Detroit Steel

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Evidently that’s not always the case because a recent photo of the engine of the new turbo EcoBoost engine for the Ford Mustang really tells us nothing about the car.

After some initial excitement over hearing what the car sounds like, about the only thing we can really make out from the photo is that the four-banger is covered up with a lot of plastic.

The image, posted on Reddit from a test mule, also shows that the engine block is pushed right up against the firewall, which is probably how they achieved that 52/48 front/rear weight distribution that should make this thing one hell of a ride on a racetrack.

The dealer employee’s Reddit post also says that the Ford rep said he'd been averaging 31 mpg in the car on the interstate with the air conditioning running.

Read the rest on the Mustang Source homepage.

typesredline

Lol. What is it supposed to tell you? You can tell that it's a 4cyl. Rwd. Should it tell you it's future? Your future? Who writes this stuff? Lol

Krohn

it DOES tell you that the dipstick handle will most likely stay yellow. This looks like the pics we've already seen of the i4. I'm still hoping they make the engine look as nice as the 5.0's... like at least a chrome or silver "EcoBoost" lettering or something.

mfc133

Yeah I come here for the forums, certainly not the journalism lol

cdynaco

That looks cheap.

Boomer

Boring.


Hopefully it's at least going to look like the pic shown on Dec 5th at the unveil.
A bit of metal look, and a pony on the front of it.

Automatic 5.0

Ring-ding-dinging soon to a highway near you.

KushBandit

Can't wait to hear one with a fart can

2k7gtcs

I can wait

Mustang Freak

Ditto!

MRGTX

They're selling this as a performance option yet that underhood treatment is as basic as it gets!

That's a major disappointment.

Then again, it might justify the big up-sell to the GT.

Boomer

The covers are all bland really.


Then again, I'm not buying the car for the way the engine is dressed or not dressed.
If I really wanted to make it stand out, I'd dress it myself anyway.


I don't think anyone will look at it and go "I should buy the GT because the V8 LOOKS nicer than the Turbo4"

Automatic 5.0

Well, it might get better mpg. I am cool with that. But the ring ding ding will do nothing for me at all.

IndustryLeech

"Ring ding ding"? Can somebody explain this to me? I'm at a complete loss as to what that means.

typesredline

It's the sound a 4 cylinder makes with an import style exhaust expressed in words.

MRGTX

A deragatory onomatopeic description of the sound of a 4cyl engine.

IndustryLeech

Ah yes, thanks!

Boomer

Never knew that...pretty funny.

What's the term for the V8 sound then?
Blub blub blub?

typesredline

That works. Is a v6 Ring Blub Ding Ding Blub?