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Originally Posted by crysalis_01
Most people look to the 458's mill (or similar engine) for a "sample" of what it may sound like. But what they may not think about is that they as mid-engined cars have a much shorter exhaust tract. Mustang equipped with a FPC will have a full vehicles length to "tune" the exhaust sound.
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Think Jaguar, A-M, and Maserati.
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Originally Posted by Bhobbs
I'm not a fan of the exhaust note from a flat plane crank but Voodoo is real, it shows Ford continues to try new things with its power plants where GM doesn't.
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Ford once (and not that long ago) owned Jag and A-M. Development time for Ford would be reduced.
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Originally Posted by crysalis_01
True. Another question is will Ford build "Voodoo" to run up to 9000rpm like the 458's 4.5L? Roadrunner, has already shown itself to be stable over 8000rpm. At red line, the 458 mill makes its 562hp and down at 6000 it makes its 398 ft lbs of tq.
Roadrunner made its 444hp@7400 and 380tq@4500. Bumping displacement a few tenths, switching to FPC, and perhaps DFI and not to forget, revving another grand and a half could/should yeild 600+hp and tick up the tq output to 410+ft lbs.
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The inherent characteristics of Flat Plane Crank engines dictates less torque than traditional engines per equal displacement, be they OHC or not.
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Originally Posted by 72MachOne99GT
sounds like an expensive engine 
Considering the 5.8 that has roots in the 5.4's of 15 years ago runs upwards of 25K...
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I think it would be interesting to revisit all those "Z/28s cost waaaay too much" threads ganged on by Ford loyalists if/when the FPC Mustang appears. Special herbs 'n spices might be required to season the crow they'll be forced to eat.
By the way, 180 degree cranks are not new-tech to GM: