CORNYOTE
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I concede that my comments are speculation. But from a money standpoint they make a lot of sense. The S650 platform will be all new so R&D will be happening regardless and tooling already exists now for the 7.3. I’m coming from a point of economics based on Ford’s current money issues.Hmm, I see you like to misrepresent your opinions as facts. Ok, lets break this down.
Firstly, this is complete speculation. You are making an argument on a product that doesn't exist, then tweaks they could make to said non-existent product, and how the tweaks to said non-existent product can be good for the platform. I'm going to completely ignore this, as a result.
Secondly, stripping down the car is NOT the right path for long-term viability of the product. It becomes completely uncompetitive to have a Mustang without the things which make it competitive. Stripping down the car makes it an undesirable option for the mass market, thus tanking the viability of the platform all together. We didn't see a 90s Camaro for a reason, and it's because GM did this exact thing. They lost sight of the product chasing the competition's numbers on paper. The Camaro at that time out-performed the Mustang on ever spec sheet, however, only one of them survived.
Back to my original point; Weight reduction improves every aspect of a vehicle from power to weight ratio, to handling abilities, to drag and track performance, and even to wear on components. Tooling up a new engine for the Mustang would be far more expensive in R&D and testing, than continuing making minor improvements to the Coyote DOHC platform. What would make the Mustang feel like a much faster car, would be removing the weight in the chassis and other elements. I would like to see innovation on the D2C platform inclusive of materials innovations and an overall focus on weight reduction. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the power output, power characteristics, or viability of the Coyote engine. The rest of the car needs to lose weight to make the whole of the car better.
Lastly, the rumored 6.8L engine doesn't even exist yet. The only thing Ford could do is make it aluminum and hope it was lighter than the current V8. That would mean the last decade of Ford tweaking the Coyote platform would be for nothing. I don't think that's going to be the case here, bud. I'm pretty sure the coyote will be safe for the S650 platform and we'll see a N/A version of the 5.2 cross-plane engine in a higher trim variant when the GT500 goes away.
You keep citing racing applications, however, have yet to realize that in most cases, hardcore racers hard NOT sticking large displacement engines in their vehicles. They're chasing ripping every pound of weight out of their cars. From exotic materials like carbon fiber, light weight wheels, removing NVH, seats, and unnecessary components to their application. Those folks already understand that weight is the enemy of performance. Period.
Exotic metals will even further their demise and drive costs even higher so I don’t see that as a viable option aside from aluminum body structure. Not only that, but it would drive the price point even higher and Ford would lose a vast majority of their demographic.
and there is a single issue with the Coyote platform and that’s manufacturing costs.
You’re making a far fetched wish list and I’m making assumptions on current economic turmoil.
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