Friday, August 20, 2010

Ford Falcon to get supercharged 5.0?

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The Ford Falcon is at the center of America's jealous envy of Australians and their abundance of cool cars. The Falcon is a sweet piece of machinery, sporting rear wheel drive, a plethora of powerful V8 options, muscular styling, and a racing heritage. What more could you ask for? Perhaps a blown 5.0 Coyote?

And it appears that a supercharged 5.0 in a new Falcon is going to soon be a reality. In the press release for the Boss 302, Ford acknowledged that "the Mustang team knew a supercharger would be the simplest way to extract significant power improvements from the new 5.0-liter V8, but they elected not to pursue forced induction for the 2012 Boss to stay true to the original Boss 302 engine."

So the speculation is that the first supercharged 5.0 will find its home in the Falcon, and rightfully so. Now just get to work on making the thing available here in the U.S., Ford!