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Originally Posted by mrray13
I seriously doubt that gas mileage will stay the same, especially since they show the Mustang averaging 2mpg less then either the Camaro and the Challenger.
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In think you may be missing the point here. Whether or not real world gas mileage is the same the epa rating wont change as they wont retest the car for the 3.73:1 gears...all manual transmission GT's will receive the same epa rating regardless of gearing. Given that, the only two numbers MT can provide are the epa rating and their actual observed mileage.
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Originally Posted by mrray13
Does the Mustang have two octane maps in it's programming? One where it'll detune the car to run the lower octane? If not, then the lower octane in the Mustang won't hurt it as much as the Camaro, which does have two octane maps in it's programming.
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No, it doesn't have two, it's effectively infinitely variable meaning it adapts to whatever is in the tank within reason. So yes, it bumps down the power with regular unleaded in the tank and it will hurt the Mustang at least as much as the Camaro.
Food for thought, if they really did run the Ford and Chevy on regular unleaded imagine what would happen when they put premium in it.
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Originally Posted by mrray13
Isn't the GT500 basiclly Ford's tuner Mustang? It's a limited production SVO built car, correct? If so, then comparing it to the ZL575 would be the right comparision. SLP is equilivant to SVO, so it would be apples to apples. At least IMHO.
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GM doesn't own SLP, Ford does own SVT and SVT serves as in an house tuner building brand new, smogged and safety tested,honest to goodness Ford branded production vehicles. GM had their own in house tuner recently, and it wasn't SLP, but they killed it.