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Honestly, most old cars leak just because they're old, but resealing them typically fixes the issue. But when it comes to Ford of that vintage, they literally just leak. Its something to do with the porosity of the metal they used in the blocks that just led to dripping. They'll bypass every...

Pretty sure BMW just prints a dyno chart of their engines, tapes it to a wall, then has an engineer throw a dart at it. Wherever it lands on the curve is what they decide to claim is the cars peak power, lmao.

S1 Mustangs were one of the earliest cars I worked on and drove that I genuinely thought to myself "I could totally daily this". Easy to drive, easy to work on, Easy on the eyes. Really great cars. My singular complaint is that they're leaky, thats really it.

Its as unstable as any other RWD car. Step on it, and it will spin the wheels. If you don't control it correctly, you'll end up in a wall, simple as. If you're trying to keep the wheels spinning through the gears, then you're more likely to put it in a wall. Auto's are more susceptible to this...

Even with all the cooling mods, people report having issues with cooling after many whipple pulls. Shit runs hot. I would still definitely add the Perf Pack though, my 2C. Even if you don't whipple it, the extra cooling really helps the base motor, and the brakes are a must.

This is precisely how mustangs go into walls lmao. Grabbing traction during the gear change with a cocked steering wheel.

Its not even that they underrate, but the curve is also so beefy. Theres torque throughout the entire range, so it also *feels* fast as fuck

And I took that personally

Ford stays on the safe side of underpromising after the 1999 Cobra fiasco, but nothing like BMW. Its a lot easier to make more power when you can just ask a turbo to cram a little more air into each cylinder

I think its partly to drive excitement with every new M model. "how much power is it going to make over, how fast is it going to be???" Also partly to satisfy customers. Over the years there have been many many examples of cars overrating power figures and leaving consumers very upset...

Its wild to see how underrated BMW's are. Pretty much every M lately has been making 15% more power than suggested

Nah, this was something funky with the shifting hydraulics not working in sync with the ECU programming. Its almost like the timing was off on the throttle blip vs the gear position, or sometimes it just wouldn't blip enough because it was confused? Hard to say, but I experienced it on a few...

Driven a few 'clutchess manuals', or automated manuals, or however you want to call them. They work exactly like a standard, but the car moves the clutch for you. They literally never work correctly or well unless you're driving it hard. Around town they simply have no idea how to manage the...

Unlikely.

I absolutely love the shootout going on right now. I honestly hope both manufacturers keep coming back over and over. I saw several sections on the ZR1 and ZR1X's laps where time could be made up, particularly in the braking zones, but the drivers were without a doubt very experienced.

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Stop, you're gonna make him cry I'm almost certain my old Kia Stinger GT2 could beat a stickshift GT off the line to 60

Mustang guys the moment you suggest they they aren't the fastest cars around, lmao. Literally anything with a turbo and a tune can smoke an S650. Used 2022 M4's are floating around the 50K mark, and factory they handily walk away from a GT. 2022 Camaro, any Porsche from the last decade, C7...

The bottom line for me is that this was an emotional purchase devoid of any responsible thinking beyond "I want as few mechanical issues as possible" Stickshifts stir emotions for me, not autos. If I wanted something fast, theres a million better choices.

Yeah, they left a lot of time on the table. Very impressive car