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Originally Posted by flappist
I do feel so sorry for coyote and Ford/FPV. If it is not the messiah then the AFF lynch mob will go off like Fred Nile at the Sydney Mardigras.......
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At the risk of igniting blue touch paper I have noticed that despite the best efforts of the supercharger zealots the T6s still appear to be quicker.
I suspect it will be difficult to engineer a belt powered solution that will demonstrate a similar torque curve to a turbo system without making it excessively powerful and stressed at higher revs.
Despite the fantasies of the above mentioned zealots, any vehicle delivered by Ford or FPV must comply with ADRs, emission rules and have a usable life span before major overhaul measured in years and hundreds of thousands of kilometres not months and laps of maccas car parks.
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I've been concerned about this for a while. I remember seeing similarly powered F6 Typhoon and supercharged Super Pursuit dyno graphs. The F6's power is delivered sooner. This new V8 will need to be supercharged and will need to put out more power to beat the current F6's performance.
It will be interesting to see how the new engined XR8 compares to the XR6T, especially if the XR8 isn't supercharged. The current XR6T is a very fast car.
If the new engine turns out to be ripper, how long will it take for it to be a success in terms of sales? A year? Two years?