SEMA: ROUSH Reactor Mustang
From concept sketch to reality, we bring you the ROUSH Reactor Mustang. We knew this would be a killer car, but honestly it's even better than we thought in person. The olive drab paint color that covers the car's carbon fiber body panels is a nice detour away from the Highlighter Yellow and Orange colors that so many cars are wearing at SEMA this year. The Ringbrothers who built the car removed the drip rails and door handles so that those expanses of colored carbon fiber could be better viewed. The matte six-spoke wheels continue the muted color scheme and the lip on those rear rims is too wide to believe. The engine is Roush's new show-n-go 427 R crate motor that produces 552 horsepower and 535 ft-lbs. of torque, but still looks good enough to win awards under that vented hood. While there are Mustangs in attendance at the SEMA show that have more powerful engines and more sensational modifications (the Obsidian comes to mind), we'd be hard pressed to find one as well done as the Reactor. Good luck to its owner in winning the Good Guys Street Machine of the Year Award.
Follow the jump for more pics of the ROUSH Reactor Mustang.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Spaceweasel 7:20PM (11/02/2006)
I kind of like the roll hoops behind the seats, but why on earth would you go to all that trouble and expense to create billet window-hole grills and not have windows there? Muscle car enthusiasts need outward visibility, too!
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Juan 7:10PM (11/02/2006)
That is a gorgeous color scheme. The only other time I saw olive drab and matte black combined, it was on a Jeep. I never thought it'd transfer over to a Mustang well, but there it is.
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RC 7:18PM (11/02/2006)
wow this is awesome, the ringbrothers make some ridiculously nice cars.
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Dr1v3r 7:14PM (11/02/2006)
That is cool. I could see that I a superhero's ride.
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Andy 7:47PM (11/02/2006)
I must admit that it's nice. But can't we get away from the '67 and '68 fastbacks? They're like the '69 Camaros and 1969-70 Chargers--overblown.
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Richard Vialoux 7:46PM (11/02/2006)
Holy huge back window batman. It looks like my kitchen window.. lol, i wish that was my kitchen window..
bravo to a job well done. foose never lets us down :)
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Rmi 8:18PM (11/02/2006)
Maybe it's just me but... 1/10 of the cardomain posts are about Mustangs?
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Hamud 9:06PM (11/02/2006)
Fantastic. Very well done indeed.
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Dubbedinenglish 10:33PM (11/02/2006)
Autoblog,
You guys have are doing an great job covering SEMA...Please go to the WMS Racing booth and take some picks of their Vanquish Powered Mustang. PLEASE
Pics of build here
http://www.svtoa.ca/cutecast/cutecast.pl?session=N7EhAPsqrbhIxbMgGUdvCoFdvE&forum=14&thread=1623&page=1
WMS Racing site here
http://www.wmsracing.com/wmsweb/vpproject.htm
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Fred Flintstone 11:02PM (11/02/2006)
Kinda gawdy for my taste.
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pow 11:59PM (11/02/2006)
these old mustangs manage to look better than any '06 does
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Cheezedog 1:39AM (11/03/2006)
Wow... Im actually impressed... I normaly hate fords... Read the really long comment...
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/02/video-14-year-old-crashes-dads-gt500/
But this is nicely done as far a cars go... Its tasteful, and in my favorete colors...
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Some Dipshit 2:05AM (11/03/2006)
don't block me..... I will be heard
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Jim 7:08AM (11/03/2006)
The interior's kinda goofy-looking.
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UK-KID 9:27AM (11/03/2006)
OKAY
Now this I LIKE
Its the Level of work that went into Creating this Vehicle that makes it look so Appealing to Me.
Chip Foos ***** (5 Star Rating in my Opinion)
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UK-KID 9:27AM (11/03/2006)
Shoud Read:
Chip Foose ***** (5 Star Rating)
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mary m 4:52PM (11/03/2006)
sorry...chip foose had nothing to do with this one. this was done by Doug Hoppe from Iowa and the Ring Brothers from Wisconsin. It's sweeeeet!
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Jeremy 6:37PM (11/13/2006)
Such a sick build, I found a sweet video of the car along with an interview with Mike Ring.
http://webridestv.com/movie_v2.aspx?movieid=65
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Nick Chandler 3:29PM (11/14/2006)
Please change this to the Ring Brother's Reactor mustang, roush did nothing to build this car. They helped display it.
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Nick Chandler 10:17PM (11/14/2006)
and doug hoppie is the OWNER of the car. Great guy! http://www.ringbrothers.com THE BUILDERS! God it drives me insane there is no way to email these guys to fix this!
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