Hennessey Venom 1200 Ford Mustang GT500 with +1.200 hp!

Thomas Wachsmuth 28 October 2022 -> Cars from AZ, -> Tuner from AZ, Ford, Hennessey performance, Premium vehicles, Videos

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Recently updated on February 15, 2023 at 01:58 am

Almost every day, a wide variety of manufacturers bring new models onto the market, some of which are fortunately still based on good old combustion engines. The vehicles are often available in different performance levels and after a short time there are first ones from various providers Tuning kits and performance gains. That's the normal process. Rare vehicles are not quite as "normal". Alpina, Ariel, KTM, Shelby & Co. They are usually always excellently motorized and require "normalerweis to“No additional service. And in our opinion, this applies in particular to the Shelby GT500 to. With an insane 760 hp (771 hp) and 847 Nm of torque, the pony car is already abnormally powerful ex works and the gearbox, the drive shafts and the tires are supposedly already at the limit. But John Hennessey still sees potential in every respect and provides proof that there are still enough reserves!

Hennessey Venom 1200

The potential that Hennessey sees leaves scope for an insane 444 hp (450 hp) ADDITIONALLY. Curtain up for the Hennesey Venom 1200 Mustang GT500, as an extremely modified version of the Shelby GT500. The muscle car with the Cobra in the radiator grille represents the Basic for the 1200 upgrade, which, by the way, is again a whopping amount at the vehicle price 59.950 US Dollars costs. That is, the standard $500 GT79.420 with seven-speed dual-clutch transmission adds up to that Tuning from $59.950 to a whopping $139.370.

There is a lot of money, but if you equip yourself well in this country with an Alpina B5, a BMW M5, a Mercedes E63 AMG or an Audi RS7, then you can easily get into this region or even beyond. But then you are NOT the boss of 1.204 hp (1.221 hp) and 1.223 Nm of torque, but roughly by half.

The performance of a super athlete!

However, the Venom 1200 only delivers the brutal key data if it is also included E85 fuel is operated. Unfortunately, there are no key data on the acceleration values so far. However, since the GT500 has already been measured by Car & Driver in 6,9 seconds from 0-100 mph (0-161 km/h) and completed the quarter mile (402 meters) in just 11,3 seconds in this test, it should be clear be what with scarce 450 hp in addition is feasible. Merely the still existing one rear-wheel drive should cloud the effectiveness of the additional performance a little. Because no matter how well balanced all the fun is, 1200 horsepower on the rear axle in a front-engine vehicle just can't be fully converted into propulsion effectively. Incidentally, Hennessey only wants to build 66 vehicles than Venom 1200 and each one gets a numbered one plaque and model specific Emblems donated.

the paint job alone costs $4.950

The customer also has the option of purchasing the vehicle with the one shown in the pictures Painting to order, whose red, white and black scheme is inspired by the colors worn by the Ford GT40 at the 24 1966 Hours of Daytona. However, this optic alone costs money 4.950 US Dollars. Incidentally, every car becomes one power measurement before it leaves the Hennessey workshop in Texas to ensure it produces the performance it promises.

There is even a one-year guarantee (maximum 12.000 miles/19.000 km). We have listed the details of the conversion below. If we get more information about the changes, there is of course an update for this report. You will be informed about this if you simply use our Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!

MUSTANG GT500 Venom 1200 UPGRADES

1.204 hp at 7600 rpm.
1.223 NM torque at 5200 rpm.

3,8-liter compressor system
improved intercooler
High-Flow Air Induction Upgrade (Intake)

Heavy-duty Supercharger belt
High flow injectors
billet fuel pump

modified fuel line and fittings
heavy duty tensioner
Intercooler cooling brick

plus all changes from the Venom 1000 kit

MUSTANG GT500 Venom 1000 UPGRADES

Air/Oil Separation System
Flex fuel engine calibration (chip tuning)

new transmission software
Hennessey emblems
Venom 1200 emblems

sequentially numbered plaque
1 year / 12.000 miles limited warranty
900 hp with 93 octane petrol, 1200 hp require E85

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