Archive for the ‘ROUSH’ Category
Monday, April 20th, 2009
It’s been 45 years since Ford introduced the Mustang, and the Blue Oval chose Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, AL as ground zero for the big pony car celebration. Track officials estimated more than 38,000 people came out to see about 2,000 Mustangs on display from 15 different countries, and Autoblog was among the revelers.
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
If you’re the type of person who loves every new Ford Mustang variation that hits the market, then this is what you’ve finally been waiting for. If you’re the type who can’t stand it, well, deal with it. Today, Roush is the first to dip its toe into into what will doubtlessly be a very [...]
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
LPG has come to the masses massive, with ROUSH introducing a conversion for the Ford F-250. The changes are minimal: fuel tank and pump, stainless steel fuel lines, aluminum fuel rails and PCM calibration. They’ll mean cheaper running costs but no loss of horsepower, torque or towing capacity. Depending on which conversion you choose, though, [...]
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
ROUSH wowed us last year at SEMA with the P-51A, an aviation-themed Mustang that combined Jack Roush’s two favorite things: planes and cars. Customers apparently like the car too, because the initial production run of 51 was bumped up by 100 to accommodate the additional interest. The P-51 is back for a another year, now [...]
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Sometimes good things come in small packages. Other times, they come with a Roush 427 IR crate motor pumping out 576 horsepower. Superformance, the only Shelby-licensed producer of Cobra kit cars, has teamed up with Roush for a special edition version of their MKIII replicar that features the aforementioned 427ci V8 as well as several [...]
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
After driving the hot Focus ST at Ford’s Lommel Proving Grounds, we returned with a big smile on our faces… and an eager anticipation for the upcoming Focus RS. British customers are also anxiously awaiting the even hotter hatch, and Ford’s Team RS knows it. That’s why they’ve teamed up with ROUSH’s British subsidiary Mountune [...]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
NHRA Stock Car drag racing has generally been reserved for vehicles with factory-spec powertrains, but for the first time the rule book is allowing vehicles with aftermarket parts to compete. Two versions of the ROUSH’s supercharged powertrains — the 430 horsepower V8 from the Stage 3 Mustang and the 510 horsepower V8 from the P-51A [...]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
ROUSH announced the Stage3 Blackjack Mustang back in 2006, and in 2007 said it would make 100 of them. New Yorker Drew Conner bought Blackjack number two, spending almost $59,000 for his slice of limited edition Mustang pie. Only the glossy black ‘Stang wasn’t so limited after all: according to a lawsuit Connor filed in [...]
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