Fastest Ford Mustang Part 9 : 2008 Mustang Bullitt

Fans of Steve McQueen and stripped down Ford Mustangs retro convinced of the need for another Bullitt model and appeared in 2008. This time, there was much more strongly under the hood to feel cool 1960 per trip. The 2008 Bullitt full 24-valve V8 capable of 315 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque. That power jumped from the car from 0-60 in 5.0 seconds, run the quarter mile in 13.7 seconds at 102.7 mph, according to an analysis of Motor Trend.
See also : 2001 Mustang Bullit 
 

His observer Mustang registered thousands of miles from the red 1968 390 GT fastback finished last among the six sports coupe in its first comparison test [C / D, March 1968]. Four decades later, the Mustang is the most enduring act in Detroit.

Retro? Oh yes. Intentionally so, happily, all those old signs Mustang, dials tunnel deeply compressed script and extravagant numbers counting the revolutions and miles. The cabin has the same dark mood; High waist line topped by a low ceiling does not leave much space for glass. The hood is high, and the bell extending tray as long as it serves to distance.

But are the differences that make the Bullitt so much fun. The clutch is engaged perfectly. The accelerator is Blippy but not too fast. Tremec Pulling the lever, you're moving powerful masses down in the box, so there is a bit of weight to the attraction, reminiscent of old Detroit. Do not expect the click of a Honda-Motown muscle was always stocky, serious. The Bullitt is serious about change in a way that could only be imagined in 1968.

Let's not forget pipe music, either. The Bullitt gets a single exhaust system with a connector between the sides and points of sale tuned in line, turned half inch from the Mustang GT 3.5 inches. 

Remember that sounds dreamed about in the study room. The Bullitt plays them, loud or soft, tracking their footwork like the needle on an LP.

Steve McQueen drove a 1968 390 GT (the 390 was its engine size in cubic inches) in the film, as compared to our old car, except for its color. Showroom today that old pony Bullitt leaves for dead, sprinting to 60 mph in 5.0 seconds, 1.3 seconds faster. The gap widens in the quarter mile at 13.6 seconds at 104 mph compared with 14.8 seconds at 95 mph. When street racers of yesteryear saw a 390 Mustang, they saw a pushover. Today 281 cubic inch Bullitt, now a SOHC V-8 has two intake valves per cylinder and a provision growling. If you could travel back in time to the 60, lost by a length or two to one 426 or 427 Hemi Corvette, but would GTO wounded and 442s so bad they'd cry.

We had no proof cornering in 1968, and brake tests ended 80 mph. But it was a rare muscle car in the 60s that could exceed 0.60 g. Any and all Mustangs, notorious for understeer, would grind their foreheads to the dust try. Not so with our Bullitt, more credible than 0.85 g in all the BFGs 50 season of the series.

Mustangs are affordable walks lined with plastic under vacuum, cars ready to wear the masses. The Bullitt package adds a muscular intensity, mechanical presence that dominates the personality. The direction is tight and fast enough to zigzag your way if you are not smooth. The ride is firm, always in motion, relentlessly down top-yo up and down. Feel the rhythm of the V-8-you can not escape it, even when you pull in the fifth and bread. Like the sea, the tires always put a roar, a reminder of his firsthand contact with the road.

In the new century, where even the fast cars are brutally silky in their manners, it still plays Mustang Bullitt '60s McQueen character: restless, looking for trouble, quick to light tires.