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Old 10-08-2009, 10:16 AM   #302
1bad65
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Originally Posted by rodimus prime View Post
everyone knows the 4.6 is a turd. That might be his point. They kept a turd in there for so long due to lack of competition.
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Originally Posted by Dragoneye View Post
But I can't overlook the fact that they did nothing to improve the cars performance over a 2002 Camaro/Firebird until 2010. Granted, they were no longer in production...but Mustang guys were left with some pretty rotten apples if Ford needed competition to make a decent performance car (excluding GT500).
Guys, get your facts straight. Ford used the 4.6 2v engine for the Mustang until the 2005 model year. Then they put the 4.6 3V engines in them. The hp difference was 40hp (260 to 300). So Ford added 40 more hp to the Mustang when there was NO Camaro/Firebird or Challengers to compete with.
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