So... does that mean that the engine will have that type of curve or you’re only saying that it will likely be torque limited during the first 2 gears?
I think it’ll be a little of both, I’m feeling about 150 difference between hp and torque, but I’m sure 1st and maybe 2nd gear will have a torque limiter, specifically in launch control.
The roush 729 in a 5.L makes around 730 and 610T with the Eaton 2650. With the added displacement I think it does no worse than 110 FPT less than the overall HP# but that’s just a guess.
Can they limit torque that much with a PD roots/screw type blower? Easy to do with turbos but would they just cut timing and fuel?
That is what heel-toeing is for...
100% agreed. On a slight note, a lot of people on social media put down GT350's that are FI'ed because they're only putting 575 - 625 RWTQ and yet 800+ RWHP. They're bitching and screaming about WHERE'S THE TORQUE? They have no clue how power and torque work and even so, 600 RWTQ at 4500 - 5000 RPM? Please, out of all your extensive experience, tell me how usable that even is in 1 - 3rd gear. Oh that's right, you drive a V6 F-Body Camaro...
A lot of people are bitching and screaming about a FI’ed GT350 period. Sacrilege. :lol:
Heel-toe for torque management? Not sure about that one. Sounds like a good way to go off course.That is what heel-toeing is for...
I think Ford Performance Racing (FPR) re-worked the 5.2 CPC they using in their own racing cars, into a more streetable version based on big breathing & volumetric efficiency. And perhaps they re-work the 5.2's stroke ratio to more oversquare design, so that revs and sings like the dickens.
I can see a 5.2 NA GT500 revving to 8,300rpms...!
Additionally, I also see Ford marketing several tiers of GT500, like they did with the GT350. And a GT500 KR with an engine w/special racing blower, (designed in house with Ford Performance Racing), and that has some serious sick carbon fiber options, for wheels and driveshafts, etc. Making the GT500 a light car, if option for it.
To be honest, I don't know the entire history of the GT500, but I don't think there needs to be a ADM premium on the GT500, that is why they will make a halo version of it for the uber-racing crowd.
It would also stand as a backbone and showpiece for Ford Performance catalog and fuel the idea of sell what you race, race what you sell mentality and support.
Yeah, I'm not a fan.
I can understand why someone would want to do it but not for me either. I'm super interested to see what Frankenstein Engines can squeeze out with those heads and cams.