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11/03/09
Man that looks tasty. It doesn't have the tectonic rumble of a 489, but it sounds like major business just the same. #cobrajet
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Okay, carbon fiber body. So? I got a steel body on my truck. It keeps the wind from blowing up my shorts at speed, and prevents passersby from ogling the hot engine pr0n under the hood. I would think that the idea behind carbon fiber is weight reduction, but I'm not hearing anything about it.
You want to draw me in? Whip up an ultralight Atom fighter, using the same engine and tranny. Carbon fiber for the minimalist chassis, if necessary. This thing is just silly. It's pretty and all, and the black wheels are frankly compelling, but the rest of the whole concept is just goofy, a "look at what I can do" kind of project. As a marketing statement, I don't hate it. As a product, it's answering a question nobody is going to ask. #fordmustang
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I'm remembering the old Firebird concepts, the Ford Nucleon, the Citation IV. These were pitched as thought experiments - "we've built these things and we're playing with some ideas, looking at where this vehicular paradigm fits in with how people travel and work." The Firebird was pretty much a bust - it was a jet plane sans wings. The Nucleon too - Atomic Age enthusiasm cut radically short by flinty-eyed G-men with geiger counters. That and any Nucleon customer would birth three-headed babies, but that's neither here nor there. The Citation IV was a much more realistic idea; park a GenIII Prius next to one and you won't see a lot of difference. (Thanks for dropping that ball 20 years ago, GM!)
But is Gittin's CF Mustang a concept - an engineering and marketing device - or a sample? If it's a sample, it seems just silly. #fordmustang
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*hits replay* #cobrajet
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Why does there have to be a shortcut to real racing. I guess Ford has to cater to every possible niche by creating a Mustang to fill it.
Plus, this thing is a joke. 4.0 liter whipple on a 330? really?
Sorry guys, I am too young to have had the opportunity to purchase a 68 anything. Must have been nice to be wealthy 40 years ago.
...BTW still not wealthy today but wondering how many of those $300K trailer goddessess ever see a track these days? #cobrajet
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This car is insanely priced because it is insanely expensive to build. The profit at the 135k is minimal. I will send a full spec sheet out in the near future and I think everyone will understand I went a bit overboard with the quality of the build especially the parts list. I wanted the car to be Elite and outrageous, it was not built to sell however the craftmanship is just to incredible not to at least offer a few.While it was built to be one of the most insane street cars out there the car was not built to be the most insane performing vehicle on the road, however it should run with some pretty serious cars out there esspecially if you dial in the suspension to its potential.
Absolutely there is other cars that would handle better much cheaper. This is not some get rich scheme, I did this because it is something I have wanted to do for a long time and I wanted to do something new and different which is what Mustang RTR is.
The car weighs 3355 wet. We dropped about 400lbs + prior to adding super charger, intercooler, oversize radiator, Huge brakes etc..
Thanks again for the comments, hopefully as more details are released everyone will "get it" #mustang
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11/02/09
Is Ford's stock intake and exhaust just that good, or is the 9 hp number wrong? #mustang
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