Should I have been more impressed?
My intake and tune from brenspeed gave me a hard-on when I floored it
01-04-2008, 11:51 PM
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RE: Should I have been more impressed?
First -welcome to the forum! Second -I understand totally the way you feel about the stock stang but even before FI I felt the car was slow but when I look at the speedometerit was really going faster than I thought. For example drop from 5th gear cruising (50 MPH) and drop it to third and punch it......car is quick but not throw yourself in your seat fast and before you know it you are 80 MPH and she feels like she is going 50 MPH. I think it has to do with the weight of the fat car and the drive by wire system that can be improved upon with a CAI/tune. Regardless of how it feels the track times and street wins really tell the story of what a great muscle car this is....... Buy now as the muscle cars of today will quickly change (detuned) for the near future because of a new law passed by the asshat in office right now (bush). You can thank him for that kind of like in the 80's when the muscle car changed and had to be reworked for the new laws on MPG and air quality. JMO J
ORIGINAL: barryg
Well I test drove 3 Mustang GTs. One brand new '08 5spd and a used '05 auto w/32K mi in very nice shape. Also a used '06 auto with custom 19" wheels, Bassani mufflers and I think it was lowered....this one rode like crap......probably b/c it was lowered...it was sort of all over the road.
I don't know....I guess I was just expecting more neck snapping acceleration but none seemed very fast. Throaty? Yes....both sounded great even stock. Torque? Yup. Both cars felt "powerful" but I thought they souned faster than they were. Didn't feel particularly "OMG quick". The '08 manual obviously wasn't broken in so I'll give it that.
The 3 "fast" cars I can compare them to is my 2 former rides:
old '92 LX 5.0 5spd....been a long time but yeah they feel as fast as that was.
'00 Z28 LS1 6spd-this car felt just as fast but it was uncomfortable and really felt like a boat. New Stangs felt much more civilized.
'99 Vette convertible-automatic-I had driven my friend's a few times. I guess this is what I thought the Stang automatic would feel "close" to. But it didn't. I remember the Vette's throttle being (feeling)......MUCH more responsive. Just power on tap w/no waiting.
So I guess the question is how much $$ has to be thrown into a Stang to get it to feel like the Vette did? Supercharger, headers, gears, CAI, tune? I'm not opposed to mods. But at the same time, I don't want to spend $5K and then worry about things going wrong with the car..etc. Also considering maybe I should just go used Vette hunting. Vette owners are often older guys who may not have abused the car..etc.
Well any advice is appreciated. I'd rather have a newer car than a 4-5yr old Vette. So if $5K in mods will seriously wake the hell out of the Mustang w/out nasty side effects, I'd be able to swallow that.
Well I test drove 3 Mustang GTs. One brand new '08 5spd and a used '05 auto w/32K mi in very nice shape. Also a used '06 auto with custom 19" wheels, Bassani mufflers and I think it was lowered....this one rode like crap......probably b/c it was lowered...it was sort of all over the road.
I don't know....I guess I was just expecting more neck snapping acceleration but none seemed very fast. Throaty? Yes....both sounded great even stock. Torque? Yup. Both cars felt "powerful" but I thought they souned faster than they were. Didn't feel particularly "OMG quick". The '08 manual obviously wasn't broken in so I'll give it that.
The 3 "fast" cars I can compare them to is my 2 former rides:
old '92 LX 5.0 5spd....been a long time but yeah they feel as fast as that was.
'00 Z28 LS1 6spd-this car felt just as fast but it was uncomfortable and really felt like a boat. New Stangs felt much more civilized.
'99 Vette convertible-automatic-I had driven my friend's a few times. I guess this is what I thought the Stang automatic would feel "close" to. But it didn't. I remember the Vette's throttle being (feeling)......MUCH more responsive. Just power on tap w/no waiting.
So I guess the question is how much $$ has to be thrown into a Stang to get it to feel like the Vette did? Supercharger, headers, gears, CAI, tune? I'm not opposed to mods. But at the same time, I don't want to spend $5K and then worry about things going wrong with the car..etc. Also considering maybe I should just go used Vette hunting. Vette owners are often older guys who may not have abused the car..etc.
Well any advice is appreciated. I'd rather have a newer car than a 4-5yr old Vette. So if $5K in mods will seriously wake the hell out of the Mustang w/out nasty side effects, I'd be able to swallow that.
01-05-2008, 05:36 AM
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RE: Should I have been more impressed?
ORIGINAL: 22kart22
And dude. A new z06 is what...Like $74,000??
This mustang is almost 1/3 of that and has atleast 1/2 the hp
And dude. A new z06 is what...Like $74,000??
This mustang is almost 1/3 of that and has atleast 1/2 the hp
01-05-2008, 07:02 AM
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RE: Should I have been more impressed?
ORIGINAL: Baddog
Not trying to be a stain but who mentioned the Z06? It does not belong in the same breath as the 'Stang, especially if you are talking about the '07 and newer. I was referring to a '2000 vert that ran a 12.23 @ 123MPH that a friend has that lightened his wallet $30K. If you weren't directing this my way I appologize in advance. Just didn't see the Z06 involved in the discussion prior is all...
ORIGINAL: 22kart22
And dude. A new z06 is what...Like $74,000??
This mustang is almost 1/3 of that and has atleast 1/2 the hp
And dude. A new z06 is what...Like $74,000??
This mustang is almost 1/3 of that and has atleast 1/2 the hp
01-05-2008, 07:17 AM
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RE: Should I have been more impressed?
ORIGINAL: moosestang
It didn't run that time or trap 123 in stock form. If you want to compare a new stock mustang to some old modified vette then be my guest, but i'm not hanging around to watch.
ORIGINAL: Baddog
Not trying to be a stain but who mentioned the Z06? It does not belong in the same breath as the 'Stang, especially if you are talking about the '07 and newer. I was referring to a '2000 vert that ran a 12.23 @ 123MPH that a friend has that lightened his wallet $30K. If you weren't directing this my way I appologize in advance. Just didn't see the Z06 involved in the discussion prior is all...
ORIGINAL: 22kart22
And dude. A new z06 is what...Like $74,000??
This mustang is almost 1/3 of that and has atleast 1/2 the hp
And dude. A new z06 is what...Like $74,000??
This mustang is almost 1/3 of that and has atleast 1/2 the hp
01-05-2008, 07:46 AM
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RE: Should I have been more impressed?
ORIGINAL: Baddog
Not bashing my friend, I,m aware it's almost 8 years old but it is a NICE car that can be had for $8K less that a new S197 with under 50,000 miles and makes 513RWHP. Options, that was all I was sayin'. I am fully aware that it didn't do it stock...
Not bashing my friend, I,m aware it's almost 8 years old but it is a NICE car that can be had for $8K less that a new S197 with under 50,000 miles and makes 513RWHP. Options, that was all I was sayin'. I am fully aware that it didn't do it stock...