We live in a golden age of horsepower friends. Never before in the history of the automobile has so much power and performance been packed into such attractive and affordable packages. One need look no further than the 2011 Ford Mustang GT and its 412 horsepower, 5.0L V8 engine. With just a few modification, the humble Coyote 5.0 can deliver tremendous horsepower on a relative budget.
Terry “Beefcake” Reeves’ 960 horsepower 2011 Mustang GT is proof of the potential of these motors and Mustangs. Besides having a great name, the Team Beefcake Mustang puts that 960 horsepower to the wheels through a factory automatic transmission while maintaining its streetability.
That’s quite the accomplishment if you ask us, both for Reeves and the Ford Mustang. By utilizing a blow-through setup with a Vortech Supercharger, Team Beefcake was able to wring a lot of horsepower from the 5.0L engine. Running on E75 ethanol fuel, the Beefcake Mustang put down 960 horsepower to the wheels, which is over 1,100 horsepower at the engine.
All of this, on a full weight (3,900+ lbs) street car that can run the quarter-mile in about nine-seconds. Twenty years ago such a car would have seemed impossible. Even ten years ago these cars were the exception rather than the rule. But now? A 1,000 horsepower “street car” is almost passe, except when it’s actually driven on the street, as Reeves’ Mustang is. They drove it to and from the dyno, a feat most 1,000 horsepower cars wouldn’t even dare these days.
Who wouldn’t want a 1,000 horsepower Mustang as their daily driver? We wonder what it gets for gas mileage…