Ford Racing hard at work...

Hemi Moose · 03-26-2012, 04:35 PM

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Ford Racing is hard at work getting the new 2013 Mustang Cobra Jet race cars inserted into the first production month at Flat Rock, MI. With the 2013 Mustangs due to show up on dealer lots soon, Ford wants the Cobra Jet on the strips this spring around the country.

The run of 50 Cobra Jet production began this week. Brand new bodies were shipped just down the road to Watson Engineering in Taylor, MI to have some in-depth modifications done. There the body structures are lightened by removing several non-structural sections of sheet metal.
In the photos you can see the rear package trays, under hood structure, inner fender and cowl sections and under rook skin gussets chopped out to save weight. The addition of the multi-point roll cage not only makes up for the removed structures, but adds critical safety to what will become a bullet on wheels.

The roll cage is made of 4130 Chrome-Moly tubing and is 8.5 second ET legal for the NHRA. Once work is done at Watson, the bodies will be shipped back to the line at Flat Rock to be completed. There, the supercharged Ford Racing Cobra Jet engines will be installed along with all the electronics, fuel, braking and suspension systems alongside the rest of the 2013 Mustangs. We will bring you reports as the build progresses.

http://www.themustangnews.com/conten...-build-begins/

Chad Rhodes · 03-26-2012, 04:45 PM

Those look like road race cages

Charlie A · 03-27-2012, 03:13 PM

Straight line running or turning corners, it's been a long time since the factory cars were this out in the open and available, even in limited numbers, to the public.

ALMACK · 03-27-2012, 03:57 PM

Cool pics.

davidhuff · 03-27-2012, 05:11 PM

Great pictures of race cars being built by Americans for Americans.

rawhide · 03-27-2012, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

Those look like road race cages

Ford also build runs of 50 road race Boss 302S race cars and they might be using the same roll cage.
Roland

rocknrolla · 03-27-2012, 08:48 PM

Ford Racing had their engineers look at ways to work in the design of the Boss 302R and Boss 302S road race roll cage in to the 2013 Cobra Jet cage design.

Where are the COPO camaro build photos?

goinbroke2 · 03-28-2012, 06:17 AM

obama hasn't released them yet, he has a few more countries to opologise to first.

Was that a dirty jab?.....naw obama motors deserves it. Wonder if he'll appoint a "racing czar"? Then he can pick winners and losers in racing too...and GE can build the cars in China....

Awesome photo's though! The 60's are back! The factories building racecars and you don't have to wait for a monthly magazine to see them 3 months later!

GO FORD!!!

Hemi Moose · 03-28-2012, 02:50 PM

Can any Ford experts here elaborate on the power-train going into these Mustangs once they are shipped back to the Ford production line...

rocknrolla · 03-28-2012, 05:01 PM

5.0L Ti-VCT Supercharged Cobra Jet Engine

5.0L Ti-VCT Naturally Aspirated Cobra Jet Engine

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