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Originally Posted by Normagene

I thought that when Mortortrend track tested the ZL1 & Mustang that the Mustang was faster for the first two laps and even on the third lap. Then every lap after that the ZL1 was faster. Actually the ZL1 times where nearly identical lap after lap, it was the Mustangs brakes that made it slower and slower. Or should I I say lack of brakes since they quickly faded. But when it was all said and done, and the ZL1 was picked as the Superior car, the pro driver when asked which he preferred chose the Mustang. He said its just a beast of a machine and the power is incredible and it takes much more drivers skill than the ZL1. To each their own, it's not likely I'll ever be driving all out like those guys.

I live on a big cul-de-sac (Big Ol Circle) and I've even put the PTM in setting one, and still I was unable, got too scared, to keep the throttle to the floor and let the nannies do the driving. I know I should be able to keep the Pedal to the Metal and not let off the power, and the nannies should decrease the power, but every time I feel that power hesitation I automatically let off the power. I guess I just fear losing control and spinning out or going over the curb and causing some sort of damage to my car. But I would love to just do it once and keep the power down for a lap or two just to see how it feel to have the nannies constantly interfering.


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Shhhhhhhhh, you are not supposed to mention this in the forum. Is there an issue with all the 500s brakes or just this particular car, I imagine it's very possible it is a design issue, and Ford states to change out the fluid prior to heavy track use. The main point is prior to the brake fade the 500 was indeed faster which most claim in this forum that this is not possible. In the above video I posted I believe both drivers knew their way around the track. The problem was the 500 was clearly faster. Maybe the owner had done the suggested fluid change which corrected the brake fade issues?

I'm not picking on the ZL1 given the choice I'd own a ZL1 automatic car, but to make blanket statements that the 500 is not in the same class as the ZL1 is ridiculous.