V8 Mustang prototype spied (video)....but what is it?

[LFSoccer2k6]

My favorite thing I noticed was in the lat video, when you see the turn signal, as it was illuminated white and not amber. I wonder if it is a switchback...would be sick!

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[jake_zx2]

I didn't see the large red kill button on the dash, so it could've been a Roush or something.

I doubt it, but I got a buddy who's an insider at Roush... maybe he can answer that for me...

 

[MaskedRacerX]

If they don't call in Mach 1, I think Ford will be missing a great opportunity, although I'm sure it'd sell anyway.

Holy smokes, right? Even outside of hardcore muscle car/Mustang enthusiasts the Mach I name is pretty well known.

Oh Geez, I wasn't even thinking about the recent announcement ... Ecoboost High Performance ... I think if this is some kind of 5.2 based model, it's doomed to the stunningly, mediocre name of: GT High Performance <meh_face>

 

[Notagain]

Please show everybody a road course where you can track your :Track Car" every weekend?
As for the Coyote........? The cost of that motor rises more than four times over a LS or LT and is twice the price of a all aftermarket SBF.
Just got done having this same conversation on another site.
Honestly, "Keep it Simple Stupid" goes right over your head.
Not going to waste my time listing the faults of the Coyote again......

All I'm going to say is that if Ford ever does install a motor based off of the Coyote?
All major players/Racers will abandon the Coyote in droves.

As for your BMW comments.......
Ever heard about the effects of a halo car or trim option?
Works real good when the car or trim option is what people want.
This is why the Challenger is selling so much better now days.....even on a very dated and bloated chassis.

Mach 1 with a 7.3 and a A-10 would sell like crazy!

You talking about the "awful" Coyote that is outselling the Challenger and Camaro pretty handily?

Please explain how a heavy boat anchor 7.3 would be a better option than a 5.0 with ANY kind of boost.

Considering the aftermarket for the 5.0 coyote is gigantic and people are running 9s on stock engines clearly you are missing the picture here.

7.3 in a mustang will never happen especially from a company that pushes ecoboost engines and just killed nearly all its cars.

You my friend appear to be living in lalaland.

 

[jake_zx2]

You talking about the "awful" Coyote that is outselling the Challenger and Camaro pretty handily?

Please explain how a heavy boat anchor 7.3 would be a better option than a 5.0 with ANY kind of boost.

Considering the aftermarket for the 5.0 coyote is gigantic and people are running 9s on stock engines clearly you are missing the picture here.

7.3 in a mustang will never happen especially from a company that pushes ecoboost engines and just killed nearly all its cars.

You my friend appear to be living in lalaland.

PLEASE don't get him started on this. We don't need him stupiding up this thread. Go over to the thread about 7.3 swapping a Mustang, and you can see the full blown idiocy over there

 

[Twin Turbo]

Lets keep the 7.3 chat to the wonderful 7.3 thread

 

[w3rkn]

Ford Mustang GT-R.

Mustang PP2, with 5.2 CPC.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

This board have a page limit?

Hahaha, the 7.3L thread might crash the internet ...

Ford Mustang GT-R.

Mustang PP2, with 5.2 CPC.

Except that the GT-R (very specifically with the hyphen), is this vehicle:

 

[MaskedRacerX]

No, it's this vehicle.

I got a chance to drive a [mildly] tuned R34, RHD of course, which meant I was shifting like I'd never driven a manual, but it was a pretty fun experience, the car being so legendary.

 

[w3rkn]

Mustang GTR

 

[jake_zx2]

Don't get me wrong, I have an appreciation for drag racing, and participate in it myself, but the cars that come from it really are quite boring. It doesn't take much to make a drag car... make it light, make it high horsepower, and but some big, sticky tires on it. Road racing takes a lot more high-skill engineering to get it right, and that's what makes the cars that come from it so exciting.

If you've only ever watched road racing, I HIGHLY suggest you participate sometime. I was a die-hard drag racing fan until I participated in my first AutoX event in a friend's 100hp Miata, and that was the most fun with cars I had ever had. I've since moved to road course work, which is like AutoX on steroids. I'll agree, not the most fun to watch, but BY FAR the most fun to participate in.

I still go to the drag strip once a month or so, and it's definitely fun to watch, but I only do 4 or 5 passes before I get bored

 

[Chameleon]

That wing tho.

 

[IPOGT]

It looks like a Mustang.

 

[v8hgt]

Ever heard the phrase “win on Sunday, sell on Monday”? It wasn’t written about ford when they raced the lotus cortina, Dfv, escort bda etc.

The gt4 mustang just took fastest lap in class at Oulton Park this weekend. They are doing well in gt4 world wide. Which I’m sure helps sales of its road going sibling the gt350 in the USA and Middle East. Bmw sell loads of m cars and Merc sell loads of amg cars world wide because of their race programmes. If only ford could cash in too .... ford urgently needs a halo track model that looks like a road car punters can actually buy. Hence the 350 is long over due a make over. Now the 500 is here, this is possible. The Mach and boss badges mean nothing in the wider world. The Shelby badge still counts for something

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