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Ford revealed the 2010 Mustang at last weeks Los Angeles International Auto Show. We are deliberately slow to report it because, quite frankly, it’s not that exciting. The body has a slight redesign, with a more sloping hood and fenders. The rear bumper and tail lights are also tweaked. The interior gets some changes too. Under the hood the V8’s horsepower has been bumped from 300 to 315 through a true cold-air system and moving the redline from 5750 to 6000rpm. Torque is up 5 points to 325 lb.-ft. Full specs after the jump.
All in all they are the changes you’d expect four years into a new platform – just enough to peak interest, but not enough to cause 2005-2008 Mustang owners to sell-off their cars in order to put a down payment on the latest-greatest.
Watch the Ford promo video above and judge for yourself.
| BODY | |||
| Construction | Unitized welded steel body, aluminum hood |
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| Final assembly location |
Flat Rock, Mich. |
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| POWERTRAIN AND CHASSIS |
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| ENGINE |
V-6 |
V-8 |
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| Type | 4.0-liter 60-degree V-6 |
4.6-liter 90-degree V-8 with cold air induction |
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| Manufacturing location |
Cologne, Germany |
Romeo, Mich. | |
| Configuration | Iron block and aluminum head |
Aluminum block and head |
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| Intake manifold | Composite shell-welded with internal runner pack |
Composite shell-welded single runner, charge motion control valves |
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| Exhaust manifold |
Cast iron | Cast iron | |
| Redline | 6,100 rpm | 6,250 rpm | |
| Throttle body |
65-mm single-bore electronic |
55-mm dual-bore electronic |
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| Valvetrain | SOHC, 2 valves per cylinder |
SOHC, 3 valves per cylinder, variable camshaft timing |
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| Valve diameter | Intake: 46.0 mm Exhaust: 39.0mm |
Intake: 33.8 mm Exhaust: 37.5 mm |
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| Pistons | Cast aluminum | Hypereutectic aluminum |
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| Connecting rods |
Forged steel | Cracked powdered metal with floating wristpins |
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| Ignition | Distributorless with coil pack |
Coil-on-plug, high-thread-insert spark plugs |
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| Bore x stroke | 3.95 x 3.32/100.4 x 84.4 mm |
3.55 x 3.54/90.2 x 90.0 mm |
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| Displacement | 245 cu. in. / 4,009 cc |
281 cu. in. / 4,606 cc |
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| Compression ratio |
9.7:1 | 9.8:1 | |
| Engine control system |
PCM | PCM | |
| Horsepower | 210 @ 5,300 rpm |
315 @ 6,000 rpm – estimated |
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| Horsepower per liter |
53 | 68 | |
| Torque | 240 lb.-ft. @ 3,500 rpm |
325 lb.-ft. @ 4,250 rpm – estimated |
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| Recommended fuel |
87 octane | 87 octane | |
| Fuel capacity | 16 gallons | 16 gallons | |
| Fuel injection | Electronic returnless sequential |
Electronic returnless sequential |
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| Oil capacity | 5 quarts with filter |
6 quarts with filter |
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| Coolant capacity |
12.5 quarts | 14.2 quarts | |
| DRIVETRAIN | |||
| Layout |
Rear-wheel |
Rear-wheel |
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| TRANSMISSION | |||
| Standard |
5-speed |
5-speed |
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| Gear ratios |
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| 1st |
3.75:1 |
3.38:1 |
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| 2nd |
2.19:1 |
2.00:1 |
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| 3rd |
1.41:1 |
1.32:1 |
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| 4th |
1.00:1 |
1.00:1 |
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| 5th |
0.72:1 |
0.68:1 |
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| Final Drive |
3.31:1 |
3.55:1 |
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| Optional | |||
| 1st |
3.22:1 |
3.22:1 |
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| 2nd |
2.29:1 |
2.29:1 |
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| 3rd |
1.54:1 |
1.54:1 |
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| 4th |
1.00:1 |
1.00:1 |
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| 5th |
0.71:1 |
0.71:1 |
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| Final Drive |
3.31:1 |
3.31:1 |
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