Battle of the Ford Performance all-stars!

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Wow!

 

My stock 2011 Mustang GT will do a 13.1 in the 1/4 mile easily. The GT350 should easily be faster than that no problem. I'd be willing to bet that the Focus RS can probably do better than the 13.4 it posted.

 

I watched a Focus RS at the drag strip recently. He had a good launch (like the one in the video seemed to) and ran the same 13.4. I doubt they could do much better in stock form. Still pretty impressive for a four-banger.

 

The Gt350 is not a very fast 1/4 mile car in stock form, from what I have seen first hand!
I did a write up on his a couple weeks ago!

 

Seems the gt350 driver was having a nap, that said, I test drove the RS recently, and it is an amazingly quick machine and tons of fun to drive. A car that could get you in serious trouble...

 

Heavy car plus that IRS has a steeper learning curve compared to the live axle and all the fun starts at 4,000 rpm which just compounds the traction issue.

It does okay at the strip but its forte is the road course where it just clicks. Literally a car you just have to throw a roll bar in and get a harness to keep you planted in the seat (well with the exception of the base and tech 2016 cars but that is neither here nor there).