The latest Ford Mustang may look hot but if you’re not driving one with the V8 under the hood, what you have to deal with is a 4.0 litre Cologne V6 which only makes 210 horses and 325Nm of torque. Other than the Mustang, the engine is only found in trucks like the Ranger and the Explorer, and it also found its way into the Land Rover LR3 as a baseline petrol engine.
Now the Mustang has been updated for next year and FINALLY gets a proper ‘baseline’ V6, this time from the Cyclone family, officially called the Duratec 37. You’ll also find this engine in the North American Mazda 6 and CX-9. Displacement is down to 3.7 litres but the engine actually produces more power than the 4.0 litre it replaces.
The new Duratec 37 makes 305 horsepower and 380Nm of torque, which is actually more than the very modern Nissan’s 3.7L V6′s 366Nm, though that’s just comparing peak torque figures and not how wide the engine can make its peak torque.
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210? are you kidding me ford?
210hp from 4.0 ?
your previous B8T engine old engine jv with mazda.
the most legendary B8T 210 that produce 210hp was only from 1.8cc!
well i know, it was turbo.
but from 4.0l, it should get at least 350hp!
stupid american…finally they learn it the hard way that bigger engine does not always mean bigger output…
210hp from a 4.0 litre engine is too small!!
4G63 and 4B11 turbo, 400hp in FQ-400, beat that…
The old 4.0V6 may only produce 210hp, but it makes 245nm of torque….
I've driven them before. They ain't that bad.
FWIW, these are simple and reliable engines, and run on 88 octane gas.
Even at that time, the 4.6 modular V8 made only something around 285hp (apparently 315hp now), obviously, you don't want your base engine to match the output of the top end V8.
HP is not what is about in pony cars. Its the stump pulling, tire shredding, accelerate like a banshee at any gear torque. I had a Camaro Z28 with a massive 5.7L LT1GM smallblock. It would spin the 245 rears up on 3rd gear at 100+kmh. It only had something like 285hp, but 330ft-lbs (450Nm) of torque. And the sound of that V8 through the twin flowmasters……
Eventually changed to a 2.0T Eclipse AWD because that monster is close to impossible to drive in the snow…….The forcefed Eclipse made more hp and slightly less torque than the LT1. But the feel is completely different.
If you call yourself a car enthusiate, you should try these out at least once in your lifetime. You will "get it"…..
Why no 300bhp?
it doesnt matter what engine it is….the mustang has a bad chassis
ford is for wussy
I've got my 308TH rechiped to 210hp with 300NM~ I can spin in 2nd gear tough!!
wuttaheck said,
December 2, 2009 @ 8:56 pm
stupid american…finally they learn it the hard way that bigger engine does not always mean bigger output…
(Suck it)
There's no replacement For Displacement.
You may be able to get an Acceptional amout of power out of a smaller engine… With a lot of moddifications, and a basic rebuild. Take on of the "Stupid American" Engines and pit it against your modded small engine. And it will make as much if not more STOCK. Thank you. Goodnight!
I will always love the new mustang and the old bullet one. Always wonder if Ford will ever be bringing it to Malaysia officially which is very unlikely. A 3.7 litre with 380nm of torque might seems more than enough for this legendary American muscle. Anyway, is there a right hand drive version of the Mustang?
4g63tdsm said,
The old 4.0V6 may only produce 210hp, but it makes 245nm of torque….
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i think you ment to say 245 ft/lb – 245 nm equates to aprox 177 ft/lb, which is pretty weak for a 4.0L V8, even runnin on 88 RON. any way, its not just about the PEAK numbers that count, delivery or SPREAD also comes into play, you can have impressive high out put figures from small capacity egines, that delivers power close to the rev limit (e.g Hondas' s2000 F20A engine-150 lb @ 6500 rpm!!! very peaky…), which requires a lot of short ratio gears(6- 7 speeders) to optimize the power; or you can have a big capacity engine that pumps out a lower output, but on a wider/ thicker spread, which requires taller and lesser numbers of ratios, that make driving alot more laid back ( think of cruising @ 110 kmh in top gear and the engine spinnin circa 2.5k rpm) like that old Ford engine; i havent' seen the dyno, but i woulnt be surprised if 70-80% of the tourque is avilable from as low as 2k rpm, and through out the entire rev range…
"Why no 300bhp?"-mingyuyu
@mingyuyu
The base Mustang's new 3.7 liter V6 makes 305hp.
noProton said,
December 3, 2009 @ 12:37 am
I’ve got my 308TH rechiped to 210hp with 300NM~ I can spin in 2nd gear tough!!
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vti or turbo
The 4.0L SOHC V6 actually makes 210HP and 245lb/ft of torque, with a redline of 6,000RPM. Combined with either the automatic or manual, acceleration is pretty spirited, I definitely wouldn't call it slow. We have an 07 with the automatic it does just fine.