A friend's article caught the Turbo 4 engine bay!

 

Has anybody noticed the now famous "prop rod" . C'mon Ford, you've got to be kiddin' !!!!!!!
Total FAIL if this makes it to final production .

 

Got to leave something retro for the old folks

 

Oh c'mon now, even my '69 Mach1 hood hinges worked better. It' outdated period.

 

I agree with you and hopefully Ford get rid of them. It was just a poke for people here that are against change and want everything to stay as 1964 ;-)

 

You can thank Jay Leno for that...

 

Man, it looks tight in there! I'd really be surprised to see the big 5.8 or an Ecoboost twin turbo V8 in there. If Ford does any kind of forced induction on the V8 its most likely going to be a supercharger due to what looks like space issues and the attendant heat problems.

 

Perhaps.........

But what about this one?



That's nice and brightly lit. I see a brace on the passenger side, but nothing on the driver's side.

 

looks like it was removed for whatever reason as the bolts are there sticking up but without the brace. I am not gonna read into this too much. as these are pre-production cars, its pretty clear they don't even have a final design for the coolant reservoir.

also there are two braces on the yellow GT PPcar, its hard to see requires a big monitor and brightness and contrast turned up a bit

 

Speaking of old school, those strut tower braces look a helluva lot like the ones on my '70 Mach 1. On the old cars the OEM braces were individual pieces that tied the shock towers into the firewall. They were bolted in place on both ends and therefore removable for access to the valve covers, etc. An upgrade was a one-piece brace that was more of a V shape and was known as an export brace.

 

oh boy, prepare yourself for fartcanpalooza with that 4 banger

 

The real reason Ford put the Ecoboost 4 in there so they could mitigate that. A turbocharger is great for muffling sound.

Now a CAI with one of those things that makes a turbo whistle no such luck.

 

They pulled it off and threw it at the guy who keeps asking about the missing strut tower braces.

Calm down over there.

 

There would be nothing "Eco" about a a twin turbo v8. Let's think before we write. Ford will not do that.

 

First Glimpse of the 2.3-liter EcoBoost Engine
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/20...deo-75050.html

 

lmao

 

Sorry, already been mentioned.

 

That's what people love calling anything turbo from Ford these days, and some people definitely are in love with the idea of a Ecoboost SVT car sporting little green Ecoboost badges.


Anyways I stand by my observation, I don't see a twin turbo V8 happening with the current V8 in this chassis.

Maybe chop some stroke, yank some bore and pull the deck down a fair bit along with shrinking the cylinder heads for a more compact V8 and it might happen.