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Old 02-10-2010, 09:51 AM   #44 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NYBladeZ View Post
They keep the live axle to keep cost down. It's already a $50 grand mustang so I guess they didn't want to make it more expensive. Atleast they found a way to drop some weight and it looks pretty good. However, even Ford acknowledges that the live axle is inferior and stated that the next mustang will have an IRS. The best mustang cobra ever produced (03-04) were IRS and given the right mods with still run better than the GT500's.
It has nothing to do with cost and everything to do with what the owners want. 2 out of 3 enthusiast owners prefer the drag strip over the road track...

Lots of the 03-04 owners were not happy with the IRS... it sucked with big power. Many swapped live axles back in.
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