New Falcon GTHO could pull 350Kw !!!

OzPony · 02-24-2003

Ford Australia is looking at using a high-performance V8 engine from a
concept vehicle to power its top-line Falcon, a reborn version of the
legendary GTHO muscle car of the early 1970s.

The engine broke cover at the Detroit motor show under the bonnet of
the F150 Lightning, a high-performance pick-up truck project.

It's a turbocharged version of the American-built 5.4-litre V8 that
Ford Australia reworked under its naturally-aspirated "Boss"engine
programme to use in the BA Falcon XR8 and Falcon GT and Pursuit ute.

The XR8 engine develops 260kW/500Nm. The GT and Pursuit unit, developed
by go-fast Australian arm Ford Performance Vehicles, produces
290kW/520Nm. The boosted engine in the F150 Lightning concept develops
373kW, or 500bhp.

It was built by Ford in Detroit to show off the potential of the
5.4-litre unit. A detuned version, with an output of around 330/350kW,
is expected to find its way into the GTHO Falcon.

Such an engine would make the GTHO the most powerful Australian-built
sports sedan, with significantly more oomph than the 300kW from Holden
Special Vehicles 5.7-litre Clubsport V8.

Ford executives in America are impressed by the Australian-developed
Boss family of V8s and there is talk of exports back to Detroit.

The Boss four-valve head configuration is unique to Australia and the
engine's performance is well beyond anything achieved out of the
5.4-litre family in naturally aspirated form in the US.

A study into the possibility of Falcon engine and platform exports to
the US was approved late last year.

Ford vehicle programmes executive Philip Martens discussed the Boss
engines with Australian product executive Trevor Worthington.

"Given all the things they (Ford Australia) have done with the Falcon,
the easiest way forward is for us to share an engine, and that's what
they could do. But we don't have any plans written down specifically
yet," Martens told reporters.

"They are best being left alone to find creative solutions driven by
market need. They're going to get more out of that than throwing it
(four-valve engine development) into the big Ford system here. That's
why the reverse cycle - bringing it back up here - is what I prefer."

Martens suggested the Boss could be applicable to Ford's North American
rear-wheel drive line-up, including the next Mustang in 2005.

jimgt95 · 02-24-2003

Gotta love those Australian Fords!!

lozza · 02-25-2003

I JUST WANT ONE

krankieone · 02-25-2003

I've got my tatts ticket should be no problem

OzPony · 02-25-2003

Do ya recon I can fit the 5.4 Turbo in my Mustang ???

krankieone · 02-26-2003

I've seen a 460 in a morris minor 5.4 in a stang no worries or where theres a will there's a way

**74stang2togo** · 03-05-2003

Okay, no offense... but what are the figures in terms of HP and lb/ft instead of metric measurements? I mean, the metric numbers seem impressive and all... but I don't understand them!

krankieone · 03-05-2003

They dont mean too much to me either but I know more is better

.I've been told 350kw is about 470 hp so it should scoot along quite nicely I think you'd want to tick the big brake option when ordering

OzPony · 03-06-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by krankieone
I think you'd want to tick the big brake option when ordering

Around 470 HP

With that much power I'd tick the big brake option TWICE

lozza · 03-06-2003

I'm sure we can fit that mutha into your car Oz. I have become good at fitting things into spaces they're not meant to. It's just a matter of how many cubic dollars you have to spend. kW into HP divide the number of kW by 0.7 to get the horsepower amount.

OzPony · 03-08-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by lozza
kW into HP divide the number of kW by 0.7 to get the horsepower amount.

Thanks Pete. I always wondered how you converted it !

SALEEN-910026 · 07-24-2003

if you want to know the KN conversion to HP just divide 500 into 373 and you get 1.34. So 1Kn=1.34HP

"The boosted engine in the F150 Lightning concept develops
373kW, or 500bhp. "

OzPony · 07-24-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by SALEEN-910026
"The boosted engine in the F150 Lightning concept develops
373kW, or 500bhp. "

The GT isn't as heavy as the Lightning, so with 470 bhp it will go real well !

SALEEN-910026 · 07-25-2003

I mean that is just so cool. A 4 door car with 470 turbo charged HP and it a ford. That is just a stock number. I bet that with some bolt on's and maby a bigger turbo you could have 700-800 HP! After reading your article I checked out the ford Australia websight and it was pretty cool. Ford has v8's in just about all of their cars with 4 or cars having over 300 hp. You all must not have as strict of emsissions standards as we do. Also gas must be cheep. How much is a gallon of 93 octane where you live?

krankieone · 07-26-2003

about $2 US a gallon