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Pobst has (or at least had) a 5th gen 1LE, and frankly as I said before, he could probably beat me around a track if he was on a DUI scooter and I was in my 350. Cammisa has a pretty huge collection of old german cars...bunch of 80's VW hot compacts and MBs by the looks of it. He wrenches them...

What I really think is funny is that I'm willing to bet my bottom dollar that *most* people that own either car would be tens of seconds off from Pobst's times. Or to put it another way: I'm willing to bet Pobst, or any of the number of experienced track rats on here, could show the tail-lights...

rotisserie_gold has a clutch spring delete in her Roush, whereas I have the stock spring in my 350. Every time I drive her car I'm like "Jebus, this thing is stiff." But then after a day of driving it, the 350 spring, which normally feels fine to me, has that stuck on the floor feeling...

I daily drive mine in Florida. Rain is a fact :P It's fine. Avoid standing water so you don't kill your engine, and I like the weather setting for it. But realistically, the Tree-Fiddy does just fine as long as you're not being an idiot. Anything that would be stupid in a Mustang GT is equally...

Florida's a 93 octane state.

Nope. I bought the 350 because it was a badass N/A car. Anyone can slap a blower on a V8 and make gobs of power, but making a high rev/hp N/A build is something else.

If an 8250 rpm N/A V8, making more HP than the first S197 GT500, is Ford's version of "asleep at the wheel" then I don't want them to wake up.

Just got back from the Apr 13th session and what a freaking blast. I've done the Boss version and I can say, beyond all doubt, that the 350 is a much faster car. Easy track for me. I tried to make it a personal goal to find enough exit speed to find fourth gear on the front straight, but just...

Again, Ford ain't stupid. I'm sure they actually did benchmark the Camaro (and the Challenger). BUUUUUUT that doesn't mean Ford is obligated to match or exceed Chevy's track performance. It's obvious that Ford decided to err more on the side of street vs track. They know how to build track...

Considering the relative sales, I think Ford kind of knew exactly where to benchmark and where they wanted to land on relative performance/$. Also, benchmarking DOESN'T mean they'll exceed the benchmark's performance marks, it just means they're looking at it for competition. The GT350...

I dont see that? The only one where there's even an output torque higher in the next gear at any RPM compared to the lower gear at 8250 RPM is the 4th to 5th shift, and that's minor. What you want to think of is "if I shift now, will my output torque go up?". If the answer is no, then you...

Generally speaking, the car will accelerate the hardest at the torque peak in a gear. "AHA!", you say, "So I should shift well before the redline?" No, because of how gearing works. In most cars (and this includes the GT350), the torque to the wheels at redline is higher than the torque to the...

I did the EAST track in the Boss, and rotisserie_gold did the EAST track as well when she drove the ST Octane Academy. The ST Octane Academy did not teach heel-toe and as such IIRC students were simply told to leave it in 4th (they didn't offer driving guests on that one, so I just spectated)...

When I did the Boss they had us do 3/4 with a heel-toe downshift off the front straight. Seeing how much more headroom the GT350 has in 3rd, I imagine unless you're pretty good already (in which case, knowing the instructors they won't have an issue with you shifting) you won't need 4th. I'll...

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a28714/turning-off-stability-control-is-one-of-the-dumbest-things-you-can-do-in-a-car/ "Consider the following: Formula One drivers are the best drivers in the world (save it, NASCAR and rally fans, you know I'm right) and yet the race teams used to move...

Nah, they have a fix in the factory. Mine was built after that recall came out and is not affected by it (yes, I checked). They don't have parts out for affected cars, but that's a different thing.

Generally speaking the competition isn't the only source of innovation, but it is ONE of them. The other thing is Ford (and Chevy) need to convince existing owners to upgrade. The 2015 had to convince S197 owners to jump, and the '18 needs to do the same. The Boss wasn't a response to...

I bought a GT350 at the same dealership my wife bought a Roush Stage 3. Is the Roush more powerful? Sure. I didn't buy a 350 because it's the fastest car ever OMG. I bought a 350 because it's freakin' fun to drive. I'm sure a ZL-1 is a blast. I considered getting one, even. But frankly...

I traded a Boss for my 350. rotisserie_gold had a '14 GT/CS while I had the Boss, and now she has a '17 Roush RS3, so there's some comparison to a standard/modded Mustang I can make. For lack of a better way of putting it, the Boss feels more like a modded GT, while the GT350 feels more like...

Your money, your car, 'swhat I say. I wouldn't do it, but then honestly if I wanted to mod appearance or something I'd go for more personalized than trying to replicate some other factory thing.