Mustang GT Performance Pack 2 (PP2)

[Mook]

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-ca...708/ford-mustang-performance-pack-two-review/

The resulting Performance Package Two, or PP2, is available only on Mustang GT coupes with the six- speed manual. The tires are Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s, 305/30/ZR-19 all around, which become bubblegum on the bottom of a shoe in the right conditions. MagneRide adaptive dampers—previously offered only on the GT350 and now optional on other 2018 Mustang variants—are standard on the PP2 and have been retuned. The front and rear anti-roll bars are stiffer by 12 and 67 percent, respectively, compared with the PP1, and the front and rear springs are 20 and 13 percent stiffer. These changes were all intended to make the Mustang corner flatter, deliver wicked turn-in, and make it a ton of fun on back roads.

The package is a $6500 option on a Mustang GT, which might sound like a lot, but includes MagneRide dampers, a $1695 option on a PP1. So equipped, a PP1 starts at $43,875, while the entry price to a PP2 is $44,685. That’s only an $810 difference—less than what you’d shell out for a set of PS2s. Just as important, it’s nearly $14,000 less than the cheapest GT350, which also requires an additional gas-guzzler tax. In other words, this Mustang is a screaming deal. Pretend you’re giving that extra cash directly to the engineering team for working nights and weekends to create it. They deserve it.

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[Pressure Ratio]

I read a review that basically said although on paper this sounds like GT350 Jr., it is not. It is an upgraded GT for sure. But short of the GT350 by a good margin.


To get a GT without MagneRide would be a shame. And at that point, $810 for the other upgrades? Ya, done deal

 

[Kensington]

Yeah, I wouldn't expect it to come THAT close to a GT350...It's still quite a bit down on power at the very least

 

[Yaj Yak]

Yeah, I wouldn't expect it to come THAT close to a GT350...It's still quite a bit down on power at the very least

aren't the new 5.0's underrated a good chunk? like new stock cars dyno 415-430whp

and the gt350's were "only" 526hp crank?

 

[EmersonHart13]

I'd pay extra for a GT350 for that sweet flat plane crank sound.

 

[Kensington]

aren't the new 5.0's underrated a good chunk? like new stock cars dyno 415-430whp

and the gt350's were "only" 526hp crank?

I mean, the new GT's are a couple tenths slower in the magazine times than the GT350, and they weigh about the same, so I still think the Voodoo motor is making a bit more power, although it's not crazy faster.

 

[03GTGreen]

Supposedly there are numerous issues right now with them frying the 2-3rd gear syncro

Power wise not too much down from a gt350, plus the added benefit of not having to worry about the oil consumption issue with the voodoo