When you nickname an engine the Terminator, it has to have enough performance to justify the aggressive name, and the 2003 and 2004 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra has all the muscle of a T-800 hunting for John Connor. It packs a 4.6-liter supercharged V8 with a factory rating of 390 horsepower (291 kilowatts) and 390 pound-feet (529 Newton-meters) of torque. This video from Late Model Restoration shows that those numbers are underrated.
Late Model Restoration‘s car is a 2003 Cobra 10th Anniversary Edition with a mere 2,476 miles (3,985 kilometers) on the odometer. It’s completely stock. The vehicle is in pristine condition, and they only take the muscle car out on the road on nice days.
The 10th Anniversary Edition was a 2003 package that celebrated a decade of SVT Mustangs. They featured different wheels and red brake calipers. Inside,…