Anyone else frustrated with Ford over the next GT500?

[tt335ci03cobra]

It's going to be announced before the 3rd moon of a hot summer. Nostradamus had a quatrain.

"On the 3rd moon of a hot summer, the gt500 will be confirmed as having a turbo engine making 850hp."

It's on the internet so this is fact.

Looking like early/mid July.

 

[tt335ci03cobra]

The sad thing is his next quatrain.

"This serpents rise was largely shagrinned by turbo lag, the 1.4L nonecoboost featured all of the boosts, or bars. 4 of them to be exact. Only 2 could be felt at speeds below 100mph"

 

[Clemson]

^^^Drinking heavily on a Tuesday night. Respect.

 

[13COBRA]

I parked next to local Ford dealer employee today, driving a '14 GT 5.0.
He told me that the '18 GT500 will be announced within 3wks with deliveries starting September or October.
Then he drove away!
Who knows?

lol

 

[Willie2]

you can't double stamp a triple stamp.

 

[DBK]

Holy shit is there a lot of crack being smoked in this thread.

 

[ZYBORG]

you can't double stamp a triple stamp.

Lol

 

[DepWraith]

"There has always been intention, at least from 2014 Project Silver, to make TWO cars. In fact, 2017 was suppose to be the GT500's year and then Dodge came with 808 and PDI went to the GT first."

This is partially true: It was supposed to be a model year 2017 return, but hard starting and oil consumption pushed the vehicle back to 2018 (like I said a long time ago).

I parked next to local Ford dealer employee today, driving a '14 GT 5.0.
He told me that the '18 GT500 will be announced within 3wks with deliveries starting September or October.
Then he drove away!
Who knows?

This fully matches what my source has been telling me and what I posted a while ago. (4 to 6 weeks from May 29th for announcement)

 

[thePill]

"There has always been intention, at least from 2014 Project Silver, to make TWO cars. In fact, 2017 was suppose to be the GT500's year and then Dodge came with 808 and PDI went to the GT first."

This is partially true: It was supposed to be a model year 2017 return, but hard starting and oil consumption pushed the vehicle back to 2018 (like I said a long time ago).

There is a long list of probabilities to why the GT500 didn't come out in 2017.

'18 Refresh, PDI was needed, PDI cost needed shared, needed to break 800hp, GT350/Motorsport took priority and Dodge literally took the exact number I had been parading around.

In November 2015, an actual engine builder Tweeted confirmation that they were developing a Hellcat competitor engine. FoMoCo also understood that the Hellcat had upgrades coming. Did they plan on an 800hp Demon? Yeah, I believe Ford did. How long had I been pushing the 808 rumor? The last 20 months? Only Automobile slightly and publicly posted said rumor as "810".

It is my understanding that if 800+ was the target, it would take a slightly larger displacement as well as a turbo on each cylinder bank. I honestly believe that has been the major hold-up.

I reported Port Direct Injection coming about 18-20 months ago. 2018 was always the year PDI was coming... I just don't think it was originally intended to be F150/GT first. Then again, I'm not sure I ever inquired. I always assumed it would be on the GT350/500 first.

Ford definitely knows they have center stage now. After Dodges "808hp", everyone assumes the Mustang will out-do Dodges HP rating. This stand off has generated a lot of buzz by simply piggy-backing off of the competitions media. They did this in LA 2012 for the '13 GT500 and it demoralized Chevy and the ZL1. I expect all these factors are involved.

 

[tt335ci03cobra]

If you listen to purple submarine, from the Beatles, backward it clearly says

18 gt500 will make 1600hp.

I don't know how you guys keep getting it so wrong.

 

[DSG2003Mach1]

Holy shit is there a lot of crack being smoked in this thread.

like this guy ever knows anything....
























lmao...seriously though, take a hit and spill the beans. We know you know!

 

[DepWraith]

I was told last August by a very credible source that they pulled 898rwhp at 16psi from a 5.0 with twin 62mm. I have no reason at all to doubt this source as he is personally known to me and has worked on the car. They may have made a motor change since then as I haven't received any updated motor info from him, just the timeline for announcement. I wish one of the people that are "in the know allegedly" would post up what they actually know, instead of just saying things like that's not right or no it's not that.

 

[ON D BIT]

Is that after their 300 hour durability testing at max rpm straight?

 

[DepWraith]

Is that after their 300 hour durability testing at max rpm straight?

He didn't say so I don't know.

 

[conceptmachine]

Would like to find out something simple

Will there be a boss mustang available in the next 2 years?
Mach1
BOSS XXX
GT500
?

 

[tt335ci03cobra]

Going to be interesting, I'm sure ford will make something great.

 

[thePill]

I was told last August by a very credible source that they pulled 898rwhp at 16psi from a 5.0 with twin 62mm. I have no reason at all to doubt this source as he is personally known to me and has worked on the car. They may have made a motor change since then as I haven't received any updated motor info from him, just the timeline for announcement. I wish one of the people that are "in the know allegedly" would post up what they actually know, instead of just saying things like that's not right or no it's not that.

If they want over 800hp from an OEM Coyote, they will likely need two turbos.

Port Direct Injection probably helped a great deal and that technology has likely provided most of the delay.

 

[thePill]

Test cars are out in Michigan.

Look for the TOP mounted Fender Gills or an enlarged bump center hood with forward mounted air scoop.

Top positioned Gills could indicate a Parallel Twin Turbo. A Forward mounted, FUNCTIONAL air scoop could be a large NA engine w/ functional CAI or a Hot V BiTurbo. AMG uses a Hot V BiTurbo and a similar CAI hood scoop.

Appearently still targeted to produce more Horsepower than the Pump Gas Demon (808hp). Initially 808 was the exact number the GT500 was rumored to be.

Rumor is, delays in the Ecoboost V8 program were directly caused by the Voodoo, Spring 2015.

 

[03cobra#694]

Test cars are out in Michigan.

Look for the TOP mounted Fender Gills or an enlarged bump center hood with forward mounted air scoop.

Top positioned Gills could indicate a Parallel Twin Turbo. A Forward mounted, FUNCTIONAL air scoop could be a large NA engine w/ functional CAI or a Hot V BiTurbo. AMG uses a Hot V BiTurbo and a similar CAI hood scoop.

Appearently still targeted to produce more Horsepower than the Pump Gas Demon (808hp). Initially 808 was the exact number the GT500 was rumored to be.

Rumor is, delays in the Ecoboost V8 program were directly caused by the Voodoo, Spring 2015.

Really, pictures? You live in Pennsylvania.

 

[tones_RS3]

Appearently still targeted to produce more Horsepower than the Pump Gas Demon (808hp). Initially 808 was the exact number the GT500 was rumored to be.

I never heard or read of that.