Kaldar142

no silly, sorry i should of written G35 in there. :P

classj

I dont believe for one second that the stang is "drag limited" to 145 stock.

Personally, before the tune. I hit 140 bone stock, and it was not pulling in any way to show drag limited. If that were true. At 140 the car would be accelerating at a creep to 145, 1 mph at a time. I dont doubt that if there were no electronic limiter, it would have hit 160-165 no problem.

If you looks at the Cd of our "bricks", we are not too much worse than an M3.

If you have ever expirienced a car hitting its drag limit, to describe it best, the car just doesent stop accelerating instantly. It approaches an asymptotic limit slowly.

Skoshi42

C'mon theres hope.... Supercharge that baby!! youll be having more power than the GT's also get some gears and T-loc

our 4.0's can do more than alot of people think..

rygenstormlocke

I've seen them run before at teh track, mid 14's. Never saw one in the low 14's but I'm sure its a manual vs. auto thing. They might have the same engine as the Z, but they are heavy *** cars.

beastzilla02

i beat a sedan in my 97gt

b_hollier

The Stang is not drag limited, it is electronically limited, I agree with you. The Cd of the GT is .38 and the M3 is .35, not much difference. However the weight distribution of the M3 is what gives it the edge over the mustang. This is the major issue I find with the GT and the GT500. Ford could have done a much better job in giving the car an even better weight distribution, esp in the GT500. For the money you pay for one of those you don't get much.

classj

I agree with you on the gt500. The weight distribution is even worse than the weight. Both are pretty shamefull for a modern musclecar. I could write a novel on how dissapointed I was to hear the GT500 specs.

As far as the GT vs. M3. On the track, I will take the M3. On the street. I will take the stang every time. The weight is the same as the M car, the distribution is about 3% different than the M car. Nothing too bad, move the battery to the trunk on the stang and you gain a percent back.

I have driven alot of M3's on the street and track. Great cars. But personally, I changed all plans to own one as a daily driver after driving an E46 M3 for a day, then driving the mustang. Iwent from either getting a E46 M3 or cayman S that weekend. To being on the hunt for a vista blue Gt in one evening.

I still love the cayman, I still like the M3. But for daily driver, the mustang really touched a nerve.

The M3 is a better car. But in truth, it is not even nearly as close to how much the mustang is to drive. And it urks me that it costs over twice as much, and yet I still can **** all over M3 coupes in the stang with an intake and tune only. Were they close races, ehe, not too bad. Maybe 7 car legnths from 40-130 MPH both times.

Not to mention at lime rock and watkins glen this summer, s197 stangs with about 1K in susension work, intake and tune, and good tires, and hawk pads were passing stock e46 M cars.


So the M3's are indeed great cars compared to the competition. HOWEVER. the mustang is simply amazing for the money. As long as you can deal with its shortcomings, which most people that love aisian or german cars cannot do.

To each his own I guess.

Nismo G

um only thing to watch out with the g35s is an oil consumption problem. This problem comes with the rev up motor (6 speed). The non rev up motor (5 speed auto) is fine.

I guess they are having serious problems with the thing just burning oil or something in the 6spds...and having to replace the whole motor.

AMBmustangGT

now i know everyone hear is talking about the old G35's....b/c i dont know if you have seen the new ones

but the 07' G35 sedan is 309hp, runs 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, last time i checked that 1/2 a second faster than a GT. its also a mid-engine, w/ even 50-50 weight distribution during acceration.

jsut wait til may, 07' Coupe comes out, 330hp mid-engine, that should be running 0-60 right at 4 seconds
i believe they are going to get one as a demo, retune it for 93 octane, throw 2 cai's on it (yes it has 2), open up the throttle body a bit, throw on a complete exhust kit and see what kinda horsepower it can make


no offense to mustang owners, especially since im going to be getting one, but my dad owns an infiniti dealership. i will admit their past products have not been very good, but the company has taken a completely different direction in the last year, and now has an outstanding product line

so yeah basically what im saying is 06 and down G35 will get smoked by a GT, the v6 might be close if it was a sedan you were racind, i think the coupe would win though

and the 07....wins hands down

AMBmustangGT

forgot to mention that infiniti is no longer the more luxurious versions of nissans

they have broken away, and now none of their cars resemble a nissan in any way






3.5-liter (3,498cc) V6, aluminum-alloy block and heads. Low-friction molybdenum-coated pistons.



Valvetrain
Double overhead cam (DOHC), 4 valves per cylinder with microfinished camshafts. Continuously Variable Valve Timing Control System (CVTCS) for intake and exhaust valves.

306hp and 6,800 rpm (although car and driver says 309)
368 ft. lbs torque at 4,800 rpm

curb weight (G35 sport w/ 6sp mt) - 5,532lbs.