Mustang GT350 Official Figures: 526 hp, 429 lb-ft

-We’ve been waiting, and now we know: After initially saying the new Mustang Shelby GT350 would make “more than 520 horsepower,” Ford has finally revealed the official figure. The GT350’s 5.2-liter flat-plane-crankshaft V-8 makes 526 horsepower, along with 429 lb-ft of torque.

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Ford says those figures mark the GT350’s V-8 as the most powerful naturally aspirated engine the company has ever offered in a street-legal car. This is also Ford’s highest-revving V-8 ever, with a redline of 8250 rpm. The torque peaks at 4750 rpm, with 90 percent available across a broad band from 3450 to 7000 rpm; the max horsepower arrives at a lofty 7500 rpm. And it sounds great doing so.

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More details: Displacement is 5163 cc, with a bore and stroke of 94 by 93 millimeters. The compression ratio is 12.0:1. In the new GT350 and GT350R it will be paired exclusively with a six-speed manual transmission.

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As we recently learned, this awesome performer will come in a package that starts at $50,000—before dealer mark-up, that is. A handful of cars, both GT350s and GT350Rs, will arrive this fall as 2015 models, with the balance being 2016 models.

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Until then, fans may want to rewatch this video of the GT350 testing at VIR. Especially now that we know exactly what it’s packing under the hood.

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