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Today I went to Leo's house to take apart, check, then regrease my Cougar halfshafts and found this sitting in his driveway. No sooner do I get out of my truck then he asks if I want to go for a ride, to which of course I reply with "Hell yeah!" Inside it looks just like a regular Mustang Cobra, except it has a 5-speed instead of the standard 6. Once we get out on the open road he punches it and the boost gauge pegs at 21 psi while I get light headed (and he misses third). Obviously not a stock Cobra. I open the glove box and see it's registered as the Mustang Terminator Coupe, and find out it has over 600hp to the wheels. Leo is fortunate enough to be working on a part for the car so he got to drive it around for the weekend. We took off a layer of rubber and returned to the shop for my halfshaft work which quickly required another ride in the 600hp parts-getter for halfshaft clamps. The engine was quite impressive with the entire upper-end of the V8 rebuilt to handle the high boost. Even though breaking the tires free in 4th gear is cool, I'm sticking with my slightly safer front wheel drive car that doesn't spinout at the tap of the gas. Here's a front seat ride.