Ford's FP800S Concept Is An 800 HP Christmas Gift To The Mustang GT
Key Points
- The FP800S package includes extensive performance hardware, such as an air/oil separator, upgraded half-shafts, a lowering kit, and a Ford Performance Extreme cat-back exhaust.
- Bronze accents define the exterior upgrades, with bronze R1 wheels, matching lug nuts, FP800S graphics, and a modular grille with bronze inserts.
- The package adds a long list of visual and functional enhancements—carbon-fiber aero pieces, Recaro seats, new badges, and the Ford ProCal tool—creating a fully integrated, factory-backed upgrade set.
Ford Performance is—potentially—giving Mustang buyers a new high-powered option to ponder.
The Blue Oval quietly added a new package to its Custom Garage catalog—called the FP800S Bronze Magneride Package, it takes the earlier FP800S concept shown at SEMA and brings it closer to something shoppers will be able to order—complete with a suspension upgrade, distinctive bronze trim, and a substantial bump in output from the 5.0-liter Coyote V8.
At the heart of the matter is a 3.0-liter Whipple supercharger, an upgrade expected to lift the Coyote's output to roughly 800 horsepower. Supporting hardware includes upgraded half-shafts, an air/oil separator catch can, a Ford Performance Extreme cat-back exhaust, and a lowering kit designed to work with the Mustang's Magneride dampers.
Ford says the installation won't compromise the car's factory warranty.
Aesthetically, bronze accents run the table. 19-inch bronze R1 wheels with matching lug nuts, FP800S bronze graphics, a modular grille with bronze inserts, and a Ford Performance badge set the tone up front. An Air Design gloss-black trunk applique and Ford Performance rear badge finish off the rear.
Also included are carbon mirror caps, carbon hood vents, and a splitter and spoiler stolen from the Dark Horse. Additional upgrades include wheel spats, a ProCal tool, and an FP800S keychain. Inside, Ford adds Recaro seats and a dedicated FP800S badge.
Pricing remains the one detail Ford hasn’t talked about—there’s actually no word yet on when or whether the FP800S package will even be available.
Thumbing through the Ford Performance catalog, the 3.0L Whipple blower alone costs about $10,000, meanwhile, the Ford Performance Extreme cat-back exhaust runs $3,000, and the catch can is about $700. Lowering springs are about $400, the rear spoiler is about $1,200, the upgraded half-shafts run at $2,500, and the ProCal retails for about $500
Simple arithmetic hypothetically pegs the cost of the kit somewhere in the ballpark of $20,000, but don't quote me.
We'll see what Ford decides to do, but like the 300T Maverick Concept the automaker released in November, it really doesn't seem that far off from an official release.
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But when will they totally revise the body & make it hold 4 instead of 2 with a non fastback model & simple entry level 200 hp motor & lots of exterior & full interior colors & individual options, making it affordable to most - like mustangs of the 1960s?
Most stangs back then had low power inline 6s & entry level small v8s. & p/w were not even available!