The Three Best Ford Mustang Engines In History

The Three Best Ford Mustang Engines In History

There was a huge turnout of Mustangs at the 2014 Hot Rod Power Tour thanks to the pony car鈥檚 50th anniversary, but it remains a perennial favorite at this driving-focused event. The car鈥檚 low-buck, big-power approach makes it an obvious choice for the cross-country drive, but which engines have delivered best on that promise throughout history? The fastest muscle car-era Mustang is not the one most people would expect. The 鈥?9 redesign of the Mustang added 150 pounds, and Ford promoted the pricey Boss 429, built from the start for drag racing, as the fastest model. However, real world tests show that the 428 Cobra Jet is faster than the Boss. In fact, its 5.5-second zero to 60 time matched the 鈥?0 Mustang Trans Am, a model that wasn鈥檛 even street legal, while the production car鈥檚 top speed of 121 miles per hour was higher than its racing cousin. 1,200 less than the 429, and buyers didn鈥檛 have to forgo air conditioning for big power.

The 鈥?0s 5-liter Mustangs may not have been the fastest cars in the nameplate鈥檚 history, but the platform鈥檚 flexibility makes it a hot rodding platform to rival 鈥?7 Chevy鈥檚 and 鈥?2 Ford Coupes. When Ford brought the reworked 302 to the 1982 model, it marked the return of muscle car performance. Later models were capable of going from zero to 60 miles per hour in 6 seconds straight from the factory, and it didn鈥檛 take much to turn the lightweight Fox body into a drag racing monster. Better still, it was an option on the LX trim, making it available at rock bottom prices 鈥?about 30 percent less than its would-be replacement, the Probe GT. With 662 horsepower and 631 pound feet of torque, the 2013 GT500 is the most powerful Mustang Ford has ever built, and for a time, it was the most powerful production car engine ever built in North America. The aluminum block 5.8-liter V8 uses a massive, 2.3-liter supercharger that adds 14 psi of boost to get those numbers, yet it can still get 24 miles per gallon on the highway. Modern aerodynamics give the car a top speed of 189 miles per hour, and launch control helps it hit 60 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds. 60,000, and the modern GT500 is an astounding value capable of embarrassing exotic European cars that cost several times as much.

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Last I knew, GM had yet to roll the first EV truck off the line although it is "in talks" and not due to the lack of ability or options. If you have a secret, please share. Sure, they bought a few GM trucks and are putting electric parts and batteries in them to try to sell to someone. They aren't doing any work with GM engineering. You are correct, they haven't put an EV truck into production. Lutz was at VIA a while back, trying to get the business up and going and partnering. Of course that was before GM was doing much in house EV work. For a company in so much trouble, 1 in 5 houses on my block has a new F150 in the driveway. That's what I was thinking, a ton of F-150s around here too. And when you look at total truck sales figures, Ford is at or near the top for several years now. I am starting to learn that the problem with the company is that the CEO is just a puppet for the Ford family.

And the puppet there now - the old furniture guy, is pretty much worthless. Ford will get rid of the furniture puppet. The next person to step up will only take the post if he is granted the ability to run the ship like the Boeing guy did. Then stock will skyrocket. The big question is, how soon will this happen. I'm not complaining, I'm right at 7% a year with div. I'm not a greedy guy. 7% is A-OK in my book. That is probably the most logical explanation. Didn't read this whole thread but there was an article out yesterday about Ford stock that y'all may be interested in. It could be the automotive business is not profitable unless you are specialty/luxury. Look at RACE or Porsche vs. Though I read yesterday Maserati is going in teh crapper mainly because they are crappy. It could be the automotive business is not profitable unless you are specialty/luxury.