2012 Boss 302...Near Impossible to get?
09-07-2010, 07:45 PM
#11
Throw and intake, tune and headers on a 2011 GT and it hangs with a stock 2010 GT500 all day... my buddy found out the hard way. :-)
Now assuming the Boss 302 will perform better in a straight line than a stock 2011 GT, I can definitely see the Boss 302 being able to whoop up on a GT500 in the right hands... granted the 2011 GT500 is lighter and a touch more powerful than the 2010, it's still going to have it's hands full with a Boss 302 in a straight line.
Also, the Boss isn't positioned as a drag strip car... it's a track car. There is a huge difference there. The GT500 is positioned as more of an all arounder, with strengths biased towards the drag strip.
GT500s are a dime a dozen, you can see 10 at any decent car meet. With the Boss they are going to be quite rare, so you're paying quite a bit for exclusivity on top of great track biased performance.
Now assuming the Boss 302 will perform better in a straight line than a stock 2011 GT, I can definitely see the Boss 302 being able to whoop up on a GT500 in the right hands... granted the 2011 GT500 is lighter and a touch more powerful than the 2010, it's still going to have it's hands full with a Boss 302 in a straight line.
Also, the Boss isn't positioned as a drag strip car... it's a track car. There is a huge difference there. The GT500 is positioned as more of an all arounder, with strengths biased towards the drag strip.
GT500s are a dime a dozen, you can see 10 at any decent car meet. With the Boss they are going to be quite rare, so you're paying quite a bit for exclusivity on top of great track biased performance.
I guess hearing someone break it down was what I needed to get what you just said.
Oh, in reading the article, I saw that the Boss coyote will have more aggressive cam profiles.
It is sad that Ford de-tuned the Boss Coyote to only be 380 max ft-lbf crank torque (10 less ft-lbf than the 2011 Coyote). But I am wanting to see what the tuners will do to the Boss Coyote once it is our on the sales lots.
Imagine gaining 40-50 more HP & ft-lbf torque just by a tune and not a single bolt-on.
09-07-2010, 10:39 PM
#15
And in the Oz version of the Boss Coyote, a supercharger.
Even though it is de-tuned like Mark Spitz with an anchor tied to his waist, a simple tune with not even a bolt-on upgrade can really get some serious power. I will not be surprised to see the supercharged Oz Boss pumping out no less than 450 crank HP AND 450 ft-lbf torque where you get 400 ft-lbf even under 2000 RPM.
Sorry weak-@$$ independent rear suspension; if it were not for the lame-weak independent rear suspension, Ford would have made the supercharged Oz Boss Coyote all *****-to-the-walls.
Even though it is de-tuned like Mark Spitz with an anchor tied to his waist, a simple tune with not even a bolt-on upgrade can really get some serious power. I will not be surprised to see the supercharged Oz Boss pumping out no less than 450 crank HP AND 450 ft-lbf torque where you get 400 ft-lbf even under 2000 RPM.
Sorry weak-@$$ independent rear suspension; if it were not for the lame-weak independent rear suspension, Ford would have made the supercharged Oz Boss Coyote all *****-to-the-walls.
09-08-2010, 02:55 AM
#16
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Throw and intake, tune and headers on a 2011 GT and it hangs with a stock 2010 GT500 all day... my buddy found out the hard way. :-)
Now assuming the Boss 302 will perform better in a straight line than a stock 2011 GT, I can definitely see the Boss 302 being able to whoop up on a GT500 in the right hands... granted the 2011 GT500 is lighter and a touch more powerful than the 2010, it's still going to have it's hands full with a Boss 302 in a straight line.
Also, the Boss isn't positioned as a drag strip car... it's a track car. There is a huge difference there. The GT500 is positioned as more of an all arounder, with strengths biased towards the drag strip.
GT500s are a dime a dozen, you can see 10 at any decent car meet. With the Boss they are going to be quite rare, so you're paying quite a bit for exclusivity on top of great track biased performance.
Now assuming the Boss 302 will perform better in a straight line than a stock 2011 GT, I can definitely see the Boss 302 being able to whoop up on a GT500 in the right hands... granted the 2011 GT500 is lighter and a touch more powerful than the 2010, it's still going to have it's hands full with a Boss 302 in a straight line.
Also, the Boss isn't positioned as a drag strip car... it's a track car. There is a huge difference there. The GT500 is positioned as more of an all arounder, with strengths biased towards the drag strip.
GT500s are a dime a dozen, you can see 10 at any decent car meet. With the Boss they are going to be quite rare, so you're paying quite a bit for exclusivity on top of great track biased performance.
09-08-2010, 01:58 PM
#20
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