Two historic names in Ford Performance come together in the 2007 Ford Mustang Roush Drag Pak recently sold on eBay.
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Drag Pak History
Jack Roush is a legend. Today, he is the chief executive of Roush Enterprises and co-owner of NASCAR-championship-winning Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing.
Roush’s automotive performance career began in the 1960s when he was a Ford engine development engineer. He started racing in the early 1970s—winning 32 championships and more than 500 races as a driver and team principal in drag, sports car, and stock car racing. Roush founded Roush Performance Engineering in 1976, the first of many racing- and performance-related businesses that bear his name.
Roush Performance evolved from that first venture. It has built high-powered Mustangs, F-150s, and other specialty Ford vehicles since 1995.
Ford’s Drag Pack (sometimes spelled Pak), goes back to Roush’s early career. The option first appeared on the 1969 Super Cobra Jet Mustang. It included lower (numerically higher) rear-end gears for quick acceleration and an oil cooler to protect the engine at high speeds.
Street/Strip ’Stang in Grabber Orange
Roush revived the Drag Pak name in 2007 with a limited run of supercharged Mustangs. He said:
I challenged the team at Roush Performance to build a car that can be driven to the track, have the tires changed to slicks, and perform on the drag strip.
Roush said the car’s development included some 200 drag-strip passes to test the functionality and durability of its parts. Elapsed times were in the high 11s at trap speeds in the 113 mile-per-hour range.
The Mustang sold on eBay was the first of 15 Drag Pak cars Roush Performance built in 2007. Its Grabber Orange paint covers a three-piece body kit, carbon-fiber front fenders, and hood. The carbon-fiber pieces were a $7,000 option, according to the seller. The Drag Pak’s original MSRP was north of $80,000.
A Roots-style supercharger raises the 4.6-liter V-8’s output from 300 horsepower to 430 ponies. An optional Drag Pak flywheel, clutch, and pressure plate transmit that power to a five-speed manual transmission.
Track-specific parts on the Mustang include a safety loop around the Roush one-piece steel driveshaft. There’s a line-lock system on the brakes and a four-point bolt-in roll bar over the seats. Roush relocated the battery to the trunk to improve weight distribution.
Creature Comforts
Roush Performance built a Mustang that could slug it out on the track. But it didn’t ignore the amenities that make the Drag Pak enjoyable on the street. This car’s interior options include:
- Roush Sport Leather package (black with orange stitching)
- Roush interior trim kit
- Roush tachometer and brake pressure gauge
The Mustang also has air conditioning, power windows, and cruise control. Jack Roush’s autograph decorates the dashboard. The photos in the eBay listing show an immaculate Mustang that looks far newer than its build date. Just 1,913 miles had rolled under the meaty low-profile tires. We could pull out the old cliche about that mileage coming “a quarter-mile at a time.” But the car looks too fresh to have spent much time on the strip.
With a new owner, that might have changed.
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