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First gen Ford GT - cross plane or flat plane V8?

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  1. Playboy V12

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    #1 Playboy V12, May 28, 2016
    Very curious....would imagine flat plane by how fast it revved when I drove it, but I'd imagine they would refer to this as the first Ford with a flat plane when talking about GT350.

    What I'm driving at is, which of the available Mustangs have the closest sound to the supercharged Ford GT V8?
     
  2. FerrariF50lover

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    #2 FerrariF50lover, May 28, 2016
    A GT500 and a Ford GT sound very similar. Both are 5.4 cars with blowers.
     
  3. malex

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    #3 malex, May 28, 2016
    Fwiw, the 2013-2014 GT500 had a 662 hp 5.8L engine (with a 2.3L TVS supercharger), not the 5.4L.

    For the OP, both the GT and the GT500 had cross plane cranks.
     
  4. Playboy V12

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    #4 Playboy V12, May 29, 2016
    Thanks for the info guys!

    I think down the road I'll need a GT500 just for the sound....:D
     
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    #5 FerrariF50lover, Jun 4, 2016
    I know. I have a 08.
     
  6. LARRYH

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    #6 LARRYH, Aug 27, 2016
    if you are referring to the 2005 thru 2006 Ford gt it is a cross plane engine as well as every other ford v8 engine built prior to the new gt350 with its new flat plane V8 engine.....
     

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