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Mustangs are great muscle cars as well and should be appreciated for what they can do. The GT350 and 500's are excellent factory built machines and with that comment I would add that the Camaro SS, ZL1 and Z28's are also excellent machines. Not being an owner of a mustang and on the outside looking into that world I would have to say that Ford spends more time and money on developing street muscle and doing things at the factory that an end user would eventually do to the car in the first place. Chevy spreads the wealth around and leaves room for end user improvement on their own dime. The Z28 is only going to get better by bounds and Ford will have to give up on the chase for a track car ($$$) and go back to making cheap mega HP for 1/4 mile cars. I wish Chevy would quit leaving 30% plus on the table when they roll out performance based vehicles :(
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Ummmm what?
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I can't believe there isn't more chatter about this car. I had to SEARCH for this thread. There is no GT350R talk anywhere to be found. Why? Is Camaro5 afraid of this car?
These videos are SICK. https://www.facebook.com/caranddrive...4054252107977/ Maybe they took the Recaro's, dual-mode exhaust, intake manifold and headers straight off the Z2/8. I don't care. This car is about 1,000,000 times better than the (IMO extremely disappointing) Z2/8. Sounds awesome, loud as balls, looks great and 8300 RPM's in an NA V8? WOOT! Man, I think I finally like a Ford. It's been awhile. Performance-wise, I have a feeling this is going to smoke the Z2/8 around the 'ring. |
I think the base GT350 is going to come in a little shy of ZL1 times for a great price/perfirmance bargain, especially considering its 3 years older and still costs a lot less.
Your GT350 with performance pack (ala mangina...errr...magna ride) is gonna land between zl1 and z28 performance for a price thats very competitive considering what it offers. The GT350R ought to edge a z28 by a small margin. Thats what carbon wheels and less weight with a bit of a power advantage will do. Honestly, other than price per model, NOBODY, should be surprised how any level of GT350 performs. |
The GT350 is supposed to start at $49,995. A considerable discount to any ZL1. The base GT350R with no options (no A/C, radio) is estimated to be $61,000-65,000. That's ZL1 pricing. The fully optioned GT350R will probably cost less than the Z2/8, which is a total stripper no matter what. I see this car having a major advantage. GM isn't doing anything radical, here. They're recycling engines they've had for years. You have to hand it to Ford for designing a completely new motor. GM doesn't have the guts to do that!
I think the GT350R will come in at slightly less than or no more than the Z/28 when fully optioned with all the creature comforts and still beat it around the ring. That's VERY impressive if you ask me. And that sound, oh man. I sure hope for Ford's sake this motor holds up to 100,000 miles. Those heads will be under a lot of pressure at 8250 RPM's. Hopefully the valves don't explode like on the LS7... |
sounds like 3 pages of speculation against a previous gen competitor. Lets see whats in store for performance model 6 gen's with LT1's
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