This is crazy, it seems like just when you get a car with a lot of power and speed, the bar gets jacked up in terms of engine output by the manufacturers. Look at the 2011 Mustang/Mustang GT. Now the Mustang GT is receiving a 100 HP boost over the 2005-2010 models, and it's running akin to the 2003-2004 SVT Cobras (Which at the time, produced 130 HP over the GT models). The Shelby GT500 (AKA, the latest Cobra), is having its power output increased to 550 HP,510 lb/ft-TQ., which is a 50 HP,30 lb/ft-TQ over the current GT500. Guess what else? The 2011 V6 Mustang is now producing as much as power as the previous 2005-2010 V8 GT models! This is really getting crazy.

However, there is a major downside. First off, despite the new GT having as much power as the 2003-2004 Cobras, it weighs more (The 500 HP Shelby GT500 was posting similar times to the "Terminator" (AKA 2003-2004 SVT Cobras), despite a 100 HP difference between the two). Also, it costs the same as the previous Cobra ($30k-$35k), whereas the new V6 model costs the same as the previous GT ($27k-$30k).

Despite this, some insane knucklehead in the specs. department thinks that the new GT will be running the 1/4 Mile as fast as the S/C'd Cobra, and that it will achieve 0-60 MPH in an even quicker manner. I guess we'll have to wait and see, but I sort of doubt it. If a 500 HP Mustang of the latest generation can barely beat a 390 HP Mustang from the previous one (8th Generation), then I don't see how a 400 HP ride from the latest generation (9th Generation) can do it. It all depends upon the curb weight, so we'll see how much Ford has been able to lighten the loads here.


2011 Mustang:


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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).

I like Jolson.

I like Jolson...

i feel so alive.

bloody blisters! I never thought I'd see you again! Let's celebrate......with some Jolson!

calm down charlie. shits gone south. headed north now ya see. lets celebrate but on my dime.

Wow. TPL starts a perfectly good thread and Mr. Misery murders it.


Anyways, the new V6 Mustangs supposedly gets 30 mpg on the highway. I don't know if that is an accurate claim, but getting that much horsepower from a naturally aspirated six cylinder is pretty impressive.

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> Anyways, the new V6 Mustangs supposedly gets 30
> mpg on the highway. I don't know if that is an
> accurate claim, but getting that much horsepower
> from a naturally aspirated six cylinder is pretty
> impressive.

wut?



grown-ass men sitting around talking about cars is the same to me as grown-ass men sitting around talking about football......I don't see the difference between that and a bunch of nerds talking about the Green Lantern. No offense....it's just silly to me.

Jeese!!!! 550 HP! Once you get over 350 HP the rest seems like a waste. I've driven a lot of high end cars with many horses and honestly there is such a thing as too much HP power for rush hour traffic.

I apologize Mr. Misery, I forgot that it's a lot more interesting to flood the forum with pics of bacon, irrelevant Youtube videos, and inane obituary threads.

Lurker. Wrote:
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> Jeese!!!! 550 HP! Once you get over 350 HP the
> rest seems like a waste. I've driven a lot of
> high end cars with many horses and honestly there
> is such a thing as too much HP power for rush hour
> traffic.



Yeah, Northern Virginia isn't the best place to enjoy a fast car. Whether you drive a muscle car or a Chevy Aveo, you aren't going anywhere quick.

Yup, it would be a great car for country roads or some state where you unwind it on some long road.

Lurker. Wrote:
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> Jeese!!!! 550 HP! Once you get over 350 HP the
> rest seems like a waste. I've driven a lot of
> high end cars with many horses and honestly there
> is such a thing as too much HP power for rush hour
> traffic.

I disagree. I think the 789PHI 76E is far better than the 297 859VP-267....for one thing, you have ten horses powering the engine, with 22 cylinders under the carburetor gasket-cap. With that many horses, you could easily outrun the EPRO78 Forerunner E-Class, with seconds to spare!

BOOYAH!

I'M DRUNK! ON AMLBIEN!

ADFLA LEEIO ALKE!!?D

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miser, where are the ambien creations? i have yet to see an out of mind so to speak creation from you.

(pssst, photoshop i speak of)

TLKHE DUCKLS ARE MELATING !!!! DUJKUCKS ARE MELITNG!!!!
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Hey Alias, someone threw a knife at my neighbor's house and when he called the cops, they said they found a pair of legs in his back yard. It was very mulysterious.

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> DUCMJKS ARE MELTING BIGGER NOW!!!!! BIOOPG MELTING
> DOOIUCKS !!!!!


das booten yo, keep em runnin, i want to eat more of this.

id take the '08 model over anything else

Direct injection is cool technology.

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> Hey Alias, someone threw a knife at my neighbor's
> house and when he called the cops, they said they
> found a pair of legs in his back yard. It was
> very mulysterious.

The mystery was solved when the cops found a pair of arms and a kidney in Mr. Misery's refrigerator.