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There's many variables on this. If you're talking about the way the car magazines test on stock street tires on a street surface, it'll take a 50/50 weight distribution and 650 hp. That's what the C7 Z06 has and it did 0-60 according to Car and Driver in 3.0 seconds, again, on a street surface. That's about the limit with a 50/50 weight distribution and front engine RWD /configuration because the 755 hp ZR-1 also took 3.0 seconds. If I recall correctly those times included 3-60 mph, which was the way C&D used to simulate a 1 ft roll out. I think both times actually reduce down to 2.9 seconds with an actual 1 ft roll out applied (C&D changed to the actual 1 ft roll out method around 2019 or 2020). C&D tested a Ferrari 812 superfast with 789 hp and it did 0-60 in 2.8 seconds, and it has a 47/53 weight distribution - so more power and more weight over the rear tires. I believe that time was also the 3-60 mph time and would be 2.7 seconds with a true 1 ft roll out. MotorTrend's acceleration figures also include 1 ft roll out, which doesn't start the clock until the car has moved 1 ft, and typically reduces the actual time by 0.2-0.3 seconds compared to if the clock starts right as the car starts moving (e.g. a true 0-60). Motortrend tends to see slightly slower times and trap speeds than C&D since MT tests on 91 octane in CA, while C&D generally tests with 93 octane in Michigan.
Both the C7 Z06 and the Ferrari 812 are technically front mid-engine cars, where the entire engine block sits just behind the front axles, and they both have transaxles, shifting weight to the rear of the car. Without those two things, the 760 hp S550 GT500 is likely the best we'll see on a street surface, e.g., 3.4-3.5 seconds (with 1 ft roll out) since it is traction limited. It actually accelerates slightly harder than a C7 Z06 above 60 mph, so it could be faster (with traction). But the weight distribution just isn't there (56/44) since it isn't a true front mid-engine and no rear transaxle.
So, without AWD, I don't think we'll see a Mustang hit 3.0 sec the way the magazines test cars (stock tires, street surface, two way run averages to account for the wind).
Of course, all this goes out the window on a drag strip as traction is improved or if Ford introduces an AWD Mustang similar to a Corvette E-ray (hybrid with front elec. motors and RWD engine).
Both the C7 Z06 and the Ferrari 812 are technically front mid-engine cars, where the entire engine block sits just behind the front axles, and they both have transaxles, shifting weight to the rear of the car. Without those two things, the 760 hp S550 GT500 is likely the best we'll see on a street surface, e.g., 3.4-3.5 seconds (with 1 ft roll out) since it is traction limited. It actually accelerates slightly harder than a C7 Z06 above 60 mph, so it could be faster (with traction). But the weight distribution just isn't there (56/44) since it isn't a true front mid-engine and no rear transaxle.
So, without AWD, I don't think we'll see a Mustang hit 3.0 sec the way the magazines test cars (stock tires, street surface, two way run averages to account for the wind).
Of course, all this goes out the window on a drag strip as traction is improved or if Ford introduces an AWD Mustang similar to a Corvette E-ray (hybrid with front elec. motors and RWD engine).
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