Meet the world's poorest kept secret, the 2011 Mustang GT. The comical embargo breaking is today at its modify and we're ready to present you with everything you've been hurting to undergo most the newborn five-point-oh. Actually, it's belike more than you poverty to know. But we're trusty you'll deal. So here we go...
As you've undoubtedly noticed, those are open to goodness "5.0" badges basifixed to the 2011 Mustang's fenders. Not exclusive are residents of A1A Beach Front Avenue stoked, but Mustang fans everyplace are eventually try their 302 back. That's right, the newborn 5.0 is just like the older 5.0 -- 302 boxlike inches or 4.9-liters or 4,951cc. But we conceive the gumption this baddie stonks up module earmark even the most pedantic amongst you to forgive the absent 49 boxlike centimeters.
Gallery: 2011 author Mustang GT 5.0
Gallery: 2011 author Mustang 5.0 V8
Employing 32-valves and Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing(Ti-VCT), the newborn 5.0 produces a coercive 412 H.P. and 390 pound-feet of force (check discover our Deep Dive for more details). No articulate on action figures, but expect a mid-four second 0-60 running and a quarter-mile in the broad 12s. At least. Especially as the underway Mustang GT (315-hp, 320 lb-ft of torque) hits 60 indication in 4.9 seconds and runs the lodge in 13.5. Oh, according to Ford, the newborn 5.0 weighs just ten pounds more than the outgoing GT. We like that terminal bit rattling much.
Also newborn for 2011 is a pick of either a newborn six-speed drill sending or a six-speed automatic. Normally we hit absolutely no think to ever propose a slushbox over a comely row-your-own, however, together with that uncertain cam profession (Ti-VCT) and EPAS (Ford's electronic noesis steering), an semiautomatic Mustang GT module be healthy to attain 25 mpg on the highway. That's up from 23 mpg for the underway Mustang GT with an organisation 'box. Both the 2010 and 2011 get 17 mpg in the city, patch the six-speed drill Mustang gets 24 mpg on the route and 16 mpg in the bounteous city, aforementioned as the underway car.
The 5.0 badging get repeated on the engine's counterbalance (thankfully the pretty, composite intake increase is exposed -- sadly the gorgeous wear headers are buried) and the speedometer's crowning modify rises to 160 mph. solon importantly, the redline climbs from 6,500 to 7,000 rpm. There's no try articulate on toll (we'll definitely ready you updated on that regard), but as Ford's PR folks explained to us at the 5.0 expose in Detroit, they can't raise the toll too such or they'll push the Mustang discover of its segment.
Speaking of its segment, the underway 2010 Mustang GT is already crowning of its class, autarkical side support detractors notwithstanding. Aside from meliorate brakes, the exclusive legit belt on the 'Stang was the demand of noesis when compared to the Hemi'fied Challenger or burly Camaro SS. That knock, so to speak, is today discover the door. Also, if you poverty Brembo brushwood on your 2011 Mustang GT, author module delude them to you. If you haven't guessed, we're rattling such hunting forward to this particular launch/car. And here's one more abstract to chew on until we see the 5.0 in city -- author assured us that with the newborn Mustang making 412 horsepower, it rattling substantially can't yield the GT500 as is. Hmmm...
Gallery: 2011 author Mustang GT 5.0
Gallery: 2011 author Mustang 5.0 V8
Press Release
The 5.0-liter is back: 2011 author Mustang GT leads collection with 412 hp, render efficiency, chassis dynamics
The newborn Mustang GT continues Ford's powertrain opprobrious with an all-new 5.0-liter V-8, which uses recent profession to hit 412 H.P. and projected unsurpassed route distance of 25 mpg
For 2011, Mustang GT adds specially adjusted Electric Power Assist Steering (EPAS), 11.5-inch front and 11.8-inch side vented round brakes, and an enhanced support featuring an reinforced side modify curb limb and stiffened side device bushings
For enthusiasts, a Brembo brushwood package, with large rotors and callipers from the Ford Shelby GT500® Mustang, unique 19-inch wheels and season action tires, is offered; newborn framework badges herald return of the 5.0-liter engine
DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 28, 2009 – The 5.0 is back! The 2011 author Mustang GT arrives with an all-new recent 5.0-liter V-8 engine, matured by a aroused cadre of enthusiastic engineers who rallied around the ordinary content of delivering more than 400 horsepower.
The recent 5.0-liter four-valve Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) V-8 engine in the newborn Mustang GT module hit 412 H.P. and 390 ft.-lb. of torque. At the aforementioned time, render frugalness is sticking to be meliorate than the preceding help and unsurpassed in the segment.
"This all-new 5.0-liter engine is the next chapter in the utilization of the world-class Mustang powertrain portfolio," said Derrick Kuzak, group vice president, Global Product Development. "It's a thoroughly recent engine for the times, delivering the action and fun-to-drive factor that enthusiasts want, patch rising render economy."
Coyote in the lobby
Many of the engineers on the utilization aggroup hit worked in the Engine and Electrical Engineering Building on the Dearborn, Mich., product utilization center campus. For years they walked instance the original 5.0-liter V-8 Coyote Indy racing engine on pass in the lobby, continually inspired by its mix of heritage, broad profession and horsepower.
The powertrain utilization community had daylong desired to amend a newborn 5.0-liter powertrain, with strategic discussions first in 2000. By 2007, the Mustang combative landscape was first to change, a sign that the instance was correct for onward the Mustang GT powertrain to world-class levels.
The aggroup began 5.0-liter engine utilization with the neutral of delivering 400-plus horsepower, on a timetable expedited by 12 months without compromises in reliability, durability, render economy, or noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) control.
"Nearly every of the aggroup members hit worked on another high-profile powertrain programs," said V-8 Engine Programs Manager Mike Harrison. "They every had a clear exteroception of the work required on their particular component or subsystem. Their passion for engines, racing and delivering every terminal cat of action throughout the engine pace arrange really demonstrated that they put their heads and their whist into this powertrain."
Development try engines and benchmarks included 5.0-liter blocks, employing assorted eager and attack measurements, GT500 four-valve-per-cylinder heads and cams, different intake increase criminal configurations, differing compression ratios and a deep-sump lubricator pan. The aggroup also evaluated author Racing's 5.0-liter "Cammer" V-8 crate engine for transferable prizewinning practices.
Extensive computer-aided field (CAE) modeling, utilization engine experimentation and assessment in compounding with intricate organisation work brought this promising, all-new configuration to jaw-dropping chronicle in an expedited instance frame.
The result of this utilization is an "and" solution, not an "or." 2011 Mustang buyers module savor the benefits of a coercive engine as substantially as responsible render economy.
Ti-VCT
A grave surroundings in the 5.0-liter V-8's ability to hit 412 horsepower, with reinforced drivability, trait and render frugalness over the 2010 Mustang GT powertrain, is enhanced Ti-VCT.
For a high-performance application, the aggroup given cam-torque-actuated uncertain camshaft timing. Using existing cam force energy, with assistance from controlled oil, meant that minimal upgrades to the lubricator viscus were required, resulting in less dependent drag. Increased volumetric and energy efficiency gives faster Ti-VCT salutation at every engine speeds.
During the utilization phase, camshaft displace profile and opening improvement started with higher-lift author Racing aftermarket units, restricted for compatibility with different four-valve-per-cylinder heads. Extensive CAE and dynamometer testing was performed to fine-tune camshaft events and opening flow for action and render efficiency in conjunction with the uncertain camshaft timing.
The resulting all-new metal four-valve-per-cylinder heads feature a auto wave digit follower valvetrain layout leaving more shack for high-flow ports for free-breathing performance. Head structure was fashioned to support higher cylinder nous pressures and cross-flow cooling for uninterrupted high-rpm use. Head bolt size was increased from 11 to 12 millimeters to include the higher combustion pressures.
The metal country was matured for optimized deflexion and lubricator drainback under lateral conditions and broad rpm, such as a track-day holiday for an enthusiastic owner and driver. Increased important direction bulkhead widths and unshapely shackle cross-bolted important direction caps with upsized bolts were also employed to alter the momentous action increase.
An added surroundings is the increased capacity and baffling of the deep-sump stamped poise lubricator belittle to enable uninterrupted high-rpm ingest and offer the lavatory of 10,000-mile lubricator change intervals. Piston-cooling jets also were incorporated for performance-minded customers and for faster lubricator warm-up on cold start.
Specially fashioned tubular wear headers were matured to tap wear pulse change and meliorate flow. A aggroup analyst actually fictitious the tubular headers in his home workshop, transfer the CAE organisation to life.
Performance and fuel economy
The 412 H.P. and 390 ft.-lb. of force delivered by the 2011 Mustang GT 5.0-liter V-8 equal momentous increases versus the 2010 help year production levels.
The six-speed semiautomatic sending on the 2011 Mustang GT module hit up to an estimated 25 mpg route and 17 in the city. This is up from 23 mpg route and 17 municipality for the 2010 model. Six-speed drill sending Mustang GT models for 2011 are sticking to hit 24 mpg route and 16 city, matched the 2010 help but delivering significantly more H.P. and action feel.
2011 Mustang GT render frugalness is enabled by the Ti-VCT, the six-speed transmissions in semiautomatic or drill variations, EPAS and an added side decklid seal to compound aerodynamics.
Fuel frugalness also is aided by field a lightweight powertrain. The engine, as shipped, weighs just 430 pounds. This represents a weight fund of more than 20 proportionality versus the preceding 5.0-liter offering. Lower mass can be attributed to the metal country and heads, the lightweight composite intake manifold, composite cam covers and sunken camshafts.
Improved driving kinetics
EPAS has prefabricated a hammy contribution to Mustang GT driving dynamics, delivering quicker on-center curb response, increased try at route speeds and reduced try required in low-speed parking maneuvers. EPAS allows limited tuning for the Mustang GT application.
The 2011 Mustang GT features an enhanced side modify curb limb to add stiffness, meliorate powertrain NVH curb and compound handling. A stiffened side device forbid for meliorate on-center curb is also included. Stabilizer forbid diameters, spring rates and dampers every hit been adjusted for reinforced dynamics.
A Brembo brushwood collection raise module be acquirable for serious enthusiasts. This collection includes 14-inch vented front discs from the GT500 Mustang, unique 19-inch alloy wheels and season action tires.
Added lavatory content
For 2011, Mustang GT offers drivers several newborn lavatory technologies, including:
Standard communication center
Integrated blind blot mirrors
MyKey™ programmable container key
Illuminated visors
Universal garage entranceway opener
Sun visor hardware
New look
From the 5.0 framework badges to the newborn engine cover, Mustang GT honors and continues the chesty heritage of its predecessors. The speedometer increases to 160 indication and the tach redline advances from 6,500 to 7,000 rpm.
Three spirited newborn colors module be added for 2011 including Yellow Blaze Tri-Coat, Race Red and Ingot Silver.
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