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Yowch. Is that a four-litre Whipple supercharger under your bonnet... or are you just pleased to see us?
The SEMA show has only just kicked off in Las Vegas, but we think we might have found an early contender for ‘bulgiest car in show'.
This is the Mustang Cobra Jet, the latest version of Ford's drag-race ready muscle car, intended for stock and super stock racing and armed with a nose like a great chrome proboscis monkey.
Hiding under that bonnet is a 5.4-litre V8 equipped with a 4.0-litre supercharger. Ford hasn't yet revealed the Cobra's power output, but says that in base form it will develop around 475bhp - so expect this forced induction monster to pump a whole lot more than that to those fat rear tyres.
For the first time, the Cobra is equipped with proper launch control, enabling those dedicated draggists to nail the perfect start every time. We're no experts in the world of drag racing, but doesn't that, sorta, take the only element of skill out of proceedings?
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Nefer commented on this article
at 03:13 pm on 03 November 2009
Looks ridiculous... and putting launch control on a drag racer... WTF?!?... it's now as skilful a pursuit as dropping ball bearings and seeing which one lands first!
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 04:50 pm on 03 November 2009
Launch Control, eh? Is there a Wheelie Control too? Automatic Parachute (although I don't know if they use chutes at this level)? Hell, let's just add an AutoStart and have a reactions test - when the lights go green, press a button before the other guy to win.
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 05:02 pm on 03 November 2009
It looks good and brutal, although silver is infinitely boring and the wheels appear to be styled after a plughole. 4 litres is probably a rediculous size for a supercharger, but how does it compare to, say, an SLR's (which needs 125bhp just to spin)?
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ej0523 commented on this article
at 05:40 pm on 03 November 2009
if it comes to racing in a straight 1/4 mile line this will put an slr to shame but do not even think about turning with more than 20 mph the whole thing will topple over.
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The_Monk commented on this article
at 05:54 pm on 03 November 2009
God I hate Mus... actually I don't hate Mustangs; they have their own place in the echelon of great cars. I just hate the see-you-en-tees who drive them.
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