Be afraid: someone’s given the Ford Mustang Dark Horse a whopping 788bhp

Somebody out there has decided that the Ford Mustang Dark Horse – an already very powerful V8 performance car – is woefully underpowered. Weedy. Scrawny. Less pony car, more puny car.

That somebody has therefore given it a large injection of ‘watch this!’ to create what thine eyes have glazed over. It’s officially called the CS800DH, and it is the work of London-based car specialist Clive Sutton.

You know the name. That’s the chap responsible for any number of wildly overpowered Mustangs, and this one’s no different. Chiefly because Mr Sutton has fitted a giant 3.0-litre Whipple supercharger to the Dark Horse’s 5.0-litre V8 and turned everything up to 11. 

Power leaps tall buildings in a single bound, up from 447bhp to 788bhp – a 76 per cent increase for goodness sake! – while torque jumps up 61 per cent to 642lb ft. Naturally there’s a custom Borla cat-back exhaust to unleash Full Supercharged V8 Noise, along with a short-shifter for the manual gearbox, and lower, stiffer MagneRide suspension.

It’s also been driven through an ocean of carbon fibre and emerged with a new front splitter, side skirts, rear diffuser, new rear wing, bonnet and headlight surrounds all made out of the stuff. Slick wheels, too: a set of 20in bronzed Vossens wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport 4S rubber.

Inside, you’ll find special Recaros able to both heat and cool your terrified soul, some Alcantara, and a full retrim. You can of course choose whatever colour you desire for the leather and Alcantara.

Hence the price. Each CS800DH will cost from between £135,000-£165,000, though this price also adds a full Ford Performance and Clive Sutton three-year warranty. “Our customers love the Mustang and consistently turn to us to unleash its full performance capability,” said Sutton.

“With 788bhp, the full Ford Performance warranty, a glorious supercharger whine and our bespoke exhaust, there’s nothing like the CS800DH Mustang.”