Hoonigan ’66 Mustang Is a Donut-Ripping Beast

Fabricator Mike Maier shares a few details about the 750-horsepower Pony that visited Hoonigan HQ.

Sometimes the craziest ideas start out with the simplest intentions.

Take, for example, this raging ’66 Mustang from the team at Hoonigan. It cranks out a whopping 750-horsepower. While one might be inclined to think that the initial mission here was to build some insane race car, fabricator Mike Maier says the ‘Stang actually started out as a simple project car for his wedding.

That soon evolved into a 12-year project that included converting the ’66 Mustang into a monstrous machine. He upgraded with a Roush Yates NASCAR crate engine with a 750-horsepower and 580 lb.-ft. of torque, according to the Road & Track report.

The Mustang redlines at 8,700rpm and features a five-gallon dry sump system and a gearbox with straight-cut gears that pushes the power to the rear.

One of the true beauties of the ’66, however, lies in its unique suspension system. Some of the mods had to be made to accommodate the custom setup. For example, to account for how low the car sits with inboard springs and three-link setup at the rear, Mike had to lift the Mustang’s frame rails and transmission tunnel.

The modification also required removable aluminum floor pans and a rollcage welded into the body of the Mustang. Some of the other unique features of the ‘66 include composite fenders, hand-rolled aluminum flares, and a mega-sized splitter made of high-strength Kevlar.

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Apparently, Maier made it a point to keep the Mustang’s wipers and lights in working order. However, it hardly seems like the car you’d take out for a late-evening drive in the rain. Then again, it does sound like one helluva way to spend a Saturday night.