[dark0821]

So its pretty neat

2 keys, 2 engine profiles
one for street driving
one for track use

from all the car companies, ford is really steppin it up, i wonder how come no other company have marketed this... (or i just have been living under a rock)

just think of the possibilities, each family member have a unique key so when they get into the car, the car's more in tune with the individual driving style..


As if the 2012 Mustang Boss 302 wasn't tempting enough with 440 horsepower and killer good looks, Ford is throwing in a few extra goodies to make it that much more desirable.

2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 TracKeyFirst off, the Blue Oval announced today that owners of the new Boss 302 will receive a dual set of keys, one of which, 'TracKey,' activates a secondary PCM race tune that alters nearly 200 engine management parameters for the 5.0-liter V8. "From an engine management standpoint, we've done just about everything possible to give TracKey users a full race car experience," says Jeff Seaman, Mustang powertrain engineer. "It's not for use on the street – for example, the deceleration is set up to preserve the brakes, and the throttle response is very aggressive. A skilled driver on a closed course will really appreciate the benefits." The TracKey also features a two-stage launch control feature similar to the one on the Cobra Jet Mustang that can be controlled via buttons on the steering wheel.

Not wanting all of that new technology to go to waste, Ford has also announced that it will be offering customers a complimentary track day to test out their new ride. Offered through Team Mustang and Ford Racing, Boss 302 owners will be treated to driving instruction and track time at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, UT. Owners will need to book their own travel arrangements, but once there, everything is free of charge.

With the way things are shaping up for the Boss, we're already pondering second mortgages and/or raiding our children's college funds for one of the coolest pony cars ever. If you're good at resisting such temptations, hit the jump and read all of the details in the press releases from Ford.

source: http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/11/2012-mustang-boss-302-to-come-with-special-key-for-race-calibrat/

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[FerrariEnzo]

why need 2 sets of keys when you can have a button/switch?

[threezero]

why need 2 sets of keys when you can have a button/switch?

because you can hide the track key from your teenage soon, you can't hide the temptation button that say track/sport

[shenmecar]

interesting concept.................

[ilvtofu]

For your teenage son you want ford's speed limiting ignition key from the volvo days, then again I wouldn't let my teenage son drive my boss mustang..

[FerrariEnzo]

because you can hide the track key from your teenage soon, you can't hide the temptation button that say track/sport

does it matter? if you buy your teenage kid a BOSS Mustang, somethings bound to happen....

[s300ae]

im glad they came back with 5.L not the 4.6L crap at the turn of the century.

[dhari]

thats a pretty cool concept. a lot of manufacturers should try this out.

[1993EG]

im glad they came back with 5.L not the 4.6L crap at the turn of the century.

agreed. the 4.6 was a major fail. but now the 5.0 has returned in a badder form.

[GabAlmighty]

For your teenage son you want ford's speed limiting ignition key from the volvo days, then again I wouldn't let my teenage son drive my boss mustang..

Do explain, i've never heard of this.

[threezero]

^^ i'm guessing it like valet mode with aftermark alarms ala compustar. can't go above a certain speed. and rev up to a certain rpm

[jlenko]

For your teenage son you want ford's speed limiting ignition key from the volvo days, then again I wouldn't let my teenage son drive my boss mustang..

Seems some of the lucky ass kids that live in Metro Vancouver don't have parents that care... thus all the other high power luxury vehicles sporting an "N" on the back of them.

The kids don't give a shit.. their parents will just buy them another one. There is no sense of responsibility - only entitlement.

I wonder how long til one of these gets smashed up at high speed racing another car down Granville during rush hour..?

[monkeywrench]

I rather have a button somewhere in the interiorfor whenever I want a "sport mode" instead of having several keys. This key thing is just making the same thing just over redundant.
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[asahai69]

sick car

[seakrait]

yeah, my teenage kid would NOT be allowed to drive my BOSS 302. that's for sure. i'd prefer the button myself. this is just a bit gimmicky.

i still love ford though.

[donjalapeno]

ford is stepping it up, but we cant tell how long the technologies and new concepts (myford etc) last until they break down.

[Teh Doucher]

Do explain, i've never heard of this.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ford+mykey

[Teh Doucher]

I rather have a button somewhere in the interiorfor whenever I want a "sport mode" instead of having several keys. This key thing is just making the same thing just over redundant.
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several? are you half retarded or something? theres 2 keys, one you use everyday then one for the track. wow thats SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. MY OH MY WHAT WILL I EVER DO WITH MYSELF.

[Teh Doucher]

also, because its from ford, it will get hated on. if it was nissan adding this to the GTR or Honda adding it to something it would be hailed as the GREATEST INVENTION OF MAN KIND.

[MindBomber]

The track key, street key is a bit odd. The reason why Ford is the first one to do this is, because BMW, Audi, Porsche and Mercedes realize a button is more logical.

But, a key that limited performance that would be a great idea! If I had a high performance car, I'd definitely want a way to prevent valets and mechanics from abusing it.

[Great68]

It's no different than the Veyron's "Top Speed Key".

But I guess that's not gimmicky because it's a million+ dollar car... :rolleyes:

This car is sick. I almost want one more than an original Boss 302.

[bcedhk]

whats next for ford? putting their stupid combo code looking buttons inside to activate traction control off?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/3611793876_f10db78720_o.jpg

what was ford thinking? almost all higher end cars are going keyless, and ford decides it would be "modern" to add 1 more key.

[$_$]

LOL...

i just thought of something.

What if your driving along, and you want to switch to track mode? What than? You pull over, turn off car, and put in the other key?

[twitchyzero]

^ that's what i was thinking
it's stupid..a button is perfectly fine. If you are scared of your teenage kids driving your car...hide your keys.

[vitaminG]

honda should have a special key to activate VTEC

[Great68]

If I had a 16 year old son, and I owned this car, and I could limit the horsepower of the car with a special key, I'd totally let him take the car out.

A car like that would totally get him all the high school pussy. I'd limit it to like 100 horspower though.

[MindBomber]

honda should have a special key to activate VTEC

VTEC isn't a sport setting.

[RRxtar]

LOL...

i just thought of something.

What if your driving along, and you want to switch to track mode? What than? You pull over, turn off car, and put in the other key?
the point is that you dont need track performance on the street. you SHOULDNT have track power on the street. how many times do we hear people saying "whats the point for 500hp in a street car when you cant go above 110km/h" combined with all the new excessive speed laws and street racing problems.

the everyday key makes your car a little tamer on the street. and im sure it saves a ton of fuel too.


and whats with having 2 keys being overly complicated? seems easier than the cars that make you pull over and push up up down down left right left right B A on your onboad computer?



you guys are fucking retarded

[swfk]

What if you felt an urge to open it up a bit on the highway when you're using the street key? I can't switch keys lol, a switch is better :p

[Manic!]

What if you felt an urge to open it up a bit on the highway when you're using the street key? I can't switch keys lol, a switch is better :p

It's already got enough power for the highway.

The Bugatti also has 2 keys and with the Bugatti you have to open the door to insert the key.

[asahai69]

also, because its from ford, it will get hated on. if it was nissan adding this to the GTR or Honda adding it to something it would be hailed as the GREATEST INVENTION OF MAN KIND.

THIS!

[brute_4s]

i had 2 different tunes in my 300+ whp wrx and then i let my buddy's g/f drive it when we used her car for something and put it on the shitty tune so she couldnt hit more than 8 psi of boost....i came back and she was bitching that something was wrong with the car....my buddy and i just laughed our asses off at her

[twitchyzero]

you SHOULDNT have track power on the street.

the everyday key makes your car a little tamer on the street. and im sure it saves a ton of fuel too.


and whats with having 2 keys being overly complicated?

A cool marketing-tech but the same could be achieved with a switch.

[68style]

Half the people who are reading this thread FAIL reading comprehension.... the point of the key is not to make it so 16 year olds have a safer car to drive with a lower top speed/RPM limitation.

The key is for having a regular tune with regular Mustang fuel economy and regular throttle response that is a mix of performance and comfort, regular shift points and whatever other of the computer adjustments are accounted for in the 200 changes the key causes... and when you feel like it (ie: on a track, they HAVE to say that for legal reasons) you can use a different key and get a race tune.

Is it that fucking hard to figure out? It's not a safety thing for kids! Jesus.

[chun]

Half the people who are reading this thread FAIL reading comprehension.... the point of the key is not to make it so 16 year olds have a safer car to drive with a lower top speed/RPM limitation.

The key is for having a regular tune with regular Mustang fuel economy and regular throttle response that is a mix of performance and comfort, regular shift points and whatever other of the computer adjustments are accounted for in the 200 changes the key causes... and when you feel like it (ie: on a track, they HAVE to say that for legal reasons) you can use a different key and get a race tune.

Is it that fucking hard to figure out? It's not a safety thing for kids! Jesus.
It's because half of the people here think they've seen all of the latest and greatest, then they decide to apply their own shitty logic into solving the problem while ignoring any sort of upside that goes against their logic.

The people failing most likely haven't ever considered fuel economy nor comfort in their own requirements for a car.

[dangonay]

Ford having two different keys is stupid while BMW/Mercedes/Audi vehicles having different "personalities" (everything from seat memories to suspension/sport modes) on different keys is a great idea. :rolleyes:

[twitchyzero]

The key is for having a regular tune with regular Mustang fuel economy and regular throttle response that is a mix of performance and comfort, regular shift points and whatever other of the computer adjustments are accounted for in the 200 changes the key causes... and when you feel like it (ie: on a track, they HAVE to say that for legal reasons) you can use a different key and get a race tune.


and you can't do all that with a switch?

[AWDTurboLuvr]

and you can't do all that with a switch?

What if they can't have or don't want all those ECM changes to happen on the fly? I wonder how that 2-stage launch control works...nothing was said in the Jet Mustang article about it.

[akyr]

I am a fan of this concept

[FerrariEnzo]

and whats with having 2 keys being overly complicated? seems easier than the cars that make you pull over and push up up down down left right left right B A on your onboad computer?



you guys are fucking retarded
let say theres a chick passed you but you cant catch up to check her out (maybe shes driving in Benz SLR McLaren or something fast)... but you remembered your car has a track mode which gives it more power... BUT BUT wait, youcant use it coz u need to change keys...
so you pull over, turn off the engine, swap keys and your ready to roll.. but wait, where the hell did she go????? now that seems good!

[FerrariEnzo]

Half the people who are reading this thread FAIL reading comprehension.... the point of the key is not to make it so 16 year olds have a safer car to drive with a lower top speed/RPM limitation.

The key is for having a regular tune with regular Mustang fuel economy and regular throttle response that is a mix of performance and comfort, regular shift points and whatever other of the computer adjustments are accounted for in the 200 changes the key causes... and when you feel like it (ie: on a track, they HAVE to say that for legal reasons) you can use a different key and get a race tune.

Is it that fucking hard to figure out? It's not a safety thing for kids! Jesus.

whats to stop your teenage boy from making another profile for the "Street Key". Im sure there will be tuners to hack into computer and make a super track profile or something, and you would never know.
At least with the switch, if you use that setting, you would know if its been tamptered with.

[mb_]

let say theres a chick passed you but you cant catch up to check her out (maybe shes driving in Benz SLR McLaren or something fast)... but you remembered your car has a track mode which gives it more power... BUT BUT wait, youcant use it coz u need to change keys...
so you pull over, turn off the engine, swap keys and your ready to roll.. but wait, where the hell did she go????? now that seems good!

BUT BUT wait, what's the chick doing outside the kitchen?

[Vale46Rossi]

God this is a stupid idea, in japan they were smart enough to set it in the system that when the GT RAWR hits the track it will unlock its full capability.

[MindBomber]

let say theres a chick passed you but you cant catch up to check her out (maybe shes driving in Benz SLR McLaren or something fast)... but you remembered your car has a track mode which gives it more power... BUT BUT wait, youcant use it coz u need to change keys...
so you pull over, turn off the engine, swap keys and your ready to roll.. but wait, where the hell did she go????? now that seems good!

Perfect, thats exactly the issue.

Now lets play that scenario out in a BMW M3.
Your chillin out in the slow lane on your way back from Whis, when a gorgeous young girl passes you in her parents S6. After not scoring with any of the Australian beauties, this girl might be your last chance to taste pussy till next weekend! So, you press the M button, quickly catch up, get her number and sext all the way back to your North Van condo, where the two of you..

[Captain Bondo]

So like "His" and "Hers" keys?

Hehehehehe...

*runs and hides*

[s300ae]

So like "His" and "Hers" keys?

Hehehehehe...

*runs and hides*

thats a great idea. why stop there, there should be 'his' and 'her' ride height, parking sensors, and power output

[PK-EK]

didn't bugatti come up with this idea already?

[MindBomber]

Bugatti came up with this idea, because people keep crashing Veyrons on test drives.

[jpark]

^lol this guy? i dont think a key would solve this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLx2oFpDAfM

[underscore]

Half the people who are reading this thread FAIL reading comprehension.... the point of the key is not to make it so 16 year olds have a safer car to drive with a lower top speed/RPM limitation.

The key is for having a regular tune with regular Mustang fuel economy and regular throttle response that is a mix of performance and comfort, regular shift points and whatever other of the computer adjustments are accounted for in the 200 changes the key causes... and when you feel like it (ie: on a track, they HAVE to say that for legal reasons) you can use a different key and get a race tune.

Is it that fucking hard to figure out? It's not a safety thing for kids! Jesus.

Apparently you can't read either...or drive around using anything other than full throttle.

[Dinan3]

If I have that car I would be bringing two keys to drive just in case I need the extra power. LOL



A button is better.