Why would you buy a car like this if you're not going to push it fairly often?
I would think the rev-happy nature of the 5.0 Coyote would help in AutoCross, because you could keep it in 1st/2nd gear and just use revs.
Once again, I push my car when it's safe to do so, but on public roads, that's not going to happen for the most part. And there are times I just don't feel like it, but in no way I drive like a grandma.
My friends who ride with me know how I drive, and I don't go easy if the opportunities present themselves.
And from my experience, having a better low-end helps out at AutoX as well. Take a hairpin turn and your speed and revs might drop low coming out of a turn, so you could use some good low-end coming out of a turn. That, and the 1LE has a handling edge compared to the Bullitt.
In no way I am saying the Mustangs are torqueless. They still have plenty, but everything I have read plus just some basic knowledge in engine show that the Camaro will have better low-end while the Mustang will have better top-end. Also Mustangs supposedly sound better, so there is also that. To each of their own.
I can already smell your clutch burning all the way over my side of the screen.
That tires you smell.
Clutch shouldn't be burning just from that!
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Reverse burnout on an RWD? Alright then, whatever makes you happy. Jesus Christ guys, really?
Definitely got carried away. Let's get back on topic.
No one said burn out.
Surprising fact. In either of these V8 cars you can slowly let the clutch out without giving any throttle at all and start rolling in first gear. This is called torque.
To be fair, that is possible in almost any manual car, even 4-cylinders.
Yeah, that's the first thing you should learn driving a manual: how to get a car going just using clutch.
As long as it's a flat ground, you should get a Corolla going without using gas, or you need to practice more.
And I know different people do it differently, but when you let the clutch out, it's not a linear, slow motion. It's more like quickly release it to the bite point, hold the clutch at the bite point for a bit then slowly let the clutch out the rest of the way. That's how I do it.