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I had a 2016 Mustang GT "stripper" (i.e. purchased off the new car lot with zero options on it), to which I had the dealer add a Roush kit (cold air intake, catback exhaust, and ECM tune). It was white (as is my C63 now), and with the Roush kit supposedly made about 470 crank hp versus the stock 435.
The big improvements with the Roush kit though were:
- the FORTY foot pound improvement at 1500 rpm (no kidding), which made the car much nicer to launch even in ordinary traffic light driving
- The combination of that 40 ft lb improvement at 1500 rpm plus the 6-speed manual tranny ratio in 6th gear, enabled the car to routinely exceed 30 mpg at 55 to 60 mph (about 1500 to 1600 rpm), on a reasonably hilly and windy highway (Hwy 19 from Nanaimo to Parksville, British Columbia), sometimes hitting as high as 33.5 mpg. No fluke runs - it did it all the time. MPG at more normal highway speeds still came in at 24 to 25.5 mpg almost all the time.
It certainly did not have anywhere near the sophistication of the C63, and the interior was very plain, but it was a bargain at the $33,400 I paid for it brand new during a Ford "Employee Pricing Sale" in October 2016, and the insurance was a deal in the government-run British Columbia insurance rating system.
It worked great for me and my adult son when we first returned to Canada and bought it last October, but when my wife was finally able to join us in late January, we discovered that my 5'11" tall son would not fit into the rear seat, because the new swoopy roofline after the 2015 redesign lowered the interior height by a couple of inches! (We had had several other mustangs over a period of several decades and had never before had a problem). That got me shopping for a replacement, and since my wife didn't want me to lose any horsepower as a result of trading cars, I managed to make the C63 sound "sensible".
Jim G
The big improvements with the Roush kit though were:
- the FORTY foot pound improvement at 1500 rpm (no kidding), which made the car much nicer to launch even in ordinary traffic light driving
- The combination of that 40 ft lb improvement at 1500 rpm plus the 6-speed manual tranny ratio in 6th gear, enabled the car to routinely exceed 30 mpg at 55 to 60 mph (about 1500 to 1600 rpm), on a reasonably hilly and windy highway (Hwy 19 from Nanaimo to Parksville, British Columbia), sometimes hitting as high as 33.5 mpg. No fluke runs - it did it all the time. MPG at more normal highway speeds still came in at 24 to 25.5 mpg almost all the time.
It certainly did not have anywhere near the sophistication of the C63, and the interior was very plain, but it was a bargain at the $33,400 I paid for it brand new during a Ford "Employee Pricing Sale" in October 2016, and the insurance was a deal in the government-run British Columbia insurance rating system.
It worked great for me and my adult son when we first returned to Canada and bought it last October, but when my wife was finally able to join us in late January, we discovered that my 5'11" tall son would not fit into the rear seat, because the new swoopy roofline after the 2015 redesign lowered the interior height by a couple of inches! (We had had several other mustangs over a period of several decades and had never before had a problem). That got me shopping for a replacement, and since my wife didn't want me to lose any horsepower as a result of trading cars, I managed to make the C63 sound "sensible".
Jim G
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Your first post was Apr 12. Today is the 42nd day you've been active. You have 258 posts already for an average of 6.14 posts per day. 9 of those posts (3.5%) have been relevant or on topic, with 249 posts about your Mustang or other nonsense.
I don't think it's an exaggeration
I don't think it's an exaggeration
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But now we know that his son is 5'11", that Ford Canada had employee pricing in October of 2016, that he could get more than 30mpg if he drove between 55 and 60 from Nanaimo to Parksville and that the drive shaft on an SSR hummed. Plus much, much, MUCH more.
Never have so many learned so much so soon.
Never have so many learned so much so soon.
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2012 Mercedes C63 AMG S
Your first post was Apr 12. Today is the 42nd day you've been active. You have 258 posts already for an average of 6.14 posts per day. 9 of those posts (3.5%) have been relevant or on topic, with 249 posts about your Mustang or other nonsense.
I don't think it's an exaggeration
I don't think it's an exaggeration
Jim G
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But now we know that his son is 5'11", that Ford Canada had employee pricing in October of 2016, that he could get more than 30mpg if he drove between 55 and 60 from Nanaimo to Parksville and that the drive shaft on an SSR hummed. Plus much, much, MUCH more.
Never have so many learned so much so soon.
Never have so many learned so much so soon.
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2010 C63 AMG
I had a 2016 Mustang GT "stripper" (i.e. purchased off the new car lot with zero options on it), to which I had the dealer add a Roush kit (cold air intake, catback exhaust, and ECM tune). It was white (as is my C63 now), and with the Roush kit supposedly made about 470 crank hp versus the stock 435.
The big improvements with the Roush kit though were:
- the FORTY foot pound improvement at 1500 rpm (no kidding), which made the car much nicer to launch even in ordinary traffic light driving
- The combination of that 40 ft lb improvement at 1500 rpm plus the 6-speed manual tranny ratio in 6th gear, enabled the car to routinely exceed 30 mpg at 55 to 60 mph (about 1500 to 1600 rpm), on a reasonably hilly and windy highway (Hwy 19 from Nanaimo to Parksville, British Columbia), sometimes hitting as high as 33.5 mpg. No fluke runs - it did it all the time. MPG at more normal highway speeds still came in at 24 to 25.5 mpg almost all the time.
It certainly did not have anywhere near the sophistication of the C63, and the interior was very plain, but it was a bargain at the $33,400 I paid for it brand new during a Ford "Employee Pricing Sale" in October 2016, and the insurance was a deal in the government-run British Columbia insurance rating system.
It worked great for me and my adult son when we first returned to Canada and bought it last October, but when my wife was finally able to join us in late January, we discovered that my 5'11" tall son would not fit into the rear seat, because the new swoopy roofline after the 2015 redesign lowered the interior height by a couple of inches! (We had had several other mustangs over a period of several decades and had never before had a problem). That got me shopping for a replacement, and since my wife didn't want me to lose any horsepower as a result of trading cars, I managed to make the C63 sound "sensible".
Jim G
The big improvements with the Roush kit though were:
- the FORTY foot pound improvement at 1500 rpm (no kidding), which made the car much nicer to launch even in ordinary traffic light driving
- The combination of that 40 ft lb improvement at 1500 rpm plus the 6-speed manual tranny ratio in 6th gear, enabled the car to routinely exceed 30 mpg at 55 to 60 mph (about 1500 to 1600 rpm), on a reasonably hilly and windy highway (Hwy 19 from Nanaimo to Parksville, British Columbia), sometimes hitting as high as 33.5 mpg. No fluke runs - it did it all the time. MPG at more normal highway speeds still came in at 24 to 25.5 mpg almost all the time.
It certainly did not have anywhere near the sophistication of the C63, and the interior was very plain, but it was a bargain at the $33,400 I paid for it brand new during a Ford "Employee Pricing Sale" in October 2016, and the insurance was a deal in the government-run British Columbia insurance rating system.
It worked great for me and my adult son when we first returned to Canada and bought it last October, but when my wife was finally able to join us in late January, we discovered that my 5'11" tall son would not fit into the rear seat, because the new swoopy roofline after the 2015 redesign lowered the interior height by a couple of inches! (We had had several other mustangs over a period of several decades and had never before had a problem). That got me shopping for a replacement, and since my wife didn't want me to lose any horsepower as a result of trading cars, I managed to make the C63 sound "sensible".
Jim G
Didn't you also have an S2000? I had one for 13 years which ended up being a track rat.
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At the risk of further offending Blkrokt with irrelevant digressions (only HE is allowed to do that), yes, I had an S2000 for a short time. I loved the handling, the snug fit, the wild instrument panel, and the sound under WOT, but found the lack of power below at least 6000 rpm to be a constant dissatisfaction. I guess a racer would love it, but for the street, the power curve was a little too compressed.
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