well yeah, that should have been bloody obvious from the spec sheet. The GT is not nimble or tossable like the GTI. I drove my '19 Rabbit, '19 EB mustang and '19 GT mustang back to back for a year. Effortless Smiles/mile was always highest with the GTI. You can make serious improvements to any of the Mustang lineup but you'll always be fighting physics and questionable engineering choices.
Nah, APR stage 1 isn't anything groundbreaking. A stock GTI is a 14.5 on a good day with the manual, with stage 1 you might get a high 13 if you're really on your game that day.
) gti feels totally different, under 5k Gti feels way quicker, both mustang felt gutless at low rpm, and yes mustang felt heavy, huge hood and base gti much better interior, but Mustang at high rpm was incredible, the power comes on right where my gti looses power, v8 sound awesome, rwd so much better, after a decent full throttle onramp in the a10 mustang I was sold, totally different cars I'm saving money for a mustang in spring, just hope I can get used to an auto, never owned one. Really can't compare, totally different cars, both fun in different ways.
I hear this, I know it's sort of a "thing", i.e., smaller displacement V8 with high RPM capability, but I can tell you, a properly tuned MY18+ GT, with an A10, in Sport+ mode, and with 3.55 gears does _not_ feel gutless under 4K (even if there is a big power spike over 4K).
sacrilege! if you're gonna waste the opportunity to drive it, get a Pacifica EV.
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