Ethanol-powered Mustang reaches 252 mph
Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Ford, Green Daily
Photo from NewsOK
Want to prove that ponies like ethanol? Give Oklahoma corn farmer Brent Hajek a call. He helped get a FR500C Ford Mustang running on E85 up to 252.78 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats is Utah back in September. The record-setting drive (well, almost. It still needs to be duplicated to make the books) handily beat the previous record of 246 mph. The Mustang used a 5.4L Ford GT block, heads and various performance parts from Ford Racing, but that sort of support was not a given. NewsOK reports that there was little enthusiasm for the Mustang record attempt until Hajek suggested using the corn-based fuel. Once the biofuel was part of the plan, they [Ford] were hooked."
There's a video of the event -rocking guitar soundtrack and all - after the jump. For more alt-fuel Mustangs, check out these biodiesel and electric versions.
[Source: NewsOK via Domestic Fuel]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-02-2009 @ 10:57PM
Mike G said...
Yeah, you can probably somehow get a lawn mower to go 100 mph on Jack Daniels, too, but no one's asking for that to happen.
If they made a Mustang hybrid that was fast and got 30 mpg, that would be exciting.
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1-02-2009 @ 11:08PM
BoneHeadOtto said...
thats pretty impressive since the mustang is about as aerodynamic as a scion xB.
I wonder if they have calculated how many starving people could have been fed with the corn consumed to produce the Ethanol used in this run.
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