in the 06 brochure it states a 4.9 time 0-60 by road and track.(10/05)
i think i`ve read every article on 05 mustang.the best time i`ve ever seen is 5.1.(stock) Is this an 06 time??? did ford do anything to 06??
maybe i didn`t read every article.

 

maybe fords starting to use the japanese car route and just making up numbers =p


or they are borrowing the celicas supersecret technology "it looks fast" shaves .2 sec off 0-60

 

I've never seen any R&T articles showing this. The car is exactly the same as the 05. I wish there was a little added to it though.

 

I thought 5.1/5.2 for the auto...and some mag(s) were getting between 4.9-5.0 for the manual....

 

Using my G-Tech meter, I made 2 consecutive runs from 0-60 early this morning. I am modding the car as soon as my Throttle Body gets here, so I wanted to see what it would do in stock form to compare later on.

My first 0-60 came in at 5.04 seconds, and I did not brake too hard so I did not get an accurate 60-0 distance when I stopped.

The second run was in the same place, but coming from the opposite direction. Again, 0-60 clocked in at 5.04 seconds, exactly the same time as in the first run. That is the first time I've ever had a car run the exact same time back-to-back. I did a pretty good stop that time and the 60-0 was in 122 feet.

I would like to run a quarter-mile with it, but I don't have a place that is flat for that long of a distance that I can be sure that I am staying out of sight of the police. Hitting over 100 MPH on a surface street is just not something I would feel comfortable doing without having someone on the lookout. May have to take a long trip to the 1/4 mile strip one day to see what it can do!

And by the way, my car is a 2006 with the automatic transmission, and about 2100 miles on the clock.

Next time I will take my video camera along for the ride!

 

yea, i've seen a few articles saying about 4.9- 5.1 in the higher mileage testers, maybe break in helped?

 

I would be extremely happy with 4.9 seconds.

 

I saw that too and didnt quite understand how they got the number, but oh well.

 

I can do 4.9 in mine, using the Gtech. But that's after a tune and cai, and a lot of wheel hop and tire spinning (I'm not good).

 

April 2005 issue of Road & Track 0-60 times:

Ford Mustang GT: 4.9

MotorTrend:
11/04: 5.1 (auto)
1/05: 5.1
4/05: 5.2 (convert)

 

Heck, Nissan Altima TV ads (3.5 V6, 260HP?) are saying 5.6 0-60.

These figure are always on a closed course and with a race driver, with a car in peak condition, tuned properly and broken in. But I think 4.9 in a Mustang GT is doable: turn of the TC and OD (if auto).

The funny thing about the new Mustang is it doesn't feel that fast. No drama: 100 mph feels like 50 mph. Is it too civilized? ;-)

 

Good idea! I can't wait for the video!!

 

0 - 60 in 4.9 is certainly in the realm of possibility for the Mustang GT with a manual transmission. It would take a good driver and a sticky track.

 

Yup, and the Road and Track guys probably have both those.

 

Hum, I remember R&T getting 4.9 but the date must be wrong? October 2005 just started

I thought it was April 2005?

Oh, and 4.9 is definately possible.....we've had quite a few 5.0's.

 

5.9 seconds And thats only if you get the SE-R which is base price of like 31,000.