My GT Performance Edition (GTPE) first track launch with videos, timeslip! 0-60 in 4.12s, 1/4 mile in 12.657 @ 100.02 mph

[deadduck]

I agree and I sure hope not.

I sure wish they'd release the embargo.

Let us hope this isn't like the movies.

If a movie is good the reviews come early and often.

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[McMoo]

I'm going to get panned for this, but I think it has to do with the tires being borderline suitable for a standard SUV, let alone one with 600 lb/ft torque. I think it was a trade off for range, as you get slightly less the wider you go. The non GT MME's are even smaller. I'd be interested in seeing how 255's or 265's would do on the track.

My model 3 has grand touring 235 all season tires and can do 0-60 in 3.0 so it’s not the tires.

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

That's why I said if. I'm still willing to entertain that there's something wrong with his car or that there's other factors at play but things aren't looking great so far. If it drops off that bad at 72% SoC, whew, what's it gonna be like at 60? 50? 40? I don't know about you but I figure I'll probably be in the 60-75% SoC rather regularly and if it turns the 70k dollar GTPE into something that traps slower than my wife's 27k dollar Accord then it is just not for me.



https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/myp-soc-vs-performance-with-dragy.234557/

13.1@100 @ 10% SoC
12.5@107 @ 25% SoC
12.3@110 @ 50% SoC
12.1@113 @ 75% SoC

I think some people don't understand precisely how bad that 99-100 mph trap speed for the GT is but take note that to get a Tesla to run that slow you have to be down to 10% SoC.

I’m with you, but I take solace in the 7.99 1/8th mile at 87mph because that’s indicative of a 12.0-12.2 1/4 at 110+ mph.

Come on all of you other 2 GTPE owners, let’s get those Dragys connected and get some more numbers. ??

 

[silverelan]

I may be wrong but only the Mach-E 1400 had anything to do with the Ford Performance team. I looked up the current Ford Performance vehicles and there are no Mach-E's listed. I've had three Ford Performance vehicles and they've all had very prominent door sills that display "Ford Performance" as well as other bits like a nice padded owners manual cover, literature and an engine plaques displaying "Ford Performance." I don't believe the Mach-E GT's have any of this.

I had thought that they brought in Ford Performance as a part of Team Edison to collaborate on Mach-E's development. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I thought back in November 2019 or a subsequent interview Dave Pericak had said something about the Mustang and Ford Performance teams being involved to get the MME into a Mustang.

https://performance.ford.com/enthusiasts/media-room/2021/4/mach-e-gt.html

 

[pt19713]

It’s not super comparative to blanket statement about an entire model on a single data point. But I agree, it’s not a great picture so far. But would also be curious to see a similar run on a Model Y at a similar SOC.

My 2020 Model Y LR with the acceleration boost runs the 1/8th in 8.00 @ 93 mph, 0-60 3.93 (1 ft rollout). I've done runs between 76-89% SoC and don't get a disparity of numbers (Dragy GPS).

The issue is probably in the Mach-E drive mode. The car shouldn't be doing 80s in the 1/8th.

I only have one good 1/4 mile run at 12.30 @ 107 mph, and that's letting off the throttle a tad early. We'll have to wait and see for others to run since these numbers are a little wonky.

 

[JoeDimwit]

Electric car bench racing. Adorable.

Whatya think it will do with a tune?

You joke, but for real, there is more performance in the drives. Those motors can be spun quite a bit faster. I bet someone gets a premium up to about 140-150 once they figure out how to get at the parameters on the drives. I’d expect slightly more out of the GT’s.

Right now, between the traction nannies, and the governor keeping the speed down, and the bias toward range over performance, these cars have a metric shit ton of potential just out of reach.

 

[silverelan]

I agree and I sure hope not.

I sure wish they'd release the embargo.

With no official press information out, the media outlets can run stories with OP's info of his track runs. This'll be the first impression of the best the Mach-E GT PE can do and it's short of a regular Model Y LR.

 

[CharleyCarlos]

My model 3 has grand touring 235 all season tires and can do 0-60 in 3.0 so it’s not the tires.

Good point, interestingly, a few years ago, the same model 3 P took 3.5 seconds to hit 60 —improved software brought down it to 3.0


so maybe Ford has catching up to do on the software end of the GTPE

 

[Jeebus]

The Drive: Here's the First Quarter-Mile Time Slip for the Quickest Ford Mustang Mach-E.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/42201...ime-slip-for-the-quickest-ford-mustang-mach-e

Certainly getting noticed....

 

[blue92lx]

The Drive: Here's the First Quarter-Mile Time Slip for the Quickest Ford Mustang Mach-E.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/42201...ime-slip-for-the-quickest-ford-mustang-mach-e

Certainly getting noticed....

Teslarati already has an article about it too. Looks like Frankie had the right vision that the embargo is forcing a 100mph 1/4 mile time to be what people are going to see.

 

[t12g]

The Drive: Here's the First Quarter-Mile Time Slip for the Quickest Ford Mustang Mach-E.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/42201...ime-slip-for-the-quickest-ford-mustang-mach-e

"The results from the strip are interesting to say the least" - "interesting" would not be the adjective I'd use there.... This might be a one-off phenomenon. A single data point doesn't define a trend. But it's all we've got so far, and it's not looking good at all.

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

The Drive: Here's the First Quarter-Mile Time Slip for the Quickest Ford Mustang Mach-E.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/42201...ime-slip-for-the-quickest-ford-mustang-mach-e

Certainly getting noticed....

Yep, it was inevitable. Nevermind that a 346HP 4X can trap 103-103.5mph in MT or CD’s tester’s hands. I guess now I can tell my wife the 4X we ordered her is faster than the GTs ??.

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

Teslarati already has an article about it too. Looks like Frankie had the right vision that the embargo is forcing a 100mph 1/4 mole time to be what people are going to see.

And now Ford comms is gonna have to get involved before that 100mph trap speed takes off across the inter webs and starts causing cancelled orders. Seriously.

 

[markboris]

I had thought that they brought in Ford Performance as a part of Team Edison to collaborate on Mach-E's development. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I thought back in November 2019 or a subsequent interview Dave Pericak had said something about the Mustang and Ford Performance teams being involved to get the MME into a Mustang.

Looks like you are correct that Ford Performance collaborated using their simulators in the development of chassis dynamics. They probably had a hand in some of the other areas of the Mach-E development too. I think down the road, we will see a higher performing Mach-E that will be under the Ford Performance group like the Shelby GT350, GT500's and RS/ST lines in the other Ford cars and truck.

 

[Tommy303]

Great runs!! Looks like it was good weather for the track as well.

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