2015 Ford Mustang – Engine outputs confirmed
Ford has announced official output figures for the engines that will be offered with the all-new 2015 Mustang. As announced during its world debut, the new Mustang will have a choice of three engines, starting with a 3.7-litre naturally-aspirated V6 and topped by a 5.0-litre V8.
Unlike earlier iterations of Ford’s iconic pony car, the latest sixth-generation Mustang was conceived as a car for the global stage, and its underpinnings correspondingly match its lofty aspirations. Its specs sheet include items unprecedented in a Mustang, such as independent rear suspension and a four-cylinder turbo engine.
Producing 310hp and 434Nm, the new 2.3-litre four-cylinder EcoBoost powerplant is the new Mustang’s mid-range engine and is perhaps its most advanced, featuring technologies such as direct injection, twin-scroll turbocharging, and twin-independent variable camshaft timing.
Generating nearly 135hp per litre displacement, the new four-pot boasts the highest specific output ever managed by a Ford production engine. Its internals are accordingly strengthened to withstand the added stress, featuring enhancements such as piston-cooling jets, deep-sump die-cast aluminium pan, and ladder-frame bearing caps on its high-pressure die-cast aluminium block. Parts such as crankshaft, piston ring carriers, bearings, valve seats, and con-rods are made of uprated materials such as forged steel and other expensive stuff.
At the range’s pointed end, the 5.0-litre engine is no longer the big lumbering V8s of past American muscle cars. The new engine, designed with lessons learned from the special edition 2012 Mustang Boss 302, is equipped with a variety of enhancements designed to optimize air flow into the engine, such as larger valves, revised camshafts, and mid-lock phasers to give greater adjustment range of the variable intake camshaft timing system. Ford quotes outputs of 435hp and 542Nm for this engine.
All three engines in the Mustang range are offered with a choice of two six-speed transmissions – manual and automatic. The manual, sourced from Getrag, incorporates newly-designed shift linkages for more precise gear changes, an important element for the enjoyability of a manual car. The gear lever itself is positioned closer to the driver for uninterrupted shifting. The automatic, meanwhile, comes with paddle shifters and rev-matching downshifts as standard.
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Pictures: Official Ford release.
