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Wanna boost your Ford Mustang’s power? Well, Australian tuner Herrod Motorsport’s packing something that’ll more than double a V8 GT’s outputs.
Lurking on its shelves is a supercharged 5.0-litre V8 from Ford Performance that’s quite special. The crate motor’s been pinched before reaching a Mustang Cobra Jet – a factory-built drag car that’ll cut 8.5sec quarters all day.
Personally, though, he’s seen one make much more power. “We supplied one for a jet boat, fitted a dry sump, and on the DJR/Penske [engine] dyno it made 1355Nm and 820kW on E85 fuel!”
While you can’t buy a complete Mustang Cobra Jet here, all 50 have probably been sold, the engine’s the next best thing. Ford says it’s ‘75 per cent production parts’, but you can’t just build one yourself. A 2.9-litre Whipple blower nestles between its hand-built cylinder heads, while special components allow it to spin all the way to 8000rpm.
For a S550 Mustang, there are also the issues with engine fitment and management that’ll bob-up. But then again 735kW doesn’t scream ‘street use’. So keeping that in mind, the Cobra Jet engine just may be the wild you’re looking for.
