The top end wasn’t that bad. The front end? Yeah...

The V6 SHO engine is ANYTHING but bulletproof. The 60k/100k services were PRETTY involved and expensive. Check the seventh post down...

At the time, it redefined what a midsized sedan looked like.

Back when I had no money, I swapped as many GEN I/II SHO parts on my Duratec Sable as possible. It actually handled fairly well with the 26/24mm swaybar combo from the GEN I SHO+, a set of aluminum subframe bushings, strut tower bar, and upgraded shocks and springs. You could also upgrade to larger brakes from the…

Actually, as someone else mentioned, it was completely functional. It wasn’t meant to provide downforce, like a wing would, rather, it was designed to ‘spoil’ the air, and reduce drag.

Yes, and no. The first gen, had a 3.0L/MTX, while the second could be had with a 3.0L/MTX combo, or 3.2L/ATX, the ATX being the AX4S/AX4N that was just awful. The AX4N came later, and was much better, and could handle more power. The third gen came with the 3.4L (V8) and the AX4N, and was ATX only.

The cam sprockets were swedged on, not welded, and as it was an interference engine, if the cam sprocket spun off, which happened anywhere from 40,000 miles to 80,000 miles, the engine was toast, and I mean TOAST. There was a cottage industry welding and pinning the cams, so if you ever check one out, pull the valve…

I grew up playing “A-10 Tank Killer”, and while I think the F-14 is the sexiest bird to ever grace the skies, the Hog was always a favorite of mine!

I saw this crap all the time at Drexel, at my wife’s office at 14th and Walnut, and whenI was working at Lockheed Martin.

I worked at Lockheed Martin in Moorestown for about nine years, and can confirm. We’d regularly see inflatable rats near our entrances. I was in a professional union (ASPEP) for several years, and even so, we’d get grieved by the laborers unions for moving empty boxes from one cube to another, unpacking workstations,…

My wife and I had a list of songs that were banned from our wedding, and told the DJ that if he played any of them, he wasn’t getting the rest of our money. Many of those songs are on this list.

Everything I’ve seen points to the GT350s demise after this model year. It looks like there will be a GT500, or some successor to the GT350, for MY2019. It’s likely that the PP2 will have similar performance to the GT350, while using a cross-plane crank, while the future halo model with be something to compete with…

The Terminator engine was always supercharged, sporting an Eaton M-112 blower.

I mean, if little else, this backfills Addison Reed, for when he leaves in free agency. Zero issue with this.

That still doesn’t make any sense. If it were just PP1 + Magneride, it would be available as a package at launch. It’s not. The order guide states the following:

Among other things. Personally, I’d rather that thrust make me go forward, rather than just make clouds of smoke...

I doubt that. Magneride is already available as an option with PP1. Why would they bundle those if they’re available separately, and why would that simple package not be available at launch?

Not just the tires, the Magneride, chassis tuning, upgraded brakes, cooling, etc, etc, etc. Like I said, resisting. I’m not planning on trading my car in for anything short of a Boss 302/Mach 1 level special edition.

I paid like $2400 for the PP on my 2016, after X-Plan. Thank you, Mustang Club of America!

Ford hasn’t released any information on the Performance Package 2, which will likely have everything PP1 has, and probably wider, better tires (285/205 vice 255/275), Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 vice Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S. It might also have an upgraded diff, or some of the aero bits that the 1LE has.