Ford Efficiency has lastly revealed the pricing particulars and specifics of the supercharger equipment that’ll bump the 2024 Ford Mustang’s output to a whopping 810 horsepower. The supercharger equipment will price $9,995 and might be fitted to the Mustang GT and Darkish Horse, that are powered by a 5.0-liter V8 engine. Full energy will increase rely on whether or not the Mustang has an energetic exhaust system or not, however the supercharger equipment’s output doesn’t dip under 800 horses, all instructed.
That makes the mixed sticker value of the supercharger equipment and Mustang with a V8 look like a cut price. The carmaker-approved supercharger is probably going the most cost effective approach to make over 800 HP with out spending an outrageous sum of money, comparatively talking. Name it price efficient, if you’ll, contemplating a earlier model of the supercharger for the Ford F-150 debuted at a value of $12,000 whereas making 700 HP. The F-150’s supercharger has since gone down in value, however nonetheless “solely” yields 700 horses.
The mighty Coyote V8 within the Mustang lacks compelled induction off the showroom ground however nonetheless makes a beneficiant quantity of energy. The 2024 Mustang GT makes 486 HP and 418 lb-ft of torque when naturally aspirated. The Darkish Horse raises that quantity to 500 HP whereas retaining the torque at 418 lb-ft. As soon as this new supercharger is put in, nonetheless, the ability figures go as much as 810 HP at 7,500 RPM and 615 lb-ft of torque at 4,800 RPM. These figures depend on premium gasoline, or gasoline with an octane ranking over 91.
That is the max output cited by Ford Efficiency, however it solely applies to new Mustangs with energetic exhaust. If a Mustang lacks the energetic exhaust system, the supercharger will nonetheless include a beneficiant energy bump to 800 HP, or simply 10 fewer horses. Both means, homeowners are an influence bump simply over 300 HP and about an additional 200 lb-ft of torque for beneath $10,000. For reference, the Mustang Darkish Horse begins simply over $58,000, so a supercharged mannequin would begin someplace round $68,000. The Mustang GT begins slightly below $42,000, which means that the value of the supercharger equipment would increase the value to $52,000 — earlier than factoring in the price of set up, in fact.
The supercharger equipment might be put in on new Mustangs with a V8 no matter transmission kind: each the six-speed guide and 10-speed computerized are appropriate. The supercharger comes with a three-year or 36,000-mile guarantee so long as it’s put in by an ASE-certified technician or at a Ford seller. The equipment’s official half quantity is M-6066-M8800, and it consists of the three.0-liter twin-screw Whipple Supercharger with dual-pass intercooler and dual-air consumption with a 92-mm throttle physique. It additionally requires GT500 port gasoline injectors and colder spark plugs, that are all included. That is capped off with an engine tune that the carmaker calls an unique “Ford Efficiency calibration.”
The ultimate caveat is that the supercharger equipment is just 49-state authorized, and won’t be authorized in California, seemingly because of the Golden State’s stricter regulation on emissions. Ford itself claims the supercharger “doesn’t have an opposed impact on emissions when put in and used correctly,” however it doesn’t have regulatory approval to be used in California.
