We reported earlier this year that the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor would be getting a super-crew option. Ford has today made it official along with other upgrades for the 2011 model. In addition to being able to order the larger super-crew cab, the big 411hp 6.2 liter V8 will now be [...]

Ford took a bold move a couple months ago by telling police departments across the country that the age-old Crown Victoria would be replaced by a new Ford Taurus based police interceptor. Today they have gone one step further and introduced a second new police interceptor model based on the new 2011-2012 Ford Explorer. It’s not [...]

Donnie Bowles can add another item to his growing list of accomplishments as he became the first driver on the ROUSH Drag Team to take one of the liquid propane-powered Mustangs to a victory. His win came during the August 29 elimination rounds of the 4th Annual NMCA Muscle Car Nationals at Milan Dragway in [...]

“Book ‘em Danno” is coming back to our TV screens this fall with an all new remake of the hit TV series Hawaii Five O. The new modern day version of the hit police TV series airs on Monday September 20th. While that alone is pretty big news, one of the stars of the show [...]

Roush Performance has really become the big guy on the block in the past decade when it comes to superchargers for the Mustang. And that reputation has been well earned with their OEM engineering expertise to which Ford Motor Company itself has tapped into over the years for many of their own products. Roush has built [...]

  For those of you who have been following this blog since its inception back in 2005, you may have noticed I am no longer posting news updates. The truth of the matter is I am handing off my writing duties to another writer so I can spend more time with my family and work on other website projects. As of today, I'm signing off from MustangBlog...

Is it to early to declare the new 5.0 a bust?  Maybe so but all the hype and marketing push from Ford has not helped to increase sales as they would have hoped.  Ford Mustang sales are down for the second straight month and as this bad economy keeps dragging along its not helping one bit.  The Camaro and Challenger are not immune to it either as...

This might be old news by todays standards but due to my technical difficulties as of late I am just getting to this and some other Mustang related news.  About a week ago Jack Roush, owner of Roush Industries was attempting to land his Hawker/Beechcraft Premier 390 plane in Wisconsin at Wittman Regional Airport for the Experimental Aircraft...

The unique one-of-a-kind collaboration between Jack Roush and Carroll Shelby, the SR-71 Mustang sold for $375,000 on July 29th at the Experimental Aircraft Association Young Eagles charity event.  This marked the first time Roush and Shelby teamed up to build a vehicle.  The SR-71 Mustang (S for Shelby and R for Roush) is based on the 2011 Mustang...

At this years annual Sports and Classics of Monterey sale on August 12th,  RM Auctions, the world's largest collector car auction house will honor Ford Motor Company by devoting an entire evening of auctions to Ford vehicles.  One of those vehicles will be the 2004 Ford Mustang GT-R concept vehicle that was introduced in April of 2004 at the New...

If you’ve got a diesel truck, chances are you do a lot of towing with it. Ford’s new Super Duty diesels have towing capacities of up to 24,000 pounds. K&N’s new air intake systems give you an additional 16 horsepower and 25 ft-lbs of torque at just 2,500 RPMs.

Billet Specialties realizes that an educated customer is a happy customer, and if you get wheels that fit the first time around, you're a lot more likely to come back next time, too. To make that happen, they've put together a comprehensive wheel measuring guide.

The NMRA racing series is winding down as they enter their next to last points race of the year in Columbus. There are a lot of tight battles between classes and Columbus might be the final factor for a few of them. Stay tuned to Stang TV all weekend for updates from Ohio.

DeTomaso was once a well-known and well-respected name. Founded in 1959, the Italian sports car maker fought its way into a niche market dominated by the likes of Lamborghini and Ferrari. So why do we care? Well back then, DeTomaso was powered by Ford engines.

Americans have pioneered many different types of motorsports. However, Europe has plenty of races all their own, rally racing being amongst the most popular. Rally racing has had a hard time catching on in the U.S., though progress is being made, especially by Ford.

Last summer Shelby announced that it would be building a new Super Snake model based on the 2010 GT500, but since then we haven’t seen too many out in the wild. That’s why when we saw one during the Monterey car week festivities last month, painted in Sterling Grey Metallic with matte black stripes and powdercoated Alcoa wheels, we made sure to take plenty of pictures. Enjoy the photos!

To commemorate their 20 years of producing superchargers, Vortech is celebrating with the release of a limited run of “Anniversary Edition” Series Supercharger Systems. These systems will be unique thanks to a stealthy black finish on the supercharger, ducting, and intercoolers, and will also feature a special numbered Anniversary serial tag on the supercharger. With just 100 being produced, these systems are likely to be highly sought-after and a sure way for performance enthusiast and Vortech fans alike to set themselves far apart from ...

JLT Performance is set to release its cold air intake for the 2011 Mustang later this month, and the company has released some initial details and photos of the new system. JLT has been putting miles on their prototype for the last few weeks, and they are reporting that the power and drivability is much improved from the stock version. The new cold air intake will come in both carbon fiber and plastic variants and feature a 110mm MAF housing incorporated into the tube, and ABC plastic airbox that uses the ...

Since the launch of the 2011 Mustang earlier this year Borla has been hard at work developing a new line of exhaust systems to provide the best sound for the new 5.0-liter V8. Now the company officially released the new exhaust systems – the Touring, S-Stype, and Atak. The trio of systems allows customers to choose a specific sound for their Mustang, ranging from the relatively subdued (Touring) to a full blown race car (Atak). All three systems produce similar amounts of horsepower, but use different technology to produce a ...

Vortech has added to the successful line of Maxflow products by releasing the new Maxflow Power Pack for the 5.4L Shelby GT500. Developed for use with the OEM GT500 supercharger, throttle body, crank pulley, and fuel injectors, the Maxflow Power Pack provides a boost increase of ~4psi, and increases of 80-100+rwhp and 50-70+rwtq from the factory OEM supercharger pulley and air box combination. Kit Content and Features: 123mm billet aluminum MAF Housing (Vortech P/N 8A003-111) High flow air filter (6″ diameter flange x 9″ length) 5″ silicone sleeves ...