Ford_News
03-25-2010, 09:10 AM
Filed under: Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/), Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/)
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2011 Ford Mustang V6 burnout - Click above to enlarge
We just wrote about the report that General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm) is developing a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/24/report-gm-developing-twin-turbo-3-0l-v6-to-fight-ecoboost/) to challenge Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford)'s EcoBoost, and that the GM version might - just maybe, possibly, perhaps - go into the Camaro. Ford, on the other hand, apparently has no immediate plans to put its powerful and frugal V6 into its pony car, the Mustang.
The 3.7-liter V6 currently in the Mustang makes do with Ti-VCT technology, or twin independent variable camshaft timing, delivering that 305 horsepower and 30-plus miles per gallon with an auto tranny. Ford hasn't forsaken a turbocharged V6, though - The Blue Oval is simply leaving it to tuners to do it, and encouraging them in the process. And with that kind of leg up, our guess is that those aftermarket efforts will probably be seen in three, two...
In the meantime, Ford is working on an EcoBoost turbocharged four-cylinder that Mustang purists can thank the Madonna of Lourdes will not be appearing in the engine bay of said coupes any time soon. Cooler heads realized that when you can do burnouts like the one above (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/23/mustang-v6-burnout-shows-305-hp-put-to-good-use/) and get good mpg, we don't need no stinkin' four-cylinders.
[Source: Motor Authority (http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1043703_no-ford-mustang-ecoboost-but-tuners-prepping-turbo-stangs)]Report: EcoBoosted Ford Mustang not in the cards... for now (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/25/ecoboosted-ford-mustang-not-in-the-cards-for-now/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/03/fordmustv6.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/2011-ford-mustang-v6-burnout/)
2011 Ford Mustang V6 burnout - Click above to enlarge
We just wrote about the report that General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm) is developing a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/24/report-gm-developing-twin-turbo-3-0l-v6-to-fight-ecoboost/) to challenge Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford)'s EcoBoost, and that the GM version might - just maybe, possibly, perhaps - go into the Camaro. Ford, on the other hand, apparently has no immediate plans to put its powerful and frugal V6 into its pony car, the Mustang.
The 3.7-liter V6 currently in the Mustang makes do with Ti-VCT technology, or twin independent variable camshaft timing, delivering that 305 horsepower and 30-plus miles per gallon with an auto tranny. Ford hasn't forsaken a turbocharged V6, though - The Blue Oval is simply leaving it to tuners to do it, and encouraging them in the process. And with that kind of leg up, our guess is that those aftermarket efforts will probably be seen in three, two...
In the meantime, Ford is working on an EcoBoost turbocharged four-cylinder that Mustang purists can thank the Madonna of Lourdes will not be appearing in the engine bay of said coupes any time soon. Cooler heads realized that when you can do burnouts like the one above (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/23/mustang-v6-burnout-shows-305-hp-put-to-good-use/) and get good mpg, we don't need no stinkin' four-cylinders.
[Source: Motor Authority (http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1043703_no-ford-mustang-ecoboost-but-tuners-prepping-turbo-stangs)]Report: EcoBoosted Ford Mustang not in the cards... for now (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/25/ecoboosted-ford-mustang-not-in-the-cards-for-now/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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