New 5.0 Mustang Runs Eight-Second 1/4 Mile

The first 2011 Ford Mustangs were delivered this spring. Brand new GTs with a 412 hp 5.0-liter V8 capable of a high 12 second ¼ mile. By October there was a 2011 Mustang four seconds faster.

It takes a certain kind of person to buy a brand new performance car with a warranty and immediately start tearing it apart to make it faster. That kind of person usually has an unlimited bankroll or a race shop. This is a case of the latter. Evolution Performance is a race shop from PA. Being a race shop doesn’t make the fact they took 4 seconds off a car’s ¼ mile time from spring to fall or being the first 2011 Mustang to run a sub 9 second 1/4 mile any less impressive. The destructive wheelstand content of this video is worth a look even if cars that can’t corner aren’t your thing.