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Originally Posted by KatarHol
Blah,blah,blah. If you don't want a Mustang,just say you don't like them,instead of whining about things that,if the Mustang had them,you wouldn't buy one anyway.
The "primative suspension" has worked fine for 45 years,and i doubt most people couldn't tell the difference except for on a bumpy road and the SRA certainly didn't hurt the 4th Gen F-body from being one of the best performance cars in the world,did it?
We're getting a six-speed next year,big deal,what will be your excuse then. The 5-speed certainly isn't holding up the Bullitt,which is right near the performance of the SRT8.
Double clutch trannys?? Wow,you're stretching your argument. Jesus,i thought this was a Camaro board,why don't you go hang out at a VW board so you can complain when the overly-complicated tranny breaks on your GTI,meanwhile,people that like simple,basic,rugged,reliable Muscle cars will be over here.
Stop making justifications,which you don't car about,for a car you have no interest in.
I can't bring myself to buy one due to Ford not offering AWD and dual-clutch expresso machine....blah,blah,blah
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wow. been in country long time? ill wade through that mess of a response for some meaning.
Worked fine for 45 years... well. i guess that depends on your definition of 'fine'.
if 'fine' means that you can continue to exist without actually spending money to develop and better your product to make it competative in a world market, then yes.... the mustang's primative tranny has been doing just fine.
the bullitt is right near the performance of the SRT? hmm. maybe you should see this.
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Originally Posted by DGthe3
How much does a 100 ms shift actually help your performance numbers? Its not as if your car is stopped when shifting then instantly accelerates up to a new speed. It allows you to get better acceleration a fraction of a second sooner. That matters a lot in F1 racing but how much does it really help someone who takes their car to a track on the occasional weekend? Compare that to the added cost of these ultra quick shifting transmissions and I don't think they are worth it on cars like the Camaro and Mustang.
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A quick shifting tranny like a DCT can take your 0-60 from 4.3 to 4.1, but it helps BIG TIME on a track. (and when i say track i mean a real track, not a drag strip...even though it would help there too)
It allows you to always be in the right gear, and focus 100% of your effort on other things.