[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

What else is there though when discussing performance cars? I dont get it.....?
If it excels at its main purpose then thats a win to me.

A win for you, and at least as far as any replacement track toy for me goes, sure.


The problem is that for (too) many people, the performance aspects don't stand clear enough from all the other considerations to make it a win for them. Not everybody is really that hardcore about chasing performance into its upper levels.


Norm

[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by Seniorrs

.I think the boss would be little faster the first few laps on a road course.Then heat would slow it down.The v6 would need premium fuel to do it's best and for it's health.

Overheating is the current S550 Mustang's problem, not the earlier S197's.

Any requirement for premium fuel should never be taken as a downside to choosing one car to take tracking over another car that supposedly doesn't require it.


Norm

[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by Bwaahhh

A lot of misinformation on page 6. The Boss DOES NOT handle poorly and DOES NOT overheat. Come on y'all...before you bash another product - drive it. My brother had a 2013 and I am in the market for a 2012. The Boss is a PHENOMENAL car and was produced in a similar vein to the 1LE. To be a track monster...of which it is. I would take the Boss over the v6 1LE any day. The only problems were the shitty chinese made getrag mt-82. If you plan to track, the Boss needs a new clutch/MGW shifter.

Ever since 2010 the S197 Mustang has suffered as a decent-handling car simply because of its stick rear axle. But the potential has always been there and a lot of it is easily unlocked with the right combination of aftermarket modifications and tire choice.


Norm

[Camaro fanboy]

Originally Posted by Bwaahhh

A lot of misinformation on page 6. The Boss DOES NOT handle poorly and DOES NOT overheat. Come on y'all...before you bash another product - drive it. My brother had a 2013 and I am in the market for a 2012. The Boss is a PHENOMENAL car and was produced in a similar vein to the 1LE. To be a track monster...of which it is. I would take the Boss over the v6 1LE any day. The only problems were the shitty chinese made getrag mt-82. If you plan to track, the Boss needs a new clutch/MGW shifter.

wrong.
google 1975 ford taunus suspension then look at this boss thingy.
the taunus is better lol

[MR2Aaron]

Originally Posted by Camaro fanboy

wrong.
google 1975 ford taunus suspension then look at this boss thingy.
the taunus is better lol

What's better about it?

[Camaro fanboy]

Originally Posted by MR2Aaron

What's better about it?

double front wishbones for starters. the front suspension arm on the s197 is a joke

[Martinjlm]

Originally Posted by MR2Aaron

What's better about it?

***WARNING… waaay off topic ***

Just noticed your screen name. I’m guessing you’ll understand me when I say that I just picked up an SW20.

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[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by Camaro fanboy

double front wishbones for starters. the front suspension arm on the s197 is a joke

The front suspension on your Camaro is also a MacPherson strut, and with the very similar approach to the lower control arm as in the current Mustang in that it's now two separate links. The front suspension on your Camaro has more in common with the S550's front suspension than differences (other than calibration details).

And that's not a very good double wishbone design . . . it looks for all the world like what came on the very first Mustangs, and on the (US) Falcon before that.


The S197's L-shaped lower front arm has a lot more in common with the front lower arm of certain BMWs of the same era (mid-2000s). It's not the disaster you seem to think it is.


Norm