Ford Mustang Boss 350 V-10

crab

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Originally posted by: deerslayer
It's still a Ford :p

Excellent observation, sir!
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vi edit

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That's only 15 more than the current blown Cobra. From a strictly cost basis...which is cheaper to produce...a blown V8, or a NA V10?
 

LAUST

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
That's only 15 more than the current blown Cobra. From a strictly cost basis...which is cheaper to produce...a blown V8, or a NA V10?
with a 2.8" pulley and an exhaust I'd take the blown V8 ;)

 

JC

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That's crazy, man!

But if they're breaking 9-inch rear ends, they must have forgotten how to build them...a properly built 9-inch can take way more abuse than that.
 

KokomoGST

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And the blown Cobra you can change pulleys and tweak for more power a tad more easily.

I honestly think the V10 might actually be cheaper to produce though, but I wonder how much tuning it took to produce that much power out of the modular based V10. 405ft/lbs is a LOT of torque at the wheels... esp considering the SVT Cobra is making less than that at the crank. Talk about WALL of torque!
 

geno

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Saw that in Motor Trend last month...would be pretty cool if Ford aimed the Muffstain at the Viper :)
 

LAUST

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Originally posted by: JC
That's crazy, man!

But if they're breaking 9-inch rear ends, they must have forgotten how to build them...a properly built 9-inch can take way more abuse than that.
I was shocked to hear that too, the Cobra in my sig only has the 8.8 and it's running around 600HP on ET streets and the 8.8 is doing just fine.

 

geno

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
That's only 15 more than the current blown Cobra. From a strictly cost basis...which is cheaper to produce...a blown V8, or a NA V10?

NA V10 I'd say, internals don't need to be *as* beefed up, not to mention that tacking 10 more cyls and coming up with a new crank is cheaper than designing and implementing a production forced induction system. That's just how I see it.
 

geno

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Originally posted by: Freejack2
Interesting... Too bad it'll probably never get made. :(

Probably? Pff, the day that Ford makes a V10 the Mustang's "performance" engine is the day that... ok I'm going oldschool here.. the day that "monkeys fly out my butt!"
 

Eli

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Who says a V-8 is the only engine choice for an affordable car that runs 0-60 mph in under 4.5 seconds? Well, nearly any American powertrain engineer will, though the folks at Mitsubishi and Subaru have had a lot to say about that lately.

I found that amusing. :D
 

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Originally posted by: LAUST
Originally posted by: JC
That's crazy, man!

But if they're breaking 9-inch rear ends, they must have forgotten how to build them...a properly built 9-inch can take way more abuse than that.
I was shocked to hear that too, the Cobra in my sig only has the 8.8 and it's running around 600HP on ET streets and the 8.8 is doing just fine.

article says 9" but most likely the 8.8 and said pinion failure ..1st prob setup wrong ..2nd still together..
 

RU482

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Originally posted by: geno
Saw that in Motor Trend last month...would be pretty cool if Ford aimed the Muffstain at the Viper :)

Ford needs a viper chaser. They should call it the mongoose
 

geno

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Originally posted by: geno
Saw that in Motor Trend last month...would be pretty cool if Ford aimed the Muffstain at the Viper :)

Ford needs a viper chaser. They should call it the mongoose

well, that's all Ford CAN do with Dodge's SRT lineup - chase them :)


EDIT - Actually, I can't say that for everything, their 100k plus GT would hurt a 80k Viper
 

Babbles

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Unless I misread the article, the HP and torque numbers reported were at the wheels, not at the crank like most numbers are reported. Meaning that the HP and torque at the crank for comparison reasons would be much higher.

I could have misread the article, but that is my take on it.

Whatever the case may be, though, that is still a pretty own car.