Teenager Allegedly Busted Hitting 208mph In A Mustang

Although the 2011 Mustang shouldn't do more than 155mph in factory condition, one American teen has been caught doing 208mph - but we're a bit dubious about that

Matt Kimberley

16 Nov 2016

Teenager Allegedly Busted Hitting 208mph In A Mustang

A 19-year-old kid in Oklahoma has – apparently – been caught driving at 208mph in a 2011 Ford Mustang. No, we’re not sure either.

Local news outlet kfor.com is reporting that a state trooper pulled teenage Hector Fraire over after first clocking his Mustang at 176mph and then 208mph. The lad allegedly tried to escape the police by hitting the gas and turning all his lights off – including, so the story claims, his brake lights. Hmmm.

Arrested for reckless driving and ‘felony eluding’, the one question we’d really like to ask is how the hell he managed to get any 2011 pony car to hit 208mph. We’d want the trooper’s speed gun testing, for starters…

Most V8 Mustangs of that era are limited to 155mph, but some owners take the reins off. Jalopnik speculates that the 2011 car’s derestricted top speed would be about 170mph at the absolute most, and even the later GT500 model from 2013 would only reach 189mph.

If that car was well short of 200mph despite its 662bhp, how much power would Fraire’s have needed to hit 208mph on the street? Would the Mustang’s barn-door aerodynamics even allow it with less than 1000bhp?

Either the trooper’s equipment is wrong or it’s one of the most powerful Mustangs ever built. If it’s the latter, he’d undoubtedly have had some serious danger to his manifold.

Comments

Oklahoma eh? This isn’t much of a surprise since we have some people who knows their builds if it requires a V8 or such (compliment). I know because I live here, but I believe he was caught and was arrested.

This was caught right here in home boys, 2jz_jc MichaelHaley Bom493

I read about that. He must have some serious power under the hood.
On my way to school, theres a mustang with slicks in the back and I floored it and I was going 120 and the dude just passed me like nothing. That guys mustang is crazy fast. so, mustangs can go pretty fast. however, Hennessy barely hit 205 mph with 750hp. so the kid must have more power

The news said he was part of a racing group down here in Oklahoma, they tend to heavily mod their vehicles.

Yeah this is BS, you can’t get a mustang anywhere near that without running a crowd of people over.

you’re forgetting he put a cone filter on it ;)

Although ive never done it, I have friends with gt500’s go past 200 mph bone stock. I bet if you ad 300 hp to a stock Gt mustang it can acheive the same thing no problem. These cars are no joke, but people always seem to underestimate em.