Official: 2018 Mustang GT Has 460HP, 0-60MPH in Under 4.0 Secs; EcoBoost Sub 5-Secs

Rocketman said:

Typically when direct injection gets added to a car then 93 octane becomes a requirement.

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Says who? Certainly not Ford. The Focus (base) is a 2.0 DI engine that specs 87. The DI 1.5/1.6/2.0 Turbos in the Fusion/Escape/Explorer/Taurus spec 87 although "run better on 91". Both my Ecoboost 3.5's are fed a diet of 87 and run just fine. 87-93 will perk them up a little better, especially in the heat but they run great on 87, especially in the winter. And the F150 works - tows a 9k+ travel trailer.

The gt/350 with the 10speed automatic is an 11.2 second 1/4 mile car. My car is modded so i'll be keeping my car. But I'm thinking headers exhaust cai with e-85 puts this new car at low 11's. And I'm not talking about tires yet! But all chevy has to do to beat it is up their compression to 12:1!

Exciting. This will be my 10th mustang since I was 16. I'm 54 now.

aspensilver said:

Wow, Ford did a great job!

I wonder how big the difference 0-60 is without PP and then without the auto.
I hope the low time isn't a lot of drag/line lock magic that you don't feel on the street, but obviously some of it is.

Exciting!

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True test is 5-60 - that way you bypass all the tomfoolery that launches well from a standstill. It's also a great measure of torque as cars without torque (like Porsches) will lose 1-2 full seconds 5-60 compared to the same car doing 0-60.

Rocketman said:

This is coming from every luxury automaker that uses direct injection technology. Even a lowly premium car like the TLX requires 91.

And sorry, I should have stated 91 octane and not 93 as that is not accurate. But to answer a question from earlier, I would bet that 91 becomes the recommended gasoline.

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No. A benefit of direct injection is you can increase your compression without having to increase octane required.

0-60 in 4.0 sec while probably getting significantly better MPG. That 10-speed makes up for the ugly mug. I'm a bit jelly now.

Good on Ford! The Camaro SS and/or 1Le has 455 hp and 455 Ft/# torque, so I'm thinking the 1/4 mile times should be very close. I'm excited to see how they will compare on the track as well. We all know from videos that the newer Camaros kill just about everything on the track, so we'll see.

I'm pretty excited. This will be my first new Mustang since 2001...and my first ever order. Looking forward to the Build and Price tomorrow.

About time! And great news!

ccredbaron said:

Good on Ford! The Camaro SS and/or 1Le has 455 hp and 455 Ft/# torque, so I'm thinking the 1/4 mile times should be very close. I'm excited to see how they will compare on the track as well. We all know from videos that the newer Camaros kill just about everything on the track, so we'll see.

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Sweet, want to see the 1/4 time with the 10 speed an pp2.

djdstang said:

Exciting. This will be my 10th mustang since I was 16. I'm 54 now.

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You beat me . This will be my sixth if ordered.

Meh.. I'll stick with my 17 GT. Lil mod here.. lil mod there.. stickier tires, same 0-60

Honestly...I am a bit disappointed and underwhelmed. My "guess" for the new HP/torque numbers were 460/430 for the GT and 330/350 for the EB. With the reworking of the Coyote with DI and the Ford tune for 15-17 EB's, I was really hoping for at least 470 HP for the GT and 330 HP for the EB. I realize these HP increases would have (in all likelihood) only kept the 'Stang ahead of the Camaro until its refresh and subsequent HP "bump" next year (probably 20 HP/20 FT-LBS torque "bump" for the V-8 and 10/20 FT-LBS torque for the V6...and maybe a touch more torque for the 2.0 turbo) when it is "refreshed". In my opinion, it just seems that Ford continually "underachieves" in adding horsepower/torque to the Mustang, in comparison with the Camaro. It be nice for once to not have to play "catch up" in the HP/torque "war"...and I definitely think Ford missed an opportunity to do so with the 18 refresh.

Former 'Stangs:

65 coupe (3 Speed Automatic Inline 6)
87 GT (5 Speed)
98 GT (Automatic...AND SLOOOOOOOW!!)
03 GT (Automatic...AND NOT AS SLOOOOOW!!)
10GT (Automatic...NOT SLOW...BUT NOT FAAAAAST!!)
15EB (Automatic, PP...Early build Spain Motor...Sold at 10K miles, before any major
issues developed)
18...GT? EB?...6 Speed? 10 Speed Automatic? NOT SURE ANYMORE!!!

5 bucks says tons of people will trade up, cry on the forum about lack of good tuning support and not realize they are first year guinea pigs. Aside from that it's too European for me and I still couldn't be less interested in this new fuel set up.