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1800-hp electric Ford Mustang Super Jet to electroshock record books

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Ford Performance has reworked the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 into the Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800
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Ford Performance has reworked the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 into the Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800
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Ford aims to best its own quarter-mile time with the new Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800
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With a lighter battery, new transmission, new software and a few other updates, the Mustang Super Cobra Jet makes even more power than its predecessor
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Ford brings some new electric excitement to the drag circuit
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Ford plans to attempt a few EV records at a future NHRA event
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Ford Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800
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Ford Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800
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Ford Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800
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Ford readies the all-new Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800 for a record run
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The Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800 has the same motor drive as the Cobra Jet 1400 but with a lighter battery pack and new transmission
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Back in 2020, Ford Performance brought some serious voltage to the long-running Mustang Cobra Jet series, revealing the all-electric Mustang Cobra Jet 1400. It followed up a year later by driving the car to an NHRA electric vehicle quarter-mile world record. The Blue Oval could have just sat back and admired the silverware it had earned, but instead it got back to work and is now looking to best itself and maybe break a few other marks along the way. The all-new Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800 is the tool with which it will work, a fully reworked version of the electric Cobra Jet with less weight and several hundred more horsepower.

After the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 prototype made its public debut at the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) US Finals in September 2020, where it exceeded expectations with an 8.27-second quarter-mile during testing, driver Bob Tasco III pushed the electric super-dragster to its official 8.128-second (at 171.97 mph/276.76 km/h) quarter-mile record in June 2021 in Norwalk, Ohio. Ford says that the quarter-mile time still stands as the NHRA world record for a full-bodied electric vehicle.

Ford readies the all-new Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800 for a record run
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Instead of going home and simply resting on its laurels with smug satisfaction, Ford Performance and its partners went right back to the garage to improve upon their creation. Not two full years later, they've pulled the wraps off the revised car, bringing back the Super Cobra Jet name first used in 1969.

"We’re always looking to push ourselves in every corner of the motorsport world,” said Mark Rushbrook, Ford Performance Motorsports' global director. "Drag racing remains a key proving ground for our products and technology, and we’re excited to not only try to best our own record in the quarter-mile, but to further showcase ongoing development we continue to make across the entire electric vehicle landscape."

The Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800 has the same motor drive as the Cobra Jet 1400 but with a lighter battery pack and new transmission
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That ongoing development saw Ford Performance and MLe Racecars rework the Cobra Jet 1400's entire battery system to shave significant weight. The new 1800 uses the same four DS-250 115 electric motors and PN-250-DZR inverters as the 1400 but routes power to the rear wheels through a new Liberty transmission. Ford and co have also reworked the rear suspension geometry cushioning the larger Mickey Thompson drag radial tires, with the goal of optimizing launch.

Ford has also upgraded the control hardware and software package and added in a new data acquisition system. In all, it's pulled out hundreds of pounds of weight and upped output to the namesake 1,800 hp in the name of its quicker quarter-mile ambitions.

Ford brings some new electric excitement to the drag circuit
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This time around, MLe Racecar's cofounder and test driver Pat McCue will pilot the car, and the team will aim not only at the full-bodied EV quarter-mile record but also a pair of 0-60 mph (96.5-km/h) EV records. They plan to make the attempt at an NHRA event later this season.

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13 comments
martinwinlow
And the point is...?
Miro
Very stupid of Ford to exploit the legendary "Super Cobra Jet" name, turning it into an "egg beater", ordinary EV.
Claudio
no mention to the size of the battery, why?
P51d007
Been a Mustang fan since I saw the first one as a kid in the 60's. I've had 5. Still drive a 2011.
I wouldn't THINK of buying a battery powered Mustang.
TpPa
It amazes me that they can make tires that don't slip that much, yet don't shred under all that power, perhaps trojan should adopt it.
TpPa
Where as the batteries are no 9 volt, they only build them big enough for full power for a little over a 1/4 mile
Jinpa
What mileage and range does this thing get? To update the cliche, it can pass everything but a charging station.
Lemuelayuk
Shheeesh another electric mustang?, again?, as if the ford mach E wasn't underwhelming enough. Yaawwnn BOORRINNG!!!
Rocky Stefano
I will never buy an EV. Sorry stripping the planet for battery material instead of continuing to pump oil is better the devil you know than the devil you don't
paul04
1800 hp ! truly amazing. ev tech is charging ahead.