Mustang GT Convertible - a little tight are ya?
11-05-2007, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by NFRTurboTerror,Oct 31 2007, 04:16 PM
Have any of you raced a new gt or are you just bench racing with supposed numbers? Anyone remember the 99 cobra that had 320 stated hp but when called out on it ford admited that it overstated hp levels(not saying thats the case here but it has happend in the past). I raced a new gt coupe auto from a 50-155 when i was all stock. I admit i jumped him but i pulled him by a car and kept it till my car topped out(speedo said 155) and he crept back up on me pulling me by half a car when we shut it down, and we were doing over 150 for at least a full minute. Talk what you want but until you run one dont run your mouth about how it cant happen.
But just to keep things fair not too long after that i did run a new manual coupe with bolt ons that walked me pretty hard when i was stock.
But just to keep things fair not too long after that i did run a new manual coupe with bolt ons that walked me pretty hard when i was stock.
11-08-2007, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Chrisbert,Oct 31 2007, 12:46 PM
I think his first undoing was the front / rear balance coupled with 300 HP. Any idea what the f/r weight distribution is on those?
11-08-2007, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by NFRTurboTerror,Nov 2 2007, 04:53 PM
You are too funny... I have raced an 04 supercharged mustang(550whp) while i was boosted. Did i lose... yes. Was it ugly... yes. What does any of this have to do with racing a stock gt. I only brought up the 99 cobra because Ford specficly overstated hp. Did i say that this may not be the case in the new ones... YES. Honestly if i didnt know my mustangs i OBVIOUSLY wouldnt have known about the power diffrence in the 99 cobravs the rest of the years. Or that they didnt make a cobra in MY00. DID i bring in the 03-04 SUPERCHARGED cobras? Or 01-04 non supercharged cobras (03-04 being refered to as the mach 1) NO.
FYI: Im not a rice or honda fan boy, i know you didnt say i was but i feel like you are talking to me as such. I have owned two mustangs (88 GT vert, 94 GT) and tried to buy an 03 cobra but the dealer wouldnt come off the price of it or give me anything near trade in value of the car i was trading(which just so happend to be my s2000). I appreciate domestics for their raw power just as much as i do the imports for their precision handling(read my sig).
FYI: Im not a rice or honda fan boy, i know you didnt say i was but i feel like you are talking to me as such. I have owned two mustangs (88 GT vert, 94 GT) and tried to buy an 03 cobra but the dealer wouldnt come off the price of it or give me anything near trade in value of the car i was trading(which just so happend to be my s2000). I appreciate domestics for their raw power just as much as i do the imports for their precision handling(read my sig).
I think you're reading into his comment way too much. From his sig, he's had a variety of vehicles, too...
11-10-2007, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by NFRTurboTerror,Oct 31 2007, 04:16 PM
Have any of you raced a new gt or are you just bench racing with supposed numbers? Anyone remember the 99 cobra that had 320 stated hp but when called out on it ford admited that it overstated hp levels.
11-11-2007, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by webmasterino,Nov 10 2007, 07:22 PM
I remember reading that. Ford offer to pay the individuals a small lump of change IIRC.
I'm not sure how the incident is relevant, since Ford acknowledged the issue and rectified it immediately. It's not like they have a reputation for inflating numbers like some other companies.
11-11-2007, 07:44 PM
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= / the new GT's will do mid 13's all day..with up to a 106 trap STOCK...(witnessed at track many times). They average like a 103 trap where the S traps usually just a slither over 100 mph...on average. Don't know how someone could call them slow or a match for an s2000...
11-12-2007, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by dundonr,Nov 1 2007, 11:09 PM
Not too worry... SVT learned from their mistake and made sure that the Cobras after that one didn't have that power deficency.. the 01 Cobra made the rated 320 hp, and we all know about 03/04 Cobra... (if you don't go race one)
11-13-2007, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by nightwalker,Nov 13 2007, 08:52 PM
Torque wins races. Horsepower sells cars. The ugly truth.
