In stock form, our 272,000-mile SSP stick coupe laid down 226 hp and 270 lb-ft to the tires on its Mustang dyno. Torque production was stout, but the show was over above 4,500 rpm—it was out of ...

The Ford Mustang Special Service package—or SSP—was the fancy descriptor used ... Beyond its eye-popping (for a four-banger) dyno sheet, however, the Mustang SVO was also considerably lighter ...

Now, Ford—along with Jay Leno—has thrown it back to the era of the Mustang SSP police cruisers with a modern interpretation to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Needless to say, it’s a bit ...

One of the very first Ford Mustang SSP prototypes ever built will be offered for sale in early January and may sell for six figures. It is just about as cool as police cars get. The Mustang SSP ...

Notorious camshaft issues prompted the California Highway Patrol to pick the Mustang over it for law enforcement, which brings us to the SSP that was ... along with Ford Performance shorty headers ...

2008 Ford Mustang GT Coupe The idea behind the Ford Mustang SSP was both simple and brilliant: start with a Fox body Mustang, strip it down, and turn it into a fast cop car. SSP stands for Special ...

Ford Mustangs are nearly synonymous with power, but there was a time when the pony car had as much strength as a Twizzler sitting in the sun. The third-generation was produced from 1978 through ...

We decided to take our original 5.0L High Output engine to Westech Performance and see just how well Ford did with its assembly of the last Mustang pushrod V-8. The dyno testing of our Ford was ...

The Coyote V8 is rated by Ford at 480 horsepower ... It had the opportunity to strap a 2024 Mustang GT Convertible with the 10-speed automatic transmission onto a dyno. Naturally, this is a ...

With S650 Mustangs starting to arrive at Ford dealerships ... makes a dyno test like this a bit trickier, as seventh gear is the 1:1 ratio. In the case of a convertible Mustang such as this ...