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2010 Roush Ford Mustang 427R - Specialty File

16.10.09

Sophistication. Some strive for it, while others light their hair on fire and run into traffic screaming. Take into account the Roush 427R. At first ogle, it’s nearly indiscernible from a sample-issue Ford Mustang GT , especially finished with dark-skinned paint and flat-black decals, as was ours. But injury the key and this Mustang does its best impression of one of Jack Roush’s NASCAR sleds. The crash is intoxicating. We were addicted. The throaty, hairy-chested overtire (a $710 option you can’t afford to skip) changes the unconditional character of this pony car when you get on the gas, and counterbalancing subtle aesthetic mods to lift the Roush strike a balance between hey-look-at-me and I’m-lawful-an-average-Mustang.

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To be clear, the rest of Roush’s upgrades have a positive any way you look at it become operative on the already improved-for-2010 Mustang GT, too, and they all work to correct the car’s characteristics in a balanced, even way. The 4.6-liter V-8 gets new breathing paraphernalia, a supercharger, and a reprogrammed computer that yield 435 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque, increases of 120 and 75, singly, compared to the stock GT. (The 427 in the name is for nostalgic purposes, as the car’s result is now undersold by the decals on its flanks and the V-8 doesn’t move 427 cubic inches.) A suspension package deal goes beyond that of Ford’s Track pack and includes new front struts, opposite rear shocks, and new springs and anti-evaporate bars at both ends.

Source: Car and Driver