📰 Auto News Oh herro...are you the EcoBoost Mustang?

[Mook]

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?

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[Mook]

note the pillar gauges as well.

6cyl turbo?
4cyl turbo?
8cyl turbo?

could be nothing...could be something.

 

[Riski]

intersting......turbo mustang

 

[Bru]

 

[Primalzer]

SVO SVO SVO!!!!

 

[jason05gt]

Mach 1?

It’s got the Boss front splitter with brake ducts, Brembos, and the PP GT500 wheels.

 

[Dasfinc]

Mach 1?

It’s got the Boss front splitter with brake ducts, Brembos, and the PP GT500 wheels.

Brembo's are a factory option on all mustangs now, and if they have the brembo pack you get 'bigger' rims also as part of it IIRC.

Gauge could be whatever, and the premium sticker is probably just to remind the test driver since it gives the V-8 more Pah since it was made by a label maker, and not IN/ON the dash.

I'd say this is just another or new 'track pack' if it wasn't for the increased redline display.... How high do the ecoboosts redline???

*edit*

I REALLY do hope it is an ecoboost though...

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

be an ecoboost

 

[Smokinhot]

i see a hitch...

pretty sick, ford definetly seems to get the edge on the sprts cars lately

 

[Pressure Ratio]

I see a 8K red line on that tach. So what are they smoking? Further sweep to 9k yes. But still shows a 8k red line.

I said it before, I hope the V6 Eco boisterous makes it way into the Mustang. As well as the V8 version.

 

[jason05gt]

Brembo's are a factory option on all mustangs now, and if they have the brembo pack you get 'bigger' rims also as part of it IIRC.

Gauge could be whatever, and the premium sticker is probably just to remind the test driver since it gives the V-8 more Pah since it was made by a label maker, and not IN/ON the dash.

I'd say this is just another or new 'track pack' if it wasn't for the increased redline display.... How high do the ecoboosts redline???

*edit*

I REALLY do hope it is an ecoboost though...

Brembo’s AREN’T a factory option on all Mustang’s. You can only get the Brembo package on 6 speed manual GT’s (GT500's are standard). Also, the bigger rims aren’t the ones shown on this prototype. Those wheels are the GT500 Performance Package wheels.

 

[jason05gt]

This is just a Boss 302 mule per The Mustang Source.

 

[Dasfinc]

Brembo’s AREN’T a factory option on all Mustang’s. You can only get the Brembo package on 6 speed manual GT’s (GT500's are standard). Also, the bigger rims aren’t the ones shown on this prototype. Those wheels are the GT500 Performance Package wheels.

They ARE a factory option on mustangs, I apologize that it only applies to one, but I was just 'pointing out' that you could get a mustang with Brembos and larger rims from the factory (regardless of them being different), and that this was not a sign of it being an Ecoboost model.

 

[machausta]

Does appear to have the 3 gauge cluster on top of the dash like the 2012 boss...

http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/mustang/2012mustangboss/?ef_id=2519%3A3%3As_2385233315ca5465be75acde789bce5d_5293679909%3ATMicdwqoEEMAAFt01%408AAARE%3A20101027214111

 

[Dasfinc]

This is just a Boss 302 mule per The Mustang Source.

Winnar

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Winnar

Huh?

 

[Frank Dukes]

w-i-n-n-e-r.

i suspect they are ignoring this obviously awesome idea due to it pushing the specs of the 5.0. like the article said, theyd have to s/c the 5.0 or something, give it a higher HP rating and sadly... Price. the ecoboost would kill the mustangs current setup/engine configurations.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I was being sarcastic. Maybe if they bump the 5.0 hp rating up over the next few years they can slot the ecoboost in. It'll be like the svo/gt.....svo was faster

 

[jason05gt]

The 5.0 will eventually get direct injection which will bump the hp. Also, the GT can incorporate some of the learning from the Boss 302 program into the standard 5.0 in the GT. What I am getting at is that the Coyote has room to grow.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

The 5.0 will eventually get direct injection which will bump the hp. Also, the GT can incorporate some of the learning from the Boss 302 program into the standard 5.0 in the GT. What I am getting at is that the Coyote has room to grow.

I would hope so. That's the smart way to do it (financially). I'm sure it's got room to grow in cubes too

 

[jason05gt]

I would hope so. That's the smart way to do it (financially). I'm sure it's got room to grow in cubes too

I bet a Boss 302 with DI would be over 450hp N/A. That's more than enough power and is 80 hp/liter.

I'd actually like to see an EcoBoost Coyote to replace the 5.4L in the GT500.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

That would be sick.

 

[Primalzer]

I would like to see a big ecoboost 4 cylinder. Something that wouldbbe around 300 HP, but lighter than the V6. I would like to see it around 3100 lbs....a man can hope....a man can hope...

 

[Stink Star]

the boss 302 laguna seca is the hot setup right now! i wish i could afford one. Its crazy to think after the embarrassment that was the 05-10 mustang that ford could turn it around and make a product that a GM guy like me could lust after.

the ecoboost V6 is a tough gamble though... it would be so close to the gt in terms of performance that it would start getting confusing to the consumer as to which one to buy. Weird example would be apple in the mid 90's.. .they made sooo many different desktops that consumers couldnt choose which one to buy, leading alot to buy one that maybe wasnt best suited for them. hopefully the same wont happen to the mustang.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I would like to see a big ecoboost 4 cylinder. Something that wouldbbe around 300 HP, but lighter than the V6. I would like to see it around 3100 lbs....a man can hope....a man can hope...

Only problem with that is it'll lose a lot of off boost torque which will make it annoying to drive being that heavy. Ask me how I know