Whats up with Ford ? cant they get anything right ever ?
Lots of people maybe raving about the new Boss, ok fine it beat the M3 on the track @ Laguna Seca..
Great job Ford...
Now for some other points for some pure Ford's awesomeness:
1] 2 keys ? Blue for regular use and Red for race/track mode:
My thoughts -
[a]LOL , whats up Ford ? copying BMW's M ideas /Honda's Vtec ?
- BMW always had an "M" button to switch between 2 maps for fuelling,ignition, throttle response, suspension etc
-Honda always had vtec , floor it and above 5800 rpm hell breaks loose, diff cam profile, fuelling and ignition curves..
.. I'd summarize this feature as "Yawn".. Ford u guys were always boring and no matter how hard u try u will never get the point.
[b]Another point of view these morons didnt consider - and this is my favourite..
Lets picture this - you are crusing along with the blue key, but along the way you encounter a nice hilly stretch of road with no traffic, naturally you'd want to flex the v8's muscles and see what its got; or another scenario where you'd want to kick a ricer's ass and need to show him who's the Boss .. If I was in a smarter engineered car I would press a button or floor the throttle or simple downshift to unleash power.
Hey but im in a Ford !! Guess what boys and girls what do the Boss owners do ?
Please raise your hands if u think u got the right answer:
Hahahah - Pull over, search for a spot to get off the expressway, switch of your engine and swap the keys or if you are brave or on medication you could attempt to put car in neutral and see if you switch off and swap keys ..
Nice idea - lots of thought must have gone into this awesome innovation.
Red key ..my ass ..morons.
2] Live rear axleC'mon guys, "free online suspension design lesson" for you - please write this down:
Good handling = Not live rear axle, anything but this.
Bad handling = Live rear axle
Guys we usually use some thing called a "independant suspension" on cars..please google it to get an idea of what it does.Hey even some offroaders are moving away from Solid axles to independant suspensions..
Hey who know we may need to do some rock climbing along with the jeeps ..probably would be useful there.
3] Quad pipes : Not buying this gimmick.
How did you design an exhuast header ? was it for the baffle plates closed or open ?
Did u design it with both in mind ?
total compromise of both low end and top end power..
I dont even want to think what happens to the velocity of the exhaust pulses when the baffles are opened ?
Turbulence - like a washing machine..
Exhaust/Header design lesson 1 - mantain exhaust velocity, turbulence = bad.
Unless you are out to design a rice machine..
Also it sounds like the exhaust is cracked/broken ..doesnt sound impressive at all.
4] Front splitter Guys - u are more rice than a mexican in a civic.
Front splitter which is like 1/2 a foot of the ground .. LOL
Even if you lower the car with adjustable shocks ..the overall truck lile aerodynamics are going to kill the whole point of the lowering + splitter etc.
Im now even more sure this car is for the posers/newbies wanting to buy a performance car out of the box..but will end up with a rice aerodynmic body kit.
My fav line - Front splitter ..my ass.
5] 380 lb/ft. @4,500 rpm Let me break this down into simplified terms and what it means to the driver while driving the car on a daily basis.
[1]Consider the gear ratios of the Boss302:
First 3.66
Second 2.43
Third 1.69
Fourth 1.32
Fifth 1.00
Sixth 0.65
[2]And a Final drive 3.73:1
[3] Tyre sizes as provided by the factory : 255/40R-19 or 285/35R-19
Now the most important question :
Considering the gear ratios and final drive with 19 inch wheels with 40 Profile can we really use that 380 lb/foot of torque at 4600 rpm.
--> 380 lb/ft = 514 NM in metric.
i.e 514 NM @ 4600 rpm
E.g normal road cars usually cruise at 2500 to 3500 rpm on freeways..
At these speeds the boss 302 engine is outside of its power band.
At 2500 Rpm the road speeds are calculated as :
1st gear :15mph
2nd gear :22mph
3rd gear :32mph
4th gear :41mph
5th gear :54mph
6th gear :82mph
Seems a bit slow, lets try 3500 rpm
1st gear :20mph
2nd gear :31mph
3rd gear :44mph
4th gear :57mph
5th gear :75mph
6th gear :115mph
Ok this seems reasonable, Im tying to cruise @ respectable speeds in CA..
I'm able to remain in 5th gear and do 75 mph @ 3500 rpm..not going to over drive coz I want to retain the capability to quickly overtake and change lanes ...
Observation - Im no where near the power band, Im not using the 512 NM as yet.
Now if I really wanted to use it I'd have to travel at 4500 rpm, so If I tap the throttle and climb to 4500 rpm what happens to my road speed?
Here are the figures with respect to gearing/final drive tyre etc etc
1st gear :26mph
2nd gear :40mph
3rd gear :57mph
4th gear :73mph
5th gear :96mph
6th gear :148mph
Oh no - dangerously into the speeding ticket zone.
So I will need to downshift to 4th to be able to ride the torque wave..
To understand what that feels like, just try and reach 4500 rpm in ur current car just to see how high that is..
..This makes it clear what this engine+gear bix+final drive +tyre combination means:
Its not a muscle car anymore,
Ford u got it wrong again - the Boss should be a torque monster not a screamer to carry its own heavy ass around.
With a kerb weight of 3600 pounds = 1632 kg = 1.6 tonnes ..
I need torque from down below from 1500/1800 rpm to haul this 1.6 tonnes of flab to respectable speeds and be able to cruise the way an "American muscle" car should.
Ideally a Muscle car = Heavy sedan/coupe with a massive V8 with a brutal bulldozer like shove of torque from way down in the rev range.and not a 7500 rpm screamer...
Hey V8s are not screamers ..leave the hi revs to the Wankels and Vtecs.
concentrate on width of power band instead of peak figures becoz the 302 is no agile/light wt sports car to simply point and shoot with the tacho at 6500 rpm.
Wake up guys and go back to the drawing board.
512 NM ..my ***
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