2001 Ford Mustang GT Convertible from North America - Comments

To the guy who said check the price of a new trans am and a mustang, just to let you know they haven't made any f-bodys since 2002 1/2. maybe you need to get out more. also if you want a fast muscle car, that's got the torque for ur dollar, check out the new Pontiac GTO. I just bought one myself a 2004 Bright yellow aka "tweety". 350hp at the wheels. the 05's have about 400 at the wheels. now that's power. I only paid 19,500 for mine brand new!!! I got a really great deal + a 10,000 bonus.

If you ruin the clutch in 2500 or 3500 or even 15000 miles you suck. Ford builds quality cars, the Cobra is the only true muscle car left. If you want some jap 4 cylinder go buy it and get out of the Cobra forum.

You people might do yourselves a favor with new cars and remember to BREAK THEM IN! That means no revving them out or flogging the engine or lugging it! This gives the whole drivetrain a chance to wear right, develop grooves and move without blowing the motor, and finally, a worn in engine actually has more power until the pistons expand the cylinders too much and tolerances are to great that oil starts to be burnt, but that's a long ways away. I'm sure this doesn't explain all of the Stang's problems, but it can explain a lot about you novice drivers.

As a certified GM driveability tech just know, I will not consider a Trans Am or a camaro. So the quality argument is done there.

As far as the engine debate goes, yes even Ford admits they shot themselves in the foot and are limited as to what they can do with the Mod motor as they cannot reliably increase the displacement of the Mod motor, hence the new design coming in 08 or 09. I will admit the LS1, push rods or not, is a great design and a well built engine that can handle abuse. Think the Mod is better? Ad a power adder and watch what happens to the rods.

It sounds like a few of you need to have the motors decked to solve the head gasket problems. It is quite the task to deck these motors and gaskets just don't blow. I had DSS do mine and this engine is stout! The blocks are strong, but remember, the factory isn't interested in getting them straight, they want production. There are going to be variances in all factory motors. I know it will be expensive, but it is worth it.

As far as the clutch goes, I have used that transmission in several high performance mustangs with great success, I wonder if the clutch quadrant may be the problem. They are very weak plastic pieces from the factory. I always replace them with billet units and never have a problem, even with 5000 rpm launches at the dragstrip.

Any thoughts?

To everyone complaining about modern cars, problems, poor build quality, etc: Do yourselves a favor and buy a real car, an American car built in the early '80s and before. These cars never have half the problems, and go up in value while yours go down. And the build quality; well let's figure most of them have run well over 100,000 miles before being restored or even not restored, before they had many major issues. So when you go buying modern cars, you're asking for junk and you lose thousands doing it.

Goodmorning world... as owners of two Mustangs... my wife's is a 2001 GT convertible with 90 thousand since new... mine is the 40th Anniversary GT coupe with 5 speed that I have pushed to the limit.. on street..and strip...50+ thousand since new.. these have been trouble-free cars since we got them...yes...minor warranty stuff... but other than that... I cannot say enough about these cars... my first Mustang was a 65 with six/manual...later a Steve McQueen fastback... then family vans for years until back to Mustangs... God love em...