John Coletti’s Super Stallion Is The Raddest Mustang Ever Made
The Super Stallion goes so much farther than even a Cobra R did.
Back in the mid-1990s, Ford’s Mustang was losing out to faster and more capable machines from Chevrolet and Dodge. But there were some in the company that wanted to prove that the Mustang could compete. By adding power and a whole lot of handling prowess, they wanted to make it more than capable of tussling with the big boys. And it almost happened.
The proof comes in this awesome video, a reminder of the days when Motor Trend had a show on The Nashville Network, long before they had their own streaming service.
The nearly 600-horsepower Super Stallion was the brainchild of John Coletti and Ford’s Special Vehicles engineers. Running on E85, this pony pumped out all that power with a Garrett blower and Cobra-sourced twin-cam heads.
Making use of wide and sticky Goodyear Eagle F1s and serious suspension components – unequal length front double control arm and inboard-mounted pull-rod fully independent rear suspension, the Super Stallion had nearly 1G of lateral acceleration. Coletti was convinced that the 4.6-liter Mod Motor was the way of the future. In the video, he says: “What you’re going to see these engines put out is going to make the old small block look like a flathead after a couple of years”.
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While advocacy for flex-fuel in rides like this has died off, it sure made a compelling case for corn juice back then. Especially when boost is applied, the extra octane rating and cooling properties of Ethanol make for a serious performance benefit. What do you think of the Super Stallion? Would you drive a Corvette- and Viper-killer with trick engineering everywhere you look? We know how most of you are going to answer, but weigh in on the forums anyway to tell us how rad you think this monster is.
