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Replying to: rocketman67 (Sep 04, 2006 4:55 am)
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Sep 05, 2006 7:34 am) It will handle pretty much like a GT except for the horsepower with that pkg add on. there is nothing wrong with a V6 except for GT snobs. There's always another better model release so the standard GT is 2nd from the bottom now instead of the top behind GT-H, Shelby GT, and GT500 and probably the Boss went it comes out.
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Replying to: lmm (Sep 05, 2006 1:47 pm) "Except," in other words, for the most important element of a muscle car, the muscle. You might also consider the added torque; and the twin exhausts and different "note". The tranny may be different, too. As for the recent upgrades, all well and good. They weren't available when I bought the car. I got the hottest stock Mustang available, and that wasn't easy. People ain't payin' an extra $6-8k for a GT just for leather seats. The GT is a different car, a distant cousin to the V6. Signed GT "Snob" ha ha. 
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Replying to: pony_pirate (Sep 05, 2006 2:12 pm) The OP is well aware of the horsepower difference. No reason to trash talk a v6 unless you feel the need. To 99.9% of the population they cant tell the difference by looking at it so monetarily you paid too much for the same look and only 80hp more. Try reading the post and offering the info he requested. |
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Replying to: lmm (Sep 05, 2006 6:54 pm) Oh, I see, you drive a Mustang because of how other people see it. Excuse me, but I don't. Funny, the GT, not the V6, is used in all the Mustang TV ads. I would bet the Vette Z06 looks just like the C06 to "99.9% of the population," which, according to your criteria, eliminates any real difference between the two. Accordingly, anyone spending the extra $30k+ for a Z ("only" 100 HP more) is wasting their money. Interesting. Somehow missing from this conversation is performance. Just to restore some perspective, the big hoopla about the redesigned Mustang is its resurrection of the American muscle car. Er, the V6 is not a muscle car.
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Replying to: pony_pirate (Sep 05, 2006 10:42 pm) "Back in the day", I'll bet more I6 Mustangs were sold than V8's. It's also interesting to note the first new car I ever bought was an '85 Mustang GT. It was rated at 220 HP. The current V6 is rated at 210 HP, and this is a more conservative rating than the '85, so it's not a stretch to say that they are the same horsepower. Does the '85 GT qualify as a "muscle car"? |
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Replying to: lmm (Sep 05, 2006 1:47 pm) The GT is a totally different pony from the V6 as the GT500 is a totally different pony from the GT. Although I've heard nothing but good things about the V6 and it's performance, it's no GT.
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Sep 06, 2006 5:57 am) There's no need to debate which one is better - they're both great in their own ways and both have their pros and cons.
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Replying to: akirby (Sep 06, 2006 6:12 am) I had the tubular Cherry Bombs on my 1967 289 GT 2+2, and I liked how they sounded. I wanted to know if anyone had put these on their new Mustangs and how they liked the sound.
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