Road Test: First Test Boss 302 (faster than R8 and M3) + Dyno Results

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EVOX09

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http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1102_2012_ford_mustang_boss_302_test/index.html

You can go into corners much harder now, as the front end bites and turns in crisply. The Boss rotates like the GT does, but without the GT's tendency to wiggle the rear end on corner exit, unless you want it to. It has so much low-end torque, we were in third gear most of the time, up to fourth on the front straight, and down to second around turn 11.

As its hot shoe, Ford brought 2010 Rolex 24hrs Daytona GT class winner Jonathan Bomarito, so we took the opportunity to gather some hard data on what the Boss could really do. Bomarito and the Boss knocked out two hot laps at 1:40.4 and 1:40.2.

How fast is that? Well, we compared those times against a few vehicles from our MRLS lap-time database and were astonished. With a professional racing driver behind the wheel, the 2009 BMW M3 that competed in our 2008 Best Handling competition clocked a 1:42.9. In our 2009 Best Driver's Car competition the 2010 Shelby GT500 lapped in 1:44.3 while a 2010 Audi R8 did it in 1:40.8. This puts the Boss 302 in a very elite field, and it's not the fastest Boss. According to Ford, Bomarito lapped the Boss Laguna Seca under 1 minute and 40 seconds.

Testing the Boss is an absolute delight, particularly the launch control system, which feeds in power. With it on, the car launches with about 2700 rpm. Right around 3500 rpm, the torque kicks in and pulls all the way to redline with no flat spots. We nearly broke 4.0 seconds to 60 (3.97 actually). Given a grippier launch surface, there is a 3.9 in this car.

Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests..._test/laguna_seca_lap_time.html#ixzz1FysactGl
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Some track times... hard to believe

10. Ford Mustang Boss 302 LS 1:40.00 130 '12 446 / 1573 Motor Trend
11. Porsche 997 Turbo S 1:40.11 130 '10 530 / 1585 road&track
12. Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI 1:40.20 129 '09 525 / 1620 road&track
13. Ford Mustang Boss 302 1:40.21 129 '12 446 / 1659 Motor Trend
14. Nissan GT-R 1:40.45 129 '08 479 / 1740 Motor Trend
15. Mercedes SLS AMG 1:40.74 129 '10 571 / 1620 Bern Schneider
16. Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro 1:40.75 129 '06 420 / 1560 Motor Trend
17. Chevrolet Corvette Z06 1:40.90 129 '05 513 / 1437 Motor Trend
18. BMW M3 (E92) 1:42.96 126 '07 420 / 1619 Motor Trend
19. Porsche Cayman S(facelift) PDK 1:43.00 126 '08 320 / 1375 Motor Trend
20. Porsche Cayman S 1:43.00 126 '05 295 / 1406 Randy Pobst
21. Aston Martin V12 Vantage 1:43.04 126 '09 517 / 1680 road&track
22. Cadillac CTS-V 1:43.90 125 '09 564 / 1955 Motortrend
23. Shelby GT500 1:44.30 124 '10 547 / 1767 Motortrend
24. Shelby GT500 1:44.72 124 '06 507 / 1807 Motor Trend
25. Shelby Mustang Cobra GT500KR 1:44.72 124 '08 540 / 1773 Motortrend
26. Porsche 997 Carrera (2008 facelift) 1:45.00 123 '08 345 / 1415

The Boss 302 was recently dyno'd by Edmunds inside line and the results show this car to be under-rated.

Dynojet: 416 RWHP @ 7550 RPM & 355 RWTQ @ 5300 RPM

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déjà la GT normal est pas loin derrière une M3 sur la track...
la 302 Boss est tout simplement une bete!
 
The initial testing for the mustang 5.0 had it doing 12.9-13.2 @ 109-11, Now they're doing as low as 12.1-12.3 @ 114-115 in stock form. This boss mustang WILL hit 11's stock at 118+.
 
y'ont vraiment pas manqué leur coup avec les mustang cette année en tk... ca fesais plusieurs années que les mustang étaient ordinaires.
 
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