http://blogs.insideline.com/straightline/2010/10/spy-photos-turbocharged-ford-mustang-gt.html
The exterior has some tweaks, but the interior (photos after the jump) tells the story: Premium Fuel Only, and a 9,000-rpm tachometer. The current 2011 Ford Mustang GT makes peak power on 93, but works just fine on 87 and its tachometer only sweeps to 8,000-- the GT500, even less, its needle stops swinging at 7.
So, then, what we have here is a car with a higher redline, a requirement for premium fuel and a new bumper cover that looks to funnel air into an intercooler. Oh, and Ford also has a 3.5-liter Ecoboost V6 set up for a front-engine, rear drive configuration that can fit in the same spot as a 5.0-liter V8-- they do it in the F-150, why not for the Mustang?
In the F-150, the Ecoboost makes 365-horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque and there's no reason to think that those are the limits of the engine and that, with a Mustang-Specific tune, Ford couldn't have a V6 powerplant capable of at least 400.
But then, where does the GT 5.0-liter go? The way of the Buffalo or the way of the supercharger?
255/40ZR19 front tires, exactly the same as the Mustang GT. The GT500 runs 265s.
The exterior has some tweaks, but the interior (photos after the jump) tells the story: Premium Fuel Only, and a 9,000-rpm tachometer. The current 2011 Ford Mustang GT makes peak power on 93, but works just fine on 87 and its tachometer only sweeps to 8,000-- the GT500, even less, its needle stops swinging at 7.
So, then, what we have here is a car with a higher redline, a requirement for premium fuel and a new bumper cover that looks to funnel air into an intercooler. Oh, and Ford also has a 3.5-liter Ecoboost V6 set up for a front-engine, rear drive configuration that can fit in the same spot as a 5.0-liter V8-- they do it in the F-150, why not for the Mustang?
In the F-150, the Ecoboost makes 365-horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque and there's no reason to think that those are the limits of the engine and that, with a Mustang-Specific tune, Ford couldn't have a V6 powerplant capable of at least 400.
But then, where does the GT 5.0-liter go? The way of the Buffalo or the way of the supercharger?
255/40ZR19 front tires, exactly the same as the Mustang GT. The GT500 runs 265s.
