Surely not seriousā¦
What's the difference between a Mach 1 base and a Bullitt? If they're both auto, the only difference is the GT500 cooling components. I mean, at the end of the day it's a Mach 1 which is awesome but the HP unlocks all of the potential for it...I would never be able to sleep at night if I didn't get the best version of the Mach 1.
So does that mean a Mach 1 hp is a base GT350?
A Mach 1 HP will walk a base GT350 on track. You need an R to compete and even with the power difference, which is slight...it'll come down to driver vs driver.
Keep in mind, I'm talking about car for car the way it comes off the showroom floor. Not the mods you can throw at it to compete. I know guys with 30 year old civics that would take candy from me like a baby but not stock for stock. A stock R vs stock Mach 1 HP would come down to driver skill on a technical race course.
Is that supposed to mean something? Look how close those stats are. Like I said, a course like Atlanta Motorsports Park or LimeRock would come down to driver skill.
Take the tail of the dragon for example. I ran with a 350R back in April. At any point where we didn't have traffic, he couldn't keep up after 2 corners. Was it the car? No.
"A Mach 1 HP will walk a base GT350 on track"
Yeah, Iām often surprised that a non-HP Mach 1 is even legal to drive on public roads. Iād guess that at some point Ford considered making the car come standard with a permanently attached trailer hitch.
There's nothing different about the HP performance wise outside of the wheels and tires, camber plates and rear sway bar. The rest is all bling. I don't really follow your logic here.
Front splitter and rear wing. And that wing actually adds about 240 lbs of downforce. But to be clear, have you ever driven on 305/315 Sport Cup 2's? That alone is a game changer. It's like cheating.