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2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

Hello_Newman — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:38:18 EDT

They have to keep up with Corvette somehow, and going to this seems like a pretty good idea. Vettes cost more of course but this at least keeps them in the realm of competition. The new Z06 is going to take them so far away from competing it's not even funny.

Hello_Newman

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

elwood — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:01:11 EDT

@Turboner: I thought the Turbo Trans Am was a turbo'd V6 ala Buick Grand National.

@Turboner: Do you know if they're running the stock half shafts? And, with that much power, it might be time for them to step up to a built transmission.

elwood

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

vr6john — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:40:46 EDT

countryrancherostangsquire

vr6john

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

09wilian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:24:01 EDT

@Turboner:

Yeah... One of the first attempts (and failures) was in the 1962 Olds Cutlass Jetfire... It lasted for about two years, and then rolled over and died.

[en.wikipedia.org]

09wilian

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Turboner — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:56:27 EDT

@FightingChance: No one's turboed a V8 from the factory? Well, not very successfully, but they have. Remember the sucktastic turbo Trans Am from none other than "The one who, according to Patrick Stewart, builds excitement?"

Turboner

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

Turboner — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:55:04 EDT

@elwood: A guy I work with has a 900HP Viper and an 1100HP Corvette and drags the shit out of them. He goes through transmissions every season, but the IRS holds up just fine.

I've never had a problem with the engine in Mustangs. Nice torque numbers, aftermarket-friendly, and cheap. But I won't ever consider buying one until "they do something about that rear end." It just doesn't make sense anymore. Explorers have had rear half shafts for how long?

Turboner

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mtdrv — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:40:41 EDT

This is just a birthday edition press release. Happy 44th to the Ford Mustang!

mtdrv

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Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:22 EDT

@MUSTANG, POLAЯ EDITION: Yowza! That Muschero would give even baby dragons wood!

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

RalphieDC — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:56:44 EDT

@lafond66: No, but Truck Nutz are standard.

RalphieDC

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The_Finn — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:33:12 EDT

@korvetkeith:
don't forget the previous gen RS6 with the V8 bi-turbo

The_Finn

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

BenjiS — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:32:22 EDT

Damn double posting. /me slaps self

BenjiS

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

BenjiS — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:20:33 EDT

@elwood: You are correct about those two, but they came in at a higher price point vs the Cobra.

BenjiS

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

BenjiS — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:18:14 EDT

@elwood: You're correct about the 'vette's and Viper's IRS holding up, but then again, the Mustang is coming in at a lower price point. At least in reference to the 03/04 Cobra vs the other two during those model years.

BenjiS

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korvetkeith — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:25:25 EDT

BMW has a twin turbo V8 and mercedes will soon too. I say bring em on. Enough of the boring stuff, ahem.

ROLLIN!, in my 5 point 0h
with the boost turned up so my head gaskets blow
the nos is on standby but I'm hoping for no blowby
Did you spray? no I just rolled by
kept on, pursuing camaros from a dead stop
I busted a rod and I need a new short block
the block was dead yo
so I use shay's AAA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE!

korvetkeith

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

FightingChance — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:40:21 EDT

They'll never turbo a V8 - no one has, really, from factory. I'm not sure why makers shy away from it, but I think the fact that superchargers are simpler from a mechanical and ECM point of view helps. And offers less for the consumer to muck around with and try to claim under warranty.

The Mustang's solid axle has nothing to do with what anyone really wanted and everything to do with offering a V6, solid axle base ass car for enough money to make a profit off of secretaries. And at the time they knew they had the market to themselves, so why bother with crafting a finer car? It's a *Mustang*, it exists on pure relation alone.

FightingChance

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lafond66 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:16:09 EDT

do you think the trailer hitch comes as an option?

lafond66

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

mikedrawcar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:47:08 EDT

@jpech: nice

mikedrawcar

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mikedrawcar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:46:28 EDT

@Mike the Dog: it does, but it's on a 1.5-cyl that only drives sideways in the fall on glaciers.

mikedrawcar

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

Elhigh — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:20:09 EDT

@MUSTANG, POLAЯ EDITION: I'd buy that.

Put a nicely-sized Offy up front, bolt a big blower to it. Instant karma: decent mpg in general, tire smoke as needed in particular.

Elhigh

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

NovaloadMissesPolar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:44:07 EDT

@BenjiS: I would consider a lot of things as deal breakers in a car purchase, but live axle/IRS is not one of them. As you say, purists (fanatics) can made some adjustments.

@MUSTANG, POLAЯ EDITION: MUSTCHERO! I think you're on to something, send that to Ford at once!

NovaloadMissesPolar

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elwood — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:42:19 EDT

@Parramore46: Yeah, if you spend time and money, you can build a very good handling solid rear axle. And in any case, a well set up solid rear axle will outperform a poorly set up IRS. I was just saying that in ultimate performance capability, the limits of an IRS are higher than a solid rear axle. Real world results may vary.

@BenjiS: About the Cobra IRS not holding up, I've got to think that's more of Ford's problem than an inherent weakness of the IRS design. There are IRS drives holding up under Corvettes (esp. the upcoming ZR1) and Vipers every day.

elwood

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Parramore64 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:18:35 EDT

@elwood: I agree. What I come away with, though, is that it's more capable than some of these guys like to believe. The Porsches and M3s all have extra race suspension goodies onboard as well.

Parramore64

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

BenjiS — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:59:41 EDT

I was polled by Ford circa 2002 on the then redesign of the 2005 Mustang, and there were many questions on the survey about IRS. Ultimately it came down to cost. The S197 Mustang chief engineer Hau Thai-Tang has been quoted saying it came down to cost reasons why they stuck with the solid axle.

You also have the Mustang community divided. The road racers want the IRS, the drag racers don't. Fact of the matter is, slap a panhard bar and torque arm on that solid axle, and you have a very capable road racing setup. Also note that the 03/04 Cobra IRS setup don't hold up to the power as well (concerning modified cars, but who can resist slapping a new pulley on that blower?)

Also notable is there were just as many questions on the survey about hood / side scoop functionality as the IRS. Thankfully they took my advice and killed (most) faux scoops.

BenjiS

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elwood — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:56:39 EDT

@Parramore46: To be honest, most new Mustangs probably see more Saturday night cruising than 1/4 mile blasts. And the factory prepped FR500C the only Mustang you'd see keeping pace with 911s and BMWs. The fact of the matter is, for dynamic handling on a paved surface, the IRS is superior to a solid rear axle.

elwood

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SundaySunday — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:51:42 EDT

@danio3834: I should have been more specific. They should only bring in the 4 banger if they slap on a turbocharger. A friend of mine had the NA 4-cylinder Fox Mustang, and that car was a horrendous dog.

SundaySunday

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badco/LoJ — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:51:36 EDT

F the V8. Bring on the turbo fours. I want to see a turbo 4 cylinder Mustang/Camaro/Genesis Coupe smackdown.

badco/LoJ

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

Parramore64 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:47:50 EDT

@elwood: @danio3834: And that's just it - I don't have to tell you that this car sees far more Saturday night 1/4 mile blasts than road course action.

But if you want to put it on the road, I've seen the new solid rear Mustangs racing with 911s and BMWs in race trim on the road course. The car will hold its own, even to the point of having weight added & power reduced to 'level the playing field'.

Parramore64

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Mike the Dog — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:47:30 EDT

@MUSTANG, POLAЯ EDITION: Get my whole reply to link back to your comment, like you just did.

Mike the Dog

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danio3834 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:43:12 EDT

@Castagere: "Oh wait, it's Ford's idea for a Mustang, which is dying by the thousands in sales numbers. "

You know that happens to most models at the end of their product cycle, not just Fords.

danio3834

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

elwood — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:40:11 EDT

@danio3834: This is true, the cost of engineering a well-designed IRS into a car not designed for one is going to be much higher than the cost of adding some turbos to the existing engine. And the solid rear axle is cheaper for Ford to offer too. Just a win-win for them that the drag racers wanted a solid rear, and it costs less for them to offer a solid rear.

elwood

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jpech — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:40:01 EDT

Word to your mother edition Mustang.

jpech

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

SSX — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:32:07 EDT

Turbo Boost? Black Mustang? KITT, is that you?

SSX

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

Castagere — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:30:37 EDT

Gas is approaching four bucks a gallon, and they are putting in bigger displacement?

That doesn't seem very smart. Oh wait, it's Ford's idea for a Mustang, which is dying by the thousands in sales numbers.

Castagere

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

danio3834 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:24:16 EDT

The only reason Ford has stuck with the solid setup thus far is because they asked the Mustang guys what they wanted, and thats what they asked for. Ford doesn't want to abandon these loyalists.

Ford had an IRS setup on the shelf from the LS and also had a setup made for the last gen Cobra. Im sure cost comes into play somewhere too.

danio3834

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elwood — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:07:57 EDT

All other things being equal, an IRS car will perform better than a solid rear axle car on a road track. If all you're listening to is the drag racers who want a solid rear axle, then more power from the factory is the way to go. If you want to build a serious sports car, a factory IRS should be higher up on the list than more power, as aftermarket power is way easier to add than an aftermarket IRS.

elwood

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dculberson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:58:14 EDT

I dunno, a single huge turbo on the 5.0 pumping out 25psi would be incredible. Suicide for driver and connecting rods, but still incredible.

dculberson

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DonSchenck — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:54:48 EDT

@MUSTANG, POLAЯ EDITION: Now THAT I would buy!

DonSchenck

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danio3834 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:47:11 EDT

@JantheMan: The Cool Spot rocked a 5.0, I know that for sure.

danio3834

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graverobber- My Yugo Nova! — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:45:10 EDT

@MUSTANG, POLAЯ EDITION: Sweet Ranchero action POLAR. Nicely done. Needs an emboss on the tailgate tho. May I suggest "BADASS"?

graverobber- My Yugo Nova!

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

danio3834 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:43:14 EDT

@SundaySunday: I was kinda hoping the days of 4-banger Mustangs were over. You never know, though, since we've been hearing about a Turbo I4 Camaro...

Iron Duke!

danio3834

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:43:01 EDT

@danio3834:
Dinkle.

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

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Corvette_Thunder — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:42:00 EDT

I Can has Zakspeed Mustang again?

[www.geocities.com]

Corvette_Thunder

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JantheMan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:41:05 EDT

@danio3834: Drove Fido Dido a 5.0?...I missed that

JantheMan

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SundaySunday — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:23:46 EDT

I really dig the idea of a supercharged 5.0 in the 'Stang. I think if they wanted a Turbo edition, they should go Neo-SVO on it and slap the little spinny thing on the V6 or bring in the 4-cylinder.

SundaySunday

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danio3834 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:18:33 EDT

@JantheMan: Such cynicism. What about 7up?

danio3834

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JantheMan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:16:30 EDT

This Vanilla Ice reference is the first thing that come up in my head when thinking of Mustangs....great marketing Ford...It is the number one feature of tha car....it is not the looks, it is not the handling and it is surely not the technology...only nostalgia. And I am to youn to think of the old ones...I am stuck with a white rapper.

JantheMan

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lankybits — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:16:01 EDT

@reefer: Ah, thanks for clearing that up for me, Reefer, I thought he was saying they'd never use fuel injection, which made even less sense.

lankybits

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danio3834 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:13:34 EDT

@danio3834: Nothin rhymes with Winkle

danio3834

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danio3834 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:13:07 EDT

Now that the 5.0 is making a return, maybe so will Robert VanWinkle?

danio3834

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danio3834 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:11:27 EDT

@POLAЯ : I dig.

mmm, Ranchero

danio3834

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POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:10:37 EDT

@POLAЯ: OOOPS!!! Disregard ash, credit elhigh.
Sorry bro!

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

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POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:06:20 EDT

@Mike the Dog : How did you do what??

I have a design suggestion...

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

danio3834 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:05:41 EDT

"Sure - as long as Ford does something about that rear axle."

Do something, like keep on rockin that sweet solid axle setup.

danio3834

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Elhigh — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:02:13 EDT

I want the engine the address bar is talking about, 50 liters! You force that induction with a wind farm, baby!

Elhigh

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Mike the Dog — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:43:03 EDT

@Mike the Dog: Wow, how'd I do that?

Mike the Dog

2010 Ford Mustang To Get Turbo-Boosted 5.0-Liter V8?

Mike the Dog — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:42:15 EDT

@POLAЯ : If its got a big-ass turbo (or two) and a 6-speed, sign me up!

Mike the Dog

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POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:32:02 EDT

I really wanted to say something witty about the five-oh, but ash beat me to the Vanilla Ice schtick... even though most Mustang convertibles are probably V6s with Hello Kitty seat covers.
Then Mikey beat me to the whole Special Edition romance explosion ford seems to be having with its Multiple Personality Mustang.
So I really don't feel like putting that much effort towards this car, 'cause the next thing I know there'll be a Mustang 4cyl. POLAЯ Edition.

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

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bripab007 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:28:54 EDT

@stinkyboy:

They'll never go the forced-induction route on the Mustang, huh?

Just like they didn't go forced induction on the SVO 'Stang in the 80s? Or how they didn't go forced induction on the last two generations of 'Stang Cobra/Shelby GT500?

bripab007

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reefer — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:17:13 EDT

@stinkyboy: huh?

FI = Forced Induction, which has already been done on the mustangs. Go look up the last generation Cobra.

reefer

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mikedrawcar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:13:36 EDT

oooh! is that the new Black Bra Edition Mustang? Collectors, pony up!

mikedrawcar

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stinkyboy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:05:53 EDT

supercharged.

they'll never go the FI route on a mustang.

stinkyboy

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muleshoe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:05:17 EDT

I got past by a Yugo ridin around in my 5.slow

muleshoe

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BRDHNTR: Extraordinaire — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:03:41 EDT

Twin Turbo Mustang could be the next Supra. Hmmm...Supra.

BRDHNTR: Extraordinaire

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UDMan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:57:50 EDT

@Elhigh: That didn't take all that long for a Vanilla Ice reference.......
Ice Ice Baby.....

UDMan

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Elhigh — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:41:03 EDT

Rollin
In my five-point-oh
With the top pulled down
So my hair can blow

Elhigh