Trickle down the voodoo motor to the GT.
And then add Gas Guzzler tax x 100,000 (x whatever percent are GT's) cars a year?!! Doubt it!!
They wouldn't bring that much power to a "budget" volume sports car like the GT, MAYBE a detuned and/or smaller version of it. I could see a 4.8L version with 480hp Voodoo engine in a GT down the road. But even if they wanted a 5.2L Voodoo, they COULDN'T in the current body/chasis... MPG, mpg, mpg.
Its all about EPA, CAFE, MPG's lately.
i'd take a cross plane DI 5.2 in a heart beat haha. You wanna talk about torque...
Maybe 5.2L CPC + FI will be the next GT500 that should be just around the corner, despite no information leaks from Ford. I think they're going to surprise everyone like they did with the Ford GT. Out of the blue, they're going to pop up with the GT500 for 50th anniversary in for a late 2017 reveal.
Big V8's are a dying breed. I don't think they could hit EPA/CAFE etc. standard with that 5.2L CPC engine. More likely smaller V8's and V6's with FI will be coming.
To hit the increasing MPG targets, Ford is going to have to go with turbos across all vehicles, and more and more lightweight (aluminum, composites, & carbon fiber) parts. Manufacturers can get away with small niche cars (GT350, Z28, ZL1, etc.), as their weighted averages don't hurt the overall MPG ratings for the company's cars. But we are in the twighlight years of MUSCLE cars.
I look at the high end car manufacturers as they're cutting edge and a lot of their engine tech works it way over. For example, Ferrari Italia 458 dropped over half a liter displacement when transitioning to the new Italia 488. They went from 4.5L natural aspirated to 3.9L turbo.
Porsche 911 went from 3.4L NA to 3.0L turbo.
911 S went from 3.8L to 3.0L with bigger turbos, better exhaust.
And all of these examples gained quite a bit of hp in the process.
I wanted to buy the "last big naturally aspirated V8" Mustang from Ford, and then keep that car as a long term collector / weekend car. I kind of thought my 2014 GT might have been it. Then I thought my 2017 was going to be it. (thought the 3.7L V6 Ecoboost might replace V8 in 2018's). Guess, I'm going to have to buy like a 2019+ GT and see if that's the "last one".