It was that getting anyplace near 800 hp required some huge bucks and kissing that new-car guarantee goodbye.

These days are effectively and really over, at the least at Ford, because the automaker has simply unveiled a supercharger package for the 2024 Mustang GT that lifts output from the automobile’s 5.0-liter V-8 from a inventory 480 hp (486 hp with the obtainable lively exhaust choice) to what Ford guarantees shall be “at the least” 800 hp. Remaining tuning continues to be being executed forward of the deliberate market launch in 2024. Will probably be obtainable for each automatic- and manual-equipped automobiles.

The package made its debut on Tuesday on the 2023 SEMA present and shall be obtainable as a part of the ever-expanding Ford Efficiency Components vary. Ford stated the package is examined to its personal OEM sturdiness requirements and shall be provided with a three-year, 36,000-mile guarantee, when put in at a seller or ASE-certified store. It should even be CARB compliant, the automaker stated.

The package consists of a 3.0-liter Whipple twin-screw supercharger, an air-to-water intercooler with a high-flow intercooler pump and outsized warmth exchanger, plus high-flow gas injectors, billet high-flow gas rails, a high-flow consumption, and a 92-mm throttle physique. Ford additionally features a Tomahawk V2 flash software.

Ford Efficiency FP800 supercharger package

The same package rated at 700 hp was launched for the F-150 earlier this 12 months.

Ford will provide the newest package as a standalone merchandise or along with some chassis upgrades as a separate choice often known as the FP800S package. This separate package was previewed at SEMA with the Mustang FP800S idea automobile and consists of the supercharger package plus a half-shaft improve package and lowered suspension. Patrons can even be capable to add a Borla cat-back exhaust system and a variety of carbon-fiber aerodynamic components.

Pricing for the supercharger and FP800S kits hasn’t been introduced. As a information, a 750-hp supercharger package for the previous-generation Mustang GT is accessible by way of Ford Efficiency with a beginning value of $8,500.

Ford stated it additionally has a separate package within the works for the Mustang Darkish Horse whose engine is a barely uprated model of the 5.0-liter V-8 often known as the Coyote. Particulars on the Darkish Horse supercharger package shall be introduced within the close to future.