Own an S550 Ford Mustang GT with 5.0 litre naturally aspirated V8? Think its 435 hp engine not enough to whet your performance appetite? If your answer is yes, then look no further than this monster pictured above. That folks is a Mustang GT with the same 5.0 litre V8 but armed with a Whipple supercharger kit that boosts the V8's output too.....wait for it..wait for it...727 hp! That's a massive 292 hp gain over the non-supercharged Mustang GT. VROOOM!!
I came across this guy at the recent Malaysia Autoshow in MAEPS. It was displayed along with the non-supercharged Mustang GT and a turbocharged Mustang EcoBoost with 2.3 litre EcoBoost inline 4 which has the lowest output of the bunch (310 hp). Nevertheless, all 3 Mustangs sure pulled in crowds of slack-jawed, beguiled revelers with camera fully loaded. But surely captivating the most attention has to be the supercharged model because hey, who doesn't want to slobber over a 727 hp monster.
All 3 Mustangs roll on run-flat tyres. However, unlike most cars with run-flat, such as newer BMW and Mercedes, the Mustangs include a tyre repair kit. Whaa now run-flat can be fixed by the roadside haa. Hmmm, I wonder if run-flat tyres can withstand fist-sized puncture.
Seems like tyre repair kit is not only a hybrid thing after all, as illustrated by the Stangs and the newly unveiled FK8 Honda Civic Type R.
The most distinctive interior feature that sets the supercharged Mustang GT from the non supercharged ones can be discerned from the photo above. Yep, 2 of the A/C vents are missing. In place of the central and right A/C vent are gauges. I am not sure what the right most gauge measure; the central gauge, however, is the hallowed boost gauge. Talk about being focused!
The recent motor show whipped up an exhilarating activity called the Super Taxi Ride where visitors would ride as a passenger of either the Bentley Bentayga SUV or the Ford Mustang GT with a professional driver at the wheel. I had the privilege to partake in the activity and guess which of the 2 cars that took me in as a passenger? It was the supercharged Ford Mustang GT!
I filmed a video of the ride. However, I was unable to upload the video on this post as the file is too large. To recap the experience, the narrow and traffic-clogged test route prevented the Mustang GT from flaunting its talent. All in all, I was still delighted to have experienced a ride in an American muscle car. The car is not just powerful, but stable handling-wise in the meandering test route.
