RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and turbos
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 12:43:44 PM
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 12:53:15 PM
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If the V8 is not an option for the Mustang, the Mustang will die.
With all this environmentalist garbage mucking up such things, I will be buying classic cars in the future and not new ones.
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 1:20:13 PM
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The demise of the V8 has been forecast more times than I care to remember. Guess what? Its still here.
As long as their is a market at what ever price goverment regulations force, people will buy and someone will supply the market.
Its not just about speed. A new base Chevy Cobalt 2.2 (One of the cheapest American cars you can buy) will
outrun the car that reintroduced Mustang Performance, the 1982 Mustang GT.
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 2:39:21 PM
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I am by no means defending Bush, but I think this was necessary. You can't have cheap gas prices and a war at the same time. So take your pick and quit bitching. For all the conservatives out there: Do you want the government to just stop all together, maybe we could rely on vigilantes and go back to the wild west? I mean right, those were the good old days? Seriously, grow up and think about other people and **** besides what you are "missing out on"
Besides, look at the Grand National, I'd like to see a raise of hands from the people that think they can beat a built up 6 like that with their AMAZING ZOMG v-8 stang.
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 2:45:40 PM
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I am by no means defending Bush, but I think this was necessary. You can't have cheap gas prices and a war at the same time. So take your pick and quit bitching. For all the conservatives out there: Do you want the government to just stop all together, maybe we could rely on vigilantes and go back to the wild west? I mean right, those were the good old days? Seriously, grow up and think about other people and **** besides what you are "missing out on"
Besides, look at the Grand National, I'd like to see a raise of hands from the people that think they can beat a built up 6 like that with their AMAZING ZOMG v-8 stang.
You gathered from those few comments that I want a wild west, vigilante government? No, I just feel I am entitled to the money I earn....and not you. I don't understand how liberals wake up every morning and tell themselves they need to pay more taxes.
As for the energy bill, it's bogus. The whole green agenda is bogus and is simply an attempt to take more power away from the people. Your boy Al Gore has had his movie and his theory torn to shreds and somehow all you Socialists swallow hook line and sinker.
Do what you want. Vote how you want. Keep your damn hands out of my wallet.
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 2:51:37 PM
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Geez... 4.6 liter (281 ci) is what we're laughingly referring to as a "big" V8 now? 
Times change.
And not always for the better.
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 3:15:28 PM
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kyle2k
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ORIGINAL: suoperdave84
You gathered from those few comments that I want a wild west, vigilante government? No, I just feel I am entitled to the money I earn....and not you. I don't understand how liberals wake up every morning and tell themselves they need to pay more taxes.
As for the energy bill, it's bogus. The whole green agenda is bogus and is simply an attempt to take more power away from the people. Your boy Al Gore has had his movie and his theory torn to shreds and somehow all you Socialists swallow hook line and sinker.
Do what you want. Vote how you want. Keep your damn hands out of my wallet.
Well thats like calling the kettle black. You gathered from those few comments that I even like Al Gore, etc, etc, etc. You of all selfish conservatives should realize that there is business (potentially for the American people) in this "bogus green agenda." Secondly, how can you wake up every morning and tell yourselves you truly support america when you bitch about taxes all the time. You support the war, taxes pay for the war, see the connection? Get an education before you try talk **** or shut the **** up.
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 3:39:53 PM
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ChiDiddy
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i'm pretty sure the V8's on the mustangs will not be phased out anytime soon. If anything, it'll be the smaller end cars and SUV's that will be getting the DI/turbos.
Imo, its about time Ford does something different. Who knows, it may work out for the better.
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 3:56:46 PM
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THink outside the box. Gas will be $5 a gallon in 2 years, they know it the government knows it but we haven't let it sink in yet. They need to do something now or they won't be here in 5 years. The Arabs have us all by the balls
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 4:01:15 PM
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And......
Its not just the end of the v8, its the end of what made us all great.. Think about it, growing up my parents took us on vacations and a lot of them. 1 to 2 weeks seeing America. Man we went to the Grand Canyon twice, Yellowstone, Florida, NY etc.. Because they could afford it. Noone really travels like they used to, now its the mini vacation. 3 to 5 days. One of which is to and from. All because of gas..
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 5:05:33 PM
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i think if they offer a twin turbo v6 they should offer a twin turbo v8 too. i dont care if the ecoboost engine is better, it wont have that mustang muscle car sound that we all love, and thats most of why i bought the car. i could have got an import twin turbo w/ better handling but i wanted the mustang: raw american muscle power. i dont like refined, i like it bold, all up in yo grill. and thats what the mustang is to me. if they totally move to a turbo v6 that will be a mistake. maybe they can put the turbo v6 in a focus or something like that.
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 5:30:32 PM
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That means my car is gonna be worth a lot of money in the future! Even tho I would never sell it...
Im starting the protest
HELL NO WE WONT GO HELL NO WE WONT GO!!!!!! V8s ALWAYS AND FORVER
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RE: End of the V-8? Ford bets on direct injection and t... - 1/8/2008 5:46:07 PM
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volcom8190
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I wouldn't mind a twin-turbo v6 like the BMW 335i's engine.  pulls a nice 17/26 mpg too.
BMW is doing a nice job with DI+turbo v6's. If Ford can learn from others mistakes and successes, they can get ahead of the competition. Most consumers are looking for econo-cars more than performance. Automakers will cater to the majority first.
its a I6.
Ford phasing out the v8 would be like chevy dropping the corvette from production, I for one could not see it happen. Alternative fuels will probally help keep v8s alive.
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I agree!
its like muscle car hell. long tubes are illegal! The people in power over here are blithering idiots. 
Yea I was a bush supporter up untill recently. I too appreciated his strength on foriegn policy but as of late I'm not sure I trust him on that either. What I dont understand is how he keeps trying to be mr. nice guy. The Democrats will always hate him and now because he is such a weak conservative, the republican base is pissed off at him too. It seems that some might even sit out the next election which would surely concede the presidency to the Democrats (who will be even more strict on emissions). How are the emissions laws in maryland? 
