[Mulsanne]

Squaring with the rumours of an Ecoboost Shelby Ford showed off their new Performance 3.5L Ecoboost V6 in the 2017 Raptor and 2017 GT. Logically, its next stop is S550...

From Road and Track

It starts with a new block, heads, pistons, and intake, plus bigger turbos. Ford adds a dual-injection system, a combination of port and direct fuel injection, like Subaru uses on the BRZ/FR-S motor. That makes the H.O. 3.5 the first and only EcoBoost engine to use port injection. Ford calls this a second-generation EcoBoost, so maybe that dual-injection scheme will spread to other engines.

Well and good, but the star of the show is called Anti-Lag:

And then there's the anti-lag system. It's not a fuel-dumping system like on fire-spitting nutso rally cars, but we're told a lot of work went into the control systems to make sure manifold pressures stay up to keep the turbos spooled. They're not messing around here.

Making 450 hp in the Raptor and 600+ in the GT, we could expect am EB Shelby to at least split the difference, but is there appetite for a V6 Shelby?

 

[Rodsmustang]

Hello!!!

 

[silver_stang200]

If you recall Shelby had a V6 in '07-'09 CS6 with a super charger strapped to it So a V6 Shelby is not that odd of a car

 

[Bob_Young]

What Ford should've done from the outset. It makes no sense to come up with a very advanced and powerful performance engine for a pickup truck while putting a weak-sister engine with the same name in a performance car.

Whoever came up with that idea should, at least, be threatened with dismissal.

 

[Pete Grimaldi]

My prediction:
V6 EcoBoost for the possible 2017 Mach I - 525hp
V8 EcoBoost fort the 2017 GT500- 700+ hp
The Raptor is estimated at 500+ hp for the 2017 model. I would think that the power would be increased for the high performance Mustangs.

Pete

 

[REVN302]

I honestly think that Ford will kill off their V8s. Apparently there's been rumors for a while. It's especially convincing because the new Ford GT has the Twin Turbo 6.

Ford Reportedly Killing its V8 Engines in Mustang and F-150 After 2017? [Update]

 

[Pete Grimaldi]

I honestly think that Ford will kill off their V8s. Apparently there's been rumors for a while. It's especially convincing because the new Ford GT has the Twin Turbo 6.

Ford Reportedly Killing its V8 Engines in Mustang and F-150 After 2017? [Update]

Maybe. I can't see them selling a GT500 if it doesn't have a V8 though. I can see them putting a turbo on the GT350 engine and marketing that way. We shall see. Even magazine articles are just speculation at this point.
http://horsepowerkings.com/ford-shelby-gt500-under-development/

Pete