RE: '07 v6 mustang(5sp) vs. '07 camry :-((
First off flooring it in second gear at 40 mph in a manual V6 Mustang will only get you to about 65 mph at 6000 rpms. Maybe it was a type when you typed 40- 80 mph. Maybe you ment 40 - 60 mph or maybe you meant in 3rd gear and not 2nd. If in fact you did mean 80 mph in 2nd or even 40 - 80 in 34d then that could be why you got beat. The 4.0L's power maxes out at 5250 rpms with the redline at around 5800 rpms. After that the power drops off considerable so even if your car could rev to the 7500 rpms necessary to reach 80 mph in 2nd it would take you a considerable amount of time, assuming you didn't blow your engine up. Now if you meant 3rd gear all the way, stock the manual V6 is only at 2400 rpms at 40 mph and the peak torque doesn't kick in for another 1000 rpms so until you reach about 60 mph in 3rd you won't be accellerating that quickly. So the simple answer is part of the problem with these cars is that they don't rev very high and it could use better gearing. That's one thing I can say about Japanese cars, their transmissions are geared to take better advantage of the engines power curve than american cars, imoo.
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2005 V6 manual, Mac shorty headers, dual exhaust w/h-pipe, Torsen T2 LSD, 3.73 gears, Ford racing sway bar kit, Steeda LCA/adjustable UCA, WMS CAI, SCT2 w/Excessive Motorsports dyno tune, Hurst short shifter.
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