I've just read the news that Jeremy Clarkson had just sold his CLK63 AMG Black series for 138K which has a 6.2L making 507hp and weighed at 3900lbs. So guys next time you bitching about the GT350 performance, please keep things in proper perspectives. :-)...
I thought I give a bit of my 2cents. I've driven both the V6 and the V8 with PP but the drive was somewhat limited so some of my opinions might be more extrapolated than factual although not without basis since I've probably read every single reviews and seen countless of vid on the Mustang and...
My 2c.
If the regular GT350 is around 52K, the GT350R will probably be around 10K more so 62K total. The carbon brakes are optional which will be another 8K more.
I'll start eating noodle from now on ... with beans, no meat.
I think Ford made a mistake of having all black wheels for PP option. So many people either already swapped out the wheels for after market or in the process of doing so.
I believe this was uttered by George Bush
"Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me."
A corollary to this is "How many times can a brother be fooled?"
The sad implication of what you just said is that if you plug in the power/weight ratio, tire size, shock/spring stiffness ratio, wheel base data into the computer, you should get a very good approximate track time. Cars are getting pretty good nowaday that there are very little separating...
I've just finished reading Top Gear article on the GT and they kept ranting on the Torsen diff being too noisy, too "loose", too gruff and rough at street pace. Typically the friction plate LSD diff at least in theory are a little bit more refine being not having the gears engaged and...
It's true that the springs and shocks have to shoulder large percentage of the weight, but the subframe has to support part of the weight because the suspension control arms pull on the subframe which is part of the body. So the force of the control arms act on the subframe which in turn acts...
I can't speak for others, but here is a pic of the diff. It is mounted to the subframe by four screws so when the car is jacked up at the diff, at that moment the four screws are the only things that are used to support most of the weight of the car, which to me too risky. In normal operation...
I would not recommend using the differential as the jacking point even momentary. Even if someone has claimed he or she had done it before, the diff. usually is not designed to handle the weight of the car.