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Ditto! Exactly!! If Ford doesn't get this right, it will be a terrible failure and last just a few model years. If they get it right, and I'm hoping they do, the market and aftermarket will respond and the Bronco will continue the legend, and continue for many, many years to come.

Roush has built a full race 7.5L (460ci) Boss for an off-road race team... http://bangshift.com/general-news/videos/watch-a-ford-6-2-boss-engine-which-now-measures-460ci-scream-at-8500-rpm-and-make-800hp/

According to this source, it will debut as the park tram... http://motoringcrunch.com/news/next-ford-bronco-teased-as-a-jurassic-park-tram/1009937/

Exactly. Well stated. :reading:

Exactly. The aftermarket is making new 1966-77 Bronco tubs with authorization from Ford. You can literally build a new 1966-77 Bronco. So, there is obviously a market, and a demand. My fear is that if Ford were to green light such a vehicle, it would be for a limited time, and a lot like the current Toyota FJ... not at all like the original, to be direct competition to the Jeep Wrangler. I think that Toyota got it all wrong with the current FJ. It sould have been like the original. I'm obviously wrong with this observation as they sell quite well.

Perfection!

Left Lane News PickupTrucks.com Ford better get busy on a new Ranger...

Bloomberg NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The NASCAR engine prior to the approval of the current FR9 is essentially a "Clevor" (Windsor design block, Cleveland design head). The cylinder head design that originated with the Boss 302 and the successive Cleveland design engines, and that has evolved over the last 30+ years (Ford Motorsport, Yates, CHI, etc.) is still the best flowing cylinder head of its type (push rod-OHV). Period. If you want to build big power... it is the Yates and the CHI evolution of the original Cleveland design. Just ask Billy Glidden and most of those guys in the Pro 5.0 and Outlaw 10.5 drag racing classes.

Amen brother! And I live in California!

While I do agree that the 400 is underappreciated, it isn't the most modification friendly. No race style intake manifolds, and the 429/460 style bellhousing pattern isn't friendly in the swap department. And just how many people are building race engines out of derelict 400s? I have just one answer... None. The fact is there are more people building and modifying Y-blocks than tall-deck Clevelands. I might even venture to say that the tall Clevelands are right down there with the MEL (383, 410, 430, 462) as far as sought after engines for the automotive hobby. Maybe not a bastard, but definitely an orphan. That aside... the 400 has always had incredible potential. I used to tell my brand X friends in shop class in the early 80's about building a bad ass 400 and they all thought I was insane. The fact that Jon Kaase took a junk yard 400 and made a 4-time Engine Masters Challenge winner (...with the very same engine) is not only testament to his engine building prowess, he knew and was able to unlock its hidden potential. All this does for me is fuel dreams of a mid 70's Torino or Montego with a rippin' 400. What a sleeper it would be!

Not so... Jon Kaase's dominating, 4-time winning Ford is a 400M. A bastard engine that most people throw away.

Quite simply... the last sentance says it all. :reading:

My sentiments exactly... Billy would be awesome in Pro Stock. I just heard over at CompetitionPlus.com that a gent from Indiana is working at Roush/Yates on a new Pro Stock engine. :reading:

Awesome!

Ooooooooo... :D

We know what you know what you meant... :P

hmmmm... sounds good. :reading:

Ah... but they do, and will even more in the future. Guaranteed. Link: Ford CD3 platform Link: Ford D3 platform I think that when the current Mustang platform goes away, the replacement will replace the RWD Australian product, the Mustang, and leave the door open for future Lincoln and Mercury product (MKR & Cougar). It makes perfect sense considering the current FoMoCo trend... and I like the direction.

So true...

Link: SAE - Ford's new 5.0l V8 for 2011 Mustang “It has every inch of displacement we could get out of it,” he said, adding that the V8 has the thinnest cylinder liners possible. Increasing the bore any further would require a sprayed-on liner, Pericak noted. “We had to go fast on the program, and direct injection is expensive and would have given us a small incremental gain,” he noted. Going to DI would enable a 12.0:1 compression ratio rather than the current 11.1:1 ratio, which would boost power only slightly, Pericak estimated. Mulling the problem while in the shower, Christian had an epiphany. Rather than trying to create a header design that optimized the potentially useful exhaust pulses, he decided instead to create one that eliminated the power-robbing impact of the destructive ones, by simply pairing adjacent cylinders. Some of the hints include threaded-but-unused mounting bosses on the front of the right cylinder head casting. The gaping space within the valley of the engine’s vee and an unused drive pulley on the front of the crankshaft point to an upcoming, but as-yet unannounced, supercharged version of the 5.0-L. Down in the depths of the engine, designers labored to optimize oil control to ensure lubrication under severe conditions while minimizing losses due to oil drag. In order to visually inspect how oil drainback would occur under high lateral acceleration, engineers installed clear camshaft covers on a prototype engine, which was rotated 90 degrees onto its side then run on the dyno. With this set up, engineers observed the actual oil drain paths that would likely occur under racing or extreme track-day conditions.

:shades: Are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?

Link: Ford Media - '34 FORD HOT ROD 'REPLACES DISPLACEMENT' IN FAVOR OF 400-HP 3.5L TWIN-TURBO ECOBOOST V-6 "Ford Powertrain, Detroit Street Rods and Experi-metal team up to showcase classic '34 Ford 3-Window Coupe hot rod boasting "first" rear-wheel-drive application of EcoBoost V-6"

Check out post #1207... Competition Plus: What about a COMPETITIVE Ford in Pro Stock - Pg. 121 ...as for Robert Hight, everything that I've heard was that Ashley and Robert were going to run the Boss 500 after more development had been completed. I have seen shots that place the new engine in the Hight car, but can not be confirmed at this time.

Unfortunately... ugly cars are selling. That Nissan Cube is hideous, and I'm seeing them with more frequency. And, the current Acura TL with the Ag implement grill is all over the place. I have a feeling that this thing is going to sell well... simply because it's an Acura... looks be damned.