Justin: I'm Justin with americanmuscle.com.
And on this episode of "Hot Lap," we're doing SEMA, baby.
The sign don't lie, guys, that's right, SEMA 2019 is here once again.
What's up?
Justin with americanmuscle.com coming to you from the 2019 SEMA show out in Las Vegas to
bring you all of the coolest, baddest, loudest, fastest Mustangs of the show.
We're gonna be bringing you my top three picks from the show both new and old along with
all of the rest of you just wackiness and over the top builds that is SEMA.
I got my comfy shoes on, I got my Red Bull, I'm ready.
You ready?
Let's go.
Well, the Shelby GT500 hype is still very much alive here at SEMA 2019 as you can imagine,
and that is perfectly evident right here with the Dragon Snake.
Now, no that's not some made up name by Will Ferrell from the "Step Brothers" movie, that
is legit name, it does have some Shelby heritage going back to the 1960s.
Now, what can you say about the car?
Well, it's basically what Shelby does.
They like to make things loud and in your face and never is that more apparent than
this massive wing, right?
Check this thing out.
On a streetcar, I don't know, but on a [inaudible 00:01:20] outlaw car, sure.
But either way more horsepower through a supercharger upgrade, Shelby is not disclosing exactly
what that means, if it's a complete blower swap or if it's just a little bit more boost.
Custom-tuned, high flow cats altogether making over 800 horsepower.
I'm told they're hoping for more but we should have more info on that closer to the new year.
But in the meantime, guys, one of the first modified GT500s we're seeing here at the SEMA
show and they put some Mickey Thompson ET Street S/S drag radials to help put over 800
horsepower down and hopefully get this thing into the nines.
All right, so I know it's not a Mustang, right?
But come on, it's a Bronco, not just any Bronco, this is Jay Leno's 1960s Bronco first-gen
status, right?
And on top of that, guys, get this, under the hood, 5.2-liter Predator V8.
Yes, that's right, the same exact engine from the 2020 Shelby GT500.
On top of that, yet wait, there's more.
There is a TREMEC 6-speed manual gearbox behind it.
You know Jay, he's old school, he wants to shift gears, so Predator engine, 6-speed manual
gearbox, OG Bronco, what's not to love?
Now my number three pick from the 2019 SEMA show is this very unique 2020 Shelby GT500.
Now you might be thinking, "Really dude, a stock GT500 at SEMA?"
Well, hear me out.
First and foremost, this car is completely badass, right?
If you saw my review of this car, you know where I'm going with this thing, it's a complete
monster.
But secondly, this is a very unique car, you might notice the color, it's called venom,
one of one, guys, and you could win this car.
All the proceeds of the tickets go to support the Juvenile Diabetes Fund because Edsel Ford,
actually his grandson suffers from juvenile diabetes, so Ford does a lot of support for
the foundation, including this car right here.
So again, 10 bucks gets you a ticket, all you have to do is follow the link listed at
the bottom of the screen and do it before November 14th when the drawing ends.
But for now, I got a 20 in my pocket, that's good for two tickets, I'm gonna try to get
in on the fun.
All right, guys, we might've found my favorite car, truck, van, whatever you want to call
it from the 2019 SEMA show, a 1961 Ford Econoline van.
Now I know that's kind of an odd pick, right?
Well, inside is actually a Coyote crate engine topped off with a Gen 3 2.9 Whipple Supercharger
and you're sitting basically on the engine.
If you can look, the intake tube actually comes between you, it's like your armrest
and that the filter is down below you there.
This thing is on air, it's built by the Berti designs, we've seen some of their builds here
in the past.
They do absolutely killer work and it's another great example right here.
Awesome build.
Every year people ask me, "Justin, I'm going to the SEMA for the first time, what do I
have to see?"
What I always tell them, make sure you check out the Ford Out Front area, why?
Well, we got Gen 2 Raptors ripping around hitting a gnarly jump, there's some new obstacles
out here this year as well.
The great ball of tires as they're calling it in addition to the storage containers that
Ken Block, Vaughn Gittin Jr. Chelsea DeNofa, JTP, they're all sliding around having fun.
This is where it's at if you're a Ford fan, you get to see all of their latest and greatest
products in full effect out here.
It's just the happening place for all things blue oval, guess you could even say it's electric.
Now, before we get into that, I do want to show you my number two pick from the 2019
SEMA Show.
Check it out.
Here's a question for you, guys, would you drive in all-electric Mustang?
Not too sure?
Well, what if I told you it had 900 horsepower and 1000-pound feet of torque at the rear
tires?
Still not sold?
Well, guess what?
That has a 6-speed gearbox behind it, that's right.
This one-off creation is one of the highlights from the 2019 SEMA Show here for me.
And we were lucky enough to catch up with one of the guys responsible for this creation.
I'm here with one of the minds behind this creation behind us, Lithium.
Josh Lupu from Webasto, Director of Marketing.
How's it going, sir?
Josh: Good.
How are you doing?
Justin: Doing well.
Hey, and congratulations, you just won a pretty big award, correct?
Josh: Yeah, we're humbled and honored at Webasto to win the Best of Show Stand for Ford Motor
Company's design awards.
Justin: Well, let's talk about what got you that award, Lithium behind us, the first Mustang
of its kind powered by an all-electric motor, correct?
Josh: That's right.
So we basically replaced the gasoline engine with the dual-core electric motor, made it
to a 6-speed manual transmission.
Justin: Let's talk about that because I think a lot of electric cars have a CBT but this
one you have a true MTD 2 [SP] which is the same trans found in the production Mustang.
Can you explain some of the challenges to get that all to work?
Josh: Yes, a lot of man-hours in RND and CAD work.
It's in the exact same location as it is in the regular Mustang but we beefed up the internals.
Justin: Not just any MTD 2 because this thing is putting out some power, so you have our
friend Ben Calimer Stage 3 build, right?
Josh: He hooked us up with his Stage 3 internals, they work flawlessly.
Justin: Did you actually get to drive this thing?
Josh: I did.
I've driven it and it feels like a Mustang, the clutch engagement, shifting the gears
feel like a Mustang but it has so much power.
Justin: Now explain to me, this is probably the big I guess gripe a lot of us Mustang
owners would have, the lack of that V8 soundtrack.
Can you talk a little just a little bit more about that?
Josh: Yeah.
And you don't notice it at first, you're so focused on all that power and you hold on
for the ride and it feels just like you're used to, so you don't even notice it.
Justin: That's awesome.
Well, we do want to specify that this is not a production Mustang, this is kind of a one-off
SEMA-build but very exciting to see electric motor in a Mustang.
Even if doesn't sound as good, and I don't think there's anything wrong with saying that,
especially when you're making 900 horsepower and 1000-pound-feet.
Josh: It's something that you have to drive to experience, there's nothing on the planet
that you can liken it to, you just have to do it to feel it.
Justin: Awesome.
Well, Josh, congrats on the build and congrats on the award, sir.
Man: Thank you so much.
Justin: So if you want to see a car that really embodies what SEMA is all about, look no further
than my buddy Jeremy's RTR Spec 5 S550 Mustang.
Now Jeremy was actually one of the first people with the Spec 5 wide body kit on his S550
Mustang and it just looks absolutely killer.
Now he's gone ahead and done a proper offset with these rear wheels, there's no crazy spacers
on there or anything.
The car is beautiful, man, I mean it really does stand out.
The blue with kind of the copper accents, very unique.
And we love the GT350 R-style wing.
Now, shameless plug, Jeremy says he's an AM customer and a fan so we wanted to come check
his ride out but honestly, it is absolutely beautiful and definitely a good representation
of what SEMA is all about here on the Mustang side.
Big fenders, big power with that Vortech end of the hood and even bigger wheels.
Jack: Hello everyone.
I'm Jack Roush Jr.
And today, we're unveiling a very special vehicle which we proudly call the Jack Roush
Edition.
It's 775 horsepower.
This is the most powerful Roush Mustang ever.
We'd like to introduce the 2020 Jack Roush Edition Mustang.
Justin: All right, guys, as you just witnessed, we saw the unveiling of the baddest Roush
Mustang ever the Jack Roush Edition and that's not something we say lightly, right?
Because that's what Roush does, they build bad trucks, bad Mustangs.
But this one takes the cake for Jack Roush Sr. 775 horsepower through their TVS supercharged
GT and just a really, really sharp car from an appearance standpoint.
Their R9 body kit here, so you're getting a unique front fascia, grilles upper and lower,
their front lower chin splitter, really cool hood details here but maybe my favorite part
about this car from an appearance standpoint is the rear wing and it's not just for appearance
only, it's actually active.
Get this, in standard mode it's basically down flush with the deck lid but in sport
mode, it's speed-dependent so that rear wing will actually go up and down on ya depending
on how fast you're going.
And if you throw that thing in track mode, it's just all the way up for all the downforce.
Now speaking of track, this is kind of their unique track package, non-street legal Continental
slicks here, full slicks on top of the gnarly to piece Brembos.
I mean this car is just the pinnacle of Roush Performance engineering and it really does
show, and I'm sure Jack Sr. is very proud of this particular car.
All right guys, number one pick from the 2019 SEMA Show was a bit of a tough one.
Typically, you know us at americanmuscle.com we tend to lean towards the more modern stuff
but once I stumbled across this monster, it was just a no brainer.
Guys, what you're looking at is the Ringbrothers 1969 Mach 1 powered by a Jon Kaase worked
4.29 motor pumping over 700 horsepower naturally aspirated through the Holley carb here, but
this thing is just a work of art.
If you guys are familiar with Ringbrothers work, you know, all of their stuff is completely
top-notch and this is a perfect example.
Rear-end has been widened over two inches, they'll help fit those massive 20 by 12 and
a half inch HREs in the rear 345s, a ton of meat to help put down over 700 horsepower.
On top of that, guys, Ford Boss blue, little details, right?
I know it's kind of silly but 2.62 miles per gallon on the sticker here and this is probably
pretty damn accurate.
Inside the car is the big story though, the handcrafted dashboard, one-off stuff.
The level of detail that goes into every Ringbrothers build is just absolutely mind-blowing.
So, guys, I know we all dig the old stuff, it's heritage, it's kind of where we come
from, and this one was an absolute no brainer for me.
Goodguys Award from the show this year.
And, hey Ford also gave it the Heritage Award for the 2019 SEMA show.
So number one pick 2019 SEMA show, 1969 Mach 1 done by the Ringbrothers.
Gorgeous, man.
Well, guys.
As the smoke clears and the sun sets here in Vegas, that's gonna wrap us up for the
2019 SEMA Show here for americanmuscle.com.
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