Recent content by RJW

With my 2011, which had the standard axle ratio, I would often skip gears when behind other cars, going "normal person" speeds in town. It was perfectly comfortable to go 1-3-5, when minimal acceleration was called for.

I can't think of any reason why the Performance Pack with active exhaust would sound different than a GT with active exhaust and without PP. I've never read anything about PP changing the exhaust settings. Yes, the gearing is going to feel different because the PP has a different axle ratio.

There was a practical reason for Ford to drop the Shelby branding. Ford had to pay substantial fees to the Shelby family every time they put a Shelby badge on a car. Carroll Shelby is dead, and even before he died, it had been a lot of years since he actually contributed anything to the...

Yes! Or call it Mach 4; that's fine, too, but no Mustang badging. The Mustang Mach-E would be selling just as many units if they had just called it the Mach-E, Galaxie, or Torino, and they wouldn't have pissed off tens (or hundreds) of thousands of Mustang owners.

The dealership emailed me a copy of the order. It is a different format than yours, but it lists all of the correct options, so unless some gremlin changes the order, it ought to come in correctly. Thanks again, @DT-GT.

Given that Ford has a supercharged 5.2L engine in the Dark Horse SC, I think they should make a naturally aspirated 5.2 for the regular Dark Horse. Having 5.0 for the GT and 5.2 for the Dark Horse would give a little more separation between the two.

Thank you for that advice! I just sent my salesman a message requesting that document.

So, too late to fix the order, I presume. That would really suck to find out that they forgot the MagneRide suspension, for instance, but it's too late to correct the order.

How long does it take before you can see the window sticker online? I received an email from Ford on July 16th. It had the VIN, and the build was scheduled for the week starting August 31st. When I go to the Ford Order Dashboard, there is a button to view the window sticker, but it still...

Definitely. If I'm spending over $60,000, I don't want a car that's mostly what I want.

Glad you finally got yours. And what a terrible dealership to threaten to sell the car to someone else if you didn't take it the day they wanted you to take it! I've got a long wait yet for mine. I ordered it June 19th, and the Ford Order Dashboard had been saying delivery is expected in...

OK? There are posts aplenty about Whipple superchargers. This post is about ProCharger. If someone writes a post about their new Orange Fury Mustang, do we need someone to chime in and mention that black is a more popular color?

That's interesting. I have read comments from a few members saying that they like the throttle response in Normal mode, but find the Sport mode throttle to be too sensitive. You think that the stock throttle response, even in Sport Mode, is like a boat anchor?

I agree that five years is more typical.

The S550 was new in MY 2015, and in MY 2018, Ford made major changes. New front and rear clips, new hood, and new instrument panel. The Coyote V8 got an ever-so-slightly larger bore, direct fuel injection, and an increase in compression ratio, resulting in 25 more horsepower. I think there...