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VIDEO: 6 Mustangs & 5,000 Horsepower at AmericanMuscle HQ


A few weeks back, the Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Magazine crew stopped by our HQ in Malvern, PA on their second stop on the Dyno Wars tour! What is Dyno Wars? Only the most powerful street Mustangs in the country!

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VIDEO: Shelby Unveils Insane 1000HP GT1000 Mustang

Check this thing out… I’m about to sell everything I own, buy one and live in it! This beastly new GT1000 is Shelby’s latest release for the 2012 Mustang GT500 platform. You can pick one of these up in either a “Street” trim with a 1000HP Kenne Bell Supercharger or the “Track” version with 1100HP Whipple Supercharger. Either way, you’re gonna get yourself into some trouble! Look how easy this thing breaks the tires loose…

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VIDEO: Can our 2011 V6 Mustang Handle Stage 3?

Check out the footage as we head to New Jersey Motorsports Park with our 2011 V6 Mustang Project to test out what we could do in Stage 3 of our build! If you’ve been following along in Stage 1 and Stage 2, you’ve probably seen how well this car responds to aftermarket mods. We’ve shaved .75 seconds off of our 1/4 mile time, and it’s time to make this car corner and handle!

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Hot or Not? Ford “Snakehead” Concept Car

Hot or Not? Ford "Snakehead" Concept Car Check out the all new Ford “Snakehead” concept car by Andrus Ciprian, a ridiculously skilled graphic designer.  This bad little concept car was designed as a two-seater with world class performance in mind.  While this Snakehead is definitely far from your typical production vehicle, it’s something that may come to light if Shelby were to collaborate.  Check out the curves on this thing:

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Will the 2013 Shelby GT500 Smoke a Corvette ZR1?

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Vicious rumors are swirling that new 2013 Shelby GT-500 is going to be one amazing piece of machinery. Not that the current one isn’t badass, but the future supposedly holds some awesome performance upgrades! We have heard that the new Shelby will be getting a nice 5.8-liter upgrade from the current 5.4, and a brand new Eaton TVS unit supercharger giving it a borderline-ridiculous 620 horses straight out of the gate! It is also rumored to have a little bit of that new look that is in store for the Ford Mustang coming in 2014 -2015.

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GT500 on the Dyno: $60k On Fire!

Everyone has had their share of miserable days (afterall, today IS Monday). I promise you, after watching this video, you really won’t feel that bad about your own problems.

800RWHP gone in a flash, no pun intended! While you want to feel bad for this guy, it was done on a completely stock GT500 bottom end and the owner has been having fun with the car for quite some time. With the addition of a forged bottom end, the owner of Blue Diamond says the car will be back within the next month or so with 1100-1200RWHP!

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