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Originally Posted by big hammer
unless they find a way to produce A LOT more torque out of the 5.0, it will have to rev to like 8000 rpm + to get to 500 hp. that's all forged bottom end material. that's more $$$ especially on a higher production model like a regular GT.
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I'm sure the gen1.5 5.0 will rev pretty high. The introduction of IMRC's will assist in low end torque production. Honestly, I don't expect the 2015 to break 450. There's no need, it'll sell on the merits of being "all new" alone. It only gained <90lbs, and that's on an improved chassis so performance in all metrics WILL improve.
Once the LT1/Alpha Camaro hits the streets then Ford can pull the stops and shoot to out HP the LT1 with a true gen2 5.0, possibly equipped with DI.
To the point of it costing more to put a more capable rotating assembly in the mass produced GT; increasing the production amount can and does have the effect of
lowering costs do to having a much higher buy. Think about it, no company pays what we pay for things like forged rotating assemblies...because we're not buying enough to outfit thousands of cars. Basically, it's like buying in bulk.