You’ll never guess how much horsepower this Ford Mustang II Cobra has
Posted on 31-05-2015 at 11:25 by Dizono – 41 Comments”
Thick front and rear spoiler, gift striping, a large hump on the bonnet and nice sportvelgen. But how much pounding horses there hidden beneath this brute looks? Make a guess and click.
And, what did you gamble? 300 hp? 400 hp maybe? Wrong. This Ford Mustang II Cobra came in 1976, the factory roll-out with less than 88 trappelende ponies under the hood. That hump in the hood knew quite well to disguise the fact that under the hood a 2.3-liter four-cylinder hiding, which to a chronic vermogenstekort suffering.
We speak of 1973 as a Ford, the second-generation Mustang presents and the oil crisis is at its peak. Beginning that year the great Ford is still a 100 hp, six-in-line in the last figure of the first-generation Mustang, but who knows anything but board with the 1425 kilograms of heavy water. In order to solve that problem get the Mustang no heavier engines, but the car is simply a lot smaller. The Mustang II is a half a metre shorter and about 200 pounds lighter than its predecessor.
Under the hood is the previously mentioned 2.3 four cylinder engine hiding, but there can also still be selected for a 2.9 V6 and a 4.9 V8. That were a lot more powerful than the amechtige four-cylinder with, respectively, 108 and 139 hp… Honderdnegenendertig peekaa from a 4.9-liter V8, you read that correctly. That was how men in America at the time their engines more fuel efficient. This topmotorisering was good for 0-100 in 10.5 seconds and a top speed of 171 miles per hour. To the acceleration of the four – and zespitters to measure, you could be better with a calendar than a stopwatch.
To lack of ability (all American cars had to deal with) a little to conceal you could in each Ford Mustang II, hence, the viercilinders – the Cobra-package order. You got over the aforementioned thick bupers, tasty striping and other velgjes. Finished with the Cobra logo, which is now the oh-so-delicious Shelby versions of the Mustang may adorn. Because Ford also understood that such a wolf in sheep’s clothing, not the best advertising was, they all came in 1978 with the Mustang II King Cobra. Rarely wore a car such a promising name, but under the hood was still the 4.9 V8 with 139 hp in hiding. Lest we forget how not to do it.
Gallery: Ford Mustang II Cobra
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