Ford has shared a video featuring the brand-new 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang undergoing severe winter testing conditions. The climate chamber test will push the vehicle to its operating limits.
The new 2016 Shelby GT350 Mustang is slated to arrive late 2015 and will introduce the most powerful naturally aspirated engine from the Dearborn automaker. The rad 5.2-liter flat-plane crankshaft V8 “Voodoo” engine is capable of delivering 550hp at revs as high as 8,000 rpm thanks to the lowered rotating mass of the flat-plane crankshaft.
However, all that power is nothing without control. Weather testing is an important step in vehicle development and will assure new cars will perform at their best regardless of the environmental conditions. In this video, engineers explain what the GT350 Mustang at a Ford project and testing facility is experiencing at temperatures dipping down to -40 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 Celsius).
At this Ford weather simulation facility, cars can experience temperatures as low as -40 degrees and as high as 131 degrees Fahrenheit. The facility can also simulate high humidity, the arid dry sun, varying windspeed, road load, and altitude as well.
No doubt, the 2016 Shelby GT350 Mustang will be completely prepared for any inclement weather conditions. Be sure to watch engineer John Toth explain the simulated weather testing in the video below.
By Danny Choy