OK, OK I got the Cobra problem year wrong, maybe it was '99. What I don't get is people being so willing to call BS on the numbers. I'm no expert but would not surprise me at all if the car makes more than 460HP because Ford doesn't want people getting low numbers on a dyno......that is EXACTLY...
Someone on a local FB S550 group test drove a 6M, non PP '18 GT today and said it was "hands down" stronger than his CAI/Header/Tuned '15 GTPP........FWIW.
"People" are those questioning dyno results for the '18 GT. The American Muscle thread had several comments such as:
"Ok that Dyno is definitely running a little hot. No way it's making 437 RWHP."
After the '01 Cobra disaster, now way Ford is ever going to "over-rate" an engine. If anything, I...
Even as the owner of a '15 GT, I am scratching my head at people who are trying to call BS on the '18 GT power level.........who the %$#@ really cares whether the pull was on a Mustang or Dynojet machine? Hell, just buy a Camaro and be done with it..............
Badge & Sticker LE cars just don't seem to have any real collector pull. Watch most any car auction and you'll see Indy 500 or Anniversary Corvettes, that were wrapped in plastic and put away, selling for less than their original sticker. The cars that pull big bucks have low production and...
If sales were strictly about track numbers, Camaro would be blowing the Mustang away.....reality isn't only about track numbers. '15 Z/28s got great reviews, as a track car and turned great lap times....but every magazine said it was miserable as a DD car....so they languished on dealer lots...
Another X factor is insurance for a young person. Females generally get more favorable rates but insurance companies, generally, frown on the word "turbo"......
6M = manual, yes. You're in Jacksonville? Off Lease Only has a 6M V6 on their lot in Miami:
https://www.offleaseonly.com/used-car/ford-mustang-v6-coupe-fastback-rwd-1fa6p8am2h5297041.htm
There is one at a dealer not far from where I work. Seems they are asking $55K for it. The pictures on their website show the front rotors with grooves in them....and not the good kind.......I'd be scared to death of how that car had beaten-on.
I wouldn't do it. I have a '15 GTPP with a Ford Racing/Roush Phase 1 blower plus a few other mods. Only 2,000 miles and title in hand. I figure it would cost me at least $25K to upgrade to a GT350.....just too much cash, even for a car that special.
As the poster above mentioned, I think you...
$26/$27K is where I've seen '17 Base GT's advertised locally....+/- $7K below sticker. I think that's legit because they're only showing their discount + rebate and all the other "qualified" rebates are shown below the line. I posted on another thread that a local dealer is showing a '17 Race...