We're gonna be installing a big power adder, and here it is.
I can't wait to take this thing down the track, and yeah, I said it.
I'm gonna be taking this thing down the track.
Hey, guys.
Welcome to this episode of "Hot Lap," and today we're out here in the shop with our
2014 GT Mustang.
Now, back when I first started on the video team, we did a little competition called Project
Coyote versus Project Grabber Boost, where two teams of American Muscle employees built
cars to race head-to-head, and it was actually one of my first on-camera projects.
This car right here is Project Coyote, and for the last few years, she's just been sittin'
around and being a low-key fleet car.
So I figured why not revisit an old friend, even though this car was technically my competition
at the time, and give this car some love?
As this car sits right now, it is completely stock, except for a set of Pypes Long Tube
Headers.
Now, this is a great starting place for me, and I'm actually happy that she's not really
working with much right now because we're gonna fix that.
This car made 414 horsepower and 395 foot-pounds of torque on the dyno, and it ran a best of
an 11.97 at almost 115 miles an hour before it broke an axle racing Project Grabber Boost.
Then it broke another axle again when we had a rematch at our car show.
I don't really feel like this is a justified ending for this car since the Coyotes have
so much potential as power plants.
If you guys don't know me, I'll tell you right now that I'm a big fan of forced induction.
And I love big power adders, so you can see where I'm going with this.
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So with that being said, let's get to tearing this thing down.
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So I told you guys that we were gonna be installing a big power adder, and here it is.
And this is the Vortech V-3 Si-Trim Air-to-Air Charge Cooler Kit in Stealth Black, and this
thing's gonna wake the 14 up a little bit.
Now, I like to do things a little bit different, and so we're going with a centrifugal supercharger
that mounts on the front of the engine.
And we are planning on running about 10 pounds of boost, and luckily, this kit comes with
an air-to-air intercooler to keep things at a good temperature for us.
I love that this kit has a black finish, both on the head unit and on the front mount, so
it'll be hard to notice right away from a fast glimpse of the car coming down the road,
that this thing has something under the hood.
Of course, with the amount of boost that we plan on running and the power that we're looking
to get out of this car, we will need to do some other supporting mods, especially when
it comes to the fuel system.
But for now, we're just about ready to get the head unit into position, so I'm gonna
finish up here.
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So we're at the point now where we're installing the front mount intercooler on the car.
And like I said earlier, we're gonna be running about 10 pounds of boost, so it'll be nice
to have this thing on the car.
When we first opened up the kit, I was really happy to see this, because it does have a
really big core, so it's gonna keep our intake air temps down nicely.
I, personally, tend to lean towards a setup like this because it's clean, it's effective,
and it's very lightweight.
Not to mention, who doesn't like to see a front mount hanging in the front end of a
Mustang, anyway?
So to take care of our fuel problem, we are installing Injector Dynamic's new 1050X Injectors.
Now, these are taking the place of the good old ID 1000s that we all know, but these do
have a little bit of a different design.
And you guys can see what I'm talking about right here if we compare it to the stock injector.
The pencil on this injector is actually recessed and is not exposed like it normally is.
This is the pencil right here on the stock injector, so it's a little bit different there.
It's gonna be different for fuel atomization.
But in order to feed these injectors, we had to do something with our stock fuel pump,
so we added a JMS Boost A Pump.
All right, guys, so that's gonna wrap up our install.
We're about ready for our initial startup.
We're gonna work out any kinks that we might have with this thing, and then we're gonna
get right to the dyno and start our tuning.
So before the supercharger, the car was making 414 horsepower and 395 foot-pounds of torque.
After everything's all said and done, the car is making 588 horsepower and 483 foot-pounds
of torque now.
That makes for a peak gain of 174 horsepower and 88 foot-pounds of torque.
Now, guys, I always say this, and peak gains are great, and they're nice to know, but what
you're really gonna notice when you're driving is your curve gains.
As far as your curve gains go, the car made 163 horsepower at 6,500 RPM and 140 foot-pounds
of torque at 6,800 RPM.
I'm gonna get this thing unstrapped and then take it out on the street and see what it
feels like.
Safety first.
All right, guys, time to see how this thing feels.
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I gotta say, guys, this thing obviously...I mean, I'm sure you can guess it feels totally
and completely different than it ever has before.
We've definitely given this thing a complete makeover, I'd say.
Right off the bat, I can tell you that I'm loving the throttle response.
I like the way this car is driving so far.
It has a great throttle response.
I'm really feeling that work right in your driving RBM.
I can definitely feel that carrying me at this point, and I'm really excited about a
huge gain like that because of that reason.
So peak gains are awesome and they're great and they're impressive numbers, but what you're
gonna feel when you're driving are your curve gains all day long.
I really like this setup because, to me, this is striking me as a great daily driver.
So we have that huge front mount in the front of the car, it's gonna be bringing inlet air
temps down, totally different, totally different beast.
I can't wait to take this thing down the track, and yeah, I said it.
I'm gonna be taking this thing down the track, guys.
I have to beat that time, and I think it's gonna be really easy with the horsepower and
torque gains that this thing has now to beat the best of time of...
I believe it was 11.97, so that's gonna be our goal.
So this thing felt great on the street.
We have it here now at Maple Grove Raceway.
I'm gonna shake this thing down on the track.
I'm gonna get a couple passes under my belt before I really try to go ham with this thing.
Last time this car was at a track, it ran in 11.97 at 114 miles an hour.
Then it broke an axle tube.
So hopefully, we don't have any of that problem here today, and hopefully I can beat that
11.97.
But I'm about ready to get in the car and get this thing down the track.
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Car lapped me at a second.
I'm not 100% surprised about that.
I'm not sure where the rev limiter is on this car, so I'm just trying to feel it out., you
know.
Obviously, the 2nd gear issue killed me.
I felt like I left really well.
It seemed like it squatted, there was no wheel hop, the car left straight.
I just, you know, had issues in 2nd gear, so that's really what killed me there.
Next time, we'll be better.
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That was a lot better.
Obviously, no 2nd gear lockout.
The launch feels great in this car because of that solid rear axle.
11.24, 126, whoo.
That launch felt great, a solid rear axle is so much easier than IRS.
This car left, I hit 2nd, hit 3rd, and I'm super pumped right now.
This thing leaves so good!
You guys wanna see my happy smile?
I never smile on camera.
This is my happy smile.
I'm literally like, "You are not locking me out of 2nd gear this time.
You are going in."
[Inaudible 00:09:14], 168 on the 60-foot.
This car leaves so good.
It's so hard to explain.
I'm sure you guys'll see it in the video.
The thing just squats and goes.
I'm just letting it go at 4 grand, slipping the clutch a little bit just because of the
tire setup.
The car's freaking loving it.
It's just out.
11.24 at 126.
There's more in it.
I'm definitely gonna go again and see if I can beat that, just because this thing feels
so great.
I'm pretty pumped on that, though.
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Kinda hard on that launch, too.
I don't think I'm gonna beat that 11.2.
The car's starting to leave weird now, so I'm wondering if maybe the last burnout.
I know, with these tires, they like a glaze.
It left weird and a little sideways on me, but I stayed right in it.
I mean, I ran 11.14.
I'm a little surprised because she didn't leave straight on me, but hey, faster's faster,
right?
All right, so to be honest with you guys, I am pretty surprised that I beat that 11.2
time with how the car left.
On that 11.2 time, the car left completely straight and it felt great.
I ran an 11.1 at 127, so I picked up a mile an hour.
I dropped in my 60-foot, which was actually my goal.
I wasn't in love with how the car left, though, something a little funny in the rear.
It shifted on me, so I'm surprised that I got an 11.1, that I bettered that 11.2 time
because I thought for sure I didn't.
The cars like right on the verge of spinning on me.
I'm super pumped that we dropped in that 60-foot.
The mile an hour is telling me that this car, under perfect conditions, should be a high
10-second car.
So honestly, I think this is pretty respectable.
I'm pretty pumped.
Ideally, at the end of the day, though, we'd have a high 10-second time slip.
I'm not giving up yet.
I'm gonna see if I can even better this one.
So you can kinda see that the rear isn't centered.
Everything's kinda shifted this way.
This tire's sticking out a little bit further than this tire, but you can see that things
aren't quite sitting even in there.
The first pass in the car, the thing left great and it was dead straight.
And I could feel how straight it was, and I was super stoked about that.
On the subsequent passes, I noticed something even in the burnout box, and actually, the
starter noticed, Anicka, who was standing on the other side.
These guys were watching the car leave for me.
The starter's looking at it because he thought he saw something weird in this right rear
wheel, and so I definitely felt it.
I feel it in the top and the car starts to shimmy on me.
And that last run, I felt it big time.
That's why I was so surprised that I even bested the 11.2 because I felt the way the
car left.
I can feel the rear shifting.
Everything looks it's kinda shifted over to the left.
I'm think I'm gonna call it today.
I mean, my mile an hour tells me that this should be a high 10-second car.
I'm pretty stoked with an 11.1 at 127, so I know the car's got more in it.
So this probably isn't it for this car, but right now, I don't really wanna take any more
chances with it, especially since we all see and I can feel that something's up with it.
So guys, I think I'm gonna pack it up for today, but overall, I'm really happy with
the way this car turned out.
I'm pretty happy with the way things went today.
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