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    2006 Boss 302 Mustang?

    My guess/hope would be a Boss 281/460/4.6/whatever they want to call it with: 4V VVT 4.6 with 350+hp (5.0 would be interesting, but not being a production motor, more expensive and thus, unlikely) 6 spd, close ratio MTX performance suspension upgrade, including IRS, like that even needs to...
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    notch?

    That had far more to due with chassis stiffness that the closed roof Vette coupe has over the open roof fastback, which is more peculiar to the Vette's chassis design.
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    IRS poll

    I wouldn't necessarily draw that conclusion, quite to the contrary, the poll explicitly stated IRS or Live Axle, so that 70% actively voted FOR an IRS, though for disclosure, its down to 62% at last check. Maybe a bit more than $500, but the Aussie Ford's excellent Control Blade IRS is running...
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    IRS poll

    "Wine and cheesers"???? Not sure what that's supposed to mean, desire for excellent handling creates a desire for certain food groups??? Now that you mention it, I have noticed a sudden urge for a salami sandwich and root beer whenever I hit the brakes real hard... I'd love a Cobra, mind...
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    05' mustang Rear spoiler POLL

    Ideally, spoilers are to increase vehicle downforce or otherwise alter and improve a vehicles aerodynamics. In reality, 95% of the spoilers on current cars, whether factory or aftermarket, are purely decorative and worse than useless in that they actually degrade a cars aerodynamics for hollow...
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    IRS poll

    "The few that want IRS." Last I checked, it was the few that wanted the ox-cart axle: 63% to 37%. But yeah, an IRS as an option would be fine, and leave the truck axle for the flatlanders and drag racers. I don't think it would increase the weight to 3700, maybe increasing it 100 lbs max...
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    IRS poll

    Cheaper, yeah, though I wonder what Ford's overall development and tooling expenditure will be for two rear suspension designs, money that will all have to be recouped with higher sales prices for all Stangs. I think the real reason was expediency, the current DEW IRS was itself too expensive...
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    notch?

    The reduction in glass area probably gives some nominal reduction in weight, though probably no more than on the order of 10-20lbs or so. As for stiffness, that is far more influenced by the engineering quality that goes into either configuration rather than inherent benefits. Any inherent...
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    IRS poll

    In my estimation, outside the very narrow, peculiar and esoteric realm of hard core drag racing, which in reality would only account for a very small, if vociforace, fraction of Mustang buyers, a good IRS represents a far better overall ride AND handling solution. While a live axle can be...
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    The Complaint Department

    I wouldn't call it a disaster by any means, perhaps wanting in a few areas, but certainly an immense step forward from the 1/4 century old FoxStang. Per your particular gripes: Tires: the 235/55R17s are only the standard GT tire with 255/45R18s as an option. And just as importantly, if...
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    notch?

    I don't think a notchback is neccesarily any lighter than a non-hatch fastback, nor enherently any more rigid. While the Fox body cars were lighter and probably a bit stiffer in notchback form vs their hatchback/fastback siblings, I think this was very idiomatic of that chassis in particular...
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    notch?

    Nawtch, I hope not, I don't think they look particularly sporty and would rather Ford spend its resources on other things that would further improve the Mustang's performance, whether quantitatively or qualitatively, or both.
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    And how would you like that...?

    I'm with you on most of this. The IRS will probably have to wait for some post Cobra intermediate model. Heated seats would be nice as they're relatively cheap and light, cooled however is getting to be a bit much, as is the dual climate system. Supposedly the shifter is a lot better...
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    Front Suspension

    Hmm, Hot Rod seems to take a somewhat oversimplistic take on weight distribution, handling balance and rear tire needs. For pure handling purposes, something around 50/50 is in fact an ideal balance, maybe even a bit of rearward bias. In terms of pure straight line traction, you basically...
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    '05 aftermarket/mod speculations in here

    I'm with 66 here! Clean, slightly understated refined looks for me, which, as 66 says, would well distinguish the new Stang from all the way overstyled import "Rice" out there and the equally repugnant, way overstyled Mustangs and other American iron out there too, for which I've coined the...
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    Front Suspension

    Ford, in there press introduction material, admitted using the M3 as their handling benchmark for the front suspension and thus, probably did replicate pretty closely that design as it works beautifully. As for the ox-cart axle out back, well, Ford has obviously settled for a much lower...
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    64 Mustang 289

    I think it was first released with the 260 but that the 289 quickly supplanted that mid run.
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    The Complaint Department

    I think the only Mustangs that didn't have some or all their mufflers behind the axle were the Fox chassis models, though they have persisted a rediculous 25 years, so that's what many people only remember. Technically it makes more sense, both from a safety standpoint and for centralization...
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    The Complaint Department

    Well, that's another price for that agrarian live axle, gotto make room in the floor pan for that big heavy ol diff, torque arm and drive shaft to flail up and down. As for get'n one's groove on back there, I would have prefered a hatchback (fold flat seats) and IRS to open up a whole romper...
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    Newest Spy Photos

    How about this: V6: dual, horizontal SS outlets together on one side (far better than the droopy pipes behind the valance now). GT: single SS outlet on each side (two total), pretty much like the current GT. Boss, Mach I, whatever level above GT: dual SS outlets on each corner (4 total)...
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