Just so I am clear, Ford should....
5.0 500rwhp n/a engine that passes fed/state regs,
in a car that weighs less than the mustang gt,
with no gas guzzler tax,
at what price point?
Basically you guys are asking for a $50k engine in a $50k vehicle. :frusty:
After all it was done by the guy up...
Point is 100hp/l is hard and expensive. Ford doesn't need to produce one the will run but one that will last. Name me one manufacturer/builder that has built one that will last through Fords testing and not cost 10k plus to produce.
My point building an engine that starts and building one the can run red line for 360 hours non stop is very different.
Yes one can put a blower on the 5.0 and make 700rwhp, but will it run for 15 straight days and nights at redline without breaking something?
The Hyndia or however you spell it is basically what the mustang gt is now hp/l. The 458 engine probably costs more by itself than the mustang gt if not the base gt500.
Which is it that this forum wants? Regardless I have to laugh at all the what ifs.:clap2:
Copy and paste of durability...
Really, who? I have heard no such thing. Ford shouted from the rooftops about in the 150. Don't you think they would have done the same for the mustang if weight loss was significant if not only to stick it to GM?
Hell the corvette weighs more now!
I believe the point they were trying to make was that if engine builders could make a reliable motor hit 100hp/l Ford would be able too.
Of course the regulations and durability tests that Ford runs and needs to pass are far more strict than that of a contract engine builder.
What is a voodoo engine?
Many, as in more than 10 have built their 5.0 motor to more than 500rwhp n/a? I have not heard of one....maybe Im just out of the loop?
When they say lower does that mean distance from floorboard to top or top to ground? If it's the latter its possible to be the same height, with the mustangs floorboards over an inch closer to the ground.
No doubt. Like I said, I listen to two people only. They have earned this by more than 5 years of exact info most of which they said not to repeat.
I'm not saying its gaining. Just said that's one post that stated it was not losing weight(significant weight) contrary to all other sources.
Who...
1/5 of an inch shorter or .2 inch shorter and 1.5 inches wider. I would definitely not call it a smaller car.:shrug:
Again I dont see actual posts. The smaller car and light weight was rumored all the back in 2012, way before that article you referred to.
Below is a quote from a thread you...
As far as time frame, who says differently? How long does it take to r/d, build, test, more testing, performance testing, quality, pass all regulations, then place on the assembly line a vehicle? Even DMV is stating summer 2015 before its out.
They just need 10k buyers with 60k disposable...
It is not like Ford has a choice. The car is still 14-18 months out from production and with their quality control, performances indexes, and federal regulations that all have to be checked off they can not simply move up the schedule.
Ford will sell every GT350 they make regardless if its...
Im from svtp. No hate. However I dont know your members or your sources. Many members on many different sites who knows someone who takes orders at Ford or Roush or high up in a dealer or dealer chain say they have inside info.
The issue when some of their insight is wrong, I am reluctant to...