[Norm Peterson]

I can see your LS package working as-is. Feels like it would run about with my wife's Legacy 2.5GT, with crisper handling. That's plenty for folks who are primarily NOT buying for the performance, and there are plenty of those.

I see a problem with the 1LE and SS options growing out of Z28, which was itself traditionally an option. The question then becomes whether there is room enough for three distinct option packages arising out of a V8 LT version that I think makes more sense as owning the base V8 "handle".

Given that the V8 Mustangs go GT → Boss → Boss LS
. . . and that I feel there really needs to be a base V8 model for people who'd rather avoid any "boy-racer" image.
you'd be looking at V8 LT → Z28 → 1LE → SS with the level descriptions as given. I'd be shopping the 1LE here and would like to see adjustable dampers.
or perhaps V8 LT → Z28 → (1LE or SS) where the (1LE or SS) is where you get the MRC regardless of what you call it, but the Z28 would be spec'ed to your 1LE level. Make mine a Z28 with adjustable dampers.

Speaking of MRC, if it's part of a non-ZL1 package, I think it also needs to at least offer more than one program schedule and probably more than four if the car is intended to be competitive at the top levels of autocrossing. For those who might start swapping tires, springs and sta-bars for more serious use, perhaps user tuneability could at least be available.

To "decimate" the GT500 will require either more than 615/600 or a truly intensive lightening campaign to below 3500, as 615/600/3650 is barely keeping pace with the current GT500.


Norm