How is that weight possible? Now we are in Camaro territory so i guess it is a wash then.

 

3450 lb is the curb weight for my stripped down 07 GT manual.

The 2010-up add more luxurious items, sound deadening, etc... so I'd expect the weight to go up, not down.

 

Man i hope that weight isn't true.

 

It isn't. Just look at the manual weight in the spec sheet linked on the previous page. The manual is listed as 250 pounds heavier than the auto. That cannot be true. Auto equipped cars should be just a few pounds heavier. Ford said the Mustang V6 track pack should weigh about 300 pounds less than a comparably equipped Camaro V6, which weighs in at 3,728 pounds. That means you can safely expect the 2011 V6 Mustang to sit around 3,450-3500 and no more.

 

No, it uses a timing chain.

 

Thank goodness for that. I love timing chains. I had a timing "belt" break on a 300 Z, it bent every valve in the engine and put dents on the top of the pistons LOL!!!

 

Comeon... the v6 doesn't weigh 3750lbs... The GT probably won't even weigh that much....

 

An 05 V6 was at 3350, manual. No way sound deadening and a few amenities will add that much. I'm guessing right under 3500 too.

 

Transmission.

 

Its not the torqshift lol.

 

2011 V6 doesn't get a SelectShift transmission. Watch the video on Youtube, they show the auto shifter and it looks the same as the 2010.

 

Has anyone heard is the rearend is a 8.8 or 7.5? I was also curious if the brakes are 11.5 or 12.4 up front? I know the press kit says 11.5 but it also says larger brakes.

 

That looks like a timing belt. Notice the cogs and the belt.

 

I was wondering as well...

 

The way I read it was the base V6 has the 11.5", but the Performance Pack has the GT brakes (12.4" IIRC).

 

I guess I am going to have to read these press releases more closely because I missed the part about the 6 speed manual transmission.

http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/la-2...mustang-v6/#18

 

looks like it uses both - chain off the crank, belts driving the variable valve timing

 

That's not the 3.7L engine.

This is the 3.7

 

that looked like a 4-banger, but the cyl head design should be similar. Perhaps they use timing chains on the 3.7L DOHC V6? I know Ford uses timing chains on many of its DOHC engines (modular V8s come to mind).

 

So is this the V6 6 speed manual?
http://www.getrag.de/en/239