Justin: What's up guys?
Justin with AmericanMuscle.com and welcome to Hot Lap.
We've got a great episode for you this month featuring a customer spotlight, Manny and
his 2015 ecoboost, some Shelby-related Mustang news and Stephanie's got a hot new product
from the guys at RTR.
First, let's check out Manny's new ride.
All right guys, got my buddy, Manny, in the shop with me here today along with his 2015
ecoboost.
Now, some of you guys actually might remember Manny's ecoboost.
It's been is some of our product videos and some of the CPE stuff and things like that,
but we're actually going to be talking about performance here today.
Obviously, Manny is hard at work on the car, the thing is changing all the time and I know
we're going to get you re-tuned with that Unleashed Tuning.
Guys, why don't we dive under the hood and we'll show you where Manny's at right now
with his ecoboost and talk about some of these parts.
All right, Manny, we're under the hood.
Obviously, you've taken care of most of the basics with your ecoboost, the cold air intake,
that sort of thing, but you're diving a little deeper.
Tell us what's going on.
Manny: Pretty much we went with the CPU charge pipes along with the HKM blow-off valve, custom-mount
front inner cooler.
We went with the [inaudible 00:01:04].
It does the job, works perfect and a catalyst downpipe and a full catback exhaust.
Justin: Yeah, I think that's a big place too where guys start looking for more power, these
ecoboost cars you get past the intake, you get past the exhaust, but then it's like what
else can I do to get more power out of these things?
The big next step for a lot of you ecoboost owners is really uncorking the downpipe, keeping
those charge temps down with front mount.
Why don't we get this thing in the air?
Let's check out your downpipe and exhaust setup.
Guys, we're under Manny's car right now, we're checking out his exhaust system.
Now, as you may or may not know, these turbo cars they absolutely love to breathe, so the
idea is to get rid of all the restrictions after the turbo.
Manny, it looks like that's what you've done.
Manny: Most definitely.
We went with the catless downpipe and the ambient feet exhaust, the race series.
I can't complain.
As far as the tone, the performance that I got on it, it's breathing, it sounds perfect,
no raspyness.
Justin: Yeah, I know, the catless downpipe and again, with such a free-flowing system
like that you usually you get rasp central, right?
Not the case.
Manny: Sounds perfect to me.
Justin: Absolutely, again it really doesn't hurt the wallet as much as some of the other
systems.
Manny: That's a plus.
Justin: Absolutely, guys, well, I'll tell you what, now, we're going to get this thing
off lift, we're going to move it over to the dyno, Manny, upload that Unleashed Custom
Tuning.
These things are pretty legit from what we've seen in our experience, so hopefully, they
relate to big gains with you.
Manny: Definitely, let's check it out.
Justin: All right.
Manny, we just got done making a few pools here with the Unleashed Tune and your ecoboost
with all those modifications and I think you're going to be happy, man.
ready for this?
Three hundred eight horsepower, 411 pound feet of torque at the wheels.
Manny: Perfect.
Justin: Yeah, you liking that?
You cracked the 400 number.
Yeah, we're getting there, right?
I mean, let's compare that to a stock ecoboost.
We have some numbers from some of our testing.
The Unleashed Tune compared to the stock ecoboost, here's what you're going to be looking at.
Seventy horsepower, 136 pound feet of torque gains underneath the curve, even better, 110
horsepower, 140 pound feet of torque over when this thing was stock.
Crazy, right?
Manny, what are your impressions, man?
You happy with that?
Manny: I can't complain.
Justin: I would not either.
If I had a mod that would unlock almost 100 pounds of torque on my Coyote car that isn't
nitrous, I'd be like "Let's do it."
No, that's awesome, man, and the story doesn't even stop there, right?
Because you had a previous custom tune on the bar with all of your mods and the Unleashed
just kicked its butt without being...if I'm being pretty honest about it.
We made another 30 horsepower, another 50 pound feet of torque, in addition to those
numbers so again, we're doing all right, man.
Manny: Yes we are, we're getting there.
Justin: Yes, we are.
Now it's time for a bigger turbo, right?
Manny: Definitely.
Justin: I tell you what, Manny, half the story obviously is the power.
We're looking at that right now, but the other half of the story is the drivability.
There's really only one way to test that.
Manny: Let's go.
Let's do it.
Justin: All right, Manny, we're out in the car here, the car made some awesome power.
Manny: Yes, it did.
Justin: But before we get into all that, what the hell's going on with this tint, man?
Manny: Red tint, taking it back to the '90s, man.
Hey, you know what?
Not a lot of people could pull it off, but I think it complements the car well with the
wheels and everything so I think I can pull it off.
Justin: Absolutely.
I will say the car is definitely unique.
I know you're a painter, you like doing things a little differently, a little more custom
and it shows.
Those splitters, obviously the tint, the wheels, I notice you've got the V-Series spoiler back
there.
Hey, different strokes for different folks.
Manny: Yes, sir.
You know me, you gotta be unique.
If you're going to look like every other Mustang, why do it?
Justin: Right now, we're just cruising.
It feels pretty good, right?
Manny: You see the throttle response and everything is a lot better.
It picks up a lot of torque here in the lower end.
Let's see when we open it up.
Justin: Even just putting around so far, we've totally noticed a difference.
Manny: There's a big, big difference to the way it was.
Justin: It's not surging.
Manny: Smooth, real smooth.
You can't even tell besides the power, you can't tell that the car was even tuned.
Justin: Nice, I do love how this exhaust sounds too, man.
Manny: You've to have the RP[SP] that does the job, man.
I'm telling you, a lot of people don't like it.
I love it.
I want it to sound the way it's supposed to be.
Justin: Why don't we just pull through a gear or two and see how it feels?
I tell you what, it puts you back.
Manny: You see that big jump there.
Justin: Absolutely.
Manny: There's a big difference, I tell you that, and it's smoother.
It throws you in the back of the seat, but it's a smooth power.
Justin: It builds, almost like a turbo car now, right?
I mean before in Stockport and the stock ecoboost, it falls on its face way too early.
Manny: Yeah, I don't know what they were thinking, but you know, Unleashed got it right.
Justin: I see with the handling.
You've got some springs on this thing now, right?
Manny: Eibach's[SP] four lines.
Justin: Eibach's four lines and the Ford performance shocks?
Manny: Yes.
Justin: All right.
Look at you.
Dude, this thing feels healthy.
I tell you what, man, the torque is definitely there.
Four hundred plus foot pounds.
Manny: Bigger turbo, baby, bigger turbo.
Justin: Bigger turbo, this guy is still not satisfied.
I see those brakes you put on there are doing the job, too.
Manny: But you know what?
What guy is ever satisfied?
Justin: Never.
Manny: You want more power.
You know what, we make more power, then we want more, then we want more.
Do you want to drive it?
Justin: Do I want to drive it?
Of course, I want to drive it.
This thing is awesome, man.
Overall, I would say, like I said, drivability wise, this thing is definitely on point.
I'm going to get on this thing a little bit here.
It pegs that boost gauge real quick.
Feels pretty strong, man.
I like it a lot.
Manny: We're getting it, Justin.
We're getting there.
Justin: We're getting there.
Manny: We're a lot closer than we were before the tune, but we getting there.
We cracked that 400.
Justin: My goodness.
Like I said, as a five-liter owner to have over 400 foot pounds of torque, I'm jealous,
man, I'm jealous.
That's all I can say.
Manny: Thank you, thank you.
Justin: It's definitely feeling pretty healthy, and with these things too, you got a little
bit of a weight advantage, right?
Manny: You've got 750 pounds lighter than the V8.
Justin: Lighter than the GTs.
How about that?
Man, this thing feels healthy.
Can I do one more before I get out?
Treat myself?
I'm going to do one more second gear pull here.
All right, before I get in trouble, I've got to get out of it here.
Dude, this feels awesome, man.
I appreciate you letting me drive it.
Manny: I appreciate you having me here and you're always showing me a good time, man.
Justin: Hey, we love you, man.
We love the car.
Like I said, it's been in probably more videos that I have at this point.
Hopefully, it will be in another one when you come back for a bigger turbo, what do
you say?
Manny: Hopefully.
Stephanie: Hey guys.
The new product that I'm bringing you for this episode is RTR's new Tech 7 wheels that
are now available for 2005 and up Mustangs.
It looks like RTR is working on their own little wheel line up here, and there are two
color options with these wheels, either black or charcoal.
I've obviously got a black wheel with me here and we've got a set of the charcoal on the
car behind me.
The wheels come in two sizes, nineteen by nine and a half, and a nineteen by ten and
a half like this guy right here.
They're obviously a one-piece wheel, and they're aluminum, but they're FlowForm which is a
type of casting that creates a very strong wheel.
These are aluminum for lightness and FlowForm for strength.
We're looking at 23 to 24 pounds, depending on which width wheel we're talking about.
Now, you will need a different set of lug nuts than your factory lug nuts to run these
wheels though because your factory ones are going to be too large.
They're going to need a set of tuner-style lug nuts which isn't a problem at all since
they can be easily acquired.
That's what I've got for you this month, and if you guys are interested, you can always
head over and check these wheels out more for yourselves.
Justin: Hey guys, let's get started with this episode's Mustang news.
In last month's episode, we told you about some changes coming to the 2017 Mustang.
Shortly after that, we actually caught wind of some changes coming to the 2017 GT350.
It seems like Ford is going to do away with the track package all together with the Shelby
and just bless every GT350 with the Magneride dampeners, the trans and diff cooler, and
also the aluminum strut tower brace.
More changes include a convenience pack which is the more creature comfort focused package.
It's going to take place of the current generation's tech pack and again, featured heated, cooled
seats, things like that.
However, if you don't want to go as fancy, they're going to offer an electronics package
which is going to be a little bit more simple, maybe for a track focused car, it's going
to save a little weight.
There's also some changes coming to the exterior of the car as well with a new, standard raised
deck lid spoiler on all cars and new colors.
Now, if you remember from last month's episode, I told you competition orange and deep-impact
blue are getting the boot off the Mustang.
It turns out they're also leaving the GT350.
Instead, Ford is replacing them with a new Lightning Blue, Ruby Red Tricoat for the first
time on the Shelby and of course, Grabber Blue.
Shelby fans, rejoice as Ford has essentially decided to Grabber Blue all things.
Sticking with the Shelby name, it seems like Shelby just started releasing the first few
of 500 total production Shelby F-150s.
We actually caught a glimpse of this thing at the show last year and it was pretty tough
looking, guys.
Suspension-wise, you're using a DDS[SP] Fox combination, raising the truck a total of
three and a half inches to squeeze in those big BFG K02 35s[SP].
The truck will be available in five different colors, will feature the signature Shelby
striping and of course, enough badges and grills to satisfy just about anyone, and of
course, it wouldn't be a Shelby without a ton of horsepower.
In fact, there's a 700 horsepower, 5 liter whippled version of this thing available,
but bring your checkbook, one of your kidneys or your kid's college fund because it's going
to set you back nearly a hundred Gs.
Stephanie: That's going to be it for us this month.
We hope you guys enjoyed this episode of Hot Laps.
That's right, guys, we have a lot more cool stuff coming your way, including more vendor
tours, more crazy builds so you have to stay tuned right here.
For all things Mustang, keep it right here at AmericanMuscle.com.