Gear heads Who,s ever had experience with the 99 up GT,s In handling Braking aceleration???? In ease of maintenance? In parts availability and price? In durability?? Overall a better performance machine????
Stock for stock??? Braking, yes handling, yes acceleration, yes maintainence, about the same, but new cars are always easier to maintaine plenty of parts, just slightly higher cost than 5.0 parts but not the drastic difference there was a few years ago. If i never owned a Mustang before and was looking to get into them, i would buy the '99+. They are a good starting point and getting cheaper in price. They respond well to mods too and it's pretty easy to make 300HP at the flywheel with bolt ons. The heads are far more superior than the old E7 castings. Of course this is a 5.0 forums, but i base my statement on the fact that I own an 88 5.0 and an '03 GT
stock for stock any modular is going to rape a 5.0. Throw a couple bucks at both cars and the tabels completly turn.
99 up is going to own a fox in every way. Handling and breaking would be close to a 94/95 but the power is much better.
Depends what you want... If your mechanically inclined, can turn a wrench and want to feel like you made the car do what its doing, Id say get the 5.0. After doing bolt ons, most 5.0 guys will rip them apart and do the typical HCI, whereas most 4.6 guys seem to slow down with bolt ons, or throw boost at them. I would say being as they are both easy to mod, make fast, handle and brake well, get the one you like the styling of more.
Having owned both a 93 and 00, the 00 was quicker, handled better, braked much better, etc. 4.6L's do cost a bit more in parts, they are newer...it happens
My 07 does everything better and faster then my 90, except in the handling catigory, but the 90 isn't stock in that aspect.
My 92 GT has 3.55s and I feel it was quicker in the bottom end than my 02 GT, but as you get higher in the Revs the 02 started to come on strong.
There are no aftermarket heads/intake worth buying for the 2V 4.6 which is a major drawback. Get a 99-01 Cobra instead they have alot more potential and well worth the extra $$
stock for stock they are faster but foxes are cooler IMO. the 5.0 has more low end grunt and always seems more powerful. the modulars have this "building up" feeling and dont feel as fast to me.
After owning a 93, 02gt and an 03 mach.....I think we all know which one wins But its all a matter of opinion as to which one you like the best. The 99+ cars do handle, brake, offer more power stock than the 5.0's but I still like my 93 the best. Thats why when given the option of selling the mach or the 5.0, I kept the 5.0. I should have taken the brembo's off the mach before I traded it in. Do you think they would of noticed if it came with 4 lug ponys
with gears, exhaust and shifter my 03 gt went 13.38 and would wax the hell out of my 88 with the same mods!
Stock for stock the 99+ will beat the 5.0 in almost all those area's. But i will say they are not easy to work on. I've helped tear a 4.6 completely out and put a stroked 4.6 with all the bolt ons on it and it was a major PITA. And the 99+ performance hasn't impressed me at all either, my 5.0 with H/C/I would walk away from the above 4.6 and it has stage 2 heads and cams along with the stroked 4.6 it was making 300+rwhp i forget the exact numbers. But then again i'm sure that 4.6 with the same amount of boost i'm running now would probably whoop my ass, they seem to do really well with boost. Braking is good and handling is good also i liked running the 4.6 down the track and knew it was going to stop easier then the 5.0. Durability, that probably depends who you talk to, the stock SOHC motor i think is very weak.
