Roush Taking the Mustang to 600 Horses

The Ford Mustang is one of the most iconic cars on the U. S. landscape. As the saying goes “as American as apple pie” and the Mustang is certainly that. As Mustangs have made their comeback from a time in the 1980’s where the car all but disappeared from the power picture when it showed up with a car that had a measly 4.2-liter engine that barely made 115 horsepower, which is barely enough to even power a bicycle, the Mustang, along with some other sports cars were headed for extinction.

As times have changed and supercharges have been developed, the 300 horsepower that was needed to race in the 70’s and 80’s won’t even come close to getting you a ticket today. Plenty of stories are already being told of Hellcat owners who crash their new Hellcat soon after taking deliver, the over 700 horsepower of these beasts is nearly frightening for many, but for those who have the driving skill and experience needed to handle such a car, there haven’t been any rivals to take the Hellcat down yet, until now.

For those looking to have a Mustang that is a worthy adversary to the Hellcats of Dodge, Roush has found a way to offer the Mustang that can get the job done. The standard offering of the Mustang has been and still is the 5.0-liter V8, but the question has been how much power can be pulled out of this engine? Roush has found a way, using this engine to add their supercharger to the mix and pull out 600–plus horsepower from the engine and over 500 lb.-ft. of torque. That is enjoy to easily keep you well planted in your seat when you hit the accelerator and shoot off the line.

At this point, you might be thinking “but the Hellcat has over 700 horsepower, how is this Mustang going to compete?” The answer is actually very simple while either Hellcat from Dodge is much more powerful than this Mustang they have a lot more weight to carry around. At more than 400 pounds lighter than the Hellcats, the Roush Mustang does not need as much power as the Dodge models to get the job done and with the lower weight, the engine won’t feel the stress as much and should be able to take the Hellcats down in a track race.

On the track, in a longer race, the lower weight of the Roush Mustang may outperform either the Charger or Challenger Hellcat models, but which one would be the winner in an all-out sprint? Who would win out in a quarter-mile race and what kind of times would be the result? The race between weight or power is one that can only be determined on the road or track, which sounds like a lot of fun in the future of testing these great cars against each other. Even with that race looming, what Roush did to the Mustang has made an amazing difference, giving the super power to the Ford 5.0-liter V8.