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Originally Posted by Allentown
It couldnt put the power to the ground. Even with 500hp it was actually a little slower then the 5.0. There was no 5.0L new edge mustang to compare it to, closest was the 95 with 225hp.
Horsepower is a whisker shy of 500 at 5400 rpm, while torque is an equally impressive 490 at 3500 rpm. Even with its mammoth wheelspin problem, we still clocked 0-60 mph in 4.7 seconds and ran the quarter mile in 13.0 at 111.70 mph.
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This was a post I took from a thread on svtp where a member just scored one of the 20 or so built.
A bit of trivia for you all. The 99 S351 had the distinction of being the worlds fastest production car. This was based on trap speed at the end of the 1/4 mile. The 99 S351 was advertised with a 122 mph trap speed. That was damn fast in 99 and still is today. I have a Dec 99 issue of MM&FF and in stock trim they ran 12.6 @ 119. They put 26x10 slicks on and dropped that to 11.5 @ 122.5. This was done with 92 octane gas and 8psi from the blower. It has a stiff suspension on it that isnt suited so much for a drag strip but makes the power to run pretty fast anyway. Saleen wanted to outdo the Viper back then and make his "most powerful production car sold in america" claim and this was the car to do it.
SVTP: my new ride 99 s351 saleen
I don't know how much of the above is true but it sure is impressive.
