Your thoughts on the v6 Mustang

[Moddiction]

As others have said if you're after performance and would possibly mod the car get the ecoboost without a doubt, if not and just want a reliable dd car the V6 would be good for you.

As for v6 or ecoboost being better in snow that doesn't make any sense. Just don't floor the GT and it would be no different. Snow tires would be needed on all models.

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[AR306]

I like my car.. but I think that if I had the opportunity to do it over, I might go with a V6 manual with the 3.55 gears.. I just didn't want to get beat by V6 Accords so I got this thing.. Lol.

Really wishing I would of gotten a manual tho.. even tho the last time I daily'd one was about 10 years ago and that only lasted a few months.. heh.

 

[speedfrk]

I actually looked at a 15 V6 with the 051A package and would have been OK with it but it was sold before I got there. Dealer had it marked down to 20K during the Labor Day sale. I would have bought it if it hadn't already sold. They really are great deals. But the EB was only slightly more and I wanted the option to do a tune which really wakes up the EB.
Are the transmissions and rear ends the same in all 3 models? I was under the impression that the EB and GT had the same transmissions and rear ends but that the V6 had different trans and rear end.

 

[zackmd1]

I actually looked at a 15 V6 with the 051A package and would have been OK with it but it was sold before I got there. Dealer had it marked down to 20K during the Labor Day sale. I would have bought it if it hadn't already sold. They really are great deals. But the EB was only slightly more and I wanted the option to do a tune which really wakes up the EB.
Are the transmissions and rear ends the same in all 3 models? I was under the impression that the EB and GT had the same transmissions and rear ends but that the V6 had different trans and rear end.

All rear ends are the same across all models. For the trans I am not sure if they are exactly the same. The only thing that I would think would be changed between models though would be bell housing bolt pattern if anything.

 

[jasonstang]

EB and V6 has the same transmission. Automatics are all the same.
https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North America/US/2015_Specs/2015_Mustang_Specs.pdf

 

[mada808]

If I couldn't have afforded the V8 I would have bought something else. I'm with some of the others on this topic, V8 or nothing when it comes to this car.

 

[SeanR]

This brings me back to my days of riding motorcycles. The saying went "Two wheels is two wheels." It doesn't matter if the other dude was riding a moped, you gave him the biker wave. A mustang is a mustang, boys, and trying to be elitist and say that a car at a higher price point is better is just wasting air.

 

[l2frankie]

I've been able to get 40+ on the highway driving down to the keys, that's being very light on the throttle. I did not buy the EB for gas saving cause I average about 6k miles a year. I knew I would mod the car and never owning a turboed, was a perfect chance.


P.s I couldn't afford the GT lol

 

[Waldorf]

This brings me back to my days of riding motorcycles. The saying went "Two wheels is two wheels." It doesn't matter if the other dude was riding a moped, you gave him the biker wave. A mustang is a mustang, boys, and trying to be elitist and say that a car at a higher price point is better is just wasting air.

And contributing to global warming with hot CO2. :eyebulge:

That is all...

 

[mada808]

This brings me back to my days of riding motorcycles. The saying went "Two wheels is two wheels." It doesn't matter if the other dude was riding a moped, you gave him the biker wave. A mustang is a mustang, boys, and trying to be elitist and say that a car at a higher price point is better is just wasting air.

It's preference, no one is being "elitist" these are Mustangs not Ferrari's and we're only talking a couple thousand dollars in price difference. LOL

 

[speedfrk]

EB and V6 has the same transmission. Automatics are all the same.
https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North America/US/2015_Specs/2015_Mustang_Specs.pdf

So I'm trying to figure out why the V6 is lighter than the EB with a manual and heavier with an automatic if the trans and rear ends are the same. Are manual trans different?

 

[speedfrk]

It's preference, no one is being "elitist" these are Mustangs not Ferrari's and we're only talking a couple thousand dollars in price difference. LOL

It's not a couple thousand dollars- its more like 8 or 9 V6 to V8 base to base. Plus, some of the younger guys simply can't afford the insurance on the GT. When I owned a Suzuki dealership, a 20 yr old guy would pay as much per month for insurance as his bike payment was on a GSXR.

 

[Moddiction]

If I couldn't have afforded the V8 I would have bought something else. I'm with some of the others on this topic, V8 or nothing when it comes to this car.

I normally love boosted cars. My previous 3 cars have been 4 cylinder turbo or supercharged. When I decided to buy a new Mustang only option I even considered was 5.0. I'm sure the ecoboost with mods and tune would be a lot of fun but my first mustang wasn't going to be a 4 cylinder one.

 

[jasonstang]

So I'm trying to figure out why the V6 is lighter than the EB with a manual and heavier with an automatic if the trans and rear ends are the same. Are manual trans different?

That doesn't seem right. An automatic is gonna be heavier.
I think they probably messed up the numbers on the EB.

 

[mada808]

It's not a couple thousand dollars- its more like 8 or 9 V6 to V8 base to base. Plus, some of the younger guys simply can't afford the insurance on the GT. When I owned a Suzuki dealership, a 20 yr old guy would pay as much per month for insurance as his bike payment was on a GSXR.

I can't talk insurance bc everyone will vary there. You can always buy slightly used like I did and the gap is no where near 8-9 grand. I paid 32k and it had 500 miles on it. check this out:



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