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I own several S197 Mustang variants that include GT, BOSS and GT500s.
One of the best, most recent improvements Ford has made to the S197 live axle is incorporating a Torsen differential for its retail consumer products.
All but one of my vehicles have them as factory equipment. My GT being deliberately configured to contrast my other cars' aggressive setups as their antithesis for daily driving, including an Automatic transmission, that doesn't mean I don't want it, and won't make it, go like hell too.
Because I chose an Automatic, the key trade-off was the lack of an equivalent track pack option. The 302 cooling system is easy enough to incorporate, but the lack of a Torsen leaves an appreciable, and undesirable, handling difference I'd rather overcome - at the same time I intend to shorten-up the final drive ratio to 3.31 for quicker launches.
The standard 302 Torsen is an easy-enough order and drop-in from Ford Racing. But, at the same time, Ford Racing ALSO offers a service replacement T2-R for the FR500S which also has a higher bias ratio of torque transfer - AND a much cheaper price.
Can anybody offer any insight into which unit they'd chose and reasons why? I'd appreciate it.
One of the best, most recent improvements Ford has made to the S197 live axle is incorporating a Torsen differential for its retail consumer products.
All but one of my vehicles have them as factory equipment. My GT being deliberately configured to contrast my other cars' aggressive setups as their antithesis for daily driving, including an Automatic transmission, that doesn't mean I don't want it, and won't make it, go like hell too.
Because I chose an Automatic, the key trade-off was the lack of an equivalent track pack option. The 302 cooling system is easy enough to incorporate, but the lack of a Torsen leaves an appreciable, and undesirable, handling difference I'd rather overcome - at the same time I intend to shorten-up the final drive ratio to 3.31 for quicker launches.
The standard 302 Torsen is an easy-enough order and drop-in from Ford Racing. But, at the same time, Ford Racing ALSO offers a service replacement T2-R for the FR500S which also has a higher bias ratio of torque transfer - AND a much cheaper price.
Can anybody offer any insight into which unit they'd chose and reasons why? I'd appreciate it.