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Most powerful FG series Falcon V8 ever produced. 351kw(471hp) Supercharged 5L
Specs
Most of the time, except in first gear, or when the ambient temperature is high, the GT F pumps out 404kW(542hp).
What? A car that produces more than the people selling the car say it will?
What madness is this?
It makes 404kW due to something called transient overboost, which is another way of saying the supercharged engine goes bananas and produces an extra 15 per cent of power for 15 to 20 seconds.
Because it can’t do it all the time, in all conditions, Ford chooses not to count the extra power in its official power figure.
TopGear has previously written about this mysterious source of extra power, but this is the first time Ford has gone on record and admitted its existence.
The good news for some FPV owners is that the transient overboost function is not limited to the 351 GT F, but is present on every single Australian-developed supercharged 5.0-litre V8 FPV has sold since it was introduced in 2010.
The soon to be reintroduced XR8, which will be launched in November, will also feature the 5.0-litre supercharged V8 with the transient overboost feature.
FPV insiders suggest the 351 GT F can blast from 0-100km/h in 4.6 seconds. This is around 0.2 seconds faster than the GT R-SPEC, which was the fastest GT to that point thanks to its wider rear tyres.
Development testing suggested a 0-400m sprint time of 12-something seconds for the final GT F, which is damn fast.
TopGear was given a little taste of the GT F, including a couple of fast starts and a few laps at 160km/h on the banked oval at Ford Australia’s You Yangs proving ground south west of Melbourne.
We also went for a handling circuit ride with one of Ford’s crazy-fast development drivers, who was able to show that, in the right hands, the final GT is able to go blindingly fast around corners as well as in a straight line.
The GT F gains all of the suspension upgrades of the R-SPEC car, which includes nine-inch wide rear tyres (instead of eight-inch) and a full range of suspension upgrades to dramatically improve the handling of the big Ford.
It also gets six-piston front Brembos and four piston calipers at the rear.
Specs
Most of the time, except in first gear, or when the ambient temperature is high, the GT F pumps out 404kW(542hp).
What? A car that produces more than the people selling the car say it will?
What madness is this?
It makes 404kW due to something called transient overboost, which is another way of saying the supercharged engine goes bananas and produces an extra 15 per cent of power for 15 to 20 seconds.
Because it can’t do it all the time, in all conditions, Ford chooses not to count the extra power in its official power figure.
TopGear has previously written about this mysterious source of extra power, but this is the first time Ford has gone on record and admitted its existence.
The good news for some FPV owners is that the transient overboost function is not limited to the 351 GT F, but is present on every single Australian-developed supercharged 5.0-litre V8 FPV has sold since it was introduced in 2010.
The soon to be reintroduced XR8, which will be launched in November, will also feature the 5.0-litre supercharged V8 with the transient overboost feature.
FPV insiders suggest the 351 GT F can blast from 0-100km/h in 4.6 seconds. This is around 0.2 seconds faster than the GT R-SPEC, which was the fastest GT to that point thanks to its wider rear tyres.
Development testing suggested a 0-400m sprint time of 12-something seconds for the final GT F, which is damn fast.
TopGear was given a little taste of the GT F, including a couple of fast starts and a few laps at 160km/h on the banked oval at Ford Australia’s You Yangs proving ground south west of Melbourne.
We also went for a handling circuit ride with one of Ford’s crazy-fast development drivers, who was able to show that, in the right hands, the final GT is able to go blindingly fast around corners as well as in a straight line.
The GT F gains all of the suspension upgrades of the R-SPEC car, which includes nine-inch wide rear tyres (instead of eight-inch) and a full range of suspension upgrades to dramatically improve the handling of the big Ford.
It also gets six-piston front Brembos and four piston calipers at the rear.
