These items you mention have are weat and tear and most definitely not consumables lol
This right?
I said hi and complemented a young woman maybe mid 20's on her newly picked up '14 Mustang at a gas station recently. She almost didn't even know it was a 5.0 but the car fit in her budget (to be fair, she didn't exactly get ripped off) and she really liked it.
Very interesting. The MT82 ratios have all been changed since I had my 2011 GT with the 3.73 rear gears. In that car I would start out in 2nd gear and skip shift if I wasn't in a hurry, because that's how steep and close together the gears were. Awesome fun for launching and 0-60 runs, but wouldn't be good for road course. In the GT350 on the street I wish there was a gear lower than 1st, because to me 1st isn't as steep as I would prefer to start out with. I also rarely skip shift unless I'm transitioning from heavy acceleration to steady It's set up for a road course more than for launching on the street. I have no desire to start out in 2nd gear - it would be terrible on the clutch.
I used to start off in 2nd sometimes as well in my '11 GT 3.73. I would also always start in 2nd in autocross and it worked like a charm especially when tuned. I never start in 2nd in my GT350 except if I'm on a hill that I know will let me roll into it. Nor do I ever skip shift. I think I can count the number of times on one hand that I've ever skip shifted in my 350. I started in 2nd once at autocross. I definitely made a face or three and said to myself "never again"
I'd disagree...with that said the GT350 is a great car and so is the Vette. I'm glad we live in a world where both exist.
Don't get me wrong, I love that car. The handling is phenomenal. So is the power. But a 6500rpm redline feels pretty MEH compared to a high revving naturally aspirated engine. It's just a regular 'ol LS with a blower on top at the end of the day.
Well the new one probably reduces drag and still gives a favorable slip stream profile. Air doesn't really follow the contour of a car's body panels. Most of the air actually will flow OVER the contours as air slows down in pockets such as between the rear windshield and the spoiler. The spoiler is supposed to create a stagnant high pressure zone and allows turbulent air to flow over that high pressure zone. Same concept as to why they say don't put your tailgate down on your truck nowadays for better aerodynamics. The R "spoiler" is in fact a real wing. Wings interact with large areas of airflow for downforce only. Spoilers redirect air for a better stream profile and CAN also produce downforce although not as much as a wing, generally speaking. Wings will ALWAYS give you a drag penalty. Period. That's the trade off for maximum downforce. However spoilers can actually decrease drag and give SOME downforce but a well designed wing will always provide maximum functional downforce. Basically, spoilers make a car slippery at the expensive of minimal downforce. Wings push a car down at the expense of increased drag.
I want the R splitter.. at $900 not at $1300. If the wing is a direct swap i might consider it though. I added the duckbill to my stock TP wing I kinda dig it.
I believe Ford dropped the drag coefficient without decreasing downforce. The rear spoiler definitely does not look like the PP2 one in my mind. It's way more profiled and longer in length. I think you'd be surprised at the current spoiler even. It's actually quite a piece. It's about 5" tall and about 7" long (aaaaaaaaaaand all of a sudden we're measurin' dongs
) and the contour is even longer of course. But I'm too lazy to do my calculus to find out how long the contour is.
The clearance to brake caliper for the new wheels on that pic looks just as big as my 6GR wheels... as in almost non-existent.
Probably zero change weight that's meaningful. 30 - 31lbs I'm sure.