25th Apr 2011, 12:06
Wait, you beat what in your SHO? A Mustang? NEVER! The SHO with a 5-speed had a best time of 6.7 to 60 vs. 6.2 in the 5.0 Mustang. These were the earlier years from 89 to 92 on the SHO. If you have an AT, you are over 7 seconds to 60 stock. The only way you are beating a Mustang is if it is an AT or a lame driver with a 2.73 rear end 5-speed. SHO's were no match for me with my 5 liter Mustangs, and they were just on the list of every other sedan I wasted back in those days. They were a cool niche car that was fun to drive, but nothing a fast as a Mustang.
I almost traded one of my Mustangs for a mint '91 SHO with a 5-speed. It was quick, don't get me wrong, but it didn't feel as fast as my Mustang, and having raced enough of them, I knew it was slower.
25th Apr 2011, 12:00
A Mustang weighs 3,000 pounds more than a Talon? Yeah okay! That means the Talon weighs nothing as the Mustang weighs in right around 3K pounds! The Talon weighs 2,549 lbs... so not too much less. A better driver could take a Mustang off the line in a stock Talon. 0-60 was only about a tenth difference between the two cars with a slight edge to the Mustang.
The difference is the Mustang could drag race all day long, but the Talon would be blowing the turbo or the clutch after too many runs of giving it all its got. AWD systems are really hard on driveline components, as there is no wheel spin. This is primarily why the Talon is capable of 0-60 times in the 6.3 second range.