Ford Says It Makes 500 hp, Four Different Dynos Give Four Different Results

[Junkyard Dog]

If advertised as a 500hp car it should perform as such but in reality it's a 425ish HP car and gets beaten by cars that are comparable on paper.

Could you please tell me a little more about why you say these things?

500 hp is the Dark Horse. With proper traction, it performs as a 500 horsepower car would at that car weight. With slicks, it generally runs 11.8 - 12.2, depending on conditions at the track.

The 486 horsepower GT does, as well.

With stock OEM tires and no traction, on a non-optimum weather day, plenty of these cars are knocking down e.t. in the low 12s. See here:

https://www.mustang7g.com/forums/threads/2024-gt-vs-2024-dark-horse-1-4-mile-drag-strip-race.158559/

I would be interested in hearing why you do not believe that is so.

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[robvas]

Could you please tell me a little more about why you say these things?

I would be interested in hearing why you do not believe that is so.

Probably because 500hp BMW's have been tested in the 1/4 mile and they are significantly faster than the DH

503-hp twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six. the quarter-mile passes in 11.0 seconds at 124 mph

When you stick them on the dyno though, you can see the BMW is underrated

 

[ChitownStang]

Not really, but most believe that they underrate their horsepower figures. Whether that is true, I do not know, but nobody is going to sue BMW for fraud if they discover the car has more horsepower than advertised.

Very true.
Example, an M2 with less HP pulls hard on a Mustang in many videos
Also I’ve seen it dyno’s at advertised HP

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