Originally posted by: exdeath
Originally posted by: NutBucket
Originally posted by: exdeath
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: sniperruff
sure. a Forester XT is faster than a mustang V8.
Fixed.
Yeah it is pathetic. The GT has had 260 HP from a V8 and you can get a damn Nissan with that much power out of a FWD V6! My fiancee is looking at a 2005 Toyota Avalon with 280 HP from a V6... doesn't make the regular or GT mustangs all that impressive.
At least the new GT has 300 HP, it's a start.
But I am still of the opinion that the only real Mustang left in the world is the Cobra. The other models have gone down market to fullfill the masses.
Hey! At least we can agree on that.
Mustang = weak.
The last one I liked was the Cobra R of a few years ago. That sucker was bad@ss.
Heh yeah.
Mustang = weak barbie car
GT = schooled by Nissan V6s
Cobra = now we're talking (the ?03 stock has 390 HP and the ?07 will have 450+)
'03 Cobra with a Kenne Bell = hold on for dear life and don?t step on it without your head fully planted into the seat first
?07 Shelby Cobra GTR = omfg
I really wish Ford would make a modern 32 valve DOHC 351 engine and put to rest the criticism of their modular engines. They are great engines, as the 281 ci making 700 HP can testify to. But imagine a DOHC 351 with that Kenne Bell on it? *drool*
I?m not even a Ford fan really, I always despised mustangs for the given reasons, not to mention the fact that everyone and their sister has one. But I just couldn?t ignore the recent Cobras, and the Ford enthusiast performance after market is easily the largest. I?ve heard a lot of talk about the Cobras and many die hard Ford haters in the LS1 community have admitted that Ford has finally done it right and given the modern mustang (Cobra) some justice.
And contrary to popular belief American cars can handle just as well as any foreign cars, though admittedly it?s rarer, and not standard as on most Japanese or European cars.
For example the '03 Cobra has dual wishbone independent rear suspension, coil over struts, limited slip differential, 4 wheel anti lock disk brakes, traction control, etc. But as I said in my last statement, this is only the rare Cobra, and not the general V6 or GT mustangs. And even then it took them a long ass time to catch up to modern trends and add all that.
I've taken plenty of clover leafs and twisties doing 60+ without so much as a peep. Obviously you can't step on it with 700 HP at the wheels, but then again what car CAN and not loose control? It's obviously not as much an issue in "better handling" cars that only have 160 HP to begin with, so to say a car automatically can't handle just because it has insane power; people are admitting they haven?t driven enough cars to share their input on the subject. Take any "better handling" foreign car and give it 500+ HP and you'll also have problems keeping it fast in the corners.
All cars obey the same laws of physics.