Bow Before The 8sec 50th Anniversary Ford Mustang Cobra Jet

The latest version of the Cobra Jet is the fastest drag-racing Mustang to ever leave the factory
Bow Before The 8sec 50th Anniversary Ford Mustang Cobra Jet

Following on from a teaser dropped a few months ago, Ford has given the all-new Mustang Cobra Jet its full reveal. And my, does it look serious.

It marks the 50th anniversary of Ford’s original Cobra Jet “turnkey race car,” and it’s the quickest one yet. How does a mid-eight-second standing quarter-mile sound to you?

Bow Before The 8sec 50th Anniversary Ford Mustang Cobra Jet

The brutal straight-line pace is made possible by a 5.2-litre V8 with a massive 3.0-litre Whipple supercharger added for good measure. The suspension is radically different to a normal road-going Mustang, with a nine-inch solid axle and new multilink suspension at the rear plus new anti-roll and Panhard bars. The Cobra Jet also receives adjustable shock absorbers all round.

Bow Before The 8sec 50th Anniversary Ford Mustang Cobra Jet

Everything you need for drag racing glory can be fitted at the factory. We’re talking fat drag radials at the back, skinny ‘front-runners’, an NHRA-approved roll cage, FIA-friendly seats and a parachute. Unsurprisingly, all of this results in a car that isn’t road legal.

Bow Before The 8sec 50th Anniversary Ford Mustang Cobra Jet

Want one? You’ll have to act fast: just 68 are being made, in a nod to the original Cobra Jet’s 1968 launch. You can have it finished in Race Red or Oxford White, and the MSRP is $130,000.

Comments

BenPaye(JDMSquad)(MX5Squad)(LFAsquad)(Subie Squad) (Rotary F

bows

08/17/2018 - 09:45 |
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Erich Mohrmann

Ford must be really bored… Seen quite a few special edition Mustangs lately

08/17/2018 - 09:52 |
4 | 21

thecobra jet has been around since 68’

08/17/2018 - 10:03 |
6 | 2

there have only been 2…..

08/17/2018 - 16:22 |
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Anonymous

So we get one last crowd killer Mustang for the 50th anniversary

08/17/2018 - 10:03 |
6 | 20
Pierce Tolar

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Even though the 50th was 3 years ago..

08/17/2018 - 13:00 |
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Jevil

Wrong car, man

08/17/2018 - 10:16 |
43 | 1
Anonymous

I want to lick it

08/17/2018 - 10:27 |
5 | 1
ShadowHuayra (HemiPower)

8 seconds????

08/17/2018 - 10:41 |
9 | 1

It’s not road legal though so it’s not that surprising

08/20/2018 - 21:04 |
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ThatV70Guy

What does this mean? Is it a competitor for the demon? It’s not even in the same category. Maybe I can get some insight on this, but manufacturing a race-ready drag car for 130000 isn’t going to get purchased by normal car guys. This cars going to executives of companies or rich bankers, who really don’t need it. I don’t see the point.

08/17/2018 - 10:44 |
2 | 15
ShadowHuayra (HemiPower)

In reply to by ThatV70Guy

The Cobra Jet has been around since 1968. It’s a race-ready drag car that you can just buy and race in its own class at NHRA events. Think Ferrari FXX: special edition that you can’t drive on the road, has it’s own race class. Except this is a Mustang that’s built for drag racing that the everyman (with a spare $130,000) can buy and race semi-professionally

08/17/2018 - 13:46 |
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SirJamjaxIsGoingAgain-PeaceOutChaps

In reply to by ThatV70Guy

The cobra jet is a purpose built drag racer that has been around for generations. They are used as drag cars, not garage queens.

08/17/2018 - 13:50 |
4 | 0

I’m pretty sure people like Donald trump wouldn’t buy an 8 sec drag mustang

08/17/2018 - 18:04 |
0 | 0

It’s basically just a competitor for the copo Camaro

08/20/2018 - 01:21 |
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RustX7 2.0

I like it except for the font that Cobra Jet is in. It looks like it would go in a 5th grade classroom.

08/17/2018 - 11:14 |
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I guess it’s a homage to 60’s drag cars

08/17/2018 - 17:33 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by RustX7 2.0

Petition for getting the “Cobra Jet” sticker in Comic Sans

08/20/2018 - 21:05 |
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08/22/2018 - 22:45 |
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Anonymous

bowing intensifies

08/17/2018 - 13:26 |
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ThatDudeThatFapsToSupras

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

+50 honor

08/18/2018 - 12:37 |
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redflamexfire(R32 squad)

BOOM!!

08/17/2018 - 15:30 |
1 | 0

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