regarding the new mustang
the chassis is severely more riged then what the engineers ever imagined... both a blessing, and a curse while in develpment.
blessing in better handling charactaristics... curse in joints became over stressed, and plastic bending occurred. this issue has been delt with quite well, thankfully. but means slightly more mass, and a compromise in layout. unfortunately, i dont have much more info directly relating to that right now.
the 07 Cobra is likely to handle corners much better then the SN 95 ever dreamed, due to its more rigid structure, and better weight distrabution.
there will be optional motors for the first time on the 07 cobra
supercharged 4.6 DOHC est 400-430 hp
N/A 5.0 'camer' DOHC est 450-500 hp
one of the big ideas at ford right now is costomization to the individual, rather then a great heap of masses. this is similar to the costomization of the original mustang, where even gears were optioned out.
i dont suspect a 5.4 liter DOHC variant in the mustang in the forseable future.
let us pray the rear multi-link is more then just a bolt on cheese from the previous. to early to tell
id like to see further development of the T56 transmission for added reliability of specifically 3rd gear.
option to not have an electronic governer
wider tires, anybody?
side pipes standard