Roush and Ford Performance have teamed up to develop
a bespoke supercharger kit for 2018-2019 Ford Mustang GTs that pumps out
GT500-rivalling levels of power. The supercharger kit, dubbed the R2650, can be ordered through either
Roush or Ford Performance and is street legal for all 50 states in the U.S.
It comes with a three-year, 58,000 km warranty, and
at US$ 7699, is very reasonably priced.
Ford and Roush developed the supercharger kit to
work exclusively with the Mustang’s 5.0-liter naturally-aspirated V8. In
standard guise, this engine pumps out 435 hp and 542 Nm of torque,
which is enough for most people. But for those who crave Shelby GT500 levels of
performance this supercharger kit is the perfect solution, if you can’t or
won’t stretch to the Shelby.
The supercharger offers up 2.65-liters of positive
displacement and runs at 12 PSI. Consequently, it delivers an impressive 700 hp
and 827 Nm of torque, numbers once reserved for very expensive, and
exclusive, supercars.
To keep the engine and supercharger cool, an
all-aluminum intercooler and full-face radiator have been developed alongside
high-capacity degas bottles and a separate reservoir. According to Roush, the
R2650 Supercharger has spent hundreds of hours on the dyno and seen more than
17 million wide-open-throttle cycles while consistently delivering in excess of
700 hp.
The kit has been developed for both manual and
automatic-equipped 2018-2019 Mustang GTs and comes with all the hardware for
installation. However, it must be installed by a Ford dealer or an Automotive
Service Excellence-certified technician, or else the warranty is void.
