By Mark Gearhart

powerTV Media

So what’s better than a car that comes with over 400 horsepower from the factory? How about one that you can convert to over 600 horsepower in about four hours? No smoke and mirrors here folks, these are real numbers that anyone is able to achieve. I will stop speaking in tongues and get to the point. We just finished installing ProCharger’s brand new 2011 Mustang GT 5-liter kit and we picked up an astonishing 164 rear wheel horsepower with the aforementioned seven pounds of boost. Best part of all, you don’t have to cut a single thing to get the kit to fit properly. Read on for the full scoop.

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By Mark Gearhart

powerTV Media

The new 5.0 liter engine from Ford is proving to be a hot commodity among aftermarket shops. By itself the engine makes 412 horsepower and 390 ft-lbs of torque. Let a bunch of aftermarket specialists at it and you better be prepared for some seriously impressive torque numbers. And the engine is surprising even the most optimistic engineers.

Why just 6 psi you ask? Well the new 5.0 has a very high compression of 11.0:1. Forced induction is a fan of low compression engines (usually around 9.0:1 or even lower) which allows the engine to run higher psi. For an otherwise stock engine though, those are some great numbers. Fastlane makes a similar kit for the 2010 Camaro, which through an automatic transmission makes around 530 whp. That 5.0 looks better and better every day.

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By Mark Gearhart

powerTV Media

Hollywood Hot Rods and Raybestos have teamed up to build one of the first 1932 Ford “Indy” shop trucks powered by Ford’s new 5.0 liter Mustang engine. The ground-up build process by Troy Ladd and crew can be followed on the Hollywood Hot Rods website. The completed project will be given away by Raybestos to one lucky winner. To enter, check out the Raybestos Garage for details.

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Photo Credit: Hollywood Hot Rods

By Mark Gearhart

powerTV Media

The new 2011 Ford Mustang GT has been an absolute upper deck home run for the Ford Motor Company thus far, as blue oval fanatics and automotive enthusiasts alike clamor to get their hands on the venomous new pony car to find out for themselves just what the new drivetrain is capable of.

Since the release of the highly acclaimed 2011 GT this spring with its touted new 5.0L engine pumping out 412 horses, performance shops and owners have been raising the performance bar in short order as they continually push the limits of the five-oh. We’ve already seen headlines made with some astounding numbers by several different individuals with the car in many different forms. Bone stock, tuned, slick tires, radials, manual, automatic…you name it. Now, the guys at Evolution Performance have decided to work the stock rear tires for all they’re worth in an attempt to se just how fast this car really is virtually right off the dealer lot.

Evolution Performance, in Aston, PA, took their Grabber Blue, automatic-equipped GT on a series of laps down the quarter mile riding on the stock wheels and factory.

“We wanted to see what times could be achieved with D.O.T. Street Tires on Stock Wheels, which 80% of the people buying these cars will be using.,” said Fred Cook of Evolution Performance. “This car is geared more towards the Street/Strip group using 100% Street Components!”

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By Mark Gearhart

powerTV Media

Since the release of the highly acclaimed new 2011 Ford Mustang GT this spring with its touted new 5.0L engine pumping out 412 horses, performance shops and owners have been raising the performance bar in short order as they continually push to find the limits of Ford’s new and improved Pony car. Both Evolution Performance and JPC Racing have pushed their Mustangs into the 10s. And just this last weekend, came the 9’s; courtesy of Strictly Performance in Pearland, TX.

Richard Lelsz drove Strictly Performance’s 2011 GT to a 9.968 at 137.19 miles per hour on Friday night at Houston Raceway Park, in Baytown, TX to become the first of the new Mustangs to break into the 9’s.

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