5Speed07GT, Author at The Mustang Source - Page 6 of 9

Take one wrecked 2007 GT500. Take one super clean Fox body notch. The take virtually everything from the S197 except for the body and suspension. And you get this: a totally wicked sleeper built by Jason Hall of Mississippi. Oh, and did I mention that Jason did it with a friend outside under a carport? Yeah, we’ve […] More »

Ford will most likely build the next generation Mustang at the Ford Flat Rock plant. They’ll also be building the next MKS at the Flat Rock plant instead of the Chicago Assembly plant, where it’s currently built alongside the FWD/AWD Taurus and Explorer. Does that mean that the next MKS will be Mustang based? Sounds […] More »

Talk about sketch! Don’t put a burly Shelby on a crummy portable dyno. Cause stuff will go sideways fast, as it does in this video. It’s lucky no one got seriously injured. Looks like the Shelby came out a bit worse for wear, though. Video after the jump! via [Bangshift]

Ford will cease production in Australia, which means the Falcon is going away. So what will replace the Falcon in Australia’s hot V8 Supercars Series? Some are predicting that the Mustang will step into the void, and create a more global market for the series. This might also encourage other brands to switch from four-door […] More »

This thing made its debut at the 2011 PRI Show but has been MIA ever since. In fact, this is the last thing I could find written about the car. That is, until now, since it recently appeared on the track, as seen in these pics on BangShift. Stay tuned for more!

The car features air ride suspension by Air Lift Performance, a 2-stage custom nitrous set-up, extensive pinstriping by Von Hot Rod out of California and more artwork under hood by Doug Bennett in Miami, Florida. It has 3″ exhaust with Hooker longtubes, Magnaflow Tru-Off Road X-Pipe, QTP Electric Cutouts, and 18″ Cherry Bomb Glasspacks with […] More »

This car is being built for the NASA American Iron Extreme class. On this first pull it produced 653 whp at 8,400 RPM and they are expecting to get it up to 675 whp–which translates to roughly 840 hp at the crank. The engine is also set back a bit farther to improve front to […] More »