Holidays Are Coming In Hot With 1,000-HP Hennessey Mustang's Christmas Tree Run | Carscoops carscoops
Christmas comes around so fast, and not just for kids who’ll gleefully tell you in August that there are only 122 sleeps until the big day. Down in Texas Christmas is coming in at almost 200 mph after hitching a ride on aFor last year’s Christmas tree run Hennessey strapped a fir to the roof of an Audi RS6 Avant and sent the needles scattering at 183 mph . But this time the Texas tuners have swapped the Audi wagon for a Shelby Mustang GT500 painted in Eruption Green.
The standard Shelby GT500 is already a bit of a beast and comes with a factory-rated 760 hp courtesy of a 5.2-liter supercharged V8. But this being Hennessey, of course, the Mustang isn’t remotely stock. It’s equipped with the , which, as its name suggests is packing a solid 1,000 hp , along with 850 lb-ft of torque, all of it achieved on 93-octane pump gas.Hennessey adds a high-flow induction system, new fuel rails and injectors, and other mods including upgraded belts and tensioners, plus a recalibrated seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
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