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The v6 was kept for fleet sales. It was never meant to be adopted widely by the general public. Ford could make the v6 cheaper than the ecoboost. Thats why you couldn't get options on the V6.

I agree. Under 4 seconds will likely only be with a 10 speed in drag mode, with a PP.

It has added DI and a bump in compression. 0-60 (IIRC) went from 4.6 to under 4 seconds. Thats a huge jump. What I meant by conservative wasn't so much that its making more peak power, but there is likely a huge bump in area under the curve across the board on a dyno. We aren't seeing the...

I think DI plus a bump in compression is a pretty big reason to upgrade. I think Ford's numbers are on the conservative side, and mod for mod the 2018+ will gain more power than the 2015-2017's. I agree its not a big enough reason to upgrade if you already have an S550, but if I was in the...

An interesting thought, and while the technology has been around for a while and does work, I don't think it will happen. You have added cost, packaging constraints, and you gotta believe the average consumer will want to fill up another tank with water. A water tank would likely eat into either...

The '01 had suspension, exhaust, intake manifold, throttle body, under drive pulleys, and tune from the factory. In addition to being a part of the first run of the tremec 3650 and interior upgrade.

Even 20 pounds off of wheels is huge though. That is rotational mass, and the center of mass keeps getting pushed further and further away from the center of the wheel as they keep getting bigger, which makes the weight savings even more potent.

Absolutely they could. It cost this company 65k to make 1 car. Ford would be able to spread the cost over 1000's of cars. Hell, even 100k if they decided to put it on the ecoboost and GT models. Economies of scale are our friend. What the exact cost would be, who knows. It still depends a lot on...

Carbon fiber can save lots of weight. Carbon fiber has EXTREMELY anisotropic properties, so its very hard to generalize as its extremely dependent upon the fiber weave. Depending on application, you can get a stronger and lighter part with carbon fiber compared to aluminum. Its "just" a matter...

Its to build hype immediately before cars are on the lots to get people to buy cars when they are emotionally invested.

They have done it for every product launch since the 2013 GT500. Focus RS, GT350, Raptor, F150, super duty, etc. We don't even know power numbers for the 2018 mustang GT yet and its going to be on lots really soon.

These pictures are from may.

I'm not expecting any sort of announcement from ford until November/December time frame at the auto shows if its a 2019 model year, with likely a fall 2018 release.

Can a 7.0L SOHC (or DOHC) engine even fit in the current gen engine compartment? I imagine they would have to add length to the front of the car, and possibly a fraction to the width.

I'm not sure if I hear one at the 2-3 second mark or not. I'm on my phone so the quality isn't great.

I guess vertical body height has less to do with chassis design that one would think.

I thought the explorer was rumored to be on the D6 platform. How would the mustang and explorer share a common platform?

The V-8 will stick around for at least another 25 years. It will take a lot of policy changes and federal mandates to kill it, and it will be slow. Displacement, hybrid, etc. is up in the air for the v-8, but there will be a v-8.

Well, they did change the name to Mustang II.

I was pretty confident that camaro sales wouldn't take off like the mustang did, but I did not expect sales to actually drop. That's crazy. Will be interesting to see what happens when the turbo 4 is out.