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Originally Posted by Black5thgen

Yeah, on this forum. I hate to say this but this is a appearance first forum. There are a lot of great people here that are pushing these cars and care about performance but they are the minority. nhrastocker is about the only person to really push a stock 5th gen see what it can do and coincidentally he has the record at a 12.5. Even the shops around here tend to bolt on parts almost immediately and post dyno numbers. Like I stated, I was at the track and saw a member (1stGM) turn a 12.9 in a bone stock L99. There are a ton of posts here where members have gone to the track and run mid 13's with full bolt-on's and are praised for the number. That's why the 5th gen is perceived to be so slow. Find the right people and the 5th gen is a solid 12 sec. car.

I have to agree, when I was part of the Ford gang with my 04 Cobra, performance is about all that was ever talked about, you really heard very little on styling, or looks of the vehicles, it was mainly how do I make my car even faster.