I am resurrecting my thread again. I have pretty much determined I am not planning to upgrade the Ecoboost for a 15 GT. I have test drove 4 GT's and have not been impressed. Sure the top end was nice but the torque really is not there. Even compared to the ecoboost and won't be driving in the 4000+ rpm range that much.
So today a test drove an 05. The dealer said alot was done to it. I figured yeah right. Well I must admit I was impressed. It had a full exhaust, the headers looked aftermarket,BBk? Throttle body, CAI and most of all Cams. It sounded so good. It really pulled quite well even as low as 3000 rpm. The one guy at the dealer supposedly knows what has been done. Maybe I can find out tomorrow. I am really interested in the details especially if I don't end up with this one but try and make my own. It was a little ragged cosmetically. Different nose poor paint job, swirl marks all over the black, fair amount of big paint chips, drivers seat duct tapes with a seat cover on it. But mostly I had a heck of a time getting it into 3rd gear when I was running it hard. Better at normal speed. Seemed like a very short throw. But man it did sound and run good. No idea of the gear ratio. They are asking 12900 but as I talked and mentioned blue book of 10000 he said we might be able to work something out.