Ford Kills Boss Engine For Mustang
Another high performance V8 engine has fallen to the $4+ dollar gas prices. The Boss engine, which was slated to appear in the rumored Boss Mustang and F-150 will now only have a home in the Super Duty which needs a more efficient replacement for it’s 6.8L gas guzzling V10. The news isn’t really shocking to most of us, just disappointing, as gas prices were making a high performance, large displacement motor much less feasible for the Mustang. Ford will likely take the funding for the Boss engine and point it toward much more fuel efficient programs such as the Ford Fiesta which will be making it’s appearance in American soon.
[Source: AutoBlog]
Posted on June 23rd, 2008
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Comment by mustanggt — June 24, 2008 @ 10:50 am
It’s 1974 all over again.
Comment by Mustangfan2003 — June 24, 2008 @ 12:10 pm
i think the next gen mustang wasn’t going to get an engine larger then a 5.0 anyway. i know it sucks but it’s not a good time to invest in large engines at the moment.
Comment by project_v6 — June 24, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
They need to find out a way to increase fuel efficiency for future V8. Automatic shut off of 4 cylinders (out of the 8 cylinders) during highway cruising and during traffic is a very nice option. Weight reduction and reducing air drag is also a nice option. There are really a lot of possibilities.
Comment by Redfire281 — June 25, 2008 @ 6:36 pm
Hmmmmm…with displacement on demand, I wonder what my Corsa exhaust would sound like in 4 cylinder mode?
Comment by project_v6 — June 26, 2008 @ 2:39 pm
Maybe an automatic throttle in the exhaust would also calibrate the tune under 4 cylinder mode?
Just my 2 cents
Comment by SpectorV — July 4, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
It does suck but… at least we got some retro style cars and good performance numbers before gas got to expensive and ruined everything.
Comment by newtonfarmer920 — July 11, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
ford is trying to come out with a program where they put twin-turbos-chargers on all of their engine. ford is talking about 35-mpg of better for all the engines, because of the 2030 or so emissions mandate for all cars made that year and later to hasve 35-mpg or better gas mileage. anyone know the name for that program?