Here’s Your First Teaser of How the Mustang Dark Horse Sounds

The track-focused Darkish Horse would be the apex of the S650 Mustang lineup when it emerges in 2024, armed with a five-liter Coyote V8 producing greater than 500 horsepower. However summer time 2023 continues to be fairly a methods away, and so it is perhaps some time till you hear one loudly and triumphantly proclaim its existence in public. Thankfully, somebody on YouTube has occurred to document that crucial second, throughout Ford’s Stampede occasion final week the place the extremely anticipated pony automobile was revealed.

Within the brief video, we’ve the possibility to listen to the Darkish Horse idling in addition to the total rasp it may possibly produce underneath acceleration. A part of that sound is a byproduct of the twin throttle our bodies Ford has applied on this latest-gen Coyote, which not solely optimize airflow however add some complexity to the exhaust word. It’s a very good one — a tone we should always all recognize earlier than each Vehicles & Espresso occasion in the end erodes the novelty away.

The Darkish Horse is an fascinating package deal within the Mustang household, because it incorporates some improvements from the Shelby aspect of the operation, albeit in a context that much less so prioritizes out-and-out energy and focuses extra on responsiveness.

Along with these twin throttle our bodies, this Mustang positive factors the connecting rods and a few cast elements final used within the 5.2-liter Predator V8 that gave the Shelby GT500 760 horsepower. Cooling has been beefed up significantly in type, and a Torsen limited-slip differential and six-speed Tremec gearbox come commonplace. You possibly can even possibility carbon fiber wheels, should you’re prepared to pay the princely sum.

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The result’s a Mustang that may again up its bellows with actual efficiency on observe — and doubly so should you spring for the Darkish Horse S and R, which aren’t as avenue authorized, to put it mildly. It’s all part of Ford’s all-fronts assault on motorsport with the seventh-gen ’Stang that has racing followers so excited.