dke

Badandy, how do you like the smoothness of your V6. (I think it was Autoweek that criticized that. Saying it was better than the last Stang-6, but still a little rough compared to other 6's). Did you drive an GT as well to compare? (Just curious)....

Personally, I think the 6 has respectable performance numbers and would be a nice daily driver, with better fuel economy, insurance, and probably less likely to get tickets. While still having more power than any of us really need.

bullittman

I've got about 100 miles on mine, so haven't leaned on it really hard. These cars are going to need gears to really wake up....just like the early cobras IMHO. It pulls really hard above 3500 RPM. SOTP, my Bullitt comes off the line harder but runs out around 5000 or so. This thing wants to pull forever.

HG3535

Don't forget none of the 05's are broken in yet. They will get faster.

Badandy

Oh. I'm sorry lead you astray. I don't have a new V6. I left the word "meant" out of the sentence. It should be inserted after "just".


Sorry, my bad.

bullittman

YUP!

snkbtn99

Please step away from the magazine racing .....It destroys brain cells

M-squared

So a new v6 is as fast as a 04 gt vert? I am not buying that one just yet.

97svtgoin05gt

Badandy,
I couldn't agree with you more. There are certain things built into the SN95 that make it SEEM faster than it really is. My '97 Cobra with the minimal mods I had could take a Mach, not by longshots but it could. This car is so much more refined and quiet not to mention stable, it's difficult to really feel how fast it is. Someone stepping out of the '05 and into the Mach MIGHT feel as if their car is faster just because of the additional noise and general business that goes on while driving an SN95.

There will undoubtedly be Mach/'05 comparisons made very shortly. I'm sure the mags will sort it out for us, but in my opinion the '05 can handle a Mach.

flyersfaniv

From Motor Trends Website. Here is the 03 Mach 1's track results.

Acceleration, sec
0-30 mph 2.06
0-40 mph 3.02
0-50 mph 4.09
0-60 mph 5.30
0-70 mph 6.99
0-80 mph 8.60
0-90 mph 10.75
0-100 mph 13.23
1/4 mile, sec @ mph 13.80 @ 102.5

CatmanJJ

My advice for all those worried about the numbers, go to the track if you wanna see some real times (you might be surprised what you see), the rags only give you a basic idea. Just because a car has X amount of horse power and weighs x amount of pounds, doesn't necessarily mean one is faster that much faster then another. The driver plays a huge part in the equation. Instead of getting wrapped up in all the whoppla and numbers, just go out and enjoy your new car for what it is, a badarse, rwd V8 American muscle machine.

dke

CatmanJJ. I completely agree with you on the numbers don't tell the whole story. (I tell the same people the same thing about computers). And I completely believe that most cars abilities are beyond most drivers abilities to fully exploit. With a little tuning today's street stangs can compete with LeMans winners of a 30-40 years ago -- but the drivers couldn't. Still. I'm a techno-weenie. While I understand the numbers don't tell the whole story, I'm trying to learn what story they are telling.

CatmanJJ

I agree, I'm a geek on numbers too, like hp, torque, gear ratio, weight, tranny ratio etc., but I know not to live and die by them ya know. I mean this Mustang and all others for that fact are so much more then just numbers, at least in my eyes they are. B)

mach1dsg

MM&FF did a test on a mach 1 also
http://www.musclemustangfastfords.co.../0303MM_Mach1/

motortrend: (4.7 Sec 5 Speed Mach 1 VS 3.8 Sec Vortech MAch 1)
http://motortrend.com/features/performance...ner/index1.html

MM&FF again comparing (04 GT, mach 1, cobra shooout)
http://www.musclemustangfastfords.com/must...es/0404mm_must/

mach1dsg

Great post. Thanks for the honest response. You know I also wondered that from the lucky few that have received the '05 why no big deal has been made about the power. Not many have given any feedback at all, postive or negative. To be honest its been sort of weird hearing the type of feedback from people who have driven/own the '05. There seems to be a lot people saying "great interior", "great smooth ride", or that it "out-handles the fox platform." It doesn't seem like mustang enthusiasts are testing these cars by the responses I have been reading.

I do have a sneaking suspicion that these cars are not as quick as most have hoped. Let me pose this question...If this car ran a 13.3 or lower I think you would see this all over the forums. I gotta think that someone, somewhere has taken this car to the track...why no info. This is killing me. When the 99 GTs came out MMFF and everyone and their brother had times on these cars. Some people were picking up their cars, grabbing their helmets and going to the track. Whats the big secret? [/b][/quote]
that's the same thing it's been crossing my mind for a while.
where are the owners track times ??????
remember when the goat came and those few people (poor guys ) where jumping into the tracks to try out their latest ls1 puppies???,they did it quick and clear, and we have a lot less of those cars on the market, but we have guys out there with new gt's already, and nobody, I REPEAT, NOBODY, has said anything in regards of the power of this car compared to any other car on the road. i think i read something about somone beating up a 350z, but loosing against an old gt
all we've seen is 14's cars out there, and a 13.6@99mph from motortrend, maybe a ringer from ford ???, who knows,i don't get the "smooth power", or "the engine hasn't broken in yet" excuses, where are the guys that did 14's on private tests???, i bet those engines are fully broken in by know, where are the new times ????? , or where are the dynos at least ???? :scratch:

ZRX4ME

you are right on I've had a mach 1 and its very crude compared to a '05 GT.Plus the new GT hooks up really well and my '03 mach was a real pain to launch at the strip.

mach1dsg

you are right on I've had a mach 1 and its very crude compared to a '05 GT.Plus the new GT hooks up really well and my '03 mach was a real pain to launch at the strip. [/b][/quote]
your mach was a real pain to launch at the strip ???
what did you run with your mach ???
what did you run with your 05 GT???
i guess you were/are registered on the mach-1.org or mach1registry.com, i wonder about your nickname, i couldn't find any of your post under ZRX4ME.