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The new super Mustang traces its heritage back to the classic GT500s of the late 1960s, but it’s the S197 Mustang GT500s that offer the most direct lineage. Those 2007- 2009, 2010-2012, and 2013-2014 GT500s progressed from offering drivers viciously sudden snap oversteer to more benign traits, even becoming something close to friendly in the final 662-hp models. But now, the first new GT500 in five years takes that friendliness to new levels while adding a great deal of actual capability.
First things first, the numbers: Under the hood of the 2020 Mustang GT500, you’ll find a 5.2-liter V-8 engine force-fed by a 2.65-liter Eaton supercharger and rated for 760 horses and 625 lb-ft of torque. Although it does share some architecture with the Voodoo engine found in the GT350, Ford modified it somewhat for its role in the GT500. For one thing, the GT350’s flat-plane crank is swapped for a stronger, less vibration-prone cross-plane unit. For another, there’s that supercharger.
Pushing a bunch of extra air into the engine with a belt-driven supercharger is nothing new, but Ford did something creative with this one: It flipped the blower assembly upside down. Why?
This story is from the February 2020 edition of Automobile.
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