First Look Inside Next-Gen GT350 Mustang (S550) Prototype!

xlover said:

Very curious to see the production wheels.... Those look like prototype designs. And I hope they will go with 20s at least as an option.

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The wheels were shown uncovered last year.

Hmm, but will those be the production wheels? Seems unusual to go for a concave design up front, not but out back :shrug:

Twin Turbo said:

Well, all indications are that GT350 is first up and will be the halo car. If a GT500 follows at some point remains to be seen.

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I thought I read somewhere that Ford was carrying over both the Coyote engine AND the aluminum 5.4L. If this is true, there is NO WAY Ford would take a backwards step in their succession lineup by taking the 5.4L from the GT500 and put it in a GT350 "IF" a GT350 (or Mach 1) is in the works, logically it would have to be a Coyote based 5.0, to keep the "special car" buyers happy for the first (and possibly 2nd) production years.

If Ford follows their previous release MO, we should hear purposefully released rumors about the GT500 (and I'd dare say it's turbocharged 'VOO-DOO' 5.4) somewhere around late August 2015.

I think it's pretty much a given the old 5.4/5.8 Shelby engine won't be seen in S550......although it does fit "with some work"..........and those are the words of Dave Pericak

Notice how we can't see the turn indicators in the latest shots? Could the headlamps be exposed because the turn signals are in the main headlamp for GT350? :shrug:

Twin Turbo said:

Hmm, but will those be the production wheels? Seems unusual to go for a concave design up front, not but out back :shrug:

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The rear track was widened 70mm.

NRMStand said:

I don't see a stripped down Z/28 clone coming from Ford. It wasn't done with the Boss 302 and the market is moving up, not down. This will be especially true IF (as we don't know yet) it would be available overseas.

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Stripped down Boss 302 from Ford:
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You could buy it right from the dealer.

Grimace427 said:

The wheels were shown uncovered last year.
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Sorry I have seen the uncovered wheels, I was trying to say I dont think those are going to be the production design, they look to me like a temporary prototype design. Even imagining them cleaned up they seem plain for where ford has gone with wheel designs for the mustang and SVT over the last 5 years. of course I could be wrong when i see how the final picture flows together.

Those are prototype wheels. Next, the GT350 has always Ben the top dog of the Shelby line especially in price,starting at over $80k, whereas the GT500 starts at $54K... Although the GT350 to me is just a revamped, lightly juiced up track package 5.0. It's already been confirmed the new 2015 5.0 performance pack (replacing track pack), actually out handes a BOSS Laguna, which is HUGE!!!! I truly believe that a slight adjustment to a base performance pack 5.0 will give the Z28 more than it barganed for. As for the very soon to be released hp of 5.0? Well head and intake wrk plus pistons etc, I'd wager for around 440-450hp/415-420tq... I don't see much more than a 50 lb weight loss if any as this new car LOOKS bigger in person then the current 197 5.0, just not as tall and alttle wider. I fully expect a NA version of the current 13'-14' Shelby 5.8 Trinity engine, IF they decide to do a GT350 or a BOSS 351. I saw enough prototypes cruising in west Phoenix, Az back in early Feb, heard them loud and clear, there's no evidence of a power adder. Although 1 of the 3 did sound like it had a very faint BOV sound to it, very common on turbo applications. a recirculating bov with an upgraded CAI can sound like is venting externally. They aso had slightly different rear fascias. What ever name is decided we will find out in next 3 weeks, same for power output of the regular stangs.

xlover said:

Sorry I have seen the uncovered wheels, I was trying to say I dont think those are going to be the production design, they look to me like a temporary prototype design. Even imagining them cleaned up they seem plain for where ford has gone with wheel designs for the mustang and SVT over the last 5 years. of course I could be wrong when i see how the final picture flows together.

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Build'em said:

Those are prototype wheels.

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Those uncovered wheels are the same as the currently covered wheels.

Build'em said:

Next, the GT350 has always Ben the top dog of the Shelby line especially in price,starting at over $80k, whereas the GT500 starts at $54K... Although the GT350 to me is just a revamped, lightly juiced up track package 5.0.

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You are confusing the post-title GT350 built by SAI with the OEM Ford-production SVT GT500.

Stang Nut said:

Stripped down Boss 302 from Ford:


You could buy it right from the dealer.

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The Boss 302S is not a production car you can buy at a dealership like the Z28, it's a custom racing car that you can only buy from Ford Racing. The Boss 302S is also not street legal.

Grimace427 said:

Those uncovered wheels are the same as the currently covered wheels.

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they are covered to hide the brakes

Stang Nut said:

Stripped down Boss 302 from Ford:


You could buy it right from the dealer.

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The Z/28 is street legal. This isn't.

xlover said:

they are covered to hide the brakes

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You could see the brakes when they were uncovered.

xlover said:

they are covered to hide the brakes

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I think it may have somthing to do with testing the extra cooling for the brakes by cutting off the main path of air that would normally cool the brakes letting them test the temps and cooling under high heat and stress without having to flog it on the track. But that is just a guess on m part