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Originally Posted by ST1LE
The excuses will continue to be that the PP2 should be compared to the 1LE. Funny how Mustang guys didnt think the expensive GT350 was 1LE competition, but the expensive PP2 is. Whatever, in the end of the day the fact is the Mustang has NEVER been good at carving corners, but it has made improvements and at sale prices it will be a good value. I dont think there is a S550 out there worth MSRP, but I also dont know anybody that has paid MSRP for one, so it works out.
In the end, it is right there in track times with the M2. For most, that is plenty of performance.
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I think for the most part this is what most non fan boys expected. I expected the 1LE to win on the track (not by that big of a gap but still win easily)
I also wouldn't say Mustang's were never good at handling. The 5th gen cars for the first half Mustang was clearly the better handling car of the two. The First 5.0 GT permformance pack got tested against the M3, the BOSS 302 was a pretty damn good handling car as well. Then GM really stepped it up with the 1LE, ZL1 and Z/28. Ford's been playing catch up since, but I wouldn't say Mustang was NEVER good at corner carving.
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Originally Posted by newmoon
Nobody is surprised the PP1 lost to the 1LE on the track. You can't over come the tire deficit. I think most were waiting on the 1/4 mile time results. The quarter mile results were not great for either car, the comments about running them out to a mile affirms the GT is making the power higher in the RPM band a 6-mph deficit for the 1LE is more concerning than the tenth the GT lost by in the 1/4.
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I am kind of shocked by the 1/4 results. They both ran a bit slower than I was expecting.
But now we have a magazine test 3rd party per Blaq's requirments that says the cars are a drivers race
