Ford's 400kW Mustang spied

[GTP-814]

Originally Posted by Mighty Reds

There are vids of the cars at the nurburgring and they sound NA too me.
The FPC 5.2 may be true.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rDCNfwrMW_U

would love to hear that across the top of mt panorama

[Wretched]

Some more juicy info on the Voodoo engine

A new engine has been confirmed for the GT350, the once-rumored Voodoo engine! We reported a while ago about the rumored 5.2L Voodoo engine that would be appearing in the now-confirmed Shelby GT350 Mustang. In the recent wave of leaked information that has been confirming some of our strongest suspicions and desires, the 5.2L Voodoo engine is the most recent confirmation.

By the grace of hardcore Mustang enthusiasts on forums and Jalopnik, a posting on Ford Parts website was discovered that gave away the reveal of a 5.2L engine. Some of the various parts listed for the new S550 chassis acknowledged fitment for a 5.2L Engine, which is interesting as Ford has yet to officially acknowledge the 5.2L engine or even the GT350 itself for that matter. This information showing the 5.2L engine went up over Labor Day weekend and spread like wildfire.

What is the Voodoo Engine

The mysterious new Voodoo engine making it’s way into the GT350 has been surrounded in nothing but rumors and speculation, with some of it more grounded in inside-knowledge than the rest. On the parts website, it listed the Voodoo engine as “5.2L – TIVCT PFI NA HP1″ which is a mouthful of letters and numbers. When we break down that short-hand coding we can better understand the Voodoo engine.

The 5.2L is the most obvious piece of the puzzle, denoting the 5.2L engine displacement, which has the familiar Twin Independent Variable Cam Timing (TIVCT) found in the current 5.0L. The PFI stands for Port Fuel Injected and the NA confirms our suspicions of it being Naturally Aspirated. The one thing a little uncertain is what exactly the HP1 represents; it could possibly be High Performance, but there is nothing hinting at it being one thing or another. Also on the Ford Parts website is mention of a SVT Performance Pack and a “less special” option available with the 5.2L engine.

Even though the most recent leak did not mention (or rule out) a flat-plane crankshaft being at the heart of the new 5.2L Voodoo engine, there is still a strong belief and rumblings saying that a flat-plane crank will be in the GT350. A flat-plane crankshaft would make sense for this new engine, that various insiders have claimed will see 550+ HP and a 8000 RPM redline ....

More in the link below.
http://blog.americanmuscle.com/confi...-shelby-gt350/

I know I have posted the vid of the testing at the 'ring but it is necessary to post once again...pure bliss.

http://youtu.be/2084XOt-Sj4

[chevypower]

A little surprised Ford still isn't going to give this V8 direct injection. Perhaps the benefit still isn't significant enough. I hope that if it does achieve the 600HP that we are expecting, that the GT500 will offer a supercharged version of the same engine with at least 800HP.

[FPV GTHO]

I still expect GT500 to be twin turbo.

[chevypower]

Originally Posted by FPV GTHO

I still expect GT500 to be twin turbo.

Only if they do direct injection. There were rumors of a 5.0 V8 EcoBoost, but I think it came mostly from wishful thinking at the time.

[FPV GTHO]

I think the direct injection has already been developed, it's just been held back for engine costs. It's definately ready in the head casting.

[madmelon]

Flat plane crank for Voodoo is nonsense- the car sounds like a cross plane V8 in every video. A flat plane crank sounds like a high revving 4 cylinder and this is nothing like that.

[malazn mafia]

Will that motor bolt into a Falcon in place of a boss335 to keep it powered for a few years to come?

[Polyal]

You would bother with the na if you have a 335 and power is your goal.

This sound like my dream engine...that's some decent hp NA! I reckon HP1 might mean there will be different levels of tune.

Could they not turbo voodoo and then it's called hp2 etc.

[FPV GTHO]

Originally Posted by Polyal

Could they not turbo voodoo and then it's called hp2 etc.

That might depend how theyve gone from 5.0L to 5.2L. If you look at the V6's though, they still havent done a turbo 3.7L as they wanted the thicker cylinder walls from the 3.5L