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Originally Posted by mikeSS
You guys act like we can just keep pumping out these huge V8 engines over the next 50 years because a v6 wont be ok with the GT500/pony car people. the age of muscle cars years ago died, and it can die again. restrictions can get to a point where its only feasible to make small turbo/electric cars. That day can happen. there are many more people in the world who dont care to drive big V8 sports cars. Most people care more about luxury, and fuel economy. so getting rid of these V8 engines will only hurt a small percent of car buyers (like my self).
i could easily believe ford is going to put a GT engine in the GT500.
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Perhaps, but in 50 years the very concept of a personal automobile itself may be obsolete. But since we are currently living in 2016 not 2066, that doesn't really matter. Today, there is no technical reason for a GT500 to have a turbocharged V6. Ford might do it for marketing purposes, but there is nothing stopping them right now from building a 700ish hp supercharged (or turbocharged) large(ish) displacement V8. Any difference in efficiency is going to be minimal at best vs the Ecoboast from the future GT.
There is a myth that replacing a cylinder or two from an engine and replacing it with an air compressor automatically gives you the efficiency of the small engine, with the power of a big engine. In reality, if you tune it to give big engine power, it gets big engine efficiency. Sure, turbocharging might be able to get higher scores on a regulatory test (be it the EPA or from some other body from another country) but in the real world they tend to do no better, or often worse than, equivalent NA engines. And by equivalent I mean similar output, in a similar sized/shaped/mass vehicle, and roughly just as new (ie, not comparing fresh clean sheet engine to one that came out a decade ago).