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I think they got it right, the DCT trans is one hell of a step up and another first for Mustang. As far as the dreaded rotary knob goes, of course they are going to use one from the Ford parts bin, they would be foolish not to. It saves time and money for us and them, BMW and the likes use the same knob for the IDrive in all their cars and no one bitches about that.The electric hand brake likely saves weight and packages easier in the already busy chassis. Sure Ford could have put carbon ceramic brakes, carbon fiber front clip, even wider tires all around, etc but why? there was no need to. The GT350 R has the same average lateral g as the ZL1 1LE, the only reason it beat the Shelby is it has 124 more hp. Now with the new GT500 you have more hp than the ZL1 1LE and a more efficient and faster shifting transmission, essentially a GT350 R with bigger teeth. Something else worth noting is how sweet the GT500 engine is.
It runs the same size supercharger as the 755 hp Corvette ZR1, and 797 hp Redeye Challenger and will have 700+ hp itself, and it does that with 61 less cubic inches and less boost pressure. The Vette uses 14 psi and the Redeye uses 14.5 psi to make those numbers compared to 12 psi for the Shelby. It is going to be interesting indeed!
It runs the same size supercharger as the 755 hp Corvette ZR1, and 797 hp Redeye Challenger and will have 700+ hp itself, and it does that with 61 less cubic inches and less boost pressure. The Vette uses 14 psi and the Redeye uses 14.5 psi to make those numbers compared to 12 psi for the Shelby. It is going to be interesting indeed!
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