Ford Running on Empty, hardly

Jul 17, 2006 Last reply: 20 years ago 3 Replies

Todays Mustang GT has the 4.6V8 is a better engine than the 302, 300 HP and



345 FP of torque. The limited production Cobra has the engine from the Ford GT with a supercharger and 500 HP and 445 FP of torque from what I've heard. The MSRP for the coupe is 40K, 45K for the convertible but dealers are getting 5K to 10K over MSRP. Every Ford dealer gets one, Presidents Award dealers get two.


mike hunt



>> long as the drives stay in the rear, and they keep the v8 ;P
>>
>> I really wish they wouldnt even PUT the v6 in them. it kindda ruins
>> them... like the fox stangs 4 banger, what a gutless piece of junk that
>> was... 2.3L Wasn't it? the ford tempo's could walk all over them! hahaha >>
> Careful now, lol. In 1985 one of the performance mags did a head to head > to
> find the "fastest"
> production car. Of course the Corvette won hands down over all even after
> Chevrolet made them put a roll cage in the car and locked out 6th gear on
> the tranny, the Camaro IROC nudged out the Pontiac Firebird for 2 nd > place,
> and forth place went to the Buick Grand National, which beat the Firebird
> for top end, but got beat bad in the 1/4 mile, but the big surprise was > the
> Dodge Omni GLH whooped the 5.0 Ford Mustang, not just on top end, but in > the
> 1/4 mile as well.. A couple years later the Omni was gone, as was the > Grand
> National, but the big upset winners were both GM trucks, the Cyclone, and
> the Typhoon, which almost beat the damn Corvette in the 1/4 mile. >
> Whitelightning
>
>

And Ford still lost money last quarter. I don't think I'll be looking at Ford for my next truck, unless the new diesel is better than the current one and they move the fuel filter back to a sensible location.

It has specifically not been called a "Cobra" by Ford, it is titled the Shelby GT500. It does not use the GT engine. It is a cast iron 5.4 block (the GT uses an aluminum block) with aluminum heads from the GT.

2007 FORD SHELBY GT500 OFFICIALLY RATED AT 500 HORSEPOWER

Horsepower

500 hp @ 6,000 rpm (SAE Certified)

Torque

480 lb.-ft. @ 4,500 rpm (SAE Certified)

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