2015 Ford Mustang - General Discussion

[McLaren]

Depends what you're after. Most GT500 guys will likely be looking for a boulevard cruiser or something to modify for the drag strip or highway.

 

[Blackbird.]

Depends what you're after. Most GT500 guys will likely be looking for a boulevard cruiser or something to modify for the drag strip or highway.

Whatever they have planned for the GT500 I'm sure will be excessive like the Hellcat. I'd ve fine with the GT350. Plenty of power and a lower price point. I'm sure the GT500 will have creature comforts though but will be at a higher price point then even the R.

 

[McLaren]

Whatever they have planned for the GT500 I'm sure will be excessive like the Hellcat. I'd ve fine with the GT350. Plenty of power and a lower price point. I'm sure the GT500 will have creature comforts though but will be at a higher price point then even the R.

You're likely right. I'm expecting no less than 700hp, maybe even considerably more. Ford loves to one up the competition in the current horsepower wars. We saw it when they immediately showed off the GT500 right after the ZL1 was finally shown.

 

[Blackbird.]

You're likely right. I'm expecting no less than 700hp, maybe even considerably more. Ford loves to one up the competition in the current horsepower wars. We saw it when they immediately showed off the GT500 right after the ZL1 was finally shown.

I heard 770hp from a TT V8. But its straight speculation. But imagining that I'm like "What the hell am I going to do with 770hp?!" Same could be said for 500+HP on the street but still.

 

[McLaren]

I heard 770hp from a TT V8. But its straight speculation. But imagining that I'm like "What the hell am I going to do with 770hp?!" Same could be said for 500+HP on the street but still.

Switching from a supercharger to twin turbos on the GT500?

 

[VXR]

Ecobeast?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Ecobeast?

That name may end up on a hopped up F-150, kind of a spiritual replacement to the SVT Lightning.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I thought the Ecobeast was the name for the Raptor's engine.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

I thought the Ecobeast was the name for the Raptor's engine.

Or a future version of one of Ford's pickups, featuring an Ecoboost engine and plenty of sporty touches. Wasn't that a predicted future sporty Ford model?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Or a future version of one of Ford's pickups, featuring an Ecoboost engine and plenty of sporty touches. Wasn't that a predicted future sporty Ford model?

See my post 2 posts up.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

See my post 2 posts up.

Yeah, I did inspire myself a bit from that post of yours. But your point is quite valid, it could be a more fitting name for a future (if it ever gets made) super-F-150 version...

 

[Zenith]

Historically the GT500 has always been for the guys with rich dads and lottery winners while the GT350 was the real performance Mustang.

Good to see that Ford is keeping the tradition alive.

 

[jergto]

What ever goes in the next GT500, expect a new Cobra Jet coming soon. What ever is in that thing will be a tuned down version for the road car.
Honestly I'm hoping twin turbo v8, one last hurrah.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Apparently some dude who claims that he's works with Ford told me that future models of the Mustang will completely drop the V8 and go for a twin turbo V6. I thought he was sniffing glue that day.

Is this true?

 

[mustafur]

Ford Invented the V8, I honestly can't see them getting rid of it rather trying to make it work in the modern era.

They better start making Smaller displacement V8s dammit.

 

[YSSMAN]

Ford Invented the V8, I honestly can't see them getting rid of it rather trying to make it work in the modern era.

They better start making Smaller displacement V8s dammit.

You'd think they'd be doing everything they could, like GM, to keep the V8 around. After going to all-aluminum, cylinder deactivation, taller gearing, VVT, and all that jazz, the GM small-blocks will give V6's a run for their money in frugality.

 

[McLaren]

Ford Invented the V8, I honestly can't see them getting rid of it rather trying to make it work in the modern era.

They better start making Smaller displacement V8s dammit.

Not sure where you read that, but it's not remotely true. Ford was about 22 years late to the V8 game in mass-produced engines. 30 if you count the original invention of the V8.

 

[mustafur]

Not sure where you read that, but it's not remotely true. Ford was about 22 years late to the V8 game in mass-produced engines. 30 if you count the original invention of the V8.

They made the first mass produced V8, before them it was only in high end applications, and aircraft.

 

[McLaren]

They made the first mass produced V8, before them it was only in high end applications, and aircraft.

They didn't. The French mass produced the V8 in 1910, followed by Cadillac in 1914.

Which isn't what you even originally said....

 

[mustafur]

They didn't. The French mass produced the V8 in 1910, followed by Cadillac in 1914.

Which isn't what you even originally said....

Not even mass produced.

 

[McLaren]

Not even mass produced.

It is only by comparison that the Ford production looks massive, but does not change the fact that Cadillac had been mass-producing the V8 for 18 years prior to Ford's entrance. It was the reason Cadillac became commonly associated with the V8 bbecause it was what they were typically built with.

So by all accounts, you are still wrong on the invention of the V8 (what you said to begin with)

Ford Invented the V8,

& the first to mass produce it.

 

[mustafur]

It is only by comparison that the Ford production looks massive, but does not change the fact that Cadillac had been mass-producing the V8 for 18 years prior to Ford's entrance. It was the reason Cadillac became commonly associated with the V8 bbecause it was what they were typically built with.

So by all accounts, you are still wrong on the invention of the V8 (what you said to begin with)

& the first to mass produce it.

I know you love to be right but ill give you this one, I was wrong on the invention of the V8.

The term mass production can mean many things though.

 

[McLaren]

I know you love to be right but ill give you this one, I was wrong on the invention of the V8.

The term mass production can mean many things though.

Mass production - The manufacture of goods in large quantities by machinery and by use of techniques such as the assembly line and division of labor.

In 1915, the standard engine for a Cadillac was the L-Head V8. In 1915, they produced over 20,000 Cadillacs. This should be relatively easy to conclude then that 20,000 V8s in 1 year equals mass-production.

There is no doubt Ford blitzed the competition with its V8 in production numbers. But, until 1932, they were not the first to do so.

 

[Blackbird.]

He is right though... You said invented. There's a distinct difference between invented and mass produced. If you mispoke should have just said so from the get-go.

On topic, I don't see Ford doing away with V8s entirely. At least not any time soon. There's still a very big market that yearns for them. 10.. 15 years down the road? Who knows.

 

[mustafur]

He is right though... You said invented. There's a distinct difference between invented and mass produced. If you mispoke should have just said so from the get-go.

On topic, I don't see Ford doing away with V8s entirely. At least not any time soon. There's still a very big market that yearns for them. 10.. 15 years down the road? Who knows.

Why "though", I admitted I was wrong on invented, his term of what is mass produced is what I was disputing.

 

[VXR]

A muscle car or pony car without a V8 has no muscle at all!

If these cars had hopped up 4s in the original generation they wouldn't have been as popular as they are now.

 

[mustafur]

A muscle car or pony car without a V8 has no muscle at all!

If these cars had hopped up 4s in the original generation they wouldn't have been as popular as they are now.

The problem is the tightening regulations on Emissions and fuel economy forces them to downsize.

But car makers like Ford should still remember their cars identity when making such engines, even if it means 3L V8 Turbos.

 

[Slash]

First Super Snake hits the streets. Also a 350R

 

[Blackbird.]

First Super Snake hits the streets. Also a 350R

That's the first Triple Yellow R i've seen. Looks pretty good. 👍

 

[05XR8]

Toughest Mustangs ever.