The McLaren F1 supercar and Tesla Model S P85D sedan can both do 0 to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds. But they're not fast, not really.
Not when there's an electric car that will do 0 to 60 in less than 2 seconds.
That car is a 1968 Ford Mustang converted to electric power with the "Zombie 222" package developed by tuner Mitch Medford.
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Medford hopes to make a business of converting classic American muscle cars into electric drag racers, and this Mustang makes a pretty effective ad for the concept.
It recently achieved a claimed 0 to 60 mph time of 1.94 seconds, along with a best quarter-mile time of 10.24 seconds at 140.8 mph, according to Hemmings.
The quarter-mile time was recorded during a recent session at San Antonio Dragway, and the 0 to 60 time was calculated from it using the Wallace Racing Calculator.
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1968 Ford Mustang
Medford claims the car's two electric motors produce over 800 horsepower and 1,800 pound-feet of torque together.
Now that the Mustang has shown what it can do on the drag strip, Medford is going for outright speed.
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He took the car to the Texas Mile, where cars compete to achieve the highest top speed over a straight mile course.
The Mustang achieved 174.2 mph, beating the previous record for a street-legal electric car of 155 mph. Medford hopes changes to the car's gearing will allow it to reach 200 mph at the next Texas Mile event in October.
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1968 Ford Mustang
The car was developed in collaboration with longtime electric drag racer John Wayland.
Wayland's "White Zombie"--a 1972 Datsun 1200--has been destabilizing the Internet for some time, recording a best 0 to 60 time of 1.8 seconds, and a quarter mile time of 10.25 seconds at 123.7 mph.
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If the Zombie 222 Mustang seems like your ideal car, Medford and company will build a copy for $125,000--assuming a suitable donor car can be found.
There are also less-extreme conversions starting at $50,000.
The look on supercar owners' faces when they get passed by an old American muscle car with a near-silent electric powertrain will be priceless, though.
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