GT350 upgrades on GT

earlingy · Apr 15, 2016

I was just thinking. How nice would it be if some of the things specific to the GT350 were available on the regular GT? I'd love to have been able to add magnetorheological dampers and dual mode exhaust as options. As beautiful as the flat-plane-crank sounds, I don't think I need another 100 horses or an 8250 rpm redline... but boy dual mode exhaust and on-the-fly suspension adjustment would be nice. Plus both of those things are options on the Camaro SS!
Someone figure out how to order and retrofit GT350 parts for us regular Mustang owners!

MyFirst5.0 · Apr 15, 2016

there are a bunch of parts that already fit, the steering wheel is the most popular, but its way overpriced now

nsquared · Apr 15, 2016

jasonstang · Apr 15, 2016

Roush has electronic adjustable mufflers for about $2k.
Aftermarket appearance parts are available that look like GT350s.
You can also swap out the steering wheel.
Most GT350 parts won't fit on the regular GT because they are not entirely same car.

Swamp Yankee · Apr 15, 2016

I think it would be great if the magnetic dampers were a stand-alone option or part of the performance package for both the ecoboost 4 and the GT.

Pnasty · Apr 15, 2016

Swamp Yankee said:
I think it would be great if the magnetic dampers were a stand-alone option or part of the performance package for both the ecoboost 4 and the GT.

That would take a lot away from the gt350 if you could option a gt just like it minus the 5.2

Grimace427 · Apr 15, 2016

nsquared said:
Wut.

Seems these thoughts hit the forum a couple times a week.

Grim12 · Apr 16, 2016

Well you could add the GT350 intake manifold, throttle body and intake. Pair that with some headers and a tune and you are pretty close to that extra 100 hp.

Jon B. · Apr 16, 2016

Pnasty said:
That would take a lot away from the gt350 if you could option a gt just like it minus the 5.2

No it wouldn't. For an excellent example, look at the Corvette Z06 and Grand Sport. They both sell just fine.

Pnasty · Apr 16, 2016

Jon B. said:
No it wouldn't. For an excellent example, look at the Corvette Z06 and Grand Sport. They both sell just fine.

I'm not familiar with the similarities between the cars but you're telling me they are identical minus a little engine change? no sarcasm intended, genuinely curious if they are that similar minus a motor difference. I know the 5.2 is a leap from the 5.0 but its not THAT big to justify them selling the same exact car as a 5.0 for 30k more.

Hack · Apr 16, 2016

I agree it would be nice to see at least the GT have active exhaust and Magneride as options. I bet it will happen in the next few years if the greenie wackos allow Ford to continue building high HP V8 cars.

hemistar1 · Apr 16, 2016

great thoughts but just watch this show

earlingy said:
I was just thinking. How nice would it be if some of the things specific to the GT350 were available on the regular GT? I'd love to have been able to add magnetorheological dampers and dual mode exhaust as options. As beautiful as the flat-plane-crank sounds, I don't think I need another 100 horses or an 8250 rpm redline... but boy dual mode exhaust and on-the-fly suspension adjustment would be nice. Plus both of those things are options on the Camaro SS!
Someone figure out how to order and retrofit GT350 parts for us regular Mustang owners!

great thoughts on gt350 stuff, maybe even a appearance pkg would be nice, but .. if you check out any episode of Barett jackson auction... you always see the real deal car selling for more than a restored "modified" version. The same with the GT350 .. if Ford gave the GT a GT50 engine, suspension, carbon fiber then the GT350 would not fetch a premium adm.

Maybe in the future the 5.2 will replace the coyote but then I bet the gt350 will get a bigger better block.

Until then raiding the parts bin is a go..

5pointOh · Apr 17, 2016

hemistar1 said:
great thoughts on gt350 stuff, maybe even a appearance pkg would be nice, but .. if you check out any episode of Barett jackson auction... you always see the real deal car selling for more than a restored "modified" version. The same with the GT350 .. if Ford gave the GT a GT50 engine, suspension, carbon fiber then the GT350 would not fetch a premium adm.

Maybe in the future the 5.2 will replace the coyote but then I bet the gt350 will get a bigger better block.

Until then raiding the parts bin is a go..

Ford does not care about ADM. that is dealer exclusive and money that Ford never sees. Id imagine that the coming Mach1/Boss 302 or whatever will wind up having some if not all of those upgrades to take on the 1LE.

earlingy · Apr 18, 2016

jasonstang said:
Roush has electronic adjustable mufflers for about $2k.
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With that ugly rear diffuser... ( no offense just not my taste... it looks good with the rest of the Roush kit just not alone) if it fit the stock diffuser it'd already be on my car!

Jon B. said:
No it wouldn't. For an excellent example, look at the Corvette Z06 and Grand Sport. They both sell just fine.

This is exactly what I was thinking of.

jasonstang · Apr 18, 2016

earlingy said:
With that ugly rear diffuser... ( no offense just not my taste... it looks good with the rest of the Roush kit just not alone) if it fit the stock diffuser it'd already be on my car!

This is exactly what I was thinking of.

Time to bring out the dremel.

GT350 upgrades on GT

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