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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
I'm not "hoping", I'm just trying to annoy the non Camaro owners off the boards.
My comparison is valid because all I have heard about is how the camaro was in big trouble because the mustang was going to be so much lighter. The Camaro would not only lose in a drag race, but it would be beat on the track because the "track pack" makes up for no IRS.
My contention is that the SS comes standard with 20's and Brembos and IRS and you need to ADD OPTIONS to the mustang to compete. I don't care how much lighter the base car is because you're going to end up in the tire barrier with those stock brakes fading and the base suspension.
So, what you end up doing is comparing the base weight of a stripper model to a much more capable base model Camaro. A Mustang with no track pack and the tiny all season tires will not beat a stock SS on the track.
It's pretty simple.
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Again. That may be true for a 2010 model. Have you not read the releases ? Goto a few sites and get the full story. Here I'll do you a solid.
http://media.ford.com/article_displa...ticle_id=31645
Now...reading this, how do you suspect that a car with FACTORY OPTIONS is going to weigh in as much as a Camaro ? The 2010 Mustang with these options already has far less weight. What is this strip down Mustang you keep talking about ? The non brembo brakes rotors went up over a inch...the lca's now are standard GT500 (ford racing) lca's. Everything standard on this car has been upgraded. So yeah a non track pack, non brembo mustang will seem to stand up to a Camaro quite well.
Also I fail to understand how adding OPTIONS, from FACTORY, is like saying you went to the aftermarket. Its a choice that ford is giving to their customers. Beleive it or not, everyone does not want 19inch rims. Brembo brakes. A track pack with 3.75 gears. Some do. So how is having a CHOICE a bad thing ? How is this saying "oh a mustang cannot compete unless it has these options ?" If GM makes did this would it be any different ?
The logic on this board from
some of its members is quite mind bending at times. I fail to understand how it comes to reason. Give credit where credit is due. It makes no difference who's name is on the outside. A good car is a good car. Period.