I thought that too, then I drove my buddies 18 gt, that top end is amazing. That being said there is nothing wrong with an ecoboost I love my car. Very fun and sporty. Is it the fastest, no, but it does very well at being a balanced car. Plus it doesn't take much to wake the motor up.
Coyotes do not feel that fast, because they're a N/A, small displacement, high-revving V8s. You have to beat on them and rev the nuts off them to feel the power. They have a pretty flat torque/power curve.
Granted I agree my car feels fast for stock especially when the temps are in the 50's. And yes below 4k the GT was a little underwelming but above 4k holy f*ck is it quick. Maybe you spend too much time in the lower rpms lol
I do. Driving in D.C./NoVa traffic. It's The Suck.
You must be a joy at parties. I didn't discuss that the GT is actually faster one single time in that post - why would I? Everyone knows the GT is much quicker. Sounds like you're the one that needs to take a breath and re-read my post as you said it...for comprehension. My point was that the Ecoboost does not feel faster than a Gen 3 Coyote 5.0. I discussed the fact that the GT has much more torque to provide evidence that the Ecoboost could not possibly feel faster due to that extra torque from the 5.0. Whether you were or were not the original poster is irrelevant to the point. And when using a phone to write in these forums, no details are shown about the type of car, # of posts, etc., so I could not have known, even if I cared, that you had a 5.0.
You're not getting the point. Coyotes have flat torque curves, and don't wake up until about 4K RPM. EBs produce their torque at much lower RPMs, with a much peakier torque curve. During normal driving, an EB feels faster.
Ya I have a lot of experience with older big hp. cars and then got out of them and went to more sophisticated cars mostly European some Japanese. When you take a BMW M5 and put it through a coarse you start realizing that there's a lot more out there than 1/4 mi times. but I'd still love to have my 70 LS6 Chevelle back but now their $75.000 for a good one, that's not for me. I don't have to have the fastest car but 400hp in a not to heavy car would easily work. YA it would be nice to have 400hp at the wheels at 2400rpm I don't think that's in the books any more without a lot of modding
If you're going to 20 in wheels and 30 series tires in some cars like the Mustang yes they ride rough but many of the 60 cars were buckets of bolts, squeaks and rattles everywhere, When I had the Camaros I used to say it's like I threw a bucket of screws and bolts in the metal trunk. Today many of the european cars have 20 tires and 30 series tires and the ride quite well, they don't ride like a Lexus LS but good. My old Corvettes had many squeaks and rattles other than my 2002 convert.
Well you did the right thing getting rid of the TT, it's a good looking fun car but when you start putting many miles on most any european cars it can cost $$$ you better not get out of warranty on any of them. My new mercedes SL500 was a great car that fit perfectly but silly me I sold it to go into a big Lexus LS, this car was the best car ever, but I missed the SL, if fact I still do.
Everyone loves to get off track on these type of posts. I have a 16 GT and have had zero issues with it. Nothing but oil changes. I do have a few mods and whatnot but haven’t messed with the power train and no tunes. Plenty fast and powerful for me. My previous was a 2013 V6 premium. Great car never had any issues either. Just wanted the V8 grunt. If you’re looking at V6s go used. In my area they are running $16-20k. Even have some verts in that range. Can’t go wrong with that. Never even drove an EB but I’d trust the tried and true 3.7 over it but that’s just biased opinion with no actual facts or data behind it. But for me used is the way to go on mustang. Ridiculous new stock prices and hard depreciation hits after a year or two.
Not true. Easy to check - tons of charts on internet. GT produces 350 ft lb at 3k. EB torque is starting lower - but only about 500 RPMs and is still lower than GTs.