This. I want the PP w/ magneride but will never track or drag strip the car. I just want it to have it. Most action the car will see is gassing it on the highway between Houston/Austin/SA and a few of the flat back roads South Texas has to offer.
You got the PP retro fitted on that thing?Hard to get exterior shots on track when you're driving, so I don't have very many.
NJMP/Lightning, with the Optima people
Mid-Ohio with some Camaro5 guys
NJMP/Thunderbolt
But I can get you thousands of pictures that look something like this one ↓↓↓ . . .
Don't forget to count my avatar pic ;)
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But nice photos none the less.
Thanks. It's kind of my own version of part of the PP, more than the PP in some respects, less in a couple others. It's been upgraded just a touch since the pictures were taken, and there's more durability and mods that are "track-duty" oriented yet to come.You got the PP retro fitted on that thing?
That's what test drives are for.
They aren't. I'm saying if you want a roomy vehicle, then a sports car isn't for you. Although I could argue that the challenger is pretty roomy.
K.Maybe I'm wrong. All you track guys post pics of you tearing up a road course. I expect 10 photos at most.
No. My buddy has a C7 and I've gotten out of his car and into mine, and vice versa, plenty of times. You can't put the seat as far back in the C7 and it definitely feels more cramped, although that's mostly psychological. The seats are also harder.
I've had a c6 z06 and a 2013 mustang gt and the gt has way more room, unless you are big you just can't understand. I know the mfg specs and dimensions look similar but way different when sitting in them. A vetted is not comfy at all. A mustang is by comparison
EXACTLY! Me Thinks you "hit the nail on the head" with your concern the base GT may yet be "floaty" for the 18 model year. I test drove a 2015 automatic base GT and a 2015 automatic premium GT..both "felt...and by "felt", I mean Seat-of-The-Pants "feeling"...very "floaty" and "disconnected" with the driver and the road. Neither "felt" nimble, "buttoned-up" or quick to respond to driver's inputs, especially on corners and turn-ins. I also drove a 6 Speed Non-PP GT and a 2015 6 Speed PP GT. The non-PP GT felt, and I believe responded better, than either of the automatics...but, not on a completely other "level." The PP GT was actually pretty good...I still thought it was too "heavy" and could have been tuned/engineered to respond better to driver inputs on corners and turn-ins, BUT it was (in my opinion) noticeably better than either of the automatic 15 GT'S.
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Don't forget the MUCH better tires and the spoiler. Not saying I think the price is decent, just say'n.
True, I made mention of the tires in my last paragraph of the post...but, I did forget about the spoiler. And I understand what you, as well as others, are saying...to which I agree. I think Ford is "overcharging" for the PP for the 2018 GT...but, there is precious little any of us may do about it!
Big difference is the 6 piston isn't a option, but a LPO. So you buy the 6 piston and you keep the Brembo 4 piston that came with car. So it's not apples to apples. All packages are just swaps of one part for another part.Indeed, that's not how packages work. You can't just add up the freestanding options and say 'this is how much the package will cost'. Just look at the Camaro's build and price tool for example.
2018 1SS with the 6 piston front brakes, magnetic ride control and performance exhaust options is ringing up to $43,760. For comparison, a 1SS with the 1LE package is $44,495 which includes those three options plus different springs, rear 4 piston brembos, eLSD, Recaros, 20' forged wheels, Eagle F1 SuperCar tires, HUD, wrapped hood. All that for $735 more. So yeah, that's not how it works.
Also, $1,595 is for the leather recaros. I think the cloth ones were a little cheaper.
Sure, Ford can slap whatever price they want on the PP2. At $46k+, I am out.
That pricing is not a valid comparison because Ford doesn't have to pay for the take-off parts. My guess is the price difference (to Ford) between stock components and PP components is somewhere between zero and maybe $20. The PP radiator (FR3Z8005B) is less than $200 on RockAuto. Ford is saving you the trouble of trying to figure out what to do with take-offs, but there is no way it is costing them much more.
