Vehicle

Ford Mustang

The pony car, and since 2015 a genuinely global Ford. Modified examples are the norm rather than the exception — provenance of parts is a diagnostic question here.

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Generations

Fox 1979–1993

The Fox platform, shared with the Fairmont and the Thunderbird, and the generation that carried the Mustang through the years it nearly became a front-wheel-drive Mazda. Engines run from a four-cylinder to the 5.0 Windsor, and the automatic is the AOD — hydraulic, with no electronics in it at all.
- Essex V6 (3.8) 3.8 L
- Windsor V8 (5.0 and 5.8)
Body styles

Coupé · Convertible · Hatchback

Platform

Ford Fox
Engines
2.3 four-cylinder — LL23 · petrol · Lima

2.3 four-cylinder turbo — LL23 · petrol · Lima, turbocharged

3.3 straight-six — petrol · Thriftpower

2.8 V6 — petrol · Cologne

3.8 V6 — ESSEX · petrol · Essex

4.2 V8 — petrol · Windsor small block

5.0 V8 — WINDSOR · petrol · 117–175 kW (157–235 hp) · 332–386 Nm (245–285 lb-ft) · Windsor small block
Transmissions

4-speed SROD manual · 5-speed Borg-Warner T-5 manual · 3-speed C4 automatic · 3-speed C5 automatic · 4-speed AOD automatic

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive
SN-95 1993–2004

A new body on a heavily revised Fox floorpan, sold as Fox-4. The 5.0 Windsor gives way to the 4.6 Modular for 1996, the Cobra gets the four-valve version of it, and the automatic becomes electronic — the AODE, then the 4R70W.
Body styles

Coupé · Convertible

Platform

Ford Fox-4
Engines
3.8 V6 — ESSEX · petrol · 108–144 kW (145–193 hp) · 292–305 Nm (215–225 lb-ft) · Essex, 1994–2004

3.9 V6 — petrol · 144 kW (193 hp) · 305 Nm (225 lb-ft) · Essex, 2004

5.0 V8 — WINDSOR · petrol · Windsor small block, 1994–1995

5.8 V8 Cobra R — WINDSOR · petrol · 224 kW (300 hp) · Windsor, 1995

4.6 V8 GT — TRITON · petrol · 160–198 kW (215–265 hp) · 386–414 Nm (285–305 lb-ft) · Modular, two valves per cylinder, 1996–2004

4.6 V8 DOHC Cobra — petrol · 227–239 kW (305–320 hp) · 407–430 Nm (300–317 lb-ft) · Modular, four valves per cylinder, 1996–2001

4.6 V8 supercharged DOHC Cobra — petrol · 291 kW (390 hp) · Modular, 2003–2004

5.4 V8 DOHC Cobra R — petrol · 287 kW (385 hp) · Modular, 2000
Transmissions

5-speed Borg-Warner T-5 manual · 5-speed Borg-Warner T-45 manual · 5-speed Tremec TR-3550 manual · 5-speed Tremec TR-3650 manual · 6-speed Tremec T-56 manual · 4-speed Ford AODE automatic · 4-speed Ford 4R70W automatic

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive
S197 2005–2014

4.6/5.0 V8s and the 4.0 V6; largely conventional and well documented.
- 6R80 / 6R60 6-speed automatic
Body styles

Coupé · Convertible

Platform

Ford D2C
Engines
4.0 V6 — COLOGNE · petrol

3.7 V6 — petrol · 227 kW (305 hp) · 380 Nm (280 lb-ft)

4.6 V8 — TRITON · petrol · 224–235 kW (300–315 hp) · 434–441 Nm (320–325 lb-ft)

5.0 V8 — COYOTE · petrol · 307–331 kW (412–444 hp) · 515–529 Nm (380–390 lb-ft)

5.4 supercharged V8 Shelby GT500 — petrol

5.8 supercharged — petrol · 494 kW (662 hp) · 8-cylinder, US market 2013-2014
Transmissions

5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 5-speed automatic · 6-speed (6R80) automatic

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive
S550 2015–2023

Independent rear end, the 2.3 EcoBoost joins — a turbo four in a car everyone assumes is a V8.
Body styles

Coupé · Convertible

Platform

Ford D2C
Engines
2.3 EcoBoost — petrol · 213–233 kW (286–312 hp)

3.7 V6 — petrol · 224 kW (300 hp) · 380 Nm (280 lb-ft)

5.0 V8 — COYOTE · petrol · 310–465 kW (416–624 hp) · 542–569 Nm (400–420 lb-ft)

5.2 V8 — GT350 · petrol · 392 kW (526 hp) · 582 Nm (429 lb-ft) · Shelby GT350 and GT350R

5.2 — GT500 · petrol · 567 kW (760 hp) · 847 Nm (625 lb-ft)
Transmissions

6-speed Getrag/Ford MT82 manual · 6-speed Tremec TR-3160 manual · 6-speed 6R80 automatic · 7-speed Tremec TR-9070 dual-clutch · 10-speed 10R80 automatic

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive
S650 2024–present

The current car, Coyote V8 and 2.3 EcoBoost.
Body styles

Coupé · Convertible

Platform

Ford S650
Engines
2.3 EcoBoost — petrol

5.0 V8 — COYOTE · petrol

2.3 — petrol

5.2 supercharged — petrol · 608 kW (815 hp)
Transmissions

10-speed 10R80 automatic · 6-speed Getrag MT82-D4 manual · 6-speed TREMEC TR-3160 manual · 7-speed Tremec dual-clutch · 8-speed Tremec dual-clutch

Drivetrain

Rear-wheel drive

Service information

Motorcraft Service (Ford/Lincoln PTS) (external) — Workshop literature

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