Diabolical!

Ah, then it is yet to be confirmed

jawsgt

nineinchnail, my uncle works for ford at the cleveland casting plant. he builds the 4.6 blocks and the 5.4s, he told me a few weeks ago that as of november ford would not be producing the 4.6 or the 5.4 and that there r 2 new blocks coming in to replace them. then didnt tell him wut they were but he said its safe to say anything with either block is getting a new engine

eme_ms_87

^^^
sounds good to me

D_hof_07_V6

u just gotta love relatives that work for Ford!!

Mishri

yeah.. there has been enough confirmation from little bits here and there that it is absolutely switching to a 5.0 for the 2011 model and multiple ford execs have said 400hp. and people are expecting the engine to weigh slightly less than the current 4.6L. (I'm guessing because of that new sleeving technology they developed.. you don't need sleeves anymore on an alluminum block, saves like 6lbs per cyl)

I was under the impression that ford had "learned a lesson" when they offered too many model options in the past, that it confused consumers and cost more money to make than sticking with the 3 models. little, big, bigger.. I expect it to stay that way for some time, if not they are repeating their past mistake.


incase you aren't aware im referring to the 80s when they had I4, v6, v8, a t/c I4.. the turbo'd car was a lot more expensive than the v8. they also had a ton of different trims..

Riptide

I am going to el oh el if the 2011 does come out and it either isn't 5.0L displacement or is under 400hp.

Diabolical!

I can't say I'll be laughing because I'd really like to see a 400hp 5.0, but so far I've only heard conjecture and no real confirmation. This sort of frenzy erupts in the mustang community every once in a while and always leaves people disappointed. It was only a few months ago that everyone was sure the 2010 would be a 400hp 5.0 liter and the naysayers were laughed out of the forums, but the fact remains that the 2010 is a 315hp 4.6 liter. I can see the 5.0 making its way into the GT soon, but I think that 400hp is a bit too optimistic at this point.

ThisBlood147

I tend to agree with this as well. You'd be pretty hard-pressed at this point to argue that the GT isn't getting a new motor of some kind for 2011. The real question is.....what kind of numbers will Ford saddle it with out of the factory? Personally, I'm expecting anything from 375 to 400 hp. I really can't see Ford rating it lower than that....the motor is perfectly capable and they'd be wasting their engineering efforts to produce a new motor that isn't much more impressive from the factory than a bolt-on 4.6. But at the same time, I could also see Ford rating it just short of the 400 figure........just to seem a bit more conservative (if there's even any reason that appearing conservative might be some kind of marketing advantage). Either way, I'm not concerned about the final factory rating. I have no doubt the Coyote will produce well in advance of 400 hp with nothing but bolt-ons......and should have a much better top end than the 4.6 as well.

I'm looking forward to it.