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Originally Posted by ss/rs-matt
Your car is gorgeous bro...I love that blue and it looks great with the black wheels!  |
Thanks buddy! Yours aswell!
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Originally Posted by newmoon
While the stock 5.0 is a pretty good performer and a very worthy competitor to the SS, what is amazing is how very little it takes in mods to get it to run great times. For comparison a tune, cai, and tires will put the 5.0 into the 11s without much effort. Meanwhile how many of the hundreds of cammed SSs on this forum have been able to dip into the 11s, not very many, including my past car. While I would always choose the SS over the 5.0 you can't argue the facts, if you want to go fast cheap the 5.0 is the ticket.
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^^This is 100% correct.
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Originally Posted by ParisTNDude
I've had 5 Mustangs the latest a 2008 Bullitt. What I think is truly shameful from Ford is that they really let Ford fans down from 2005 through 2010. They didn't give the Mustang an engine until there was competition from the 5th Gen Camaro. Special limited run editioons were an exception. If you wanted to beat the typical S197 Mustang, all you needed was a stout Chevy Cobalt....trust me, I know! The resale value of the older Stangs must be horendously low!
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I wouldn't say it was THAT bad, I mean the 3v 05-10 4.6 outperforms the previous gen 2v 99-04 4.6 with a pretty good margin. Not to mention it was the first muscle car of the group to bring back retro styling. I think they were primarialy focused on the complete redesign of exterior and interior since the primary competitor, the Camaro, wasn't making an appearance for those years to set the bar for performance.