though it feels slower for sure. The stock wheels are like 15kg each, bloody heavy whereas the bigger wheels I had were 11-12kg each, can really feel the difference now heavier ones back on, but the taller tyre on 19" make the car more compliant and grippy I feel, particular in wet.
Am sure a new set will be on in no time!
the supercharged Mustang sounds great
Yes easily fastest thing I've being in once its gripping, relentless pull, 60-160 can't be far off 10s and yes its insanely loud as its running headers, its about to get louder as well as the owner has a valved exhaust coming so valves closed it quieter, but open even louder and deeper, because like me he agree's it got all a bit too raspy since headers, so he is sorting that.
Told him to try 60-100 in one gear, should be around 2.5s if he uses 3rd with no wheelspin. My old Mustang was 3.8s on 18" wheels in one gear and that was an insanely quick car as it was 600HP and around 1580kg, this thing makes that one slow.
He is bringing it to the 1 mile run in September, he wants to crack 200mph, told him I doubt you will do it, but he is gonna try, but I know the gearing will let him down, 5th tops around 175mph, then its an overdrive which kills acceleration as its geared for around 250mph. If 6th was geared to 200mph exactly he'd get pretty close.
Even mine pulls to 160-170mph quite fast, but this thing just acceleration as if it was on a dyno, the air just seems unable to stop it.
Yes easily fastest thing I've being in once its gripping, relentless pull, 60-160 can't be far off 10s and yes its insanely loud as its running headers, its about to get louder as well as the owner has a valved exhaust coming so valves closed it quieter, but open even louder and deeper, because like me he agree's it got all a bit too raspy since headers, so he is sorting that.
Told him to try 60-100 in one gear, should be around 2.5s if he uses 3rd with no wheelspin. My old Mustang was 3.8s on 18" wheels in one gear and that was an insanely quick car as it was 600HP and around 1580kg, this thing makes that one slow.
no idea about your finances m8, but i'd definitely get your car Supercharged.
yea the mustang has a sharp raspy sound, it's ok, but i prefer the deeper muscle car rumble, the Camaro has that similar raspy sound too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYTI-IuOWMs
It just down to exhaust setups.
Most Mustang runs X pipes, fitting a H pipe kills the rasp. I like mine how I have it, deep bellow and rumble at low RPM, AMG type rasp when on it.
My plan is not to keep this car, its not perfect for me. If I buy a Mustang to keep, it will be MY18 model, I want the modernised engine and 10-speed, then I can fit a Whipple or Pro Charger style setup and go for 800HP and be even quicker. My car is a manual and well I don't want a manual any more. Unless I just scrap that idea, sell the Mustang and M3, go buy myself an R8 V10 S-tronic as can get them for 70k now which I can afford to do.
It just down to exhaust setups.
Most Mustang runs X pipes, fitting a H pipe kills the rasp. I like mine how I have it, deep bellow and rumble at low RPM, AMG type rasp when on it.
My plan is not to keep this car, its not perfect for me. If I buy a Mustang to keep, it will be MY18 model, I want the modernised engine and 10-speed, then I can fit a Whipple or Pro Charger style setup and go for 800HP and be even quicker. My car is a manual and well I don't want a manual any more. Unless I just scrap that idea, sell the Mustang and M3, go buy myself an R8 V10 S-tronic as can get them for 70k now which I can afford to do.
what about the Camaro (either of them) , because Ian Allan rang me up the other day.........it's beyond my budget but for you it's not
LHD!
The Camaro, Hellcat are really big cars with very poor visibility. I owned a Mustang LHD before but in comparison it was a small car with great visibility so I got on fine with it for 4 years, though RHD is always preference. If the Camaro was RHD I'd probably go and buy a ZL1 tomorrow as its cool, mega quick and has the new 10 speed auto. But in LHD I just find them annoying as the high doorline does not help, I suspect with several days/weeks seat time one probably gets used to it.
i sent you an email in ``trust``
the Camaro has dreadful visability, but the problem is LHD for overtaking, esp in the New Forest...............you'd be too scared to take the risk, you'd be thinking ``is the road really clear, are you sure``............Ian Allan said you can see past the left hand side, you cant on a twisty road, you'd be too scared to take the risk..............esp if it's a van, or a silly Range Rover.
the Camaro has dreadful visability, but the problem is LHD for overtaking, esp in the New Forest...............you'd be too scared to take the risk, you'd be thinking ``is the road really clear, are you sure``............Ian Allan said you can see past the left hand side, you cant on a twisty road, you'd be too scared to take the risk..............esp if it's a van, or a silly Range Rover.
You can get mirror setups to aid with visibility in "wrong hand drive" cars, but they aren't pretty.
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It's a shame the my18 model didn't improve the looks
Reserving judgement on that until I see one in the flesh and after owners have had them.
Luckily i'm too heavily invested in mine to worry about buying a new one for a long, long time.
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It really doesnt, it gives that impression when you first get in because its low and has high side lines, but on the road you need good lateral sight so the lack of vertical doesnt really affect it
In fact it has better sight lines than my old RX7 due to the quarter windows and no door pillars
I havent had a situation yet where left hand drive has impeded my progress, you just have to adapt to it, in he same way that you have to adapt to any change in vehicle
like all cars, the Mustang looks way better in real life.It's a shame the my18 model didn't improve the looks
there's only one car that actually looks uglier in real life than its already ugly online photos.............the 2018 Type R.
it's close to the ugliest car i've ever seen............the 2016 Type R looks ok