Since its victorious introduction at the NHRA Winternationals in 1968, Ford’s Cobra Jet Mustang has created a legacy of power, performance and triumph.

The 40th Anniversary 2008 Cobra Jet Mustang lived up to the legend of the original, duplicating the NHRA Winternationals victory in 2009 and dominating drag strips across the land.

Today, Ford Racing unveiled the 2010 Cobra Jet Mustang at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show, which marks the continued evolution of the CJ as a factory-produced turnkey race car. In honor of the SEMA introduction, Ford Racing built and unveiled a one-of-a-kind “SEMA Special” silver Cobra Jet complete with a charcoal Cobra Jet graphics package. “The 2008 Cobra Jet was a great car, it did everything we wanted it to do,” said Brian Wolfe, director, Ford North American Motorsports. “We’re really proud of the car, but then again we’re always trying to make the next one better.

“With the 2010 Cobra Jet, we had the luxury of a longer development cycle and the result is absolutely stunning. Where the 2008 Cobra Jet was an extremely potent starting point for NHRA Stock competition, the 2010 will enhance the car further. We are all excited to see the new Cobra Jet in competition.”

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With all good things that have come, there are the good ones that didn’t. As the new Ford 5.0 “Coyote” and the larger 6.2 “Boss” V8 engines are being unveiled the writing is on the wall for the Ford “modular” engine family. The 4.6 and 5.4 liter SOHC and DOHC V8’s will soon be fading into the history books next to the Windsor small-block V8’s, the Clevelands, and the big-block FE’s.

The 6.8 liter SOHC 3-Valve V-10 will soldier on for a short time as it has become a favorite for commercial truck chassis and industrial uses. The V-10 can be found in many gasoline and natural gas powered motor homes, panel vans, shuttles, and Super Duty commercial trucks. You can even find them in some residential and commercial generators too.

This brings us to pay homage to perhaps what might have been the top-dog of the modular engine family had it ever been produced. We are talking about the 4-Valve DOHC V-10 high performance engine. The aluminum block four-valve variant of the V-10 never made it to the showrooms though the high performance gurus within Ford’s SVT “skunk works” sure tried to get it there. This is evidenced by the fact variations of this engine were campaigned in not one, not two, but three concept cars in a three year period between 2003 and 2005.

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Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords magazine provided editorial coverage of one of the first ProCharger HO Intercooled Supercharger System installations onto the re-designed 2010 Mustang GT. Long-time Mustang restyling and ProCharger dealer, Classic Design Concepts, had a bright red Mustang GT that just screamed “more power” and ProCharger obliged.

For the newest version of Ford’s venerable pony car, ProCharger offers two complete systems: an HO Intercooled and Stage II Intercooled. The HO Intercooled system provides a P-1SC-1 head unit, a three-core air-to-air intercooler, a ProFlow bypass valve, 39.5-lb/hr fuel injectors, an upgraded in-tank fuel pump, a Diablosport Predator handheld tuner loaded with ProCharger’s custom tuneup, and all of the necessary tubing to connect the supercharger to the throttle body.

Check out ProCharger’s industry-leading and most comprehensive Mustang supercharger lineup in the industry here, and follow this link to the online installation article.

And when you’re ready to take your 2010 or earlier Mustang to the next level, look no further than ProCharger: the ULTIMATE Mustang Power Adder!

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