Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 10 – MGW Short Shifter
We greatly improve the feel and control of our S197 Mustang’s Getrag MT82 transmission with a short shift kit from MGW. The Getrag MT-82 is well-known for not being the…
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Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 9 – Apex Wheels and Nitto Tires
Choosing wheels and tires are some of the most important decisions you can make for a car. For this project’s theme of using the best bang-for-your-buck components possible, there really…
Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 8 – Aero with Steeda and Ford
For the S197 Mustang platform, proven aero does not have to be expensive. We install a wind tunnel-tested Steeda wing and a BOSS 302 splitter to improve the downforce of…
Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 7 – Springs, Shocks and Bars
Staying true to the ‘budget’ track car theme, we skipped expensive coilovers and upgraded our S197 Mustang with track-capable springs, shocks, and swaybars from Steeda. In Part 6, we tackled…
Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 6 – Going Through the Suspension with Steeda
This is where we defy the misconceptions and show how to make an S197 Mustang into a corner-carving track car. We are going to cover the pros and cons of…
Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 5 – Upgrading to an Eaton Truetrac LSD
A performance Limited Slip Differential is a MUST for making 2005-2014 (S197) Mustangs handle predictably. We replace the weak factory LSD with Eaton’s TrueTrac helical (gear-driven) LSD which will transform…
Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 4 – Installing the Roush 3rd Link
Upgrading the 3rd link suspension arm in an S197 Mustangs is far more important than just to reduce wheel hop. Picking the right one will greatly affect the car’s handling…
Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 2 – Finding out what it takes to make 400WHP
We strap our first-generation 5.0L “Coyote” V8-powered S197 Mustang to the dyno and test the 2018+ “Gen-3” intake manifold, K&N air intake, and tunes by Palm Beach Dyno to find…
Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 1 – Intro
More people need to consider the (2005-2014) “S197” Mustang for track use! Parts are cheap and it really does not take much to turn one into an awesome “Driver’s-car”. There…
Testing Steeda’s Extreme G-Trac K-Member Brace
After our article reviewing Steeda’s Stop The Hop Package for the S550 Mustang GT, some of our readers asked us for feedback on Steeda’s Extreme G-Trac K-Member Brace. Since our…
Testing Borla’s S-Type Cat-Back Exhaust for the 2018+ Mustang GT
For the fourth year in a row, the Mustang continues to be the “best-selling sports coupe in the entire world”. The S550 platform that debut in 2015 catapulted the brand…
Does Wheel Stiffness Affect Performance? We test Carbon Revolution’s Carbon Fiber Wheels
There is a lot more to Carbon Fiber wheels than just cool looks and lightweight. We met up with Carbon Revolution at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to learn about their…
TESTED: Ford Mustang GT Power Packs 1-3
TESTED: Ford Mustang GT Power Packs 1-3 by Billy Johnson Ford Performance offers three different 50-state legal “Power Packs” for the 2015-2017 Mustang GT that increases horsepower without affecting the factory…
TESTED: Steeda Anti Wheel-Hop Package
First iterations of new technologies are rarely flawless. When the Mustang ditched the solid axle in 2015 in favor of a 21st century Independent Rear Suspension, it transformed into a…
Project E90 M3: Head to Head with 2016 Mustang GT
Packing more than 50whp over stock, our Project E90 M3 took to the track at Palm Beach International Raceway (ROAD COURSE) to see how it stacks up against a 2016…
DRIVEN: 2015 Ford Mustang Ecoboost
We test Ford’s new 2015 Mustang EcoBoost to determine if a turbocharged 4-cylinder Mustang bridges the gap between the American Hot-Rodding community and Import Tuners. How does the Ecoboost stack…
DRIVEN: 2015 Ford Mustang GT
MotoIQ: DRIVEN – 2015 Ford Mustang GT by Billy Johnson I’m a little late to the party since there are already plenty of reviews on the all-new 2015 S550 Mustang…