Automotive News, Media & Press - Return of the Ford 5.8L V8

Scheduled for MY2009.
Planned for both trucks and at least 1 passenger car.

Also, a 6.2 liter V8 tentatively just planned for trucks as a replacement for the Triton V10.

Both are the evolution of the "Hurricane" engine that was restarted recently. Emphasis will be on high horsepower and torque numbers as well as fuel economy and lower assembly costs.

No word on estimates, but the 5.8 target seems to be in the area of 375-400 horsepower, with close to the same torque number. The 6.2 is expected to be at least 25-50 horses more.


Also, Ford Powertrain Vice President Barb Samardzich indicated Ford's new 263 horse 3.5 V6 will end up in the Mustang.

If Ford does survive (let alone, turn around), at least it's engines will be competitive with the industry's best.



This was posted here http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465358 by guionM. Great news, the muscle car wars seem to be heating up. Can't wait to see what Chevy puts in the new Camaro to compete.

Also, Ford Powertrain Vice President Barb Samardzich indicated Ford's new 263 horse 3.5 V6 will end up in the Mustang.

This was posted here http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465358 by guionM. Great news, the muscle car wars seem to be heating up. Can't wait to see what Chevy puts in the new Camaro to compete.

Well history tells us that GM would go with the cheapest engine they can that's still competitive. So that means the 3.9L High Value Pushrod V6 with anywhere from 220hp-240hp. If they reeeeally wanted to push it they could use the 3.5L iteration which comes with around 195-200hp but let's hope not. However I'm not sure if GMs High Value Pushrod motors can be used in RWD applications.

Instead let's hope GM gets it right the first time and has the capacity at it's engine plant to use it's corporate DOHC 3.6L High Feature V6 that cranks out 235-255hp with room for improvement. Considering that the Camaro will ride on a modified Zeta platform I'm thinking that provided they don't get cheap and decide to head down pushrod lane, this is the engine they will use. It's already used in the base model Commodore so it makes sense to use it in the Camaro as well.

What is the reasoning behind axing the V-10? Lower assembly costs or just part of the move away from the 4.6/5.4 mod family?

This pretty much means we can atleast bet there will be a ls2 powered camaro for the base v8. And since dodge has already announced a 6.6l we can bet that there will be either a ls7 or ls8/9 top of the line camaro also. They aren't going to let either company out do them.

If they put a proper pushrod in a Stang with IRS, LS1 fuel economy, and a decent price...they may have a customer.

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The rumored Lightning replacement should be interesting.