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Old May 21, 2010 | 10:05 AM
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"Ford's GT500 packs a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 engine with 305 horsepower and 208 pound feet of torque."
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...s-under-50000/
apparently the gt500 has 121 HP less then a camaro SS yet does 0-60 in less time.

Since when do gt500s have the same power at gts?
Old May 21, 2010 | 10:07 AM
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its a typo/an idiot wrote the article
Old May 21, 2010 | 10:10 AM
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haha i saw that article yesterday and said the same thing!
Old May 21, 2010 | 10:11 AM
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I'm seriously hoping that's a typo. A supercharged 5.4 v8 only making 305 hp and 208 Lb/ft of torque? My sixxer makes more torque than that.
Old May 21, 2010 | 10:25 AM
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305hp and 280tq are the specs for the V6, so yeah the writer is not the sharpest pencil in the desk.
Old May 21, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by akiba17
305hp and 280tq are the specs for the V6, so yeah the writer is not the sharpest pencil in the desk.
It still says 208 tq not 280
Old May 21, 2010 | 10:33 AM
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LOL....you would have thought an editor would have caught that mistake.
Old May 21, 2010 | 10:47 AM
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Obviously no one edited that before publishing it. ...or at least no one that knows anything about cars.
Old May 21, 2010 | 10:49 AM
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lol it's kinda like on MSN autos or some other dork place that puts the specs for a GT and puts the pic of a v-6 on there lol, or the gt500 pic for a GT.. non-car people really have no clue.. can't blame them lol
Old May 21, 2010 | 11:07 AM
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LOL! Under-qualified much? Yeah, lets have people that know jack **** about cars write an article on cars. Makes so much sense there....

Makes about as much sense as hiring a high-school drop out burger flipper as NASA's JPL Chief Scientist!



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