2016 gt350

[Department Of Boost]

Your probably right....are the non R cars getting marked up as well?

Probably, but as long as you don't need it tomorrow you will be able to find one at retail. Ford is planning on building PLENTY.

 

[Department Of Boost]

Regular 350 with the Track Package is probably more than enough car for most people doing track days.

Fixed

 

[GallopingFord]

A family friend sent me this photo. He attended the GT350 event at Laguna Seca.

 

[Department Of Boost]

The Laguna event was for the real press to drive the cars. We'll start seeing reviews soon. I'm really curious how they come across.

It won't effect my decisions, I know what lap times they run and where. And that is really what matters to me. I'm real curious what the press thinks though. The GT350 is swimming in waters a Ford has never been in before.

 

[LS1EATINPONY]

Well if they put it next to a Porsche or something and do a comparison it'll lose. Even if its faster. Biased buttholes.

I remember an old article of a Z06 and it was up against a Porsche and ferrari maybe??? Regardless, it beat the other cars in every category performance oriented. They still have it to the Porsche for its "elegant interior". So I don't care what their opinion is. They are clearly idiots

 

[Department Of Boost]

Well if they put it next to a Porsche or something and do a comparison it'll lose. Even if its faster. Biased buttholes.

I remember an old article of a Z06 and it was up against a Porsche and ferrari maybe??? Regardless, it beat the other cars in every category performance oriented. They still have it to the Porsche for its "elegant interior". So I don't care what their opinion is. They are clearly idiots

It's faster than a GT3.

 

[Boaisy]

Saw a CO 2015 today while cruising, I'd say it isn't a bad color.

 

[fast Ed]

Yup, friend bought a 15 PP car in comp orange from the store I work at, looks good. Got to rip on it at the small track at Mosport a few weeks ago, works very well for a stock car. Can't wait to see how the GT350 gets around.


cheers
Ed

 

[TRC51]

 

[DOFORLIFE]

Only in my dreams could I afford a blue with white stripes gt350... Sigh lol

 

[Boaisy]

Only in my dreams could I afford a blue with white stripes gt350... Sigh lol

Homer Skelton in Olive Branch is having that combo with their GT350R I believe. They were given an allotment of 4, (3 GT350's/1 GT350R). One of the GT350's has already been claimed. The sales rep that I have been talking to there has already said, $5,000 NR deposit if you want to reserve one of the allotments, and there is definitely going to be a $10,000 markup.

 

[swedensky]

and there is definitely going to be a $10,000 markup.

That's it??

 

[Boaisy]

Yep. For this area, that is about the common amount. Even when the first 2013 GT500's came out, that's about all they marked up on it.

 

[TRC51]

Yep. For this area, that is about the common amount. Even when the first 2013 GT500's came out, that's about all they marked up on it.

Psssshhhtt...... I can wait. 2 years from now they will be worth the same as the others that are on the market or less. These people paying this money are gambling with the idea that it will be a 1-year production car. If ford is selling them directly through there own manufacturing and web site, most likely not going to happen.

Either that.... or they have so much money they don't care. Which could be I guess. I just have no idea what that's like.

 

[Strengthrehab]

There is a guy on a camaro site who supposedly is buying 350 for DD and an R for track days.

Must be nice. I'm trying to get a base GT.

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[ZmanM3]

I still really want a 2013 Lagunda Sega Boss 302. I just like how they look, and the one I drove was a lot of fun. Would be an awesome DD.

 

[Herknav]

I still really want a 2013 Lagunda Sega Boss 302. I just like how they look, and the one I drove was a lot of fun. Would be an awesome DD.

A DD with no back seat?

I dislike the way the nose on the '13 looks; I'm more a fan of the '12... which is fortunate.

 

[ZmanM3]

A DD with no back seat?

I dislike the way the nose on the '13 looks; I'm more a fan of the '12... which is fortunate.

It would only be a DD for me to go to work. I generally drive my truck if I have to get my kids anyway. But a'las my wife won't let me buy another car unless I give up one of my current ones and that isn't happening. I like the look of both, but I like that you can get different colors on the '13 model, well that I could get it in green.

 

[Herknav]

It would only be a DD for me to go to work. I generally drive my truck if I have to get my kids anyway. But a'las my wife won't let me buy another car unless I give up one of my current ones and that isn't happening. I like the look of both, but I like that you can get different colors on the '13 model, well that I could get it in green.

I do like the green.

But I don't like the stripes on the '13.

 

[Boaisy]

18 Things you didn't know about the GT350.

1. The GT350 and GT350R use a wider front clip than the Mustang GT, and it’s completely unique from the A-pillar forward.

2. The front 305mm wide tires are attached to unique GT350/GT350R aluminum uprights (steering knuckles). The base Mustang and GT cars use cast-iron steering knuckles.

3. Ford fit stiffer front wheel bearings and unique radial-mounted brake calipers that allows for a stiffer mounting than traditional cross bolts to these unique steering knuckles. The stiffer front wheel bearings are said to reduce caliper knockback, a condition where deflection in the wheel bearings allow the brake rotors to push the brake pads into the caliper pistons, and back into their bores creating a “knockback” sensation. This knockback creates an unpredictable and unstable brake pedal feel.

4. Because of the unique frontend and wider front track width, the tire scrub radius of the GT350 and GT350R have been optimized to be just outside of the front tire’s static centerline. This was done to target the functional centerline of the tire—not the static centerline of the tire—when the car experiences extreme cornering loads.

5. Jamal Hameedi, Chief Engineer of Ford Performance said, "the [GT350] is all about balanced handling and performance,” and that “more engineers have worked on this car than any Mustang in history." Hameedi went on to say, "we've gone further than many engineers thought we would, or could."

6. The Mustang GT350 and GT350R’s flat-plane crank 5.2L V8 engine is lighter than the Ferrari 458's flat-plane-crank 4.5L V8 engine.

7. The GT350 front end is what makes it unique. Hameedi said, "if you get the front end right, the rear follows."

8. The GT350 seats, which are based on an existing Recaro design, were modified specifically for the GT305/GT350R.

9. Ford Performance developed the GT350 over a three-year period.

10. When asked if of the Ford F-150 Raptor’s success paved the way for Ford Performance to create the GT350, Hameedi said, "because the Raptor was a success, Ford let the leash out on this car—to get parts like the flat-plane crank, the wheels, and the brakes. Those parts are from off the reservation. All of the gold [in this car] comes from off the reservation.”

11. Hameedi reports that Ford couldn't have reached its specific power output goals for the GT350 without the flat-plane crank: a naturally aspirated 100 hp per liter.

12. One of the benefits of the flat-plane crank is that it improves windage and oil control in the engine’s crankcase. The way Ford does it, the 5.2L flat-plane engine “breathes” bay-to-bay (side-to-side) instead of from the front of the engine to the rear—the way a traditional cross-plane crank V8 engine does.

13. By spraying the bottoms of the GT350/GT350R’s 5.2L’s pistons with oil jets from the main oil galley, Ford engineers were able create better knock control. This allows 2-degrees more spark advance from the 12:1 compression 5.2L without detonation.

14. The 5.2L engine was designed for 93-octane fuel, but will run on 87 octane with only a 15hp decrease in peak power.

15. The GT350 has been to more track days than any Mustang in history. “We've probably got triple the number of track days in it then we had with the GT500,” said Hameedi.

16. The benchmark for the GT350 was originally the Porsche 911 Carrera S, then Ford Performance upped the ante by targeting the Porsche GT3. When asked if that was an extreme goal? Hameedi said, “We always punch above our class.”

17. When asked about the GT350’s ability to race at track days during the summer heat in Texas or Arizona, Hameedi responded, “There’s very little fall off this with this car. The brakes and engine are both capable of 20-minute laps [in those conditions].”

18. When asked whether drag racing or road racing development led to a better daily driving car, Hameedi conceded that “if you have tunnel vision for either one you won't have a great daily driver,” but if he had to choose he said a road race car could still be good on the street.



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