Redpill me on the new edge mustang?

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>>16726598
The V8 engines are shit at making power without forced induction.
The car can't handle to save its life since it still uses the Fox platform introduced on the Mustang in 1979.
The V6s are gutless and have virtually no support.

The only thing going for the car are its looks.

My suggestion: get a 98-02 GM F-body instead. A Camaro or Firebird, V6 or V8, is faster, has better aftermarket, can actually handle, and excluding the V6, can actually make power without resorting to forced induction.

If you're dead-set on a New Edge V8 though, get it. And use it as a DD until you can save up enough for a Coyote swap.

>>16726654
I was considering FI for it.
I'm not really looking for "fast as your money can go" otherwise I'd be financing something like a late model GTO that makes 400 to the crank. Really lame but I grew up in the early 90's and the New Edge stang was the first new "sports car" that I saw as a kid and fell in love with.
It won't be my DD (I have a jap shitbox for that specific reason & I deliver pizzas, so it would be better to keep it to save gas & wear and tear)
But I'm not really looking to run with 1320 (or really anybody) with it.
More of a backroads by myself or with a copilot & a stopwatch kinda guy.

>>16726598

Own a 2003 GT. I enjoy it as a DD. Enough power to be fun, but if you want serious gains your looking at going the FI route. The handling leaves a bit to be desired but you can make it passable with a few suspension upgrades. I have mine beefed up a bit (Subframe Connectors, better springs/shocks, strut tower brace, etc.) and it made a world of difference from my last mustang. I'll never hang with a miata in the twistys but I'm getting a bike for that reason.

Maintenance wise, they aren't hard to wrench on. Until your heater core goes out and you have to drop the entire dash out to get to it.

I will say you can absolutely beat the shit out of that engine without to much trouble. The aftermarket is plentiful and the sound with almost any type of aftermarket exhaust is glorious. I recommend Bassani as they have my personal favorite sound.

They've aged extremely well.

>>16726672
Yea... you're going to put a LOT of money into the suspension before even thinking about FI.

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>>16726598
They have crooked steering wheels

>>16727580
You really don't have to put alot of cash into the suspension op just call up Maximum Motorsports and see what they think

>>16727812
My friend had an old Ford Taurus of similar year and pretty much has the same interior. Just aweful...

>>16726598
>Paying that much for an ancient shitheap that was never fast even when it was new
What's the point? If your dead set on a Mustang, spend as little as possible so you can dump your money into reengineering literally everything on it.

>>16726598
>>16726654
>>16726672
>>16727339
Just throwing this out there.
DOHC heads exist for the 4.6.

Most were on Marauders.

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>>16728083
>most DOHC 4.6s were in Marauders

That statement is pretty wrong

Most DOHC mods were in Mustang Cobras, Lincoln Mark VIIIs, FWD Continentals and Aviators

>>16726598
>$8k for a car with a 2v 4.6

That is almost Mach 1 Money, you can actually get a 99-01 Cobra for that much

>>16728324
>That statement is pretty wrong
>Most DOHC mods were in Mustang Cobras, Lincoln Mark VIIIs, FWD Continentals and Aviators
My bad, anyway DOHC would be the single best upgrade for a 4.6

>>16728527
If you are going to go through all of that I would just get a truck 5.4 and a new hood.

>>16726654
Are stupid or retarded

>>16728324
>8k
>cobra money
The cheapest a cobra Coupe (SN95 not even new edge) goes for around me is 13k?