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Originally Posted by Hesh
Like I said the page before. Its not that they cant do it or that the 5.0 wont come back. Due to Ford being a penny pinching, run by the bean counter company I dont think they will do it. For a long time they've gone with mass sales for lower cost. As it stands now the Mustang when optioned as closely as can be to the Camaro the cost difference is only $1500. I think with the new engine, and the weight savings we keep hearing about coming from them I dont see the engine being ramped out to those numbers. I think they will underpower it and let their aftermarket addons due the power upgrading for them. They will let the buyers make the higher hp for them, while making more money for themselves. Dont get me wrong my guess for power output of the engine is 385hp/360tq. That way they get close to the competiton, can keep R&D down, and dont have to wind that motor up to the roof to make the power output they want. Of course this is just as much hearsay as what we have heard from anyone else.
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i think they'll make it to 400HP easily because it will rev higher. my guess is torque will be 365-375. the 5.0 is replacing the 4.6/5.4 modular engine so production costs will go down once they retool plants to produce only the 5.0. the only V8s Ford will produce will be the 5.0 Coyote and the 6.2 BOSS, everything else will be duratec/ecoboost V6 and I4