Update: Added a turbo Mustang to keep my 2.0T company; a 2018 with performance package and 10-speed automatic. The auto seems to solve the gearing issue (second goes to 46 or so, third to 68 — the manual ran out of 2nd at 57) and paddle shifts are fast and super crisp, though there's no telling how it'll work on course. My previous EB was quite a handful in third, even for @race2win.
PP springs make the car noticeably stiffer than the Camaro, plus OTS Konis are available. Should be able to get -2 or better up front. Wheels are 9s but probably will stick with a 275.
The torque difference down low is pretty apparent. Visited my local testing playground with a buddy who has a Focus RS; from a walk the Focus was up by a nose but we were even by 50 mph. In stock form the Mustang is much more tail happy than the Camaro but hoping a bar and decent tires will cure it.
You can see much better out of the EB as well, but you do feel the extra width and 300 pounds; hoping it's just the super-heavy stock wheels that make it feel so leaden. And the 2.3 sounds ... just awful. Like a pack-a-day smoker trying to run. The Camaro, especially with the straight exhaust, sounds like a sports car.
Back seat is miles better in Mustang, and so is cargo room and loading. More places to put stuff like phones. Camaro has easier to read gauges, and I find myself missing MyLink's Apple / Android capability and easy setup and the automatic climate control.
Will keep both until there's a clear reason to favor one car.
A big thanks to the helpers who talked me out of a WRX. Or a BRZ.
That's the update from D Street HQ.
