This is NOT how to do a Bullitt Mustang.

 

Lesse, didn't the original use Cobra brakes with sexy red calipers, had a recalibrated suspension, 2v 4.6 with Aluminum intake, were painted green, blue or black, didn't come with a hood scoop or wing, had different quarter window trim, 17" bullit wheels, had some chassis stiffening in the form of boxed frame rails (or sub-frame connectors if you prefer), exhaust tips and some interior trim bits and pieces. I'm not sure about any engine recalibration to run on premium fuel though????

Back then that was a pretty good departure from the standard GT, however the new car is 100% stiffer than the chassis it replaced, so I don't see why the current car would need to be braced. If Cobra brakes were good enough for the original, then why not use the Shelby brakes with sexy red calipers today? You can't significantly alter the body in the quarter window area (other than put some louvers there and create a heck of blind spot), the current car has no scoop you can delete (unless you get the retarded appearence package with the neat engine cover), you can delete the wing though (that leaves only the front and rear fascia to mess with - which may be different in the rear of the current bullitt - I can remeber). Part of what makes a Bullitt a Bullitt are the Torq Thrust style wheels. Ford uses a variation of this wheel as the standard 17" GT wheel and you can get either the 18" fanblades or polished 18" Bullitts for the GT. Chassis calibration could be unique, then again they put some pretty good development time into the FRPP packages (Multimatic did the strut/shocks for FRPP which came out of the FR500C program and that had a great deal of developlment work behind it) You could do a run of special aluminum intakes, but like the LSx engines, this current intake seems pretty good on the 3v engines (although you could swap the throttle body off of a V10 on to the V8 for giggles), the premium fuel calibration and cold air add 20hp, I dont see Ford putting 3.73's or 4.10's in any time soon, so that leaves the 3.27(if thats the current rear end) or the now optional 3.55 rear.

I'm just saying the parts are there and its easy to raid the parts bins to get the stuff to make a Bullitt (unique intake manifold aside) - especially in light of the much improved chassis

 

In 2008 I'd like to see the n/a Mustang finally be able to outrun a 98 LS1, so hopefully they do a lot more for the Bullitt than pull the spoiler off a Shelby GT and paint it green.

 

A 5.4 would do nicely, well except for the added weight of the iron block, but by 2008 you could have an all aluminum 5.4, they've built them before (although they were a bit pricey and were for Ford GT duty)

 

The car needs to be more than a "parts bin" car. The last one used only a few of these parts, and when it did, they were modified. There are also so many other "little" things that were done, like clear coating the engine compartment, which was not done on anything else but some cobras. When I first read this, I saw GT500 engine, I thought you meant including the supercharger. That's not the right direction. It shouldn't be too heavy. More than anything, it needs work on the suspension.

But please, don't make it a "parts bin car with some stickers".