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Originally Posted by J_MaherAMG
I'll be 100% honest, the fact that the new A10 Mustang can put down a better 1/4 mile time than my R doesn't bother me in the slightest. When I was shopping for cars, the other primary car I was interested in was a Porsche GT4 or a Boxster Spyder, so straight line is definitely not my priority.
That being said, I did bring my R to the local 1/8th mile a couple of times just for shits and giggles. Best time was an 8.35 at almost 93mph. I think my 60' was something like 2.205. By far and away the hardest car to launch that I've ever driven. Combine a very tall first gear (52mph) with an 8250rpm redline, and a powerband where torque doesn't peak until 4750rpms... anything lower than 4K and it bogs due to a relative lack of low end torque, anything higher than 4K and it wants to roast the tires to smithereens lol it really isn't suited well for drag racing at all, but the trap speeds and top end show that it is still a faster (seat of the pants car) than the GT, even though the ET may not be that impressive.
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You can say that and it's cool I guess. But I would not like it if the SS was faster than my ZL1 or a SRT8 or R/T could beat my Hellcat. That is just a slap in the face. But I'll say it again. The 6th Gen SS is soo close to the both of the Shelbys that the only way for the GT to beat it at anything is to actually beat the Shelby too.
This whole mess with coolers...well if they did add coolers then they would have effectively made another GT350. Which would beg the question, why did they put those expensive ass CF rims and that expensive ass FPC engine in the GT350 just to match it's performance without any of that in the same generation and same year? Ford HAD to snip the GT PP2 some how. And they had to keep costs down. And they probably didn't want to warranty another car that would be tracked like the Shelbys are.