http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=6056

 

ummm wow..nice car but one of the ultra rich can have and not many will be made..

still nice..

 

Well it handled better than the GT500, course this begs the question, are 20 inch tires and 6 piston calipers, along with some bolt in bracing really worth it? That has got to be where the extra 200 pounds comes in. IMO, I'd try and take it in the other direction. They could've added some Dymag wheels, 2 piece rotors, and an aluminum driveshaft for probably close to a 100 lbs weight savings (of course all told this would have added about 10k+ to the price of the car, but hell at this stage of the game whats 10k)

 

It still has Fords version of torque management programmed in so don't ever expect it to run good as delivered.

Hopefully they turn that crap off on the unwarrantied 725hp model.

 

That hood =

Dan

 

Yikes $28k for that option. At some point there has to be a sticker too high for a Mustang even with Shelby on it.

 

No thanks.

And where did they find those rims? Barf.

 

I know. Yikes. At $70k, you'd think they could get a good Fikse hookup or somesuch.

 

Shelby is laughing all the way to the bank, idiots paying that much for a 4000lb Mustang. Where is the old 2000 Cobra R, that was a bad *** ride! Heck it wasn't much slower and handled a heck of a lot better not to mention weighed 400lb's less.

 

It ran 68.4 mph in the 700 ft slalom (vs. their speed of 66.2 mph for the GT500), and pulled 0.93g (vs. 0.87g). I know numbers aren't everything, but those are respectable numbers, especially for a 4000 lb bruiser...

 

The Ford teams next project should be to build as light of a mustang as they can for under $35,000

 

Beat me to it.

I'm not a Mustang guy so this car doesn't appeal to me. But I still think it's cool.

 

Yes, you can band-aid an overweight pig with good tires, the right springs/shocks, etc, and get it to handle quite well.

I guess its good evidence that you can have an over-weight pig of a vehicle and still make it handle well, despite its heft (helps the arguement we read from those that aren't at all worried about the weight of the 2010 Camaro).

Now take the same car with 500 fewer lbs to throw around and see what it does in the slalom....or braking.....or skidpad...or [insert handling metric here].

Bob

 

I'm definitely in the "more weight is bad" camp. I just felt I had to at least mention it, because the thread title Charlie basically implied that the car is a poor handler.

But yes, I'm sure the car would be even more fun at 3500 lbs.

 

I think it looks pretty cool.

But... have we reached the point of diminishing returns here?

I mean we've got 605 hp here. SIXHUNDREDAND FIVEHORSEPOWER! And only mid 12's down the 1/4 mile. Isn't that simply ridiculous?

You know, I just think everything is going in the wrong direction. 4,100 lbs and street tires - wouldn't matter if this car came with an extra 1,000 hp, it wouldn't be much faster.

Here's another thing. 2 plus tons and $70,000 for a Mustang. I just see so much wrong with this picture.

Anyway, just me, but I would have rather seen every last nickel of that 28K go for weight reduction.