Behold, the four-pot Mustang

"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib) 09/17/2015 at 07:50 • Filed to: None

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Just got this Ecoboost Moosetang yesterday for a week review. First impression was somewhat shocking - a Mustang that hums instead of burbles.

spanfucker retire bitch > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 09/17/2015 at 07:54

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UNCLEAN

UNCLEAN

pip bip - choose Corrour > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 09/17/2015 at 08:00

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how well does it hoon?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 09/17/2015 at 08:04

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I drove the boostang at the Ecoboost challenge this summer. That was by far the highlight. I think the car had enough giddy-up for most people, and was pretty easy to get sideways in the little road course they had set up for you, if you knew what you were doing. Enjoy it.

nerd_racing > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 09/17/2015 at 08:20

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Can you hear the turbos? I drove our Transit 250 ecoboost work van over the weekend and I could hear the subtle whistle of the turbochargers.

yitznewton > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 09/17/2015 at 10:24

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I test-drove one at a dealer. It took me 90% of the way through the test-drive to realize that the reason the car was so slow is that it has wayyyy more accelerator travel than anything I can remember driving... You really have to press and press to get to the power.

The sales rep mentioned that there is additional power opened up after 3000 miles... I was unsure if that was BS; I can’t seem to find anything now by Googling.

In any case, it handled well in the very subdued street driving we did, but it was too big for my personal interest.

ninjamike > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 09/17/2015 at 10:53

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The right exhaust will get it to burble a little ^_^

5k miles on mine so far. New intercooler coming soon.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ninjamike 09/17/2015 at 21:52

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Definitely could use an exhaust. Are there any tunes available now for the Ecoboost? I read Ford Racing has an engine reflash coming later this year that will bring an unspecified power bump covered by warranty.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 09/17/2015 at 21:53

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Boostang . Love it.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > nerd_racing 09/17/2015 at 21:57

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Not really, there’s just a little bit of whine when it spools but that about it.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/17/2015 at 21:58

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About as well as any 4cyl RWD with a stickshift?

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > spanfucker retire bitch 09/17/2015 at 21:58

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Wut

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > yitznewton 09/17/2015 at 22:00

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Interesting. I pretty much had the pedal matted and shifted around 5k to wring out whatever performance the engine could give.

spanfucker retire bitch > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 09/17/2015 at 22:11

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I hate convertibles.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > spanfucker retire bitch 09/17/2015 at 22:40

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Lulz. What did they ever do to you?

ninjamike > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 09/18/2015 at 01:08

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Yeah there’s several. There’s two main tuning tools, the sct x4 & Cobb ap. Consensus is the Cobb allows tuning of more parameters. The usual Mustang modders ( bama, lund, etc) have tunes out, but I think the one churning out the best tunes is MAPerformance. They’re new to the Mustang platform, but they have a lot of experience with other turbo apps like dsm’s & subies.

ford racing tune is supposed to be out this quarter, but the forums are also rumbling about a factory ecu flash to provide a little bump with #’s closer to the v6 Camaro.

nerd_racing > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 09/18/2015 at 07:10

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disappointing.

spanfucker retire bitch > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 09/20/2015 at 20:29

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Ruin a body’s profile, and in the case of the F-Type, it’s otherwise glorious ass.