2000 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R is a Cool Car even without AC
The Cobra R was SVT's sole high-performance Ford Mustang for the 2000 model year. However, it was a truly capable offering, which was developed in cooperation with well-known aftermarket companies, including Recaro, Brembo, Eibach, BF Goodrich, and many more. The production run of the series was highly limited to just 300 examples, each of which had a hand-built SVT engine with special DOHC cylinder heads.
Speaking of the powertrain, as standard the Cobra R came with a 5.4-liter V8 generating a respectable 385 horsepower (287 kilowatts) and 385 pound-feet (522 Newton-meters) of torque. That’s the figure on paper as some independent dyno tests have shown the V8 actually produced rear-wheel output that nearly matched both of those numbers, suggesting the engine may have been underrated.
