Boss 429 Mustang Quarter Mile
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Boss 429 mustang quarter mile. Mustang boss 429 is the fastest by a small margin. Ford won the scca trans am championship in 1967 courtesy of carroll shelby s terlingua racing team. Data for the car edition of the year 1969 since april 1969 for north america u s. This article on the 1969 ford mustang boss 302 1969 ford mustang boss 429 and 1971 ford mustang boss 351 originally appeared in the winter 2010 issue of motor trend classic.
I would guess that the 375 gross horsepower in the boss 429 equates to maybe 275 290 in modern net horsepower. Speed vs rpm graph. With such a low rpm limit the 429 boss was able to hit 30 mph in 3 2 seconds 60 mph in 7 1 seconds and 100 mph in 13 6 seconds. Muscle car fans thought the 1969 ford mustang boss 429 would be the mustang to finally rival the best of the corvettes.
Of course nowadays even a brand new v6 accelerates as fast as the fabled big block 385 series boss 429. 4 279 5 kw 380 ps 375 hp. All specifications performance and fuel economy data of ford mustang boss 429 279 5 kw 380 ps 375 hp edition of the year 1970 since september 1969 for north america u s including acceleration times 0 60 mph 0 100 mph 0 100 km h 0 200 km h quarter mile time top speed mileage and fuel economy power to weight ratio dimensions drag coefficient etc. The quarter mile on a stock setup came in 14 09 seconds with a speed around 102 mph.
But ford never intended the boss 429 as a street dominator or as any kind of drag racing threat. Ford mustang boss 429 0 60 mph 0 100 kph quarter mile 1 4 mile and 31 other acceleration times. Accelerations 1 4 mile time and top speed for 1969 ford mustang boss 429 man. They were disappointed when it wasn t.