With hints and rumors swirling that Ford’s upcoming Mustang GT350 will get a modified version of the regular Mustang GT’s 5.0-liter V-8 using a flat-plane crankshaft, you can bet enthusiasts watching the car’s gestation are hot with anticipation. We’ve spotted the car testing—and, sometimes, spinning on the Nürburgring—but details on the car’s so-called “Voodoo” engine have been elusive. Now forum members over at Mustang6G.com have uncovered what appears to be conclusive proof of the GT350′s engine size and natural aspiration.
Forum members found a few random items in Ford’s online replacement-parts catalog that are listed for a mystery Mustang with a 5.2-liter V-8. Currently no such engine exists in the Mustang portfolio; the 2015 model offers a 3.7-liter V-6, a turbocharged 2.3-liter four, and a 5.0-liter V-8. The Shelby GT500 model that’s expected to return sometime soon will carry over its supercharged 5.8-liter V-8. The parts relating to the 5.2-liter in question are labeled “5.2L TiVCT PFI NA HP1 GAS.” Not sure what that gibberish means? The important pieces are the “gas” bit—shocker, it won’t be a diesel—and the “NA” part, which indicates this is a naturally aspirated engine. Note how the 2.3-liter EcoBoost model’s brake-master-cylinder description field includes “TC,” for turbocharged.
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Sadly, none of the parts are of the go-fast variety, nor do they shed any extra light on the 2016 GT350. One catalog entry is for a brake master cylinder, while the other is a front-quarter-panel insulator. Neither exactly breaks the GT350—if that’s indeed what these 5.2-liter parts are for—wide open. As expected, the parts’ descriptions lack critical information such as horsepower and torque figures, GT350 pricing and availability, or even audio of that flat-plane-crank V-8 at full wail. Sigh.
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