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Consider this:
1) Gas is 4 bucks a gallon. International turmoil in any of the
World's oil rich regions could send oil prices surging again.
2) GM is rumored to be very seriously considering, and perhaps have
already made the decision, to offer the Sky's/Solstice's 260HP turbo-
four cylinder in a base Camaro.
3) Hyundai's new RWD Genesis coupe offers a 212 HP 2.0-liter
turbocharged four-cylinder engine.
4) There's a huge group of young 20-year/young 30-year olds who love
sporty 4-cylinder/turbocharged cars. Cars like the VW GTIs, Civics,
Eclipses/Talons, Miatas, etc.
5) Ford has now a long history of retro re-dos to keep stoking
interest in their ever-popular pony car.
I say it's time for Ford to build a new SVO Mustang.
Here's the formula I propose:
The Road Racing Element
Engine -- new EcoBoost four-cylinder. It's rumored to put out
250 HP and 300 lb-ft of torque, in pickup truck form. I suggest a
Ford "tuner package" to pump it up to about 270-275. Then offer an
over-the-counter Motorsport upgrade package for about 350.
Brakes -- steal the GT-500's calipers/rotors. Then add air-dam fed
cooling hoses for the front brakes / rear quarter panel scoops/cooling
hoses to feed the rear brakes.
Shocks/struts - Konis
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Driveline
Driveshaft - Motorsport aluminum
Gears - use the Bullitt's 3.73s/Tremec 5-speed
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Interior
Seats -- Fronts = Recaros / Rear - deleted, but optional.
Gauges -- Boost gauge mounted to window pillar. Tachometer located
dead center of the driver.
Shifter -- Hurst
Interior carpeting/insulation - deleted. Thin rubber matting is
standard flooring material.
Interior mission - create a "gutted" feeling and use a little carbon
fiber trim.
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Exterior
Hood - Carbon-fiber w/"SVO" hood scoop
Rear spoiler -- SVO bi-plane
Paint -- matte finish (This car should be all business.)
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The Numbers
Price -- the same, or just under, the standard GT Mustang.
Production - first year should be a "half year" and only build 1984 of
them to commemorate the first year of the SVO Mustang. Then
subsequent years build as many as will sell.
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Thoughts...?
Patrick
Got this off of mustangblog.com:
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Ford To Revive SVO Badge for 2010 Mustang
July 6th, 2008 by CobraMatt
According to a reliable source of Garage419, Ford is thinking really
hard about bringing back the SVO badge for a 2010 Mustang. The 2010 SVO
Mustang s rumored powerplant would be a 4-cylinder twin-turbo Ecoboost
engine mated to a six-speed manual transmission producing 300 horsepower
and weighing 500 lbs less than the GT model. If your wondering why Ford
would bring back the SVO badge using a 4-cylinder its pretty simple,
fuel economy. Fuel economy would increase by as much as 25% over the
current GT model which gets in the neighborhood of 18 city 25 highway.
This could definately be the right play for Ford as there seems to be no
end in sight for high gas prices.
Ford did a similar thing back in early 80 s with the original SVO
Mustang as gas prices were high but after only 9,844 units Ford stop
selling SVO badge Mustangs because gas prices hit the floor. Lets hope
we can have the same result after Ford makes a few thousand of the newer
SVO models. Continue reading Ford To Revive SVO Badge for 2010
Mustang
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Make it about 3000 lbs wet and provide a convertible option and I'm
there 
. Although the upcoming Boss might force me to make a hard
choice ;).
Dan
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