Live from Columbus Ohio - D3 Lucas Oil Series Race Weekend

[Mike Delahanty]

Originally Posted by Chris1529

Mike,

How about campaigning for Ford to offer an ecoboost version of the 5.0 V8?

Chris,

An EcoBoost version of the Coyote would be an EcoBEAST! Officially, no comment - and I'm pretty far removed from the powertrain development world.

But what I can comment on are the EcoBoost crate engines that Ford Performance (formerly known as Ford Racing) is close to bringing to market. Up first is the 3.5L EcoBoost crate - the same engine found in the F-150. That engine with the control pack to run it will be available in the fall. One of these in a light Fox Body will be a very streetable 10 second car. Next up is the 2.3L EcoBoost that's used in the 2015 Mustang. We have a very sharp guy locally that's swapping one a very clean 71 Pinto - and that too is going to be fast.

The turbocharged EcoBoost engines are amazing. .