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<blockquote data-quote="SID297" data-source="post: 16297558" data-attributes="member: 8858"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 26px">Watch Out - It Can Get Away From You</span></em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1601724[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>High-Horsepower Mustangs and inexperienced drivers seem like a match made in the salvage yard. At least that seems to be where to pair often winds up. You know the story; someone buys more car than they can handle, they decide to put on a show, and destruction ensues. I first noticed the phenomenon becoming more common when the 2007 SVT GT500 Mustangs started hitting the lots.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Those cars tended to bring a less performance experienced buyer into the showroom than the previous generation Terminator Cobras. In fact, one of the first GT500s that I remember seeing on the street nearly ended up in the wall at the Myrtle Beach Speedway during Mustang Week over a decade ago. Since then we've seen technology progress to the point that building an 800RWHP Mustang is beyond simple. Just make a phone call to the likes of VMP Performance, Lethal Performance, Team Beefcake Racing, or TPS Motorsports and could have a blower kit with all the trimmings.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The options are plentiful; be it a VMP TVS, Whipple Twin-Screw, Procharger or Vortech Centri, or a Hellion Turbo System. All of them can wring power levels out of a Gen 3 Coyote that would put a 4.6L 2V owner's jaw on the floor. If you're not used to it, that kind of power can have a quick romp on the throttle end with the car pointed in the wrong direction. The car will steer in the direction the wheels are pointed, and inexperienced drivers have a tendency to over-correct when the rear-end breaks loose. The result is often a collision with a stationary object (like a curb) or a crowd if they're leaving a car show.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have no idea what happened to the car below (which I found while browsing <a href="https://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/pts/d/west-palm-beach-2018-mustang-gt-parts/6974207590.html" target="_blank">Craig's List</a>), but it has a lot of the telltale signs of what we've been talking about. Newer car, low mileage, Whipple blower, and curb smashing'ish damage. What do you think? Have any interesting pics/vids of things going sideways on over-powered drivers? Post them up.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1601723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601727[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601728[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601730[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601729[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SID297, post: 16297558, member: 8858"] [center][b][i][size=7]Watch Out - It Can Get Away From You[/size][/i][/b] [ATTACH=full]1601724[/ATTACH][/center] High-Horsepower Mustangs and inexperienced drivers seem like a match made in the salvage yard. At least that seems to be where to pair often winds up. You know the story; someone buys more car than they can handle, they decide to put on a show, and destruction ensues. I first noticed the phenomenon becoming more common when the 2007 SVT GT500 Mustangs started hitting the lots. Those cars tended to bring a less performance experienced buyer into the showroom than the previous generation Terminator Cobras. In fact, one of the first GT500s that I remember seeing on the street nearly ended up in the wall at the Myrtle Beach Speedway during Mustang Week over a decade ago. Since then we've seen technology progress to the point that building an 800RWHP Mustang is beyond simple. Just make a phone call to the likes of VMP Performance, Lethal Performance, Team Beefcake Racing, or TPS Motorsports and could have a blower kit with all the trimmings. The options are plentiful; be it a VMP TVS, Whipple Twin-Screw, Procharger or Vortech Centri, or a Hellion Turbo System. All of them can wring power levels out of a Gen 3 Coyote that would put a 4.6L 2V owner's jaw on the floor. If you're not used to it, that kind of power can have a quick romp on the throttle end with the car pointed in the wrong direction. The car will steer in the direction the wheels are pointed, and inexperienced drivers have a tendency to over-correct when the rear-end breaks loose. The result is often a collision with a stationary object (like a curb) or a crowd if they're leaving a car show. I have no idea what happened to the car below (which I found while browsing [URL='https://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/pts/d/west-palm-beach-2018-mustang-gt-parts/6974207590.html']Craig's List[/URL]), but it has a lot of the telltale signs of what we've been talking about. Newer car, low mileage, Whipple blower, and curb smashing'ish damage. What do you think? Have any interesting pics/vids of things going sideways on over-powered drivers? Post them up. [ATTACH=full]1601723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601727[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601728[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601730[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1601729[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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