2016 Cobra Jet Mustang: An Inside Look | Cobra Jet Mustang | Ford Performance

The 2016 Cobra Jet Mustang engine is made up of 75 percent production Mustang GT components topped by a front inlet Whipple supercharger; as delivered, it’s capable of eight-second quarter-mile times. The 2016 Cobra Jet Mustang features such enhancements as drag race-specific coil-over shocks and springs, lightweight racing brakes by Strange Engineering, roll cage, Aeromotive fuel system with trunk-mounted fuel cell, Corbeau FIA seats, five-point race harnesses and race-prepped automatic transmission. Ford Performance engineers tapped internal resources, taking technology from other parts of the company and adapting it for racing. The Cobra Jet Mustang engine uses an electric water pump from Ford C-MAX Hybrid that allows cool-down without the engine running – resulting in more consistent racing via improved management of engine temperature. Dyno cells calibrated to simulate drag strip burnouts and quarter-mile runs were used to prove out engine durability. With the Cobra Jet Mustang engine