mungodrums

Ok to start off, to be honest I have dreamed to own a Porsche 911 since I was 15 years old, I am now 43. I have done tons of research and decided that I can, like many people can afford to buy the car but not to run it, fix it, etc. I can find one with 60,000 for just under $20,000, very tempting but I have to think rational. Also considered the M3, yeah I have expensive taste, that darn German handling is so darn good. Now I narrowed my choice to a C5 Corvette with z51 suspension or a 08 Mustang Bullitt, if I can find one or a 2010 Mustang GT, which I understand essentially have the same suspension, shocks, springs, sway bars, etc. I also have considered the 05-09 Mustang GT with the Eibach Sport Plus setup which includes Eibach sway bars, springs and shocks. I basically want a Mustang 197s that can actually corner, handle. Of the above what would make the most sense, most performance for dollar. A buddy of mine bought a 2006 Mustang GT and put the above Eibach kit, cost him, $800.00. He told me that the car totally handles much better and he can now beat 350Zs on the track. I think I want to stick with a Mustang, it has four seats. Ger.

Mr.Ski

The Eibach setup will out perform both of the stock set-ups you mentioned. If you buy a Mustang and drive it like you are implying, you will want to do your own suspension set up on any of them including the GT500.

Sam Strano

I'm going to be blunt here. You are comparing apples to oranges when comparing a Corvette to a Mustang. Can you make a Mustang handle? Yes, but it will never be a Corvette (I've owned both). That said you can make *both* much better than stock, and you can make a Mustang pretty damned fast around corners. In fact a bolt-on Mustang, with the right parts, can run with a more mildly modified Corvette Grand Sport or Z06 on an autocross... I know this because I am an autocrosser and I've owned 2007 Mustang GT, ran a friends 2007 Shelby GT, and had a 2011 Brembo car... as well as having had a 2007 Z06 and a 2012 Grand Sport Corvette (currently what I run).

If you pick a Mustang don't let the Bullitt sway you over a 2010. Pick the car you like best, because there is nothing at all special with a Bullitt suspension. In fact we can improve ANY of the Ford suspensions, do it all the time all the way up to and including Boss 302 Laguna Seca's.

If you go that way, you can do MUCH better than the Eibach kit. You could do worse too, but that's not the point. There are better springs, there are better sway bars, and there are WAY better shocks/struts.