SVTdriver said:That;s true. But I personally don't think the C6 looks anything like the 63 corvette. Or any other past corvette. So they don't have the retro design theme to stand on.
Scot_94GT said:seeing as how the C6 vette is going to have a 400hp 6.0L, the next (2007?) Camaro will most likely use the same LS2 engine. If this is so, the Mustang GT will be getting spanked up and down the streets by Z28's all day, just like it has been since 1993, and the introduction of the 275hp LT1.
Z28x said:The Vette had a 5.7L V8 from 1969 to 2004 (correct me if my years are off) so that displacement has just as much history with the Vette as a 5.0L did with the Mustang (although the 5.7 changed from 350ci to 346ci in '97)
SVTdriver said:Ok so you're saying the C6 is a retro design? There is a history to the design of the 05. Not just the engine type. If the C6 looked like the 63-64. Then again maybe it would be a cool touch to go back to a 5.7L.
Z28x said:The C6 is NOT retro, but neither was the C4, C5, or the last years of the 5.0 80's/90's Mustangs. The 63-64 Vette didn't have a 5.7L V8.
I don't think the car needs to be a retro design to have a traditional/historic displacement. The 2006 Z06 is getting a 427ci V8, but will be styled very modern.
I just thought it was funny that Mustang enthusiasts would sacrifice displacement (something they have begged Ford about for years) in order to have a displacement they are nostalgic about.
Razinhell said:In 5.0 Mustang & Superfords Magazine, they decided having a 5.4 liter V8 would be a neat swap. So they scanned their local junk yard for a wrecked 5.4 and swapped it for the 4.6. In the end the 5.4 wasn't that hard of a swap due to the modular family nature. When they initially ran it, it was horrible. So they retuned it and produced decent numbers. But nothing in the range of 375. I'm sure its attainable with different parts since this was a truck engine.
What i think is funny is everyone is bashing putting truck engines into cars and vice versa. If they couldn't use their line of engines in other vehicles prices would go up. They have to be flexible in order to survive. What i think is even funnier is that the Dodge Vipers original engine is from their truck block. They took the truck 8 cyclinder block and just added 2 extra. Eventually it became its own engine line, but its roots were from the Dodge Rams.
Razinhell said:In 5.0 Mustang & Superfords Magazine, they decided having a 5.4 liter V8 would be a neat swap. So they scanned their local junk yard for a wrecked 5.4 and swapped it for the 4.6. In the end the 5.4 wasn't that hard of a swap due to the modular family nature. When they initially ran it, it was horrible. So they retuned it and produced decent numbers. But nothing in the range of 375. I'm sure its attainable with different parts since this was a truck engine.
What i think is funny is everyone is bashing putting truck engines into cars and vice versa. If they couldn't use their line of engines in other vehicles prices would go up. They have to be flexible in order to survive. What i think is even funnier is that the Dodge Vipers original engine is from their truck block. They took the truck 8 cyclinder block and just added 2 extra. Eventually it became its own engine line, but its roots were from the Dodge Rams.
Flyinlow2 said:They didn't need to add two cylinders, it already had it. The V10 motor was an option in Dodge three quarter ton and one ton trucks for a couple of years. Thats the one the Viper motor is based on.
Razinhell said:In 5.0 Mustang & Superfords Magazine, they decided having a 5.4 liter V8 would be a neat swap. So they scanned their local junk yard for a wrecked 5.4 and swapped it for the 4.6. In the end the 5.4 wasn't that hard of a swap due to the modular family nature.
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