NewSpeedSteed
09-27-2006, 07:15 PM
I have been waiting patiently for almost a year now for the 07 GT500. I have seen the specs; 500hp in a S/C 5.4 tossed into a Mustang- I like it.
What has me less enthusiastic is the curb weight and the price; now I can understand the later seeing how this is the quickest Stang of all time and collectors will be driving the prices up but what is with the weight?
I remember that the early Fox-body Mustangs weighed allot less with the 5.0 V8 and were great in any contest of acceleration, handling and decent braking performance- which I believe is because of its impressive power to weight ratio. Now the new GT500 has almost twice the power but the weight has increased 1,000lbs over the years. Granted the S/C will overcome that extra mass easily but imagine what the car would be like if it was lighter?
Seeing how the new Corvette (not the Z06) weighs allot less has 100hp less and costs about the same outperforms this car (in recent magazine testing- granted mag testers times are usually slower than actual times. We have to remember that performance is not measured in 1/4 mile times alone and the extra mass of the Mustang hurts its handling and braking significantly.
Is this the fastest Mustang ever? Yes, but not by much- it could have been a second quicker and 10mph faster in the trap if Ford would have crammed that motor into the original LX.
I suppose that this is where the aftermarket will step in with 4.10 gears and smaller pulleys and easily create an 11 or high 10 second car.
The sad part is that Ford already made a car like this a few years ago: the 03-04 SVT Cobra. Sure the claimed 390hp- most dyno 410 or higher. And those ran mid to high 12s stock- the average 2007 GT500 time I've seen published is a 12.9. SVT Cobra owners will tell you that with basic bolt-ons it is common to see 11s, with high modified ones hitting 9 second quarter mile times. The great thing about those cars were that it handled good, braked well and accelerated like no tomorrow.
I guess I'm not as sure about this new car as I once was, after looking at the times I am depressed- my 2003 Mach 1 runs a 12.9 stock motor while running drag radials, and it only cost $29,000 brand new.
What has me less enthusiastic is the curb weight and the price; now I can understand the later seeing how this is the quickest Stang of all time and collectors will be driving the prices up but what is with the weight?
I remember that the early Fox-body Mustangs weighed allot less with the 5.0 V8 and were great in any contest of acceleration, handling and decent braking performance- which I believe is because of its impressive power to weight ratio. Now the new GT500 has almost twice the power but the weight has increased 1,000lbs over the years. Granted the S/C will overcome that extra mass easily but imagine what the car would be like if it was lighter?
Seeing how the new Corvette (not the Z06) weighs allot less has 100hp less and costs about the same outperforms this car (in recent magazine testing- granted mag testers times are usually slower than actual times. We have to remember that performance is not measured in 1/4 mile times alone and the extra mass of the Mustang hurts its handling and braking significantly.
Is this the fastest Mustang ever? Yes, but not by much- it could have been a second quicker and 10mph faster in the trap if Ford would have crammed that motor into the original LX.
I suppose that this is where the aftermarket will step in with 4.10 gears and smaller pulleys and easily create an 11 or high 10 second car.
The sad part is that Ford already made a car like this a few years ago: the 03-04 SVT Cobra. Sure the claimed 390hp- most dyno 410 or higher. And those ran mid to high 12s stock- the average 2007 GT500 time I've seen published is a 12.9. SVT Cobra owners will tell you that with basic bolt-ons it is common to see 11s, with high modified ones hitting 9 second quarter mile times. The great thing about those cars were that it handled good, braked well and accelerated like no tomorrow.
I guess I'm not as sure about this new car as I once was, after looking at the times I am depressed- my 2003 Mach 1 runs a 12.9 stock motor while running drag radials, and it only cost $29,000 brand new.