The Mach 1 HP already beat the GT350R in the Lightning Lap, and sounds great doing it.
The Dark Horse with carbon fiber wheels should do even better while sounding much better than a v6.
Glad to know the TT V6 can hang, but I'm still all in for a Dark Horse, and would take a Mach 1 over the TT...
I did some research on the 2015 mustang timeline.
December 5 2013 reveal
Mid April 2014 dealer guide releases (leaked after)
Early May 2014 order guide leaked
May 20 2014 order guide released and order banks opened
About 5.5 months from reveal to order banks.
That would put order guide and...
Possibly lighter, because of the lack of coolers too. Ill throw a guess
12.0 @ 118 for the active exhaust model in the magazines
Real world numbers will be slightly better for the best drivers.
With the tech pack and handling pack to be similarly equipped, its over 85. Ill take the 15k saved and get some track lessons and hpde time. Then ill upgrade a few years down the road if I want. That's my plan.
The dark horse is really what i want right now, I was just mentioning i did think...
I only selected the options i wanted, if i wanted fighter jet gray it would be even more, right at 69,900.
Options are premium, red calipers, bo sound, elite package, handling package, recaros, auto(not sure yet), nav(because whats 500 bucks here)
No extra floormats or anything
A mach fully optioned out is 70k, a base gt500 is 75k. Dark Horse may be 73k? I was cross shopping those options. I chose Dark Horse for reasons, but I can see where you may be tempted.
Any options at all on the GT500 increases the price quickly though, and I decided I wanted an optioned car...
We have seen the non handling pacakge ones already a few times, kind of similar to the handling pack but you can see the differences if you look closely. This is a 3rd wheel. Not sure what it is.
So this confirms different camshafts, but is it construction material only, or are the specs different? Also confirms the redline isn't raised i suppose.
Same, they sounded definitive in that clip at 500. I wonder if it doesnt make more in real life, or if their isnt a Ford Performance performance tune unlocking a few extra.
If you are only concerned with drag racing, the GT is for you. Lighter because less coolers, and the power difference isn't large at all.
If you want a car that can do 20 minutes of sustained heavy laps at a road course, you want the DH, because the GT will most likely hit limp mode.
Yeah DH numbers were lower than I expected, but, probably emissions/EPA numbers reasons. I wouldn't doubt a Ford Performance tune that unlocks more. Just a guess though.
The GT numbers are great though. Great win for the v8 guys.