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Tremec DCT guts are pretty stout, though slicks do have a way of finding weak spots in everything. C8 'vette will get the same from Tremec, just a year or so later.

Exactly right, imo. Different but surely competing ...and that implies broad optioning/packaging to target a wide marketplace net.

The Wrangler is a 'religious' market. I don't see Ford targeting it directly. Removeable doors? No. Water drainage? No. They will target it indirectly but not head-on, imo. My guess it will be optionable to be as capable as the Wrangler off-road (2-dr) but will also target Cherokee and...

Ford did state at one point (almost 2 years ago now) that there will be two versions of the new Bronco, the implication being a 4-door and a 2-door version. This is a vehicle that ships in a matter or months so it has already been fully tested for AT LEAST 1.5-2 years in its FINAL mechanical...

Ford's new Driver Control Technology (yeah, they stepped on "DCT" -lol) for powertrain, DCT, next-gen Magnaride, new EPAS steering, 4s vs cup-2 tires, etc) are uniquely integrated/programmed for each of the three tiers (base [no cunards or whatever those thingies behind front wheels are called...

Good 10-page article on the 2020 GT500 in the June MM&FF with insights from Ed Krenz, Ford Performance Chief Functional manager.

Yup. That is correct. That's why the header configuration matters since you can only do that with headers that correctly 'time' the pulse spacing at the collector, which also aids in exhaust gas extraction -- more important for NA motors but also beneficial with SC.

Well, the sensors don't care but the engine management logic does. Sure, you can turn off a lot of stuff in the tune to get around all that but there's no way Ford releases engines like that. If you can get hold of any of the recent Motorcraft Principles of Operations manuals for any of the...

I think long tubes will always perform better than factory headers but Ford would not just carry these over from the GT350 if the firing order was not fully compatible as the engine would not run right because it would be difficult (maybe impossible) to get the O2 wide-bands to read accurately...

Funny thing is the firing order can be different and the same headers WILL be optimized IF the CPC firing order permits a compatible sequencing, even though different than FPC. I had not considered that initially but apparently that is the case. In fact, I came here to post that up after...

The GT350 FPC factory headers are a cascaded design: they are neither equal length nor are they 4-into-1. On both sides they are 2-into-1 then 3-into-1 @ the collector, so the firing order is key because the 2-into-1 long runner intercepts the additional cylinder such that, when joined at the...

I don't think the headers can be a GT350 carry-over. FPC and CPC have very different firing order.

Someone will surely offer replacement security fasteners ...black chrome would be highly corrosion resistant and look pretty sweet too!

LOL!

Yeah, there's so much that can be done but it's all a function of the cost/performance competitive dance ...a wedge for Ford right now having both a weight and cost disadvantage and with S650 pushed out a couple years (MY21/22?). Still, seems like a wonderful beast in the making ;-)