Ford_News
08-18-2010, 05:30 PM
Filed under: Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Rumormill (http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/)
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Ford FG Falcon XR Series - Click above for high-res image gallery
Back before Ford announced it was producing a new aluminum block version of its supercharged 5.4-liter V8 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/08/2011-ford-shelby-gt500-finally-gets-aluminum-engine-loses-120-p/) for the 2011 GT500 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/shelby+gt500), speculation ran rampant that the new 5.0-liter Coyote V8 (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/) would get the force-feeding treatment. At the time, Ford declined to comment, but even with the introduction of the lighter 5.4-liter, the speculation never died away.
It now appears that a supercharged 5.0-liter will first appear in Australia in 2011 powering the new Falcon XR8 and possibly a GT-HO. Ford acknowledged that the Boss 302 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/13/ford-mustang-boss-302-is-back-for-2012/) could have been fitted with a blower, saying in its release that "the Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mustang) team knew a supercharger would be the simplest way to extract significant power improvements from the new 5.0-liter V8, but they elected not to pursue forced induction for the 2012 Boss to stay true to the original Boss 302 engine."
Given that the rest of the 5.4- and 4.6-liter V8 applications in North America are disappearing in 2011, one has to wonder how long Ford will keep the current GT500 engine around. The most recent speculation is that a boosted version of the Coyote will arrive here in time for the 50th anniversary of the ponycar in 2014. And that can't come soon enough.
Gallery: Ford FG Falcon XR Series (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-fg-falcon-xr8/)
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[Source: GoAuto.com.au (http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/C14F4FF75A300A53CA2577830025BD03)]
Rumormill: Ford Falcon to get blown 5.0-liter Coyote (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/18/rumormill-ford-falcon-to-get-blown-5-0-liter-coyote/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Ford FG Falcon XR Series - Click above for high-res image gallery
Back before Ford announced it was producing a new aluminum block version of its supercharged 5.4-liter V8 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/08/2011-ford-shelby-gt500-finally-gets-aluminum-engine-loses-120-p/) for the 2011 GT500 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/shelby+gt500), speculation ran rampant that the new 5.0-liter Coyote V8 (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/deep-dive-fords-all-new-5-0-v8/) would get the force-feeding treatment. At the time, Ford declined to comment, but even with the introduction of the lighter 5.4-liter, the speculation never died away.
It now appears that a supercharged 5.0-liter will first appear in Australia in 2011 powering the new Falcon XR8 and possibly a GT-HO. Ford acknowledged that the Boss 302 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/13/ford-mustang-boss-302-is-back-for-2012/) could have been fitted with a blower, saying in its release that "the Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mustang) team knew a supercharger would be the simplest way to extract significant power improvements from the new 5.0-liter V8, but they elected not to pursue forced induction for the 2012 Boss to stay true to the original Boss 302 engine."
Given that the rest of the 5.4- and 4.6-liter V8 applications in North America are disappearing in 2011, one has to wonder how long Ford will keep the current GT500 engine around. The most recent speculation is that a boosted version of the Coyote will arrive here in time for the 50th anniversary of the ponycar in 2014. And that can't come soon enough.
Gallery: Ford FG Falcon XR Series (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-fg-falcon-xr8/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/000fgfalconxr8_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-fg-falcon-xr8/#646544)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/001fgfalconxr8_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-fg-falcon-xr8/#646536)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/002fgfalconxr8_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-fg-falcon-xr8/#646528)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/003fgfalconxr8_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-fg-falcon-xr8/#646534)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/004fgfalconxr8_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-fg-falcon-xr8/#646533)
[Source: GoAuto.com.au (http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/C14F4FF75A300A53CA2577830025BD03)]
Rumormill: Ford Falcon to get blown 5.0-liter Coyote (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/18/rumormill-ford-falcon-to-get-blown-5-0-liter-coyote/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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