Coyote V-8

In its current application, the 2011 Ford Mustang GT, the new ‘Coyote’ 5.0-liter DOHC V-8 musters up a healthy 412 horsepower and 390 pound-feet of torque--decent numbers, but still far short of the figures General Motors is achieving with its LS7 and supercharged LS9 range of V-8 engines. Some would say that the GM engines naturally have a size advantage over the Ford V-8, and to an extent that is true--both GM engines displace more than 6.0-liters--but imagine what Ford could achieve if it were to bring forced induction to the table. According to a new report that’s exactly what Ford...