{"id":9213,"date":"2021-10-29T12:05:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=9213"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:05:45","slug":"prototype-2000-mustang-svt-cobra-r-headers-found-in-a-basement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=9213","title":{"rendered":"Prototype 2000 Mustang SVT Cobra R headers found in a basement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before there was the Mustang<\/a> Shelby GT 500, there was the Mustang SVT Cobra, produced from 1994 to 2004. Three times during that 10-year period, the gearheads at SVT produced a track-rat Cobra R. The last, in 2000, was an ultra-hardcore beast with a 5.4-liter modular V8 cranking out a likely underrated 385 horsepower and 385 pound-feet<\/a> of torque \u2014 this was a year before the Chevy Corvette<\/a> Z06 showed up with 385 hp and 380 lb-ft. John Coletti, Ford’s<\/a> Special Vehicle Engineering manager at the time, said of this model, “Everything we’ve done on this car<\/a> is a notch or several notches above anything we’ve done before,” and, “This 2000 Cobra R pushes the performance envelope far beyond the capabilities of any previous Mustang.”<\/p>\n

One of this Cobra SVT R’s magic tricks was its intake manifold, a top hat standing high enough to require an even bigger power bulge in the hood. A member of the SVT Performance<\/em> forum came across<\/a> a prototype manifold, one Ford engineers built in order to test the production unit. Somehow, the component ended up in a box in someone’s basement, and that certain someone forgot about it. Just like the grandma who never mentions she has a Lamborghini Countach and a Ferrari 308 in her garage<\/a>, we’re still not sure how such things happen, but happen they do.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, a note on the side of the intake reads “Extrude honed,” a process that squeezes an abrasive material<\/a> through a channel to leave a smooth surface. Ford would have tried this process out in order to prevent a repeat of what happened on the 1999 Mustang SVT Cobra<\/a>, when leftover aluminum flash in the headers robbed the engine of up to 54 horsepower. The prototype also shows custom work done on the intake to create a larger plenum with improved airflow.<\/p>\n

The 2000 Mustang Cobra SVT R was the fastest Mustang ever at the time, and this intake helped make that possible. Ford only made 300 examples of the coupe, priced them at about $55,000 (nearly $88,000 in today’s dollars), and sold them all immediately. Among a generation of unloved Mustangs with New Edge<\/a> styling, the 2000 Cobra SVT R has crossed the six-figure mark at auctions<\/a> more than once this year. The manifold might not be enough for a museum exhibit, but it deserves a home more impressive than a box in a basement. Head over to the SVT Performance<\/em> forum<\/a> to check out more photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before there was the Mustang Shelby GT 500, there was the Mustang SVT Cobra, produced from 1994 to 2004. Three times during that 10-year period, the gearheads at SVT produced a track-rat Cobra R. The last, in 2000, was an ultra-hardcore beast with a 5.4-liter modular V8 cranking out a likely underrated 385 horsepower and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}