2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 confirmed with 760 horsepower and 625 pound-feet

The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 would be the strongest road-going Ford within the firm’s historical past.

The automobile’s 5.2-liter supercharged V-Eight was confirmed on Wednesday with 760 horsepower and 625 pound-feet of torque.

That is nonetheless shy of the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye’s 797 hp and 707 lb-ft, although it stomps on the 650 hp and 650 lb-ft of the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

The Shelby has the slowest high velocity of the pack, although, as Ford limits the enjoyable to 180 mph, probably as a result of automobile’s aerodynamics that are aimed extra at producing downforce than slicing by means of the air. Compared, the ZL1 tops out at 190 mph whereas the Redeye goes all the way in which to 203 mph.

2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500’s 5.2-liter supercharged V-Eight

The Shelby will even speed up to 60 mph within the mid-Three seconds and un the quarter-mile in below 11 seconds.

The automobile’s bespoke V-Eight depends on a 2.65-liter Eaton blower pushing 12 psi to generate its 760 horses price of grunt. The facility is then routed to the rear wheels by way of a Tremec 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. The final a part of the equation is Michelin’s Pilot Sport four summer season tires, or Pilot Sport Cup 2 superhero tires if the field for the carbon fiber observe package deal is ticked.

Now all we’d like is the all-important pricing data for the 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500. Ford ought to launch it forward of the automobile’s arrival at dealerships this fall.

Apparently, there are rumors the automobile’s V-Eight might do responsibility in a range-topping F-150 Raptor to problem the 1500 Insurgent TRX being cooked up by Ram. Coloration us .