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<blockquote data-quote="Jroc" data-source="post: 13705927" data-attributes="member: 51847"><p>Oh no it's going to better the current Mustangs performance on doubt about it. It's just going to get outclassed by its main competition. If the Z/28 is truly averaging about 4 seconds a lap faster than a Boss 302 LS then no it won't be a thing of the past at least in terms of being some underdog. Besides it wears 305's up front, and the Alpha platform Camaro is sure to be leaps and bounds better than the current Camaro's platform. One of the biggest issues of a S197 platform is it doesn't house much tire for a performance car of it's size, and Ford seems more interested in promoting how many golf bags it's new Mustangs trunk will hold more than they do about how much more tire the new Mustang will house. I don't see it hold very much more tire than the current Mustang. The biggest tire a S197 Mustang wears from Ford is a 285, and 1.5" = 38.1mm so an extra 20mm a side would equal 305's assuming the spread of the inner wheel wells is the same. You can look at the lines of the cars in the picture. Look at where the bumper covers mount to the rearend, or the mirror's, etc, etc. It's just a refreshed S197.</p><p></p><p>I would love the car if it wasn't for Camaro. I mean it's going to be a very good performer, it's just not going to as good a performer as it's number 1 rival. GM has a great desire to better Mustangs performance, and Ford just doesn't have that same desire to try and beat Camaro's performance. </p><p></p><p>It's not surprising. This is traditional Ford. They give you a chassis that's good enough to compete it Camaro's, and then they give you a much inferior suspension setup. They always budget on their suspension setups. Look at the Foxbodies 4link. What a POS. They don't want to spend for a panhard bar so they offset the upper control arms, and it worked like crap. Then look at the Foxbodies front suspension. While it worked better than the rear it was far from and it was primitive, outdated, and poorly place. Look at the Twin I-beams on the older F150's, and SD's. Hell will it worked well enough the S197's suspension is simple, not the greatest, and it's a budget setup. Ford should of shrunk the size of the car with a new platform, and they should of given it a traditional sports car suspension setup and not this cheap, hokey looking setup they're using on this car. Ford seems to like to place themselves in a underdog position, and then work real hard to massage something to work well, and then brag about it when they do a decent job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jroc, post: 13705927, member: 51847"] Oh no it's going to better the current Mustangs performance on doubt about it. It's just going to get outclassed by its main competition. If the Z/28 is truly averaging about 4 seconds a lap faster than a Boss 302 LS then no it won't be a thing of the past at least in terms of being some underdog. Besides it wears 305's up front, and the Alpha platform Camaro is sure to be leaps and bounds better than the current Camaro's platform. One of the biggest issues of a S197 platform is it doesn't house much tire for a performance car of it's size, and Ford seems more interested in promoting how many golf bags it's new Mustangs trunk will hold more than they do about how much more tire the new Mustang will house. I don't see it hold very much more tire than the current Mustang. The biggest tire a S197 Mustang wears from Ford is a 285, and 1.5" = 38.1mm so an extra 20mm a side would equal 305's assuming the spread of the inner wheel wells is the same. You can look at the lines of the cars in the picture. Look at where the bumper covers mount to the rearend, or the mirror's, etc, etc. It's just a refreshed S197. I would love the car if it wasn't for Camaro. I mean it's going to be a very good performer, it's just not going to as good a performer as it's number 1 rival. GM has a great desire to better Mustangs performance, and Ford just doesn't have that same desire to try and beat Camaro's performance. It's not surprising. This is traditional Ford. They give you a chassis that's good enough to compete it Camaro's, and then they give you a much inferior suspension setup. They always budget on their suspension setups. Look at the Foxbodies 4link. What a POS. They don't want to spend for a panhard bar so they offset the upper control arms, and it worked like crap. Then look at the Foxbodies front suspension. While it worked better than the rear it was far from and it was primitive, outdated, and poorly place. Look at the Twin I-beams on the older F150's, and SD's. Hell will it worked well enough the S197's suspension is simple, not the greatest, and it's a budget setup. Ford should of shrunk the size of the car with a new platform, and they should of given it a traditional sports car suspension setup and not this cheap, hokey looking setup they're using on this car. Ford seems to like to place themselves in a underdog position, and then work real hard to massage something to work well, and then brag about it when they do a decent job. [/QUOTE]
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