Rumormill: EcoBoost V8 Ford Shelby Mustang in the pipeline? — Autoblog
We can only hope. :dancenana:
We can only hope. :dancenana:
andfirst they said that it would show up in the 2011 gt500. Now we know that it's getting an aluminum 5.4l. Then they said it would show up in the 2012 gt500. Now they are saying that it will show up in the 2014 gt500.
See people, this is why you don't look for 'insider info' on autoblog, jalopnik, etc.
at first i was kind of bummed about the new engines. Then i got in my car and didn't care anymore. There is always going to be something better. That's just the way it works.
Cant foresee the future, live in the now until it becomes the future! Make choices as they are presented to you. I love my current choice!
At first I was kind of bummed about the new engines. Then I got in my car and didn't care anymore. There is always going to be something better. That's just the way it works.
Cant foresee the future, live in the now until it becomes the future! Make choices as they are presented to you. I love my current choice!
I'm all for progress, but if it's the 5 liter, count me out. We're already down almost a liter to the GM cars (6.2 vs. 5.4). If we shrink any more, we'll really have trouble keeping up with a tuned Z-28 on pump gas. Sure, we'll be okay stock for stock, and at the racetrack on 120 octane, but the typical 'bolt on' street car on pump gas will have a power ceiling well below the bigger cube GM.
Unfortunately CAFE standards may force Ford into a 'smaller' engine for the GT500 / Cobra.:nonono: The bright side is: a 5.0 GT500 would definately handle better!
Now throw some 4V heads on the an aluminum version of the 6.2L Boss, along with a factory blower, and I would find no reason to complain.
cant foresee the future, live in the now until it becomes the future! Make choices as they are presented to you. I love my current choice!
I'm all for progress, but if it's the 5 liter, count me out. We're already down almost a liter to the GM cars (6.2 vs. 5.4). If we shrink any more, we'll really have trouble keeping up with a tuned Z-28 on pump gas. Sure, we'll be okay stock for stock, and at the racetrack on 120 octane, but the typical 'bolt on' street car on pump gas will have a power ceiling well below the bigger cube GM.
Unfortunately CAFE standards may force Ford into a 'smaller' engine for the GT500 / Cobra.:nonono: The bright side is: a 5.0 GT500 would definately handle better!
Now throw some 4V heads on the an aluminum version of the 6.2L Boss, along with a factory blower, and I would find no reason to complain.
+2thank you yoda!
My little 04 4.6 turbo cobra made 700rwhp on 18#s of boost and pump gas. You have over 6 years of advancments of turbos, direct injection, and a extra .4 liters over that. I think you will be just fine without a 5.4 or 6.2. Also you wallet will appriciate it.
I think some of you need to get out of that muscle car mentality. You will still have 2.0 liters over them little supra's im sure you still fear when you run into one on the street.
I don't like that turbo-lag you get driving a turbocharged vehicle on the street. It's fine for racing I guess but annoying when you are not at high revs all the time. I would think it would be even more annoying in a high power V8 engine versus those small block European turbocharged engines. Haven't driven a new Taurus -- has Ford figured out a way to get rid or minimize the turbo-lag?