RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast?
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/30/2008 5:23:09 AM
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musicheadt
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Not fast enough for me. An X-Charger, T-loc, and 3.73's will make it fast enough for me. I was impressed with it's power initially. I'm glad I bought the V6.
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/30/2008 8:41:48 AM
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To the OP's question, no...just my opinion. They are not fast but it's relative. If we're staying archaic my hard earned dollar goes with a the torquey 302. Otherwise, and I think this will answer your question better, NO again. The best new car is the Miata. 170hp out of the box,a nd as much as I berate the S2K for no torque, the handling characteristics of this thing are borderline perfect. It makes me wonder (yes, seriously) what kind of balance those smart folks achieved with the "Monster Miata's". I'm telling you, under normal aspiration, telepathically an M3 would be envious. If the newest version of the MX-5 Miata is somehow offered with 200hp+, I think even the most diehard musclecar/RSX front drive fanatic will accept that it is probably THE best handling/behaving stock car offered. I prefer others but cannot deny the obvious. Mazda has a winner in the MazdaSpeed3. That's all I have to say about that...
Sorry but to me all those small Miata's, Mazda's', Honda's', Toyota's' look alike. Once in while you will see one that does stand out like the Mazda Rx8, but most of the time, they look like cookie cutter designes to me.
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/30/2008 11:08:29 AM
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Mine against a stock GT, I loose by 40 feet in the qtr mile. My 6xr is fast enough for me. Wish I had a GT.
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/30/2008 11:41:47 AM
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I think it is fast, I took it out for a drive just a little bit ago, turned off overdrive and traction control (I dunno what the point is in turning traction control off but I noticed a bunch of members on here do that sometimes). It's spinning higher rpms with the overdrive off so it was a bit more fun to drive. But TCS hmm I think leaving it on is safer than turning it off especially if it was to be wet on some parts of the road.
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/30/2008 7:35:58 PM
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scootr68
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I'd say it's quick, but not fast. I had an 03 GT vert and I do swear this one is quicker. Sure the V8 sounds great but it didn't avg 23 mph with hwy/city combined. Actually averaged 29 mpg on my last long highway trip. You can't go wrong there! With just a simple muffler swap you'll gain about 10hp. Add a CAI and tune and you'll squeeze out another 20+hp.
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/30/2008 8:08:39 PM
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AmericanIcon you are comparing apples to oranges. The correct comparison cars are these:
Quickest cars UNDER $20000-
Tenth Place: 2007 Subaru Impreza 2.5i
Ninth Place: 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS
Eighth Place: 2007 Honda Civic
Seventh Place: 2007 Hyundai Tiburon GT
Sixth Place: 2007 Honda Accord
Fifth Place: 2007 Scion tC
Fourth Place: 2007 Mazda 3 s
Third Place: 2007 Nissan Altima 2.5
Second Place: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS and Pontiac G5 GT
First Place: 2007 Ford Mustang V-6
NOT the $20,000-$25,000 category. GT territory is $25000-$30000 and it came in second stock. Sure the new accords and camrys have stronger V6s. But they COST more. That is the argument, not that they are simply faster. You put $5000 into a V6 to match the prices of those ricers and you will blow them away. But even if you don't-you are still driving a Mustang and they aren't. End of story.
Apples to oranges?? Are you kidding me??? On this list that you just posted--- ALL OF THOSE CARS ARE 4 CYLINDERS!!! Of course we're faster than those!!
The original question here was "Are our cars fast?" And quite simply, if a 4 door sedan with a V6 is faster-- then there's no way that these cars can be considered fast. Stock 4.0s run 15.3 + seconds in the 1/4 mile-- and that's not fast.
So when you lose a race to an '08 Accord, are you telling me that you feel better by thinking, "Well, he paid $10,000 more than me, that's ok." ?? Yeah... right.
I'm not doubting that these cars can be made fast-- my own mods prove that.
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/30/2008 8:22:11 PM
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+1
Our aftermarket is incredibly huge, compared to an Accord or Camry's aftermarket. Our cars can easily shave off a heap of time in the 1/4 mile with just a CAI, tune, and a muffler.
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ORIGINAL: AmericanICON
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ORIGINAL: slowhiteboy
AmericanIcon you are comparing apples to oranges. The correct comparison cars are these:
Quickest cars UNDER $20000-
Tenth Place: 2007 Subaru Impreza 2.5i
Ninth Place: 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS
Eighth Place: 2007 Honda Civic
Seventh Place: 2007 Hyundai Tiburon GT
Sixth Place: 2007 Honda Accord
Fifth Place: 2007 Scion tC
Fourth Place: 2007 Mazda 3 s
Third Place: 2007 Nissan Altima 2.5
Second Place: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS and Pontiac G5 GT
First Place: 2007 Ford Mustang V-6
NOT the $20,000-$25,000 category. GT territory is $25000-$30000 and it came in second stock. Sure the new accords and camrys have stronger V6s. But they COST more. That is the argument, not that they are simply faster. You put $5000 into a V6 to match the prices of those ricers and you will blow them away. But even if you don't-you are still driving a Mustang and they aren't. End of story.
Apples to oranges?? Are you kidding me??? On this list that you just posted--- ALL OF THOSE CARS ARE 4 CYLINDERS!!! Of course we're faster than those!!
The original question here was "Are our cars fast?" And quite simply, if a 4 door sedan with a V6 is faster-- then there's no way that these cars can be considered fast. Stock 4.0s run 15.3 + seconds in the 1/4 mile-- and that's not fast.
So when you lose a race to an '08 Accord, are you telling me that you feel better by thinking, "Well, he paid $10,000 more than me, that's ok." ?? Yeah... right.
I'm not doubting that these cars can be made fast-- my own mods prove that.
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/30/2008 9:45:04 PM
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wildboi013
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I cant agree with someone like a v6 better than a saleen i wanted to screem B.S. but its all personal prefrence....
Also with the comparison of the mommy driving by in a camry thats 25k vs you in you 16K or so mustang its really not that bad of a put down i mean the GTs are faster than us too but then again they are also about 10K more than us and i can promise a GT would smoke one of those.....I agree that these are a great car for the price and is really everything i need
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/31/2008 3:40:03 AM
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slowhiteboy
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AmericanIcon,
That is the whole point! You got a GORGEOUS V6 for the same price as all of those BLAH 4 cyl ricers. You need a faster car? Go get a GT. Oops! Another car beat it? Go get a GT500. Speed is not the point of this car-it's got a 113 mph governor anyway and a driveshaft (2005 models) that I heard comes apart not much faster than that. It is all about how it makes you feel. If it makes you feel bad to lose to an Accord, get a car that will beat one. But QYB!
< Message edited by slowhiteboy -- 3/31/2008 3:42:26 AM >
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/31/2008 6:42:31 AM
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ODDYSEY
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Apples to oranges?? Are you kidding me??? On this list that you just posted--- ALL OF THOSE CARS ARE 4 CYLINDERS!!! Of course we're faster than those!!
The original question here was "Are our cars fast?" And quite simply, if a 4 door sedan with a V6 is faster-- then there's no way that these cars can be considered fast. Stock 4.0s run 15.3 + seconds in the 1/4 mile-- and that's not fast.
So when you lose a race to an '08 Accord, are you telling me that you feel better by thinking, "Well, he paid $10,000 more than me, that's ok." ?? Yeah... right.
I'm not doubting that these cars can be made fast-- my own mods prove that.
Actually the tiberon is a DOHC V6 vs our SOHC V6 :)
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/31/2008 9:13:03 AM
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The stock V6 sucks getting the power to the ground.
Its suspension is more for grandma then carvin corners.
But with a few simple mods becomes a 15.03 @ 94MHP
stallion. 
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/31/2008 10:32:27 AM
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07 Stang
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ORIGINAL: slowhiteboy
AmericanIcon you are comparing apples to oranges. The correct comparison cars are these:
Quickest cars UNDER $20000-
Tenth Place: 2007 Subaru Impreza 2.5i
Ninth Place: 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS
Eighth Place: 2007 Honda Civic
Seventh Place: 2007 Hyundai Tiburon GT
Sixth Place: 2007 Honda Accord
Fifth Place: 2007 Scion tC
Fourth Place: 2007 Mazda 3 s
Third Place: 2007 Nissan Altima 2.5
Second Place: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS and Pontiac G5 GT
First Place: 2007 Ford Mustang V-6
NOT the $20,000-$25,000 category. GT territory is $25000-$30000 and it came in second stock. Sure the new accords and camrys have stronger V6s. But they COST more. That is the argument, not that they are simply faster. You put $5000 into a V6 to match the prices of those ricers and you will blow them away. But even if you don't-you are still driving a Mustang and they aren't. End of story.
Apples to oranges?? Are you kidding me??? On this list that you just posted--- ALL OF THOSE CARS ARE 4 CYLINDERS!!! Of course we're faster than those!!
The original question here was "Are our cars fast?" And quite simply, if a 4 door sedan with a V6 is faster-- then there's no way that these cars can be considered fast. Stock 4.0s run 15.3 + seconds in the 1/4 mile-- and that's not fast.
So when you lose a race to an '08 Accord, are you telling me that you feel better by thinking, "Well, he paid $10,000 more than me, that's ok." ?? Yeah... right.
I'm not doubting that these cars can be made fast-- my own mods prove that.
All those cars on that list were those listed by Car & Driver. It was a test to see which was the fastest 2007 car for under 20K. So...if we were to pay 10K more we could buy a GT or save the $ and add a supercharger.....then there would be no comparison with the Honda Accord as far as ET times.
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RE: Do you think v6 mustangs are fast? - 3/31/2008 3:12:41 PM
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It picks up well enough from a stop and kicks in when I need to merge or change lanes. I wouldn't say it's fast, but it's relatively faster than most of the cars I'm passing. With an intake and evo tune, I have all the speed I really should be handling right now. Anymore and I'll kill myself.
Did I mention it's a beauty? No I didn't. This car is gorgeous.
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