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Re:Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Musta... by in3d on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @02:41PM (#23909558)
“But if you want to chase lap records or quarter-mile times instead, it'll do that, too—it just requires a few suspension tweaks like changing to shorter control arms that allow for less extreme steering angles.”

Not happening. The most important thing is not mentioned: weight. The production version can be 1000 lbs heavier than a regular Mustang. This model can cut some of it but more will be added in batteries to get more power. And then there is nothing you can do on the track - can’t fight physics.

Not the first time I see such misleading claims about cars made by tech sites. Linking to articles written by car magazines would be better - they wouldn’t believe the PR so easily.

Edit: I should mention I’m talking about the lap times more than the 1/4 mile times.

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Re:Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Musta... by bitexploder on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @02:48PM (#23909634)
My Tesla Model 3 weighs over 4000 lbs and still cranks out 3.2 second 0-60 and turns out competitive laps on the track in its class (BMW M3, etc) For reference my giant ford raptor only weighs like 1000 more lbs. it’s not as nimble in turns, but it makes up for it with on demand torque coming out of corners. Also, Mustangs have never been true sports/track cars in their mass consumer versions. They do make more trackable mustang variants, but I can still see a market for a stupidly powerful pony car.
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Re:Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Musta... by rootusrootus on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:01PM (#23909777)
It's been a number of years now since a garden variety Mustang GT became faster than an M3 around a road course. Now we have things like the PP2 and the Camaro SS 1LE that are nipping at the heals of really high end performance cars. Gone are the days when pony cars couldn't turn.
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Re:Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Musta... by bitexploder on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @04:17PM (#23910529)
It’s true, but they were a literal decade behind in their suspensions. IRS was a big deal for pony cars. And GT is probably not the most commonly owned trim level. I say this as a person who has bought a new Mustang every ~5 years since I have been able to drive (~24 years). Guess tech catches up eventually, but it was a sore point until around 05 to 08 when they really started taking the suspension and handling seriously.
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Re:Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Musta... by rootusrootus on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @04:31PM (#23910674)
Oh, I'm with ya, I've owned seven Mustangs over the years. Up until 2005 they were pretty archaic, using that chassis that dated from the 70s.
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Re:Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Musta... by mardifoufs on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:06PM (#23909827)
Yep, Power is important but aerodynamic forces are a much harder problem when you reach a certain point. Too much power and you will fly off like an airplane very quickly [0]! I can't imagine a production road legal car using even close to 1400 HP. You'd need serious, serious tuning!

[0] https://youtu.be/Zxe_DqAkeAk

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Re:Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Musta... by AtlasBarfed on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:10PM (#23909872)
Battery improvements will drop the battery weight by 50% in 5-10 years I'd guess. Especially a super high performance platform that can be designed to swap out higher density but lower durability solid state or air batteries
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