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Old 07-25-2017, 07:45 PM   #149
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Originally Posted by ULTRAZLS1 View Post
It is very important up until the swap to an aftermarket converter.

Leaving off idle in stock automatics the lack of low end torque kills the current mustang in comparison to the Camaro. A hard 60 ft is paramount to a good 1/4 mile time.

How about on the street? you gonna drop the hammer down with a converter or manual tranny and hit the tires at 5000 rpm? Good luck with that.

Better gearing and probably a better stock converter will really help the 18 car. Artificially giving it better low end...which supposedly doesn't matter...
true but the lower low end torque helps with getting off the line without going up in smoke. when I went from a 2010 SS to a 2011 Mustang 5.0 I was almost certain the Camaro was faster but a trip to the track proved I was wrong. the Camaro was hard to launch without smoking the tires where the Mustang could launch easily with street tires and ran .5 seconds faster overall. in my opinion the new generation Camaro is Butt ugly as is the 2015 and later Mustang so until gm or Ford make a car I like looking at I will wait to buy my next car.
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