Hi Richard:
Because virtually all of my competition experience has been on road courses rather than at drag strips, I have never had an intuitive feel for what a good quarter-mile time is. 0 - 100 km/h I can sort of relate to, and those numbers aren't all that much different for a GT versus a Mach I, as I stated.
I had hoped to convey the extra energy the Mach I had, but maybe for a long-time multiple- offender like you, I missed!
For sure, it is a much more energetic car.
I don't know how many more special editions Ford has planned for the last-of-the-Fox Mustangs; I was under the impression that this Mach I was sort if the end of the line.
I also agree that the original LX 5.0 was one of the great performance bargains of all time. What were they - something like thirteen grand out the door? Geez - you'd get maybe a Hyundai Accent for that now, but not much else.
Where DID all the power go? Up the intake manifold of Ford's awful "modular" V8. That thing, especially in its early iterations, wouldn't pull a sick baby off a toilet seat. It was awful in 4.6 litre form in the Fords, in 5.4 litre form in the Lincolns and SUVs, awful everywhere, at least until they Cobra-ized it. They seem to be slowly figuring out the breathing, as the Mach I and the 2005 Mustang seem to attest.
Cheers, and thanks for reading.
Jim Kenzie
At 05:01 PM 6/4/2004, you wrote: