The Mach 1 HP has a ton of drag lol. These results are what I expect honestly. The 24 GT is almost dead even with a 18-21 GT. I expect similar results with Dark Horse HP and Mach 1 HP. The big downer is interest rates at 7-8%The Motor Trend test is more apples to apples. All the reference cars were manual transmissions. The new 2024 Mustang GT with the Performance Pack outran the MACH 1 in the 1/4 mile by 1/10 of a second and trapped 1.6 mph higher than the MACH 1 as well. The 2024 Mustang was faster than every car they mentioned. Not sure why they threw the "Should have" comment in there. Maybe they were expecting a bigger jump but with more weight and a small bump in power the test went as expected using basic math.
Basically with one magazine going one way and another going the other... makes it a drivers race ...The Motor Trend test is more apples to apples. All the reference cars were manual transmissions. The new 2024 Mustang GT with the Performance Pack outran the MACH 1 in the 1/4 mile by 1/10 of a second and trapped 1.6 mph higher than the MACH 1 as well. The 2024 Mustang was faster than every car they mentioned. Not sure why they threw the "Should have" comment in there. Maybe they were expecting a bigger jump but with more weight and a small bump in power the test went as expected using basic math.
S550 PP manuals had 3.73 just like the 2024 PP manual does
I personally do not see an increase in HP even with a refresh. Just because the DH exists. Now I will say that the power increase for the 18+ models was before the EPA Crack down. They even took 10 hp away with a piece of plastic in the intake box for 21 models. The refresh might be mostly interior stuff than an increase in power. I think they nerfed this engine way more than the gen 3 just to get it past EPA. The 4 gen engine has probably 4 times the restrictions than the gen 3. So if you were to remove the restrictions, I think the engine is well above 480. It's just gonna take people willing to break the engine down to find all the restrictions and retesting it afterwards. But this just my opinion.
Ford already stated the only thing keeping the GT engine from matching the Dark Horse at 500 hp is the tune. The Dark Horse also has to meet the EPA restrictions. I expect the 2027 GT to put out 500 at a minimum.
I don't see it when they have other variants to release. I'm not EPA but I'm sure the GT being what it is was how they can make other variants. I'm sure the mustang wouldn't meet EPA as soon as the GT500 and other variants release. If they didn't detune the car to keep it under certain levels, then those cars couldn't exist. Especially since the GT will account for more sales then the DH and other special variants put together. I don't see them doing that to the base engine not on paper. That's why i think there are small removable restrictions on the car itself for people to remove to get the HP the engine is actually capable of making. Ford just can't say that without losing billions of dollars due to EPA and the Gov. I do think the engine is at 500 and the DH engine is probably 520-530. But they have enough restrictions on them to kill 15-30 hp.
Correction, the 2022 models.
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