[robertlane]

Which sounds better to you?

[Orf]

robertlane, on Apr 26 2006, 12:45 PM, said:

Which sounds better to you?

Is this like the line from "Mr. Mom"?

- "Are you wiring the house with 220?"

- "220, 221, whatever it takes."

[1969HOT]

Orf, on Apr 26 2006, 03:20 PM, said:

Is this like the line from "Mr. Mom"?

- "Are you wiring the house with 220?"

- "220, 221, whatever it takes."

What are you talking about?

[MustangFanatic]

I'd prefer a Boss 302 but I'll take a 329

[ColdwaterHotrod]

How about BOSS 302+

or BOSS 329SC?

[DutchGT500]

I voted for Boss 330. As for 330cu, 3300 pounds and 400hp. Although the 400 doesn't reflect in the name but this is my wish.

[svtbird91]

I voted 329 it sounds more like a special engine rather than a time of day.

[ford4v429]

svtbird91, on Apr 27 2006, 06:09 AM, said:

I voted 329 it sounds more like a special engine rather than a time of day.

+1

I just think ThreeTwenty Nine has a better ring to it...nat quite the same as Four Twenty Nine, but close enough

[bravestar]

Hey Robert, great information! Any clue as to when production may begin. Any clue at all because I can not afford the prices on the Shelby but I would like to have a special Mustang when I do buy (hopefully the 2007 model year).

[sharon]

svtbird91, on Apr 27 2006, 06:09 AM, said:

I voted 329 it sounds more like a special engine rather than a time of day.

I couldn't put it into words, but a myself like the 329 sound - a little more aggressive.

bravestar, on Apr 28 2006, 12:47 PM, said:

Hey Robert, great information! Any clue as to when production may begin. Any clue at all because I can not afford the prices on the Shelby but I would like to have a special Mustang when I do buy (hopefully the 2007 model year).

Don't know, but I am now like you - I am only guessing summer 2009.

[Boss329]

How about an underrated Boss 329 ?

[GT40 2]

329

[BossMan]

I kinda like the sound of the Boss 30

[68fastback]

BossMan, on May 1 2006, 12:04 AM, said:

I kinda like the sound of the Boss 30

I like Boss 329 too... (she's real fine my Boss329... nevermind;-)

But I'm much less hung up on the name. For me new Boss nees to be:


A road car: lighter, handling, real balance, 50/50 (52/48 WORST CASE!!!!), IRS (I know, I know, but I still want it. It's not a road car with out it -- use the old one, they handle 400HP fine without slicks)

6-spd only (no automatic, please!), 3:31 traction-lock

Alum N.A. 5.4 DOHC long runner intake

No frills: Tach, speedo, oil, temp...
A/C, CD-FM old 460 sound system max, o/h map lights (driver and nav) -- that's it.

Console? if you must for some handy storage -- else, not necessary

Great seats -- not pretty-boy inserts, not leather... functional, ass-gripping, well-bolstered, cloth seats.

Correct seating position... the '99-'04 Cobras didn't let the seat go back far enough (I'm only 6'1.5") and my knees hit the column with the seat all the way back and I have to tilt the back far back to not have my head in the headliner with the seat all the way lowered down -- what the heck is that? Even then, it was awkward.

Pedal heights you can actually heal-toe with (no, not like the '99-'04 cobras -- it was impossible to do right) located so your legs are actually fairly straight (not with your knees in the dash like the cobras)

Dead pedal on left (should go without saying)

Forget about cupholders, navigation systems and other nonsense -- if I want em I'll buy em.

Battery in the trunk -- really.. it' .6-.7% w.d. improvment! (don't need no stinking spare ;-)

Koni down-lock adjustable shocks and stiffer springs ... the more the road undulates the more I want them to pll against the springs and hunker the car down -- no bilsteins on this one -- want hi-bias down-locks!

Give it a fully functional, no frills personality at 3250lbs max. Offer a "group-deopt" if necessary to get the weight down. Ask Carroll Shelby or Steve Saleen what you need to take out ;-)

Do this and advertise it as a true road car in keeping witht he traditions of the GT350 (maybe a better idea??) and it will sell like snowcones in the desert!

Some of us actually enjoy hi-performance DRIVING. My Boss will never see a drag strip -- never-- I will drive the heck out of it wherever and whenever I can. You wouldn't bring a pro-mod to Watkins Glenn so why would you ever want to bring a Boss or a GT350 to the drags. This is a separate market segment that is going unserved by Ford Motor Company.

If I have to buy a fat, gizmo-laden, leather-trimmed Boss and disdassemble it myself, I just won't buy it! Time to give the real drivers a car with true character, balance and functional trim.

Ford, can you do this? I know you can 'cause mostly it's all things you have already and tings I want you to NOT provide. You can do this. Build it and we will come ;-)

Thank you....

[1970TwisterSpecial]

pjcobra9t7, on Apr 27 2006, 09:12 AM, said:

I voted for Boss 330. As for 330cu, 3300 pounds and 400hp. Although the 400 doesn't reflect in the name but this is my wish. :shift: :rockon:

I prefer 329 because it sounds better.
To bad you had to choose my color for your 2007 Shelby. :mad:
I might go for a Yellow or Grabber Blue Boss instead, if I have the chance and the money :victory:

This post has been edited by 1970TwisterSpecial: 14 July 2006 - 01:14 PM

[68fastback]

Boss329, on Apr 30 2006, 06:31 PM, said:

How about an underrated Boss 329 ?

I like that! Rate it at 290HP like the original, but about 425 actual should do nicely

.

[Boss329]

68fastback, on Jul 14 2006, 08:49 PM, said:

I like that! Rate it at 290HP like the original, but about 425 actual should do nicely

.

Either that, or just give us a "Cammer Boss" and get it over with . GEE....Z Would'nt that be sweet?

[68fastback]

Boss329, on Jul 25 2006, 05:34 PM, said:

Either that, or just give us a "Cammer Boss" and get it over with . GEE....Z Would'nt that be sweet?

Yeah, that's what I mean. Modular cammer Boss (or did you mean Hurricane cammer as in SOHC 427 Cammer? )

[MustangFanatic]

68fastback, on Jul 25 2006, 10:17 PM, said:

Yeah, that's what I mean. Modular cammer Boss (or did you mean Hurricane cammer as in SOHC 427 Cammer? )

I'd like to see two versions of the Boss, a 5.0L "Cammer" Boss and a Hurricane 427 "Cammer" Boss...now THAT would be sweet!!

[MuscleManiac]

The Hurricane will it be DOHC or SOHC there prob be 2 different versions like comeon Triton or GT what not. And do u think ford will ever have a push rod V8, then again it doesent much matter I love the numbers a stock mustang GT makes 300 hp 320 trq, Fords come a long way with modular motors and there out put, the idea of a BIG BLOCK Modular motor is mind bogoling. And wasent the legiondary 427 back in 64 that Nascar never alowd to put in use a SOHC side oiler? The hp on that was around 650 I read only seen life in a few mustangs and other Fords from ppl that had a hand in the system I guess who worked at ford. Be sweet to have a BOSS 302 and a BOSS 429, 302 from a stroked 281 and the 429 from a stroked 390, Its all good.