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At a casual glance there’s little to separate the V8 in the new 2018 Ford Mustang from that in its predecessor. Oh, sure, outputs increase from 306kW at 6500rpm and 530Nm at 4250rpm to 339kW at 7000rpm and 556Nm at 4600rpm, suggesting some fiddling has gone on, but on paper it looks as though you’re sampling the same old 5.0-litre Coyote. Not quite. Switching to plasma-coated bored from traditional cylinder liners increased disp…

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It’s been about a year since we first sampled a Herrod Performance Ford Mustang and in the intervening 12 months around 120 examples have left Herrod’s Thomastown headquarters.By Scott Newman - MOTOR MagazineIt seems Aussie punters are pretty keen on the idea of a fully ADR-complied, hassle-free 500kW+ muscle car for well under six figures – who would’ve thought?We’re revisiting the concept because Herrod’s latest test car is fitted with a number…

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Ingall vs LonghurstThe challenge was set from one Bathurst winner to another at Australia’s Greatest boatyard – Tony Longhurst’s The Boat Works on the Gold Coast. Russell ‘The Enforcer’ Ingall laid down the challenge to take on ‘The Boss’ on his home turf! The bet was to see if Ingall’s red rocket Supercharged Mustang can successfully haul out of the water Longhurst’s Hybrid Catamaran – Australia’s fastest cruising multihull…a tough challenge –…

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Russell Ingall shows off his new Herrod Performance Ford MustangScott Newman - MOTOR MagazineRussell Ingall likes his cars with an American flavour.The 2005 Supercar champion and two-time Bathurst 1000 winner has proudly shown off his new toy on social media, a Ford Mustang tuned by the folks at Herrod Performance, while his previous ride was a modified Chevrolet Camaro converted by Performax.According to Ingall, the Mustang will hit the tra…

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MOTOR Magazine tests the Herrod Performance Ford Mustang GT David Morley - MOTOR Magazine It’s a pretty bleak sort of June day up at Heathcote Park Raceway. A damp fog is still clinging to the higher hills and even though the sun is trying to cheer me up directly overhead, it’s a mean, watery sort of sunshine. Like a cake let down by too-thin icing. Weather-girl/celebrity chef stuff out of the way, this also means the Heat…

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