The New 1400bhp, All-Electric Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Will Run An 8sec Quarter

The latest version of the Mustang Cobra Jet is all-electric and astonishingly powerful
The New 1400bhp, All-Electric Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Will Run An 8sec Quarter

The Ford Mustang Cobra Jet has more than 50 years of history behind it. Throughout all that time, the agenda has remained pretty much unchanged: fat drag-racing slicks, beefed-up parts and high-power V8s.

As a sign of just how seriously Ford is taking EVs, however, the latest Cobra Jet turn-key dragster has dropped the traditional eight-cylinder engine for a battery pack. A big one, at that.

The New 1400bhp, All-Electric Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Will Run An 8sec Quarter

We don’t have any technical details yet, but the hardware must be serious, as the new Cobra Jet is good for nearly 1400bhp and 1100lb ft of torque. It’s difficult to achieve those kinds of numbers without using an extremely heavy battery pack, but there’s enough power to catapult the MLe Racecars-built machine down the quarter-mile in around eight seconds. Ford reckons it’ll cross the line at about 170mph.

The New 1400bhp, All-Electric Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Will Run An 8sec Quarter

All the key details are here, including big drag radials at the rear and skinny ‘front runners’ at the other end, a wheelie bar and a parachute. Although there’s no mention of it in the press release, there’s what sounds like a gear shift in the video below, indicating the use of a two-speed transmission.

For now, that’s all we know. Ford will be spilling the beans later this year when the Cobra Jet 1400 has its full reveal.

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Speaking about the new Mustang CJ, boss of ‘Ford Icons’ Dave Pericak, who looks after all of the company’s legendary nameplates, said:

“Electric powertrains give us a completely new kind of performance and the all-electric Cobra Jet 1400 is one example of pushing new technology to the absolute limit. We’re excited to showcase what’s possible in an exciting year when we also have the all-electric Mustang Mach-E joining the Mustang family.”

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Comments

675LT_ftw

Delete this..

Angry Mustang fanboys will be here in a moment 😂😂

04/23/2020 - 12:18 |
10 | 2

Already here. It needs a V8. Lol.

04/23/2020 - 13:42 |
18 | 2
Tomislav Celić

I want one

04/23/2020 - 12:53 |
4 | 0
LamboV10

1400 bhp?

“Nice!”

8 Sec 1/4 Mile?

“Amazing!”

All-Electric?

“My disappointement is immesurable and my day is ruined”

04/23/2020 - 13:08 |
34 | 8
Neco Arc

Therapist: Electric Cobra Jet isn’t real. It can’t hurt you.

Electric Cobra Jet:

04/23/2020 - 13:12 |
14 | 0
Anonymous

🤦‍♂️

04/23/2020 - 14:49 |
4 | 2
Robert Gracie

Sweet mother of god…..that car is pure evil…..where are the Winchesters to exorcise this demonic creation!

04/23/2020 - 15:23 |
2 | 12
Yert

People can reject it all they want but electric is the future of cars and honestly this car is awesome

04/23/2020 - 15:27 |
24 | 14
DG65425

In reply to by Yert

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04/23/2020 - 16:40 |
14 | 22
Anonymous

In reply to by Yert

no it’s not

04/24/2020 - 10:38 |
4 | 4
Anonymous

There is a joke in there somewhere about it being silent to sneak up on crowds.

04/23/2020 - 15:38 |
2 | 10
B-To

The question here is: would be ‘fair’ to race against fuel powered cars? Or this means the beginning of a new category

04/23/2020 - 16:16 |
10 | 0
Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by B-To

New category obviously, if they become more common and if they’re raced professionally.

They classify everything, so it’ll be interesting to see where it’ll be positioned. Probably some derivation of Super Stock (Electric Super Stock?).

04/23/2020 - 18:32 |
10 | 0
RWB Dude

Lee Iacocca and Shelby are definitely rolling in there graves rn smh

04/23/2020 - 17:09 |
2 | 2

I doubt it. Their goals were always as much power as possible and savvy engineering to make it happen. An electric drive-train is both of those things.

04/24/2020 - 08:59 |
4 | 0