There is an article about the 08 Bullitt in the Feb 08 issue of 5.0 Mustang magazine. They recorded 265 rwhp and a best quarter mile time of 13.48 at 101.79 mph.

 

Was there a 0 - 60 time?

 

man, i still havent gotten my issue in the mail. sometimes it sux to be in hawaii.

 

Sure would be nice to know more, like what altitude and weather that 1/4 mile pass was made at. The trap speed of 101.79 seems lower than a stock 300hp GT manual?!?!

 

That quarter mile is undershooting what some other tests done have come up with also.

 

They didn't mention a 0-60 time. The 1/4 mile passes were at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida and they said it was "90-degree temps". The dyno testing was done at Modular Madness in Sarasota, Florida.

 

The positives keep coming.

"The 2008 Mustang Bullitt is well conceived, designed, engineered, and boy is it ready to rock and roll. Its crisper, sharper, and more orginal then the modern day GT 500. It may not be as fast as the Shelby, but its better balanced, and at $10,000 less, its more car at less price. Not to mention its probably the last dedication to the great Steve McQueen, so unlike the modern GT 500 it trully will be a Future Collectiable."

I think its time for me to place an order!

 

Man that rwhp seems low if it was a dynojet. Wonder if it was in the 87 octane or 93 octane mode.

I've go 16 dynojet entries for stock manual mustang GTs and they averaged 271rwhp.

I also have 5 SGT stock dynojet entries and they averaged 279rwhp (which lends me to believe the stock mustang GT makes around 310 hp at the crank).

Just seems like the Bullitt should have been about 10hp more (assuming SAE on dynojet)

The quarter mile times are faster than the times I seen listed for the SGT in magazines:
MotorTrend did a 13.6@104 and Car & Driver did a 13.7@104 in 07 SGTs. 3.73s definitely helping the Bullitt in this area.
I read somewhere that the stiffer/lowered springs on the SGT hurt its ability to hook up the rear tires.

 

ET may be slightly quicker, but mph through the traps is the telltale sign of horsepower (or lack thereof). 104 mph for SGT's, but only 101-102 mph for Bullitts? 90+ temps will take about 2-3 mph off a Mustang GT's trap speeds on average, so I'd like to see a drag test near sea level when it's 65-75 degrees outside.

 

Thanks for the info!

Here's the link

http://www.mustang50magazine.com/fea...ang/index.html

 

from the time and mph it seems that the driver knew what he was doing. it very reminds me of someone hotlapping a car where the time is still good, but the mph dies.

 

Wow, only 265 rwhp? Makes me feel pretty good about the 276 I'm getting with just bassani exhaust and a granatelli CAI w/ no tune.

 

Keep in mind that seemingly identical cars will dyno differently due to production tolerances. One Bullitt may only lay down 265 rwhp, yet another may perk up and post 285 rwhp, and everything in between. As much as cam timing and ignition timing are set by computers in the factory, there are still production tolerances that can skew this a lot more than one might expect.

This was a topic of discussion at another forum several years ago about 4.6L DOHC's (when I had my 03 Mach 1). I had a Ford engineer at the time tell me that initial timing was targetted at 10 degress BTDC, yet production tolerances were +/- 5 degrees, meaning some cars had 5 degrees on one end of the extreme, while others had 15 degress on the opposite end of the spectrum (and everything in between). Anyone tuning a car (and dialing in timing) knows how dramatic 10 degrees difference in timing is. Put 2 identical cars side by side, but 10 degrees apart, and assuming no spark knock the car with more timing should beat the other in a drag race.