2015+ GT350 Mustang official power specs: 526 HP / 429 LB-FT!

[nametoshowothers]

The engine isn't going to care how it's driven.




This is my daily routine already.

Yup my daily routine with the gt500 is 2000 rpm less but same theme


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[eric n]

This thing is perfect. Day will go as this

Open garage door
Turn car on
Hit active exhaust button
Drive out
Blip throttle . Public service for neighbours. They do not need alarm clock

Leave neighborhood at 20 mph with glorious racket

Spot freeway entrance 1st gear till 8200 rpm

Ready to start day

For everyone else that lives at 2000 rpm there is minivan at Chrysler awaiting[emoji2]


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I drive a 2011 5.0 6m with minor mods. Everyday I've enjoyed the hell out of it in much the same way you are speaking of.

The thought of 100 or so extra ponies and a bazillion extra rpms, infinately superior handling.... I can't imagine the joy of daily driving this precision instrument of death and destruction. Ultimately if there isn't much torque down low, I'll just stand on the the tall skinny pedal on the right until I find all of the torque that I want. I'm sure it's in there somewhere.

 

[Trackaholic]

The graphs were manipulated to cross at peak torque instead of 5252 so I cant really tell which axis they buggered with

They weren't manipulated, they just have different scales for torque and HP. Stupid of them, but if you manually plot them in excel or MATLAB it all makes sense.

The rest of the post was just musings about how the engine might feel. I just test drove a Coyote powered GT PP this weekend, it wasn't as strong as I expected down low (it was stronger and smoother than my Z, but I guess I expected more drama - maybe the quiet exhaust threw me off a bit). Of course a full throttle run through third was pretty exhilarating!

Clearly the Voodoo will be an awesome engine, it's just fun to wonder about this stuff while I wait a year for ADM to go away.

-T

 

[krt22]

Yeah the coyote isn't exactly a stump puller down low, but it definitely "feels" faster when you uncork it as well. You really only feel the pull down low in first, But it shines on the top end.

 

[grayforge]

Makes me wonder if I should just get a GT until the GT350s are available at MSRP...

 

[krt22]

Makes me wonder if I should just get a GT until the GT350s are available at MSRP...

Your money, but you would likely lose as much buying/selling a gt as you would paying a small ADM. I have a GT and was just going to wait it out if I didn't find one at msrp.

 

[grayforge]

I hear ya. I'm tired of taking baths on trade-ins.

 

[adrift]

Clearly the Voodoo will be an awesome engine, it's just fun to wonder about this stuff while I wait a year for ADM to go away.

-T

The Ford discussion about how they designed the engine to keep it in the power band on the track makes it sound like the Voodoo will be very exciting. Really looking forward to that...while I also wait a year....

 

[Erik427]

The Ford discussion about how they designed the engine to keep it in the power band on the track makes it sound like the Voodoo will be very exciting. Really looking forward to that...while I also wait a year....

Funny how most people don't realize the rate of rpm climb this motor will have. You cannot judge how fast it revs while out of gear. The tune just wont allow it to free rev. The ls7 does not compare to this motor.

 

[Sered]

Funny how most people don't realize the rate of rpm climb this motor will have. You cannot judge how fast it revs while out of gear. The tune just wont allow it to free rev. The ls7 does not compare to this motor.

Yup.

When they make claims about 'I will normally drive this around 2k rpms on the street, where's the torque?' and then follow that up with 'I've driven high-revving cars before...' I have to just laugh as it's so obvious they're outside of their element trying to apply old understanding to a new idea. Cars geared properly for high-revving will have you on the street at 3-5k rpms, otherwise you're not going to go very fast (as in absolute mph, not acceleration).

Yesterday while putting break-in mileage on my new blower on my M3, I attempted to try shifting at 2200rpms. Not only was it jerky, but by the end of 3rd at 2200rpm I was going maybe 25 or 30mph? :headbonk: Normal driving has me shifting in 1st and 2nd around 3500-4500rpms and if I'm goosing it at half throttle, around 6k rpms.

 

[Hack]

Cars geared properly for high-revving will have you on the street at 3-5k rpms, otherwise you're not going to go very fast (as in absolute mph, not acceleration).

So true, and when you are driving a car with an engine that is built to rev, it feels very natural to keep the engine in a different (higher) RPM range. The engine doesn't feel like it's laboring or anything. It's effortless and the power is there.

I know my 2011 GT with 3.73 gears at 30-35 mph lazing around I wanted to be in 5th gear. By 40 it wanted to be in 6th to keep the revs close to 2,000. So any highway speed in any gear other than 6th you will be very near or over 3,000 rpm.

 

[R 350 gt Donson]

Guys what ever a Boss 302 drove like around town at low RPM's is like the GT350 should be similar too. The GT350 has 429 TQ ...........this is plenty to do lower RPM shifts..I think we will all be amazed at it in-town manners...

 

[Sered]

So true, and when you are driving a car with an engine that is built to rev, it feels very natural to keep the engine in a different (higher) RPM range. The engine doesn't feel like it's laboring or anything. It's effortless and the power is there.

Yup. It 'wants' you to push it. Power just keeps climbing and doesn't stop until redline. It's a very different experience and one that's very hard to describe to someone who hasn't ever experienced it.

And I wish people would stop comparing the Boss 302 to this car. It made maybe 25hp more than the base 5.0 and the GT350 will be a completely different experience.

 

[krt22]

It will be fine for sure. You can start a coyote in 3rd or 4th and it will start rolling in its own in first without any gas, plenty fine if you are putt putting around town

 

[FPCV8YO]

So true, and when you are driving a car with an engine that is built to rev, it feels very natural to keep the engine in a different (higher) RPM range. The engine doesn't feel like it's laboring or anything. It's effortless and the power is there.

I know my 2011 GT with 3.73 gears at 30-35 mph lazing around I wanted to be in 5th gear. By 40 it wanted to be in 6th to keep the revs close to 2,000. So any highway speed in any gear other than 6th you will be very near or over 3,000 rpm.

This ^, on the cam or in the power band.

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