Hey guys, Justin here with AmericanMuscle.com, along with my team, back at the shop to put
the finishing touches on Project Coyote before our big showdown with Dave and Project Grabber
Boost.
This is it man, our part selection is all done, all of our mods are pretty much bolted
up, now it's just time to see if we gave the Coyote enough all motor horsepower to hang
with the 06 GT down at the track.
Before we get into our stage 3 modification, let's recap all the mods we've done to our
14 GT so far.
in stage 2 we replaced about every single component of our 2014's suspension, starting
with Koni's adjustable shocks and struts, the SR Performance lowering springs helped
lower our stance, and their front and rear sway bar kit along with the panhard bar reduced
body roll and improved our cornering capabilities.
We added Whiteline's adjustable rear lower control arms and relocation brackets to help
Project Coyote get off the line better and eliminate some wheel hop.
Finally we swapped out the stock pads and rotors for powerstops kit along with the braided
stainless steel lines from Russell.
As we've said all along, we want to make this an interesting race despite the obvious power
advantage of having the Coyote motor on our side.
My team and I are well aware of the fact that a boosted stock block 4.6 has a safe power
limit of 450 to maybe 500 horsepower before you have to really start worrying about breaking
things.
So if we can get the 14 GT above 400 at the wheel, we would have a hell of a race on our
hands, so that's our goal.
We've already picked up some pretty decent gains with all our stage 1 bolt ons but we
were leaving a lot of power on the table with those stock headers and mid pipe in place,
they had to go.
Ok Laz, tell everyone about the new setup.
Laz: well Justin we swapped out our factory exhaust manifolds because they're pretty restrictive
and in place we put these Pypes polished long tube headers.
They're going to help Project Coyote breath much more efficiently.
Aside from looking better and being a little easier on the law in comparison to some other
long tube brands, they should really make the car scream.
Mike: we're going with long tube headers, there're going to be longer than stock but
with a shorter mid pipe.
So we stuck with Pypes and went with their catted mid pipe which bolted up no problem
and since they have cats they will be emissions friendly.
Justin: I can't want to hear how they're going to sound with our outlaw series axle back,
nice work gentlemen.
What you guys can't see is our Exedy Mach 3 stage 3 clutch and lighweight flywheel that
we already installed here in stage 3, and Ryan's here to tell us all about it.
Ryan: The stage 3 clutch is great for a daily driver who likes to go to the track on the
weekends, you can see here the surface area is a lot larger than the stock one, it also
has bigger torsion springs to give you a lot less slop when you reengage the clutch.
Justin: I felt that pulling the car in, the clutch felt good, it didn't feel too strong
but you knew it was ready to handle some serious power.
what's going on with this lightweight flywheel?
Ryan: The flywheel has a lot of excess metal machined out of it, so it's lighter, and as
you put that into the drivetrain it's going to deliver a lot more power from the engine
to the rear wheels.
Justin: I know that should help along with that lightweight driveshaft we installed too.
Our driver at the track really had some issues banging that second to third shift last time
we were down there, so we wanted to eliminate that problem altogether, Mike actually installed
a shifter to help us out, what's up man?
Mike: we went with the really popular combination of the SR Performance short throw shifter
and the bracket.
This is going to get rid of excess slop and make sure the driver doesn't miss a shift.
Justin: Mike's got the shifter combo all squared away, he's going to help me get it off the
lift and back onto the dyno, and I guess we're going to see if we can crack that 400 mark.
at the end of stage 1 our 2014 put down 384 horsepower and 373 ft/lbs of torque, with
all of our stage 3 modifications project coyote is now putting down 414 horsepower and 395
ft/lbs of torque at the rear wheels, giving us a peak horsepower gain of 30 and curve
gains of 31 horsepower and 39 ft/lbs of torque.
I don't know man I think we've got a pretty good chance, what do you all think?
All: Definitely Justin: Alright that's what I like to hear, well I'll tell you what let's
get this thing down from the Dyno, pack it up and let's go kick some butt.
Dave: We're back down here at the track for the final showdown, as you can see Justin
and I brought both teams, Project Grabber Boost, and Project Coyote, it's going to be
a great day.
Justin: That's right man, it's best of 3, showdown, we've had a long road with these
cars we've spent a lot of time building them up, but I think the end results are great,
you're making over 400 horsepower with 10 lbs of boost, we're making about 400 all motor,
so all motor vs boost, we're making similar power, we should have a great race on our
hands.
Dave: I agree, it's best of 3 showdown correct?
Justin: Best of 3 yes sir.
Dave: That's the plan, so hey, you guys excited?
All: Yes Justin: Alright let's get it on!
We're going to tear them up man honestly.
Laz: I don't know they're under pressure, I think they've got the motor for it, time
will tell.
Mike: We're going to be the victor.
Steph: I'm worried about it hooking.
Dave: It's a Mustang, you hook, you're going to win.
Dave: That was a heck of a good run.
Justin: Yeah, it was all launch for the 14.
Dave: We're going to hope for a little more tire smoke and see if we can't get the power
t the floor because this could be close but great run.
Justin: Well as you can see, we had our first real issue down here at the track, a litte
sad, a little scary but luckily we kept it off the wall, we actually broke an axle or
something like that coming out of the 8th mile and cut a tire, not too pretty but either
way we did manage a best of 11.9 on our first run not too bad you guys got a 12.3 in the
books, so I think what we're going to do just to keep it fair we're going to let the 06
run one more time, do you think you guys maybe could take down that 11.9?
Dave: It's our goal, certainly, we've got the power, so let's give it a go, get out
on the track, let's go try it.
Justin: Get things cleaned up and patched up and we'll see how we do.
If you want us to sign your shirt, you know "Grabber Boost", you know?
Justin: Well, what a day racing huh, we've had a car almost hit the wall, we've had a
couple of 11 second passes, as hard as it is for me to say congrats on your win guys
you definitely earned it, alright man.
Dave: Thanks man, congrats everyone behind me, it was a really great just getting out
Project Grabber Boost, going against Project Coyote, we had a 13.5 last time we were here,
and we dropped it all the way down 11.6.
Steph: There's more in there!
Dave: I admit you guys had a good run too.
Justin: we had a great run, 11.9 down from a 12.5 last time on our first run, still think
the car has more in it personally but that's not the case, we broke, we lost fair and square,
we admit that, but we are going to fix this beast, we're going to come back, and see what
we can really do.
Dave: Well it's good, honestly, it was great watching and being a part of it so, thanks
for watching, congrats to Justin.
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