2cokeman

Ford Motor Company unveiled its plans today (via Autoblog) to create an extremely limited edition factory Cobra Jet Mustang. The 2009 Mustang Cobra Jet will be powered by a 5.4L V8 based off the GT500's engine. Even though the engine will be running an upgraded supercharger unit it will be detuned to only 400 horsepower to meet NHRA rules. According to Ford Racing the engine is internally known as the Romeo 605, with the 605 being an indication of its true potential. Ford will only be building 50 of them this summer with an MSRP of $69,995. However you should expect those numbers to be a small fraction of what dealers will actually charge.
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steele901

link??

A_Drunken_Llama

wow...why would you pay for something detuned like that?... I'd just buy a Shelby GT500 for less and call it a day...

2cokeman

[quote]ORIGINAL: steele901

link??
www.muscularmustangs.com/

Elwood

Upgraded supercharger but detuned to 400...[>:]
Pht. K. +1 on just getting a GT500.

A_Drunken_Llama

pay more for less...sounds genius to me...
I guess they're also gonna remove the Cobra badging, insert standard V6 seats, and single exhaust

I would totally buy one if I had money and then said: "now before I drive it off the lot I want you to change it to it's potential 605 HP and we have a deal"

Demon 340

where did you hear/read that?

A_Drunken_Llama

I was being sarcastic as to the whole less=more attitude ... I love the Bullitt but that car actually has upgraded parts....

Bad 96 GT

I agree, however the rarity of this kind of production will push these cars sales way up...ridiculous huh?

Ford must have secret dealership conventions where they plot ways to get richer off of people...i mean lets not make the car perform at its true potetional because we are lazy and then onlymake a handful of them so we can charge out the butt for em...haha

gburke1

I bet the reason they are doing it has to do with the new fuel regulations. They release it in a detuned version... but as soon as you plug in the SCT it's probably easy to turn it into a beast.