Ok, so how fast is it?

[Firthockeydog]

i have been wondering recently...

Considering the LS is pretty well balanced with a pretty decent suspension, how fast is it around the track? I've heard V8 LS's will beat a GT stang around the twisties.. but really how fast is the car?

...I love my IRS

 

[CrackerJack]

0 - 60 about 7.5 stock, and a mid to high 14 on the 1/4 mile. The LS was designed to be a foreign luxury alternative, so it was built to be able to go through a turn. The mustang was and still is pretty much a straight line max horsepower vehicle. Which is still awesome

 

[Firthockeydog]

0 - 60 about 7.5 stock, and a mid to high 14 on the 1/4 mile. The LS was designed to be a foreign luxury alternative, so it was built to be able to go through a turn. The mustang was and still is pretty much a straight line max horsepower vehicle. Which is still awesome

agreed. I'm so glad the thousands that I've poured into my LS now let me run to 60 in just under 7!! so if I spend 15k, i'm figuring i can get there in 2.9? maybe :shifty:

ANYWAYS... I'm talking around the track. How fast is the car?

 

[Beamer]

not fast at all, was not made to appeal to people looking for a speedster sedan.

 

[Rich88LSC]

High 14s low 15s depending ontrack and whos driving. A road course is even more dependent on who's driving but these cars handle quite well considering they weigh almost 4000lbs. Mine was exactly 3960 with me in it last time at the track.

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

if the LS body is Modified to fit on the Thunderbird's frame then maybe it would have a major weight reduction making the pick ups better and also better handling on the turns with less weight on the rear

 

[Aquabrit]

if the LS body is Modified to fit on the Thunderbird's frame

How are you going to do that with a unibody car?

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

pull the welder out and consider some fiberglass work...won't look like the original LS but it might look even better

 

[Firthockeydog]

but it might look even better

no?

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

no?

you shut up you...LOL

 

[PetesSweets86]

you ladies suttle down!

 

[chocolat1701]

the 03+ can do 0-60 in 6.7 seconds.

 

[PetesSweets86]

the 03+ can do 0-60 in 6.7 seconds.

so can your mother

 

[pagluy]

the 03+ can do 0-60 in 6.7 seconds.

It's a pretty quick car.

 

[97stscaddy]

f the LS body is Modified to fit on the Thunderbird's frame

What year Thunderbird?

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

same as the LS's Years

 

[gcwimmer]

The Thunderbird that shared underpinning with the Lincoln LS (DEW98 platform) was only produced from 2002 to 2005, and it was the T bird that was adapted from the LS.

 

[PetesSweets86]

so the Tbird should be sucking our balls

 

[Quik LS]

if you look at a 2005 LS compared to a 2005 Mustang GT

the mustang only had 20 more hp and was 250lbs lighter. those differences were so small that on a road coarse - it was the driver making the difference. now on the strip - the 250lbs showed up more - but if the mustang had a full tank of gas and a box in the trunnk with some subs.....

 

[Quik LS]

The Thunderbird that shared underpinning with the Lincoln LS (DEW98 platform) was only produced from 2002 to 2005, and it was the T bird that was adapted from the LS.

+1 = the t-bird has no frame either. The t-bird is actually heavier - since they had to re-enforce the unibody to add back stiffness lost when they cut off the roof.

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

damn that sucks...I guess it'll be more of a cosmetic Mod then