This is kind of one of those curiosity kills the cat things. I hope i put this thread in the proper place. Ive seen a lot of stuff on here about swapping a 5.4 into a mustang but has any one seen/done/heard of anyone putting the 6.8l v10 in a mustang?
These should answer your question... too bad they never released it...from the looks of it in N/A form it was probably just too wicked! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO9UD3VI9ho
This guy took a triton v10 from a truck and put it in... oh and did I mention my grandfather has one in his truck and there is no red line on a 6000 rpm tach. So I have no idea how far you can push one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=oTMyuffVXz8&NR=1
Motor Trend had a feature article on this car; as I recall they basically said that as a real-world car it was undriveable due to the copious amount of torque produced by the V10 engine. Guess they had a little problem controlling wheelspin
HOLY CRAP! That more than answers my question! I work for uhaul and most of our trucks have the v10 in them and there not that hard to get ahold of... This gives me a idea
It would be very unique but not very cost effective. After reading your OP I started googling the idea and came across numerous forums on it. It's much cheaper to go FI on our 4.6's and get more HP that way...however, if I were to do it (which I won't...due to cost) the only benefit to it is the uniquness factor.
If one just wanted power, than supercharging the 4.6 is much more cost effective.
Like I said, putting in one of these V10's, porting the heads and intake and putting a custom exhaust would rendor a pretty cool, unique ride with decent power (not to mention the suspension upgrades to handle the extra weight up front and the extra torque through the transmission and the rear wheels)...but, who can say they owe a V10 Mustang!?!?
In the long run you can get so much more HP and Torque out of the V10.... if I had the money I would opt for it!
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