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However, as I know many of us are aware, the 2011 Mustang GT will be packing the 5.0, an engine already proving itself more efficient in HP/liter and in fuel economy. Ford gave the engine a rating of 412 horsepower and 390 lb/ft. Motor Trend has done the dyno and confirms that the engine is producing more like 430 horsepower and about 400 lb/ft. It appears as if Ford has picked up the broken pieces of the 05-10 V8 and molded them into a world beater with the 5.0, a Camaro beater for sure when you consider the mustang weighs hundreds of pounds under the Camaro. It took Ford a year to put out a car that places the Mustang at the top of the food chain again. Im embarrassed to find myself eating my words that I spoke to mustang fans about a year ago. 
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The problem with this I believe, is that MotorTrend did not dyno the car in the correct gear. Rather than dyno the car in 5th gear which has a 1:1 gear ratio, they dyno'd the car in 4th gear. This was a problem as the computers were expecting a 1:1 ratio...
However because of the power to weight ratio, the mustang makes it more of a driver's race this year... we'll see next year
