...but does anyone know if the Mustang will be available with the 3.5 eco-boost?
...but does anyone know if the Mustang will be available with the 3.5 eco-boost?
Ford has vehemently denied that they will put an EcoBoost motor in the Mustang.
Bill Ford contradicted that recently, saying we would see an EB Mustang in the future, however my guess is that he either totally didn't know what he was talking about, or he was referring to an EB 5.0 to replace the S/C 5.4 currently used in the GT-500.
I thought the first time I read about that motor that they said it was slated for the Mustang.
according to someone with insider knowledge, it first didn't even fit in the mustang, then they said they had a development mule with an ecoboost in it that was a hoot to drive, you be the judge.
Strizzo wrote: according to someone with insider knowledge, it first didn't even fit in the mustang, then they said they had a development mule with an ecoboost in it that was a hoot to drive, you be the judge.
That part is true, for sure. But the mule had nothing to do with Mustangs. It was just a platform while Tauruses, Flexes, MKT, and MTK mule's became available to put the engine into.
The funniest part put on that car was a Home Despot plumbing valve on the intake.
Again, the car had little to do with reality or the future.
carguy123 wrote: I thought the first time I read about that motor that they said it was slated for the Mustang.
The first couple times I read about the S197, the six-cylinder option was going to be a DOHC 3.0L I6. You can imagine my disappointment when the production car had the SOHC 4.0 
I think that Ford is smart in not using the EB in the Mustang. The people who would want it aren't interested in buying a Mustang and won't change their mind when a pair of cylinders are swapped for a pair of turbos, and the people who traditionally buy Mustangs do so because they want a V8, or the image of a car that's typically associated with being a V8.
Don't get me wrong. I would love nothing more than for Ford to crank out a small RWD car using an Ecoboost 4-cylinder (Escort? Capri?), but I doubt that they will, and certainly not in a price bracket that would compete with their prize pony car.
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