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I like the California Special lettering, I don't know about the blue conduit and tape though.
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Close-up of the custom blue fire painted pony.
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Close-up of the GT/CS side stripe and wheels. It just started to rain when I took this photo.
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This 2008 Mustang FR500S has Red and Blue racing stripes as well as a rear spoiler, bolted on rear quarter panel windows, and performance gas cap door. The Mustang FR500S starts with a Mustang GT and the 4.6L V8 engine but has improved handling, improved aerodynamics, DOT approved racing tires, and engine upgrades to 325hp.
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This photo shows the baselevel exterior along with two additional option packages from Ford Racing including the Cobra Jet FR500CJ.
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The FR500S Mustang was designed by Ford Racing and Miller Motorsports for the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge series and featured Ford's all aluminum 4.6L V8 engine rated at 325HP. This 2008 Performance White FR500S was at the 2010 Mustang Club of America Grand Nationals car show in Bellevue, Washington. It has a Ford Racing window net, Ford Racing rear wing, and BFGoodrich tires (g-Force R1 DOT Race Tires, 245/40-ZR18).
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Left side view of a Performance White 2008 Mustang FR500S. The FR500S is not street legal and is therefore not given a DOT VIN, but a unique Ford Racing number is assigned. These cars are all build in Flat Rock, Michigan as a standard Mustang, but with Ford Racing options. For Ford, the 500S is the first race car built on its standard production line.
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The interior shows a Ford Racing window net; Sparco Racing Driver's seat with 6-point safety harness; and a full FIA, Grand-Am, SCCA and NASA spec roll cage.
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The interior sports an AIM sensor data acquisition system mounted over the Sparco removable steering wheel, FR500S dash plate with switches which operate the various things that were removed from the steering column like ignition, lights, and wipers.
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Close-up of the AIM data display which has enough data to replace the speedometer, tachometer, temperature, boost, pressure, etc. You can also see the custom switch plate with switches labeled for ignition on, AIM on, wiper on, wiper high/low and beam high/low. The upper center red button says Start Engine.
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Here is a close-up of the center dash controls and Ford Racing short throw shifter.
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The engine of the 2008 Mustang FR500S is an all aluminum, SOHC, 3 valve per cylinder, fuel-injected V8; with a displacement of 4.6 liters, 90.2 x 90.0 mm bore/stroke; 9.8:1 in/mm compression ratio; delivering 325 horsepower. Other power modifications from Ford Racing includes dual-pass racing radiator, 90mm gold-air intake kit, front strut tower stiffener, Sachs adjustable coil-over front dampers, Sachs adjustable rear dampers with remote reservoirs, sway bars, driveshaft safety hoops, 6-speed transmission, 3:73:1 rear end ratio, Torsen Racing differential, 14" Brembo brakes with racing pads and race-calibrated ABS, recalibrated PCM to 320hp, Borla exhaust with long-tube headers and converter delete pipes and crossover pipe, mufflers, rack and pinion steering unit, and power brake booster/master cylinder.
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Here are some of the front fender advertising and a bit of the Shelby 500GT wheels.
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Rear fender graphics and Ford Racing rear spoiler. In the background image, you can see the Ford Racing front splitter.
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View of the Miller Cup, Ford Racing rear decklid badge.
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Check out this Silver 2008 Warriors In Pink V6 Mustang convertible. This car has pink rocker stripes, a pink ribbon on the front fenders, and pink stitching on the black seats. It was on display at in East Peoria, Illinois at a 2010 Mustang and Ford car show.
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These were also known as "Mustang Sally". They were all V6 cars in either the coupe or convertible. You could get them in silver, white, or black.
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The 2008 Warrior In Pink (WIP) Mustang has this pink ribbon pony emblem on the front fender. They also came with the pink rocker stripes.
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The engine is a V6. This one has a CIA and some dress-up items. It has pink Mustang script on the engine intake cover.
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Performance White 2008 Mustang GT with Ford Racing graphics and wheels at the 2010 Mustang Club of America Grand Nationals in Bellevue, Washington. The FR500S race version is just visible in the background graphic.
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