The inconvenient fact that the GT350’s flat-plane crank layout “typically found in a Ferrari” is also typically found in fire-breathing grocery-getters puts the silliness of all this flat-plane hype into perspective. If you want really want to buy a new Mustang, and it really needs to have a flat-plane crank, why not get the 2.3L Ecoboost model for half the price of a GT350 that also has, you guessed it, a flat-plane crank? I’ll gladly take a small cut of the $24,000 I just saved you. Before “flat-plane crank” became a sexy new catchphrase, no one cared if an engine’s crank was flat, quasi-flat, semi-flat, kinda flat, or not flat at all. How is it possible that these flat-plane-crank-equipped technical marvels somehow flew beneath the radar? That’s easy. Mind you, this is a machine so fierce that only training wheels can harness its fury. Even my three-year-old daughter’s bicycle has a flat-plane crank. Every ricer that ever put a fart can on his Civic has a flat-plane crank. The mail truck that delivered my delinquent HOA bill this morning has a flat-plane crank. My wife’s minivan has a flat-plane crank. Per Ford’s press release, “Unlike traditional V-8 engines, the all-new 5.2 liter uses a flat-plane crankshaft more typically found in a Ferrari sports car or in a racing application.” Sounds mighty impressive, doesn’t it?īut here’s the thing. It says “flat-plane crank” right there on the valve covers, and just about every blog and magazine article ever written about the GT350 can’t stop talking about it. Ford even put one in the new 2016 Mustang GT350. All I want for Christmas is a flat-plane crank.
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