Oh-OH! Someone broke the press embargo and posted details of the NEW 2011 Mustang V8 powerplant, confirming that the Ford “Coyote” 5.0 Liter engine will be inserted into the historic ponycar AND produce 412 Horsepower. Mustang Fans around the world shuddered with delight at the twitter, which makes the Mustang only 10HP shy of the much heavier (almost 300 pounds) Camaro. The Camaro has a 6.2 liter powerplant whose pushrods only produce 422 horses.
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Ford put out a press release on the new V6 their stuffing into the 2011 Mustang. The Mustang community has been waiting for this news for some time, as it was sneaked out by Ford some time ago. Ford even debuted the engine by itself at a Ford “town hall” meeting in Detroit. It’s quite an engine really. I might go so far as to say that it could be historical.

A V6 powerplant that puts out 305 horsepower is pretty amazing. The old Mustang V6, which was a 4.0 liter put out far less at the crank.

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