Them new ones look class in person. And sound pretty good
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the pictures i seen it look amazing!
6.2 v8 450+ bhp.
bit of me thinks the bint would be better off in a corsa
6.2 v8 450+ bhp.
bit of me thinks the bint would be better off in a corsa
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with the new job i have a sneaky suspicion he will be changing very shortly as the hummer went up the road lately too. How the other half live eh!? ****!
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Oh my god, thats the best lookin car ive ever set eyes on!
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Looks like the UK is getting the 725 bhp mustang upgrades through Ford Dealers but no date yet
Mustang RTR Spec II
That didn't take long. Ford hasn't quite got round to putting the steering wheel on the right-hand side of the new Mustang and already the tuned specials are hitting the market.
This is the Mustang RTR, the brainchild of drifting champ and rear tyre-hater Vaughn Gittin Jr, and it's packing enough punch to see off anything from the BMW M4 to Ford's muscle car nemesis, the 707bhp Dodge Challenger Hellcat.
Top of the tree is the RTR Mustang GT. Its 5.0-litre supercharged V8 is boosted from a hardly inconsiderable standard 435bhp to an enormous 725bhp in the range-topping RTR ‘Spec 2'.
Other 'Spec 2' trinkets include lower, adjustable suspension, stiffer anti-roll bars and rather handsome ‘snowflake' alloy wheels. No doubt the revised cold-air intake and sports exhaust improve the V8's bark, in an effort to match that butch restyle.
Ah yes, because no tuned Mustang would be complete without the requisite testosterone-leaking bodykit. The RTR gets prominent silver nostrils in its grille, a new splitter, skirt and diffuser combo, and a taller bootlid spoiler lip. Looks tasty, no?
If you want the look but the thought of Lamborghini Aventador-shaming power in a ‘Stang scares you, RTR will sell you a ‘Spec 1' pack which includes all of the visual upgrades without messing with your engine.
Or how's this for a best-of-both-worlds mixture? RTR is also offering tuning packages for the new 2.3-litre four-cylinder Ecoboost turbo engine, which develops 305bhp when bone stock. Or, um, standard.
Hilariously, previous versions of the Mustang RTR were available through official Ford dealers, though of course it was a US-only boon.
However, with the new Mustang officially heading for UK showrooms in 2015, RTR has announced its go-faster Mustangs will be available for power-hungry European buyers in due course.
Mustang RTR Spec II
That didn't take long. Ford hasn't quite got round to putting the steering wheel on the right-hand side of the new Mustang and already the tuned specials are hitting the market.
This is the Mustang RTR, the brainchild of drifting champ and rear tyre-hater Vaughn Gittin Jr, and it's packing enough punch to see off anything from the BMW M4 to Ford's muscle car nemesis, the 707bhp Dodge Challenger Hellcat.
Top of the tree is the RTR Mustang GT. Its 5.0-litre supercharged V8 is boosted from a hardly inconsiderable standard 435bhp to an enormous 725bhp in the range-topping RTR ‘Spec 2'.
Other 'Spec 2' trinkets include lower, adjustable suspension, stiffer anti-roll bars and rather handsome ‘snowflake' alloy wheels. No doubt the revised cold-air intake and sports exhaust improve the V8's bark, in an effort to match that butch restyle.
Ah yes, because no tuned Mustang would be complete without the requisite testosterone-leaking bodykit. The RTR gets prominent silver nostrils in its grille, a new splitter, skirt and diffuser combo, and a taller bootlid spoiler lip. Looks tasty, no?
If you want the look but the thought of Lamborghini Aventador-shaming power in a ‘Stang scares you, RTR will sell you a ‘Spec 1' pack which includes all of the visual upgrades without messing with your engine.
Or how's this for a best-of-both-worlds mixture? RTR is also offering tuning packages for the new 2.3-litre four-cylinder Ecoboost turbo engine, which develops 305bhp when bone stock. Or, um, standard.
Hilariously, previous versions of the Mustang RTR were available through official Ford dealers, though of course it was a US-only boon.
However, with the new Mustang officially heading for UK showrooms in 2015, RTR has announced its go-faster Mustangs will be available for power-hungry European buyers in due course.
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Ken Block reveals 845bhp 4WD Mustang
It's fitting that this story is brought to us on bonfire night, because if TopGear.com knows Ken Block, it's that he enjoys torching a perfectly good set of tyres.
Ladies and gentlemen, may we present to you the car that will star in Block’s upcoming Gymkhana 7 video: an 845bhp, four-wheel-drive, 1965 Ford Mustang. Yes, all those words are in the same sentence.
“I’m stoked to be able to publicly unveil this car for the first time at SEMA,” says an unquestionably effusive Block. “This is a project I’ve been working on for two years, so to see it fully come to fruition and be able to drive it for Gymkhana 7 was absolutely amazing.”
Some details, then, on this project. It’s taken ASD Motorsports in Charlotte, North Carolina, two years to put it together, using the base of a ’65 ‘Notchback’ Mustang. Yeah, the classic one. The fact it’s celebrating its 50th anniversary this year is not lost on Block, or his team.
It was then modified by ASD and RTR – the same RTR behind this Mustang – who installed a 410 cubic inch Roush Yates V8 (that’s 6.7-litres of poweeerrr) producing that aforementioned 845bhp and a (excuse the pun) monster 720lb ft of torque. This is somehow attached to a six-speed transmission and Sadev all-wheel-drive system.
There’s custom ASD Motorsports-designed suspension, a full tubular chassis, roll cage, door bars, three-piece 18i wheels and – we love this bit – custom Pirelli Trofeo R tyres in a “custom Ken Block compound”.
The styling? We’re told it mixes inspiration and influences from the current WRC field, DTM and “even toy cars from Block’s youth”. This is excellent inspiration, we reckon.
“I knew that working with Vaughn Gittin Jr and his RTR team was the right choice for this project,” explains our good friend Ken. “The attention to detail with the fabrication and bodywork blows my mind.
“This is hands-down the best Gymkhana car I’ve had yet,” he adds, which means the upcoming Gymkhana 7 should be a corker. No idea when it’ll drop, but for now, have a click through the pics, let us know what you think, and then head here for TG’s complete guide to Block’s Gymkhana series.
‘Mazing, innit?
It's fitting that this story is brought to us on bonfire night, because if TopGear.com knows Ken Block, it's that he enjoys torching a perfectly good set of tyres.
Ladies and gentlemen, may we present to you the car that will star in Block’s upcoming Gymkhana 7 video: an 845bhp, four-wheel-drive, 1965 Ford Mustang. Yes, all those words are in the same sentence.
“I’m stoked to be able to publicly unveil this car for the first time at SEMA,” says an unquestionably effusive Block. “This is a project I’ve been working on for two years, so to see it fully come to fruition and be able to drive it for Gymkhana 7 was absolutely amazing.”
Some details, then, on this project. It’s taken ASD Motorsports in Charlotte, North Carolina, two years to put it together, using the base of a ’65 ‘Notchback’ Mustang. Yeah, the classic one. The fact it’s celebrating its 50th anniversary this year is not lost on Block, or his team.
It was then modified by ASD and RTR – the same RTR behind this Mustang – who installed a 410 cubic inch Roush Yates V8 (that’s 6.7-litres of poweeerrr) producing that aforementioned 845bhp and a (excuse the pun) monster 720lb ft of torque. This is somehow attached to a six-speed transmission and Sadev all-wheel-drive system.
There’s custom ASD Motorsports-designed suspension, a full tubular chassis, roll cage, door bars, three-piece 18i wheels and – we love this bit – custom Pirelli Trofeo R tyres in a “custom Ken Block compound”.
The styling? We’re told it mixes inspiration and influences from the current WRC field, DTM and “even toy cars from Block’s youth”. This is excellent inspiration, we reckon.
“I knew that working with Vaughn Gittin Jr and his RTR team was the right choice for this project,” explains our good friend Ken. “The attention to detail with the fabrication and bodywork blows my mind.
“This is hands-down the best Gymkhana car I’ve had yet,” he adds, which means the upcoming Gymkhana 7 should be a corker. No idea when it’ll drop, but for now, have a click through the pics, let us know what you think, and then head here for TG’s complete guide to Block’s Gymkhana series.
‘Mazing, innit?
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Some entertaining runs here with unexpected cars such as the big Jeep at 3:25
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This is fun too. Love the hop of the Nova on launch and the roar as it finishes.
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This is the new Shelby GT350 Mustang, the most extreme iteration yet of Ford's sixth-gen pony car. And under that angry, stripped bonnet lurks nothing less than the most powerful naturally aspirated motor ever fitted to a production Ford.
Over 500bhp of power, to be more precise, courtesy of a 5.2-litre V8 that Ford calls ‘essentially an all-new powerplant."
It's the Blue Oval's first production V8 ever to employ a flat-plane crankshaft, a configuration Ford says permits faster revving, better cylinder breathing and an even better noise (a "distinctive, throaty howl," according to Ford performance boss Jamal Hameedi).
Oh, and no shortage of torque, either: the GT350's peak twist output stands at over 400lb ft.
All that power reaches the rear wheels through a lightweight six-speed manual transmission. Though Ford's yet to release performance figures, the GT350 is surely to significantly undermine the 4.4-second 0-62mph run of the latest 435bhp Mustang GT V8.
There are plenty of other performance goodies, too. Behind its 19-inch alloys, the GT350 boasts what Ford calls its ‘most track-credible brake system ever', with 394mm rotors and Brembo six-piston calipers up front, and 380mm rotors with four-piston calipers at the rear.
The Shelby is also the first Ford to get continuously controlled magnetorheological adaptive damping - or ‘MagneRide' in Blue Oval-speak. This can be adjusted with the five-mode driver control system, which also toggles ABS, traction and stability control, steering and throttle mapping depending how fervent the call of your inner Stig.
On the outside, you'll spot the GT350's deeper front splitter, new bonnet vent and diffuser at the rear: all changes, says Ford, driven by necessity rather than aesthetics. "Everything we changed on the GT350 is purely function-driven design with the goal of improving the overall performance of the car," reckons Mustang designer Chris Svensson.
On the inside, you've got Recaro buckets and a flat-bottomed steering wheel. But this is no hosed-to-the-bone racer: you can still have your GT350 with leather, LCD touchscreen and dual-zone air con, should you so desire.
The first Shelby GT350 arrived back in 1965, packing a 306bhp 4.7-litre V8 and establishing the Mustang as something of a track monster. Ford says the latest GT350 is faithful to its heritage, describing the Shelby as ‘an all-day track car that's also street legal'.
"We wanted to build the best possible Mustang for the places we most love to drive," says Ford's Raj Nair. "Challenging back roads with a variety of corners and elevation changes... and the track on weekends."
A noble goal indeed. Sadly Ford says the GT350 - unlike the stock Mustang - won't be coming to the UK, at least not in right-hand drive. Shocked and horrified by this cruel sanction against the UK? Make some noise below, proud Brits...
Over 500bhp of power, to be more precise, courtesy of a 5.2-litre V8 that Ford calls ‘essentially an all-new powerplant."
It's the Blue Oval's first production V8 ever to employ a flat-plane crankshaft, a configuration Ford says permits faster revving, better cylinder breathing and an even better noise (a "distinctive, throaty howl," according to Ford performance boss Jamal Hameedi).
Oh, and no shortage of torque, either: the GT350's peak twist output stands at over 400lb ft.
All that power reaches the rear wheels through a lightweight six-speed manual transmission. Though Ford's yet to release performance figures, the GT350 is surely to significantly undermine the 4.4-second 0-62mph run of the latest 435bhp Mustang GT V8.
There are plenty of other performance goodies, too. Behind its 19-inch alloys, the GT350 boasts what Ford calls its ‘most track-credible brake system ever', with 394mm rotors and Brembo six-piston calipers up front, and 380mm rotors with four-piston calipers at the rear.
The Shelby is also the first Ford to get continuously controlled magnetorheological adaptive damping - or ‘MagneRide' in Blue Oval-speak. This can be adjusted with the five-mode driver control system, which also toggles ABS, traction and stability control, steering and throttle mapping depending how fervent the call of your inner Stig.
On the outside, you'll spot the GT350's deeper front splitter, new bonnet vent and diffuser at the rear: all changes, says Ford, driven by necessity rather than aesthetics. "Everything we changed on the GT350 is purely function-driven design with the goal of improving the overall performance of the car," reckons Mustang designer Chris Svensson.
On the inside, you've got Recaro buckets and a flat-bottomed steering wheel. But this is no hosed-to-the-bone racer: you can still have your GT350 with leather, LCD touchscreen and dual-zone air con, should you so desire.
The first Shelby GT350 arrived back in 1965, packing a 306bhp 4.7-litre V8 and establishing the Mustang as something of a track monster. Ford says the latest GT350 is faithful to its heritage, describing the Shelby as ‘an all-day track car that's also street legal'.
"We wanted to build the best possible Mustang for the places we most love to drive," says Ford's Raj Nair. "Challenging back roads with a variety of corners and elevation changes... and the track on weekends."
A noble goal indeed. Sadly Ford says the GT350 - unlike the stock Mustang - won't be coming to the UK, at least not in right-hand drive. Shocked and horrified by this cruel sanction against the UK? Make some noise below, proud Brits...
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at the start of this thread i thought it was gona be 10 pages of awful chip foose paint schemes.. thankfull its not lol
if you get a chance have a look at the article to see some of the details in the build of this chevelle
http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/11...ers-chevelle/#chapter-excellence-in-execution
http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/11...ers-chevelle/#chapter-excellence-in-execution
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billed as the corvette z06 for the family,200mph cadillac.
http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/12/the-new-cts-v-a-corvette-z06-for-the-family/
http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/12/the-new-cts-v-a-corvette-z06-for-the-family/
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Maybe this has been posted before but it's a good series to watch https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL12C0C916CECEA3BC
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