They do have the Shelby GT.

 

Shelby has the Shelby GT...not Ford.

Ford needs their own niche Mustang to combat all the forthcoming challengers (no pun intended) in 2008, most of which will be offering 350 - 425 horsepower.

2010 is too late to wait for a Stang in the 375 to 400 horse neighborhood, IMHO.

This Bullitt better be that car.

 

Whatever the Bullitt ends up with HP stock..... You can tweak and mod any car... The Challenger's HP will not be the deciding factor in a final sale...Those guys are already planning on all the mods to try take the pink slips..JMO

The Bullitt. If FORD badged the car, painted it green and had 350 -375 stock HP I would live with that.
If the Challanger had come out before the Mustang I probably would not want a big car, although I do love that car. I prefer the Mustang for many reasons.

 

I think the HP needs to have a substantial increase (350ish) and if they mod the rest of the car like they did the 01 Bullitt then it should be a great car.

 

I just hope they don't make it to expensive, 300 horsepower is plenty for me, honestly what i really want is that dark highland green color, black bullitt wheels, '68 style hood, and maybe a few other improvements like a louder exhaust and a bit of performance, i'm not going to spend all this money on a car and then go risk wrecking it by racing the local rice club... But if they start slapping a supercharger in there or other crazy modifications that make it to expensive i won't be able to afford it.

 

Ford has already done the R&D on the last SVT Cobra, Mach1 and now the Shelby GT500. Making an SE Mustang shouldn't be a problem.
I really want something special, and I do not want to spend $50k - $60k (depending on the Dealership) for a Shelby GT500. I want a 350-400 h.p. Mustang, with slightly better handling, and a few tweaks here and there. AND I want it under $35k. If GM can build and sell a 400 h.p. GTO for under $35k, then Ford can build a 400 h.p. Mustang under $35k as well.

 

I want the same thing, 350+ HP, BIG brakes, improved handling, lower weight than a GT, styling tweaks & other tweaks for <$35K.

 

Hell, you could get a 400HP GTO for ~$27K after all the rebates/incentives. If only it weren't so boring looking.

As the GT-500 (and looks like the Shelby GT) illustrated, Ford may able build and recommend that they retail for a certain price (e.g. $35K MSRP), but that doesn't mean the dealerships will sell them to you at that price.

The S197 is just too popular.

 

Besides the Chevy Cavalier styling I can't fit my golf clubs in a GTO trunk.

 

i hope you don't think that the 2001 was just a badge and sticker job.

It has ton of great cosmetic upgrades, tons of suspension upgrades, Cobra brakes, factory subframe connectors..not to mention the only mustang ever to have a clearcoated engine bay.

 

+1, the 2001 Bullitt was done right...however the '03 and '04 Mach 1's also have the "finished" engine bays as well.

 

gotta love the 01s

a question though. ive heard some people say the intake was good for 5hp, and ive heard other palces, with other numbers, up to 15. anyone know the "real" not advertised nuimbers?

 

Unfortunately I have compared my engine bay to a few Mach1's and mine was clear coated while there's were not. Maybe they only did it for a year and not all of them.

The Bullitt was defiantely done right they should limited it to 1 color though but I guess that just makes the Blue and Black Bullitt's even more rare.

Arin - I don't think Ford even knows how much the intake helped I've seen the same range out of Ford Press Releases and Magazines. I think it just helps once you start modding more than anything. Throttle Body and Intake don't need replacing when you start supercharging, just one less thing to upgrade.

 

According to the mach1registry.org .. they claim Ford later acknowleged the Bullitt engine to produce 275hp.. I have never seen anything coming from ford sayign that but i guess they have. But like Bill said where the bullitt intake really shines is in modding. Not only doesn't it flow better but it won't crack in half like the 99-03 plastic intakes. later ones had aluminum crossovers. also the bullitt intake can be ported to make even better flowing.

 

i always knew it would be better to mod. i read that somewhere too....

man i wish i had one

 

what would you put the bullitt intake on if you had it?... your desk?

 

Here is the dyno that I got done on 745 at the FFW in Norwalk a few years ago. The car was bone stock, including the factory air filter and had right at 10,000 miles. If you go by the 15% lost in the drivetrain then it right up there in the 270-275hp range. I was talking with Brian Young (did the engine calibrations on the Bullitt and the Mach's) about the HP numbers and he asked me if we would rather have a car that was listed under the actual HP or over. I said under, for obvious reasons, and he just grinned and said "We thought you would." And after the '99 Cobra's Ford would rather as well.

Cam

 

Came across this on another site. Don't know if it's true or rumor.

What does everybody think about the Mustang news? I'm glad that Ford decided to use the upgraded 325 horsepower 4.6 liter engine for the 2008 GT. And I'm super happy that they're using a brand new 5.0 liter 380 horsepower V8 for the upcoming Bullitt. I was getting scared when they announced the false news last month about the 4.6 liter being the Bullitt engine. I'm really happy they're using a new 5.0 for the new Bullitt, I just hope they can work out that deal with Warner Brothers so they can get the Bullitt name.

 

Who's the source on this? It sounds like more random speculation to me. All we've heard as a possibility is a 4.6L "niche" engine possibly with a revised intake manifold and different heads (including possibly the heads from the GT supercar).

Nothing about a 5.0L engine.

Though it IS interesting that the Bullitt that was allegedly to debut at SEMA has been postponed - perhaps indicating that it WILL be more than a "paint and badge job."

 

Postponed? when was that said?