This is an 850 horsepower engine that was destined to end up in a customized Mustang. Or was, rather.

The engine was on its seventh dynamometer test when it gave up the ghost in spectacular fashion. Watch below as the engine says good-bye with such force that some engine parts ended up in the next room.

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[Jalopnik]