2013 Mustang GT500 MEGA THREAD - Page 34

evolve · 05-18-2012, 10:21 AM

11.8@121... 2013 GT500 first couple of passes with magazine editors driving (using launch control).

Crappy vid, but more will come.

gearhead08 · 05-18-2012, 10:27 AM

just deleted video that was posted before this didnt see it.

evolve · 05-18-2012, 10:28 AM

beat ya to it

strokerls1 · 05-18-2012, 10:29 AM

My brother is there now...he just went for a ride with an engineer and said they are trapping 122 to 125 all day long with launch control.

DirtyAL · 05-18-2012, 10:30 AM

nice mph...that thing sounds sick

gearhead08 · 05-18-2012, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by strokerls1

My brother is there now...he just went for a ride with an engineer and said they are trapping 122 to 125 all day long with launch control.

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn quick

newmoon · 05-18-2012, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by strokerls1

My brother is there now...he just went for a ride with an engineer and said they are trapping 122 to 125 all day long with launch control.

125-mph = 11:20s or so with tires

2ndCamaro79 · 05-18-2012, 10:57 AM

A mustang guy (non media) was let into the media day for the Shelby at Road Atlanta. He said they were just at the Ring for testing NO numbers. He also said no numbers would come out of the media day, and there was no ZL1 there

I'll tell you what I don't know how F-body Father and Team Camaro puts up with us? We demand soooo much more from Chevy than the Mustang guys do from Ford. They can't track the Shelby online, they don't have any test numbers, and Ford is kinda like hey you get what you get when you get it.

Stew · 05-18-2012, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Deki

I've never had the pleasure of running a S/C or any kind of F/I'd car in a track environment, but I'm sure the heat soak would play a part, but I don't think it would be a few laps. Would it heat soak enough to cause the ZL1 to fall behind the Boss? Eventually maybe, but I doubt it. It would have to be out there for a long, and I mean a LONG, time for the ZL1 to lose the lead it would build up over the course of the session and then have the Boss get ahead. Too many variables at that point. Also, I believe that MT addressed the HP advantage issue and only came up with a half second difference in the straightaways. The ZL1's big advantage was the amount of speed the car was able to carry trough the turns, and the fact it was able to brake much later, most likely due to the much larger contact patch.

Brakes are the same on the GT500 and the Boss. They both use the 4 piston front Brembo 14" brakes with the 11.8" rear floating calipers. Here is the quote from the article reference the power deficit. The GT500 would still carry the same, if not a bit less speed trough the turns, since it's got a bit more weight in the front, and it's not running the R comp tires the 302LS runs.

On the road course, the Camaro was 2.4 seconds a lap quicker and almost 10 mph faster at the end of the back straight. Roughly 4 of those mph were courtesy of higher cornering speed carried out of the previous turn. Even without the big power difference on the straight, the Camaro would have been constantly making ground on the Mustang with mid-corner speed. The Camaro can simply generate more cornering force and corner faster, thanks in part to front tires that are as wide as the Mustang's rears and rear tires that are 20 millimeters wider still. Coupled with a stiffer body and more compliant suspension, the Camaro is a more capable car around the track.

Doesnt the 13 GT500 use a new larger 6 piston caliper brake system and I am also pretty sure the Boss uses the GTs front brembos and rear non brembos, but with a special "race compund" pad. Also, what I was referring too was not the actual article written a Motor trend guy who was not even on the track, but RPs comments in the magazine were a little different.

Stew · 05-18-2012, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by newmoon

125-mph = 11:20s or so with tires

That thing is crazy!

FNBADAZ06 · 05-18-2012, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by assasinator

im not defending anything. im not pushing the gt500 wither. i like the LSA first. overall performance reliability. what i do, is stand up for my observations.

Good deal.
I guess we will just have to wait and see how many '13 GT500's go high 10's stock (on drag radials) in the next 60-90 days. I suspect we are going to see low -mid 11's at 125 MPH for the new car, which is significantly faster than the ZL1.... and appraoching/entering C6 Z06 territory.

I can't wait to throw down with one at the track.

KennyC · 05-18-2012, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by strokerls1

My brother is there now...he just went for a ride with an engineer and said they are trapping 122 to 125 all day long with launch control.

This is gonna get ugly for the fanboys. Lol.

G8GT4now · 05-18-2012, 11:15 AM

There are numbers being leaked from the road Atlanta event. They are better than the ZL1, but that shouldn't be a surprise to any non koolaid drinker.

ffrcobra_65 · 05-18-2012, 11:20 AM

where is LOWDOWN, we need his expert input on these GT500 stock tires 1/4 times.

View Poll Results: ZL1 or GT500, Which one would you get?
ZL1	5	35.71%
GT500	9	64.29%
Voters: 14. You may not vote on this poll

05-18-2012, 10:27 AM	#464
gearhead08 Drives: 2018 ZL1 A10 and 2013 GT500 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Lincoln CA Posts: 183	just deleted video that was posted before this didnt see it. Last edited by gearhead08; 05-18-2012 at 10:28 AM. Reason: re post

05-18-2012, 10:28 AM	#465
evolve Drives: 03 Cobra Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cyber Space Posts: 508	beat ya to it __________________ 2003 Cobra (Stock Motor/Boost Only) 640rwhp/ 550rwtq on 93... Well over 700rwhp on CORN

05-18-2012, 10:29 AM	#466
strokerls1 Drives: 2015 Charger Hellcat Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Flowery Branch, GA Posts: 307	My brother is there now...he just went for a ride with an engineer and said they are trapping 122 to 125 all day long with launch control.

05-18-2012, 10:30 AM	#467
DirtyAL Banned Drives: 1999 Z28 Join Date: May 2012 Location: S. Tx Posts: 3	nice mph...that thing sounds sick

05-18-2012, 10:57 AM	#470
2ndCamaro79 Drives: 2014 V-Sport/ 2015 Escalade Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 939	A mustang guy (non media) was let into the media day for the Shelby at Road Atlanta. He said they were just at the Ring for testing NO numbers. He also said no numbers would come out of the media day, and there was no ZL1 there I'll tell you what I don't know how F-body Father and Team Camaro puts up with us? We demand soooo much more from Chevy than the Mustang guys do from Ford. They can't track the Shelby online, they don't have any test numbers, and Ford is kinda like hey you get what you get when you get it.

05-18-2012, 11:15 AM	#475
G8GT4now Drives: 14 SS Sedan Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 474	There are numbers being leaked from the road Atlanta event. They are better than the ZL1, but that shouldn't be a surprise to any non koolaid drinker.

05-18-2012, 11:20 AM	#476
ffrcobra_65 Account Suspended Drives: SuperCharged 2SS/RS IOM MN6 Join Date: May 2009 Location: CA Posts: 5,094	where is LOWDOWN, we need his expert input on these GT500 stock tires 1/4 times.