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Old 9/23/06, 05:26 PM
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So you were looking for the Boss?

http://www.fpv.com.au/cars/gt/engine...on/engine.aspx

I got bored and was checkin out the aussies.
Old 9/23/06, 05:42 PM
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This is off the site,

The BF GT more than lives up to the famous badge. The muscle car for the 21st century. With 290kWs of Boss quad cam V8 power and the choice of 6-speed manual gearbox or the optional ZF 6 speed high torque automatic. The GT is second-to-none for outright handling and driver comfort in a 5 passenger Australian built performance sedan.

290kWs = 388.896 horses as per onlineconversions.com

I'd love to drop that engine in!!!
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I'll take it
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We can only hope that it will hit the US market!
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wow. they did say in a magizine article about the new boss mustang that it will be AT LEAST 390 n/a hp...soo putting that engine in the car makes sense
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Originally Posted by wyldv6
This is off the site,

The BF GT more than lives up to the famous badge. The muscle car for the 21st century. With 290kWs of Boss quad cam V8 power and the choice of 6-speed manual gearbox or the optional ZF 6 speed high torque automatic. The GT is second-to-none for outright handling and driver comfort in a 5 passenger Australian built performance sedan.

290kWs = 388.896 horses as per onlineconversions.com

I'd love to drop that engine in!!!
it's actually 388.8964 hp .. but whose counting?
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Oh My God
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I would love the ZF 6 speed in my GT
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Ford Australia makes some bada** stuff!

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Yes, drop that 388 hp in my next Stang and you will see one very happy man in Ohio!
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Yeah, but that GT costs about 65,000 aud or around 50,000 american dollars
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the 5.4 4v DOHC sounds familiar...

Is it the same engine as the GT500 sans SC?

And check out the interior...the seats in even the top dog GT500 look like bench seats when compared to the seats in that thing!

While the styling is certainly not american muscle car styling, read lamblasted Pontiac GTO, how is it that the Aussie wing of ford can build what look from here to be such better products than the parent company...?

And isn't FPV, the Aussie version of SVT??? Dead here but offering 6 vehicles in aussieland?

What gives?
Old 10/20/06, 05:26 PM
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The Boss 290 has been around for several years.

This will probably make you guys feel even worse, the Boss 290 engines are built in Romeo, MI and then shipped over to Australia. Take it up with Ford Marketing as to why they won't sell that engine in the US.
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Originally Posted by V10
Take it up with Ford Marketing as to why they won't sell that engine in the US.
NIH? The entire top end of the BOSS is Aussie. The heads are tweaked and the intake is loosely based on the 00 R. The best parts though are the "Control Blade" IRS and the U&L A-arm front suspension. Those would feel good under a Stang.
Why the heck they don't bring that chassis over here as a Lincoln, and make it a direct and domminant competitor to the STS-V is another one of those questions that cannot be answered in a rational manner. As Lincoln and Mercury stagnate for unique product, the Caddillac brand is changing GM from the top down.

Here is MM&FF's coverage of one. http://www.musclemustangfastfords.co...gtp/index.html
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