I applaud the GT350 and all that Ford is doing. I hope they have more up their sleeve versus the specs of what they have conveyed on the motor. Developing a flat-plane crank engine has to have been a really fun and challenging exercise for Ford engineers (all engineers love a challenge) but I hope the performance parameters have been achieved. Although the ls7 is almost 40% larger in displacement (7.0L versus 5.2L), the physical size and weight of the ls7 I suppose is "much" smaller than the 5.2L motor? (Please correct me, ol' wise ones.) The LS7 debuted in 2006 with 505HP and 470LB-FT of torque and was a relatively mass produced motor. Fast forward NINE YEARS, and Ford is getting hay for a "500-ish" HP /"400-ish" TQ motor that may very well be bigger and heavier. OK, great, I agree that it at least SOUNDS better than the engine GM brought to market almost a decade ago.
I don't want to be the naysayer but I hope the specs that Ford conveyed are very, very, conservative. More importantly, I barely have any concerns at all about peak HP or peak TQ - that's stuff of internet lore. The real enchilada is the shape of the curve and, most importantly, the area under the curve. Once again, having driven the LS7 numerous times on a track, they pull like a goddamn freight train.
I don't want to be the naysayer but I hope the specs that Ford conveyed are very, very, conservative. More importantly, I barely have any concerns at all about peak HP or peak TQ - that's stuff of internet lore. The real enchilada is the shape of the curve and, most importantly, the area under the curve. Once again, having driven the LS7 numerous times on a track, they pull like a goddamn freight train.
