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Originally Posted by SSfriendly

Magneride is great, but it can only do so much...it isn't able to compensate for a stiffer spring rate. I would expect the suspension to be much more on par with what is seen on the 350R. Livable, but much less comfort for those rougher roads.

As for the chassis, I have not found a single piece of literature that shows any actual chassis differences between the GT and GT350. Suspension, yes...totally different.

And raving about the handling IS raving about the chassis. If the GT350 flexed like a wet noodle, it would handle like shit.



I think you are grossly underestimating what additional suspension improvements, huge tire width changes and racing compound tires will do for the GT. Just because it was "off the books" doesn't mean it's going to be a bust.

Might want to take a read...sounds like a lot of changes compared to the base S550.

https://blog.caranddriver.com/ford-m...ressed-we-are/

Another thing you are forgetting is the weight. The GT350 (even the TP ones) weight noticeably less than the GT PP1. Now you are talking about beefing it up to take on a 1LE, that means even more weight. Weight is a big factor in terms of track times, much more so than in drag racing.

They will undoubtedly get better grip and less body roll, but the PP2 will not have the power of the GT350, it will weight significantly more than the 1LE, and the GT PP1 hasn't even beat the base SS lap times. What you are expecting is a miracle, and Ford isn't going to deliver that. Beating the base SS and getting close to the 1LE's times is probably the best you could hope for.

Also what happened to the MPSS' being such a better tire than the SS' GYs? The "improved" suspension on the '18 only generated 0.01g and 3 tenths of a sec better on the figure 8. Guess the tires and all those tweaks really didn't pay much of a dividend. The SS could just swap to a MPSS and probably gain more improvement than the GT did.