Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Shelby GT350 Mustang's Engine - AutoGuide.com
Christian is one of many proud parents that helped deliver the new 5. 2-liter V8 that will be found under the hoods of Shelby GT350 Mustangs. Flat Out: Inside the Shelby GT350 Mustang’s Engine On the outside it may look like your garden variety 5. 0-liter Coyote V8 found in the engine bay of a Mustang GT or F-150, but appearances can be deceiving. “This is a new engine top to bottom,” said Eric Ladner, engine program supervisor at Ford. Engineers eschewed a traditional cross-plane arrangement for one that’s flat. Rather than having the throws arranged at 90-degree intervals the Shelby GT350’s are set 180-degrees apart. Flat-plane cranks are common in supercars like Ferraris where maximum performance is a top concern but this is the first time Ford’s ever offered one and they’ve been mass-producing V8s for more than eight decades, ever since old Henry’s first... But he also cautioned that crankshafts account for less than 15 percent of an engine’s rotating mass, so this is hardly their only benefit. Beyond all of this, they “[allow] all the cylinders breathe the same,” said Christian, which makes tuning the engine much easier so they. Source: www.autoguide.com
