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

These days are properly and really over, no less than 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 out there energetic exhaust possibility) to what Ford guarantees will probably be “no less than” 800 hp. Last tuning remains to be being achieved forward of the deliberate market launch in 2024. It will likely be out there for each automatic- and manual-equipped automobiles.

The package made its debut on Tuesday on the 2023 SEMA present and will probably be out there as a part of the ever-expanding Ford Efficiency Elements vary. Ford mentioned the package is examined to its personal OEM sturdiness requirements and will probably be supplied with a three-year, 36,000-mile guarantee, when put in at a supplier or ASE-certified store. It would even be CARB compliant, the automaker mentioned.

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 gasoline injectors, billet high-flow gasoline rails, a high-flow consumption, and a 92-mm throttle physique. Ford additionally features a Tomahawk V2 flash software.

Ford Efficiency FP800 supercharger package

An analogous package rated at 700 hp was launched for the F-150 earlier this yr.

Ford will provide the newest package as a standalone merchandise or along with some chassis upgrades as a separate possibility often known as the FP800S package. This separate package was previewed at SEMA with the Mustang FP800S idea automobile and contains 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 elements.

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 out there by way of Ford Efficiency with a beginning value of $8,500.

Ford mentioned 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 will probably be introduced within the close to future.