Why the heck did you buy a V6 S550?

[canvert]

Bought a 2017 V6 Convertible used (1.5 years old).

It is a vert - makes no sense having extra power since it won't be tracked. It is a cruiser and the v6 has more than enough power for the street. Even though it is a convertible, it is not a garage queen. Daily driver in Canadian winters!
Reliability - best reliability across the 3 engines

But the biggest reason of all:
Price - These cars depreciate like crazy. Picked this up for $23K CAD or approx $17K USD. An amazing deal!

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[showbbq]

Money had nothing to do with it. I paid cash and could just as easily have paid cash for a new Ferrari. I do like value though and the 2011 V6 PP was a better value than a 2011 GT, at least a non-Brembo package GT.

Prove it. Buy me a Ferrari since it's easy for you. It's for a good cause.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Prove it. Buy me a Ferrari since it's easy for you. It's for a good cause.

I'll pass. But I do agree that a free Ferrari is a good value.

 

[Norm Peterson]

What I’m excited to see for the future of turbo cars is car company’s using electric motors to boost low end instant power until the turbskie kicks in. How neat would that be.

Might work . . . though reliably managing the amounts of electrically-driven boost and the transition from electric motor to exhaust as the driving force to the compressor wheel(s) would probably be the keys to driver satisfaction in driving that isn't foot to the floor/balls-to-the-wall.

Though as one who still prefers NA over any form of power adder, this approach comes off as a case of band-aiding the crutch - this not being the first I've heard of it.

As in, having backed yourself into a corner with a too-small motor (1700 or more lbs/liter NA barely qualifies for POS econobox duty), now you have to crutch it with forced induction - turbocharging - so that it drives like it's a bigger engine than it really is (at least some of the time). In adding an electric motor as a parallel power source for the turbo to cover for the shortcomings of exhaust drive, that's the band-aid. Complexity begets still further complexity.


Norm

 

[BMAGOO]

I thought we were talking S550’s.

 

[BMAGOO]

Yes, comparing an AWD setup and turbo engine with a tune is completely fair . Tuned 3.5 Eco should be putting out around 360-380rwhp, FBO 3.7L will be 300.

Not arguing that Fatguy goes overboard in trying to argue a V6 will beat Coyotes regularly (though we can beat em from a dig, but they'll quickly catch up and reckless driving with traffic is always a drivers race).

The point I was trying to make was that even my Explorer is no match for the GT.

 

[moubayed]

A buddy of mine owns a v6 s550, i think its an awesome engine with its own unique benefits, most asuredly nothing to look down upon.

 

[Fatguy]

This thread was all about intimidation. I used to be one of those guys.


The reality is the the V6 is a fast car. I saw a video of two guys comparing the V6 to the V8 and kept screwing up the third gear shift on the GT so the V8 always timed slower than the V6. They got one clean pass in there that was faster and cheered about that? But they lost three times before that! For some reason waving car mag stats doesn’t always work in the real world.


Take on a GT, they have more to lose than you...

 

[Rock&Roll]

The reality is the the V6 is a fast car.

Yes it is and more than adequate power for a Daily Driver wich is what most people bought them for.

 

[BmacIL]

This thread was all about intimidation. I used to be one of those guys.


The reality is the the V6 is a fast car. I saw a video of two guys comparing the V6 to the V8 and kept screwing up the third gear shift on the GT so the V8 always timed slower than the V6. They got one clean pass in there that was faster and cheered about that? But they lost three times before that! For some reason waving car mag stats doesn’t always work in the real world.


Take on a GT, they have more to lose than you...

Sounds like fast driver won against a slow driver. In no way will you win under equal circumstances with a non-boosted Cyclone. Great engine but it isn't beating a Coyote S550 with someone who knows how to drive.

 

[bluebeastsrt]

I would love to meet this ding dong in the real world. Snap him out of his fantasy real quick.

 

[Coyotestang13]

I'm more referring to someone who picked the V6 out of the 3 option line up.

The 3.7 is the best V6 ever put in a Mustang but I agree the extra torque in the Ecoboost makes me ask why as well. I had a blast with the Ecoboost Mustang I drove and very good fuel economy. The rental office said they only use regular fuel and advise use of it. I'd like to see what that thing does with premium. Low end and mid-range torque was very impressive.

 

[Coyotestang13]

First off, don’t street race people. It’s just irresponsible. And could get your license taken away. Second, I could see why someone would take the v6 over the EB. NA power to me feels better than turbo power. If there’s one thing the EB has is turbo lag. Doesn’t really kick in until about 3000 rpms. Don’t get me wrong, I love my EB it’s a blast. And I do love turbo G force. I think all the mustang engine platforms have their advantages. I think ford should bring the v6 back.

I found turbo lag in the Mustang EB annoying at first but after getting used to it was not an issue. It even had a digital boost gauge you can select in one of the menus and I saw and felt plenty of boost all over. It really starts pulling hard by 2k rpms.

 

[Kaw8787]

I really don’t feel it come on real hard til 3k. The 2-3k build up you can feel obviously. I came from a stage 2 focus ST stock turbo and that little turbo would spool up so quickly that I think it spoiled me a bit.

 

[Labradog]

Add me to the list of people who would have bought the V6 if I didn't get the GT. I don’t trust the long term reliability of these turbo engines and I’d bet that in a lot of situations the V6 actually matches or beats the fuel economy of the EB.

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