Roush pays homage to WWII fighter with P-51A Mustang
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Tuning company Roush has taken the covers off a new version of the Ford Mustang called the P-51A, which was debuted at the SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas today. The car was designed along the lines of the legendary WWII fighter with which it shares its name, and with 510hp and 691Nm (510lb-ft) of torque it turns out to be one of the most powerful modified Mustangs at the show.

The man behind the project is Jack Roush himself, who owns two of the original P-51 Mustang warbirds and has dreamed of building this car for the past ten years but never had the right platform, technology or timing until now.
This is the most complicated Mustang powertrain Roush has built and includes a host of rebuilt internal components such as the forged steel eight-bolt crankshaft, forged aluminum pistons, and forged steel H-Beam connecting rods. These upgraded parts were necessary for the stock 4.6L engine to be able to withstand the additional power generated from the new ROUSHcharger forced-induction system.
Additional alterations include a custom aluminum upper and lower intake manifold for the high capacity air-to-water intercooler, a custom fuel rail, high-flow fuel injectors and a dual electronic throttle body.
Its distinctive look is courtesy of a custom bodykit with a new front bar, chin spoiler, hood scoop and rear spoiler. The car also sits on forged 18in alloys and a Stage 3 suspension set-up. These include specially-engineered and tuned front struts, rear shocks, front and rear springs, front and rear sway bars and jounce bumpers. The front brakes are also upgraded with 14in front two-piece rotors and four-piston calipers.
Final pricing will be announced closer to the car’s sale date in the first quarter of next year and only 100 examples will enter production.

 

another 60 thousand dollar mustang... hooray. how about they save all the body kit nonsense and just give us the powertrain improvements at a decent fuggin price. jeebus.

no I dont know for a fact taht it'll cost 60K but try to use your head... of course it'll cost that much.

 

im geting sick of 60 thousand doller mustang.

 

I think it would be awesome to own but DAAMN!! That's alot of money for a Mustang.

I'm with you guy's,I'm sick of the overpricing being done.No wonder Ford is in trouble.

 

yeah i know the mustang is like the only good thing that they have going for them right not i hope they don't ware it out.

 

i dont think it even looks worth 40k...they are trying too hard now.

 

they need to back off and let the mustang be a mustang or its going to end up like the late and mid 70s with boat like mustangs.

 

I have to say I like that car alot better then some they've come up with lately but its in a price range out of the realm of most enthusiasts. At least Roush/Shelby/Saleen are continuing to advance their R&D and present a variety of mustang car packages that Chevy and Mopar aren't doing.

 

Definately a cool project, but overpriced like every special edition stang seems to be.

 

60k for a 500+hp car on one of the mopst popular platforms being produced with a lmited production run of 100 units.

where did we get 60k? i thought 3d just threw that out.

if they are only making 100 of these, i bet they will cost a lot more than 60k.

it would be nice if they could actually develop a PERFORMANCE special edition that you dont have to be loaded to afford. Like the -03-04 Mach1's and cobras. Not exactly cheap, but far from 60,000 friggin dollars.

I swear they are trying to put out more special and limited editions on the sn97 than all other musrtang platforms combined.