for a couple reasons...
It sort of answers my questions, but your antics still confuse me. You want something well mannered, but don't want a smaller displacement DOHC. If you want modern, well, pushrod engines in sports cars is not modern. That's the way of the past, and it's dying for good reasonActually I drive the Mustang everyday.
Those old cars are old cars now. This new engine is a charm with old world design and modern amenities that old school hot rodders can get comfy with.
To give you an idea of the problems with old V8s, here is my first car. A 1979 Mercury Marquis with a 302 V8 topped with a Ford Variable Venturi carborator - the shittiest carborator every designed in the history of the universe!
Trust me it was horrible but got me started in hot rodding and the first mod was a traditional carborator! Check out the snorkel and that stainless steel clamp that holds the flex hose to this flimsy heat shroud (bolted to the exhaust manifold) that is activated by vacuum and draws warm air to the carb for better drivability.
Trust me the 7.3 swap is a better idea. I hope that answers your question...
The only performance “issue” was when you seemed to think it could achieve >1 hp/cid while also being built for low-end torque (<2000 rpm). When you finally relented this point, we have no performance “issue”.
Only in the mind of a self-admitted irrational person.
I don’t make bold predictions often but I feel very comfortable in saying that no one who has the means and expertise to install a 7.3 into a current gen mustang is going to do it and take a loss in power vs the available 5.0. Furthermore, if it makes more power than the current 5.0 then it won’t be the low-end torque-monster you want.
I've been in some classic muscle cars (even a 65 327 vette)and they certainly had way more short shifting power then a stock coyote motor. A Lot. And I make sure I say stock. I believe a tune, a couple bolt ons and gearing change could help a lot though. And I think it is a stretch to say "VERY" niche market. No one seems to dislike the Camaro, Corvette and certainly the Hellcat because of its low end power. Let alone most Euro cars with their turbos pumping out all kinds of low end power. I know of 3 guys including myself that passed on getting a GT because the test drives left us underwhelmed.
The 7.3 is about a inch longer than a Coyote.
Correction: They FEEL like they have more short shifting power. This also comes down to gearing and suspension, which make older cars feel that way. But in reality, if you look at the dyno graphs, modern mustangs have more power and torque ALL OVER the power band.
If the S550 had a pushrod engine, I probably would've ended up in an E92 BMW... the way those V8s rev is INSANE
It was not FEEL quicker, they are quicker at short shifting. There are plenty of GT owners that agree the bottom end torque is lacking in stock form. I have looked at many a stock dyno sheets too and it sure doesn't translate to how it pulls in low rpms. I guess need to be flat to the floor even in the low rpms to get a decent pull which doesn't work too well in an automatic.
I really don't understand the complaints of "lacking bottom end". When street driving, I usually shift around 2500RPM and still accelerate harder than the cars around me. This car is NOT lacking in low end unless you compare it to a modern performance pushrod engine (where it isn't even a significant difference) or a turbo engine. But it is certainly more power all over the RPM range than an old big block engine, and can be short shifted just like one. It not feeling the same to you simply comes down to, as mentioned before, suspension, gearing, and tires.
