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budroux2w wrote:Oh ok gotcha. This will vary depending on who does the tune and if you get it through a hand held tuner or get a dyno tune. If I were to get the 5.0 I would get a hand held tuner like the SCT or something similar as you can load up different tunes, data log, etc. These are around $375. The tunes will change how your car handles, i.e. air to fuel ratios that are controled by the car's computer.

I'm not sure how much the dyno tunes run, but again that depends on the shop that does it.

PUCKER wrote:What I'm wanting to know is the cost of a tune (as in having a performance car tuner tweak/tune the car) and what exactly that entails?

PUCKER wrote:Help me out here, school me on what a current tune is, say, on one of the new 5.0 cars, what all does it entail, cost, etc.?

A 12.22 is AWESOME!!!!!! I remember breaking into the 12's in 1991 or so with my mildy tweaked '89 GT 5.0, for a street car, that was FAST back then!

budroux2w wrote:
Gears and a tune.

Real life track report, with a stock car, regular driver shows the car running 12 second 1/4 mile in mid 90 degree temp.

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TLynnHughes wrote:

Purplehood wrote:

budroux2w wrote:Standard equipment would be 3.15 gears for an auto and 3.31 for manual with options to go 3.55 or 3.73.

Other than jacking up the car and looking into the gear box... not real sure how to tell, but could probably find out.

I just did a quick search through the local ford dealer's website and it's looking like they are pricing them out at about $30k.... I might have to test drive one this weekend...

My fav feature is the backup camera in the spoiler. The screen is on the rear-view mirror. I must be getting old because I just think that is plain cool.

Mine does not have this feature...but I think it's pretty cool too! My favorite feature (outside of being able to go fast) is all the voice activated SYNC stuff. The darned thing will actually READ your text messages to you.

T.

budroux2w wrote:Standard equipment would be 3.15 gears for an auto and 3.31 for manual with options to go 3.55 or 3.73.

Other than jacking up the car and looking into the gear box... not real sure how to tell, but could probably find out.

I just did a quick search through the local ford dealer's website and it's looking like they are pricing them out at about $30k.... I might have to test drive one this weekend...

PUCKER wrote:Help me out here, school me on what a current tune is, say, on one of the new 5.0 cars, what all does it entail, cost, etc.?

A 12.22 is AWESOME!!!!!! I remember breaking into the 12's in 1991 or so with my mildy tweaked '89 GT 5.0, for a street car, that was FAST back then!

budroux2w wrote: Gears and a tune.

Real life track report, with a stock car, regular driver shows the car running 12 second 1/4 mile in mid 90 degree temp.

http://www.usamustangs.com/forum/showth ... post171325" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

TLynnHughes wrote:

budroux2w wrote:

TLynnHughes wrote:I completely agree! I haven't had the pleasure of making a pass down the local dragstrip. Maybe one day. Definitely thinking about some add ons to the new toy, but can't think of what I want first. It already has most everything that one would "normally" start with.

T.

Gears and a tune.

Real life track report, with a stock car, regular driver shows the car running 12 second 1/4 mile in mid 90 degree temp.


http://www.usamustangs.com/forum/showth ... post171325" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This particular car already came with 3.73 gears so that part was taken care of. One of the dealers actually showed us this particular video...pretty impressive!

T.

TLynnHughes wrote:

glbedd53 wrote:I saw that too. The Mustang handles better and stops shorter but the Camaro out ran it in every category except they didn't show top end.

Well I'm going to have to head out and pick up the issue then. When you go the Road and Track website, and search for the August 2010 issue, it just brings up the same video that I linked to in the previous post. Kinda frustrating....the magazine that is, not the car. I still prefer the Mustang over the Camaro.

T.

TLynnHughes wrote:

Purplehood wrote:
Very nimble. Drives like my BMW Z4, so it feels very light and agile. I like the ambient lighting on the dash at night. Not used to the automatic transmission so I notice the lag when I stomp on it. I traded my Challenger SRT8 in for it, which had the Viper manual tranny in it, so I was spoiled with the instant response when gunning it.
I like the sound of the exhaust. Some nice features like the back-up camera that shows up in the rear view mirror make up for the lack of some amenities that were in the Dodge.
Better gas mileage and it doesn't run on premium. Overall I am happy. Might start doing mods to it, I don't know yet.
I don't regret it and understand why you enjoy yours so much.

Holy Cow! You traded in your Challenger SRT8 for it? They're going to make you turn in your MOPAR Lifetime Membership card for that one, I think. But...

I think you made the right choice. T.

TLynnHughes wrote:

Purplehood wrote:I should have never read this thread. It's like that Carrie Underwood song, "What have I done?".

BEE-U-TEE-FUL!! Congrats! We need a "range" report.

T.

williamkevin wrote:

Purplehood wrote:Don't get me started. Ever since Road & Track (or was it Car & Driver) did their Pony Car comparison I have been royally teed off.

They compared the following:

Camaro SS
Mustang GT
Challenger R/T

A real comparison would have been:

Camaro SS
Shelby Mustang
Challenger SRT

Nevertheless, the GT is a fine car. If I weren't a Mopar kind-of-guy I wouldn't hesitate to buy one.

You mean this one from MotorTrend.............?
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As you can see...it WAS the SRT 8 they compared it to.