Justin: Hey everybody, Justin here, and welcome to another episode of Hot Lap, your number
one source to find out what's new in the world of Ford Mustangs and AmericanMuscle.com, along
with your place to find out some of the hottest new products in the Mustang world along with
some of the biggest giveaways.
Now peaking of hot new products, industry leader Raxiom is at it again, this time with
a must have mod for all '05 to '09 owners out there, and Stephanie has the details.
Stephanie: What's up, guys?
I have with me here the Raxiom multimedia navigation system available for your 2005
to 2009 Mustang.
Finally, there's a high quality navigation unit that you '05 to '09 guys can take advantage
of.
This is an affordable factory like navigation and multimedia system that has Bluetooth,
HD and satellite radio capabilities, and a color backup camera.
The Raxiom system features a 6.5" full color Hi-RES touchscreen display, turn by turn navigation
of course, and it even has a Pandora interface.
If you guys have steering wheel controls, you don't have to worry, because this unit
will maintain their use.
Lastly, this system looks like it was in your Mustang when it rolled off the lot, thanks
to the factory matching font and built-in dash surround that Raxiom has developed.
Listen guys, this unit has so many bells and whistles, it is easy to use, and it has a
fully customizable display.
There is nothing on the market like it.
So, if you're an '05 to '09 owner and you have been searching an affordable, attractive,
and capable navigation that does not have an aftermarket like appearance, then you are
definitely going to want to check out a Raxiom multimedia navigation system for your Mustang
by clicking on the link below or heading to the New Products tab listed on the home page
of AmericanMuscle.com.
We were hard at work on another build here in the AM shop.
This time, Justin and one of Bama's own were working on a Cobra Jet setup for a '13 GT.
Why don't you guys check it out.
Justin: What's up guys?
Working on another build here today in the shop.
This time, it's Bama Tuning technician Justin and his beautiful '13 GT behind me here.
Now Justin, tell us a little bit about your experience and some of the mods going on with
the car.
Bama Tuning Justin: So far, it's got some JBA long tube headers, off road exhaust, 4.10
gears, and a Bama tune.
Currently, the car runs about 12.30s at the track on street tires.
I want to see if I can get it down into the 10s.
Justin: We've got some parts that should definitely help you out with that today.
And guys, we're going to be getting to work on his car very soon.
But of course, if you want to see more of these builds, you should know what to do by
now.
Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, American Muscle Videos, for more of this great
Mustang content.
But now, are we ready to get to work, brother?
Bama Tuning Justin: Absolutely.
Justin: All right, let's do it.
Well, guys, here it is.
We're doing the Cobra Jet intake Manifold on Justin's GT along with the big mono blade
throttle body, some parts again I have some familiarity with.
These parts absolutely rock.
I definitely saw some good gains, and I'm sure with your long tubes.
I mean it's definitely what I'm missing.
It's the part of the puzzle I'm missing with my ride, so I'm guessing gains should be huge
with this thing.
Any expectations number wise?
Bama Tuning Justin: Hopefully, between 4.30, 4.40, anywhere in there I'll be super happy.
Justin: We're going to keep working on this thing and get it buttoned up.
But Justin, white GT, Cobra Jet setup, did we just become best friends?
Bama Tuning Justin: I think so.
Justin: All right.
All right guys, so Justin and I are just finished up installing the last piece of the puzzle
here today.
That's the Ford racing cold air intake that, of course, is designed to work with the Cobra
Jet setup.
It looks awesome under the hood, but now it's time to make some power.
So we're going to move this thing over to the Dynojet.
Justin and his team at Bama Performance are going to write a tune for this thing, and
it's time to rock and roll.
Are you ready, man?
Bama Tuning Justin: Let's do it.
Justin: Well guys, Justin just finished up making a few runs here with his 2013 GT with
the Cobra Jet setup installed.
It certainly sounded nasty, and I think the results are speaking for themselves.
Car is now making 433 horsepower, 381 pound-feet of torque.
A nice little gain, 30 peak horsepower over his baseline numbers, and gains as much as
42 horsepower, 25 pound-feet of torque under the curve.
A lot of those gains coming in on the top end.
You got to like what you see, right?
Bama Tuning Justin: Absolutely.
I think that the upper rpm range is going to get me through the traps the way I want.
I can stay in fourth gear instead of trying to shift to fifth.
And the up top power is definitely an added plus.
Justin: So what do you say we get this thing unstrapped, we hit the streets, and see how
it does?
All right, so we're out in Justin's car here, his 2013 GT with the Cobra Jet setup.
Now full disclosure guys, middle of the winter time here in the northeast.
It's 20 degrees outside.
Salt and ice all over the road, so obviously we won't be doing any gnarly first through
fourth top end pulls today.
But we're just really getting the feel of the drive-ability, and so far Justin, what's
your impression?
Bama Tuning Justin: I think it's smooth as butter.
It's everything I hoped for, maybe a little bit more than I even expected.
Justin: Yeah, you said pulling out of the parking lot it's almost even better than your
stock setup, correct?
Bama Tuning Justin: Yes, absolutely.
Like you said, we can't really go full throttle pulls, but testing the drive-ability, it's
definitely impressive.
Justin: The car sounds good though, man, I like it from the inside.
It sounds really good.
Bama Tuning Justin: It sounds totally different from the inside.
Justin: It sounds awesome.
Bama Tuning Justin: So everybody's saying, "That car is ferociously loud."
I'm like, "Yeah, I know, it's awesome."
And it's smooth, it really is.
Justin: That's awesome, man.
Well, I'd say it pulls really hard.
I mean that was probably, what, five or six grand, not even.
Bama Tuning Justin: Yeah, about 5500.
Justin: I know a lot of people get worried with the big mono blades there's going to
be a lot of throttle hang, a lot of lag, but you're not seeing any of that.
Bama Tuning Justin: None of that at all.
Justin: It still pulls hard as ever.
So there you go, guys.
Obviously, Justin is stoked on his Cobra Jet setup, as he should be.
The car is making good power, pulling strong, and driving great.
Bama Tuning Justin: Absolutely.
Justin: There you go.
So we'll be able to follow Justin when he heads to the track so we can actually see
if he's improved on his low 12 second time slips.
But in the meantime, for all things Mustang, keep it right here at AmericanMuscle.com.
All right, time to put the pedal to the metal on this performance heavy version of Mustang
News.
Now a few months ago, at last year's SEMA show, I had the pleasure of checking out the
Watson Racing 2015 GT in person, and it was an absolutely beautiful build.
In fact, it was one of my favorite cars from the show.
But, it was actually built for a purpose, not just to look pretty but also to click
off single digit time slips at the drag strip and eventually compete in NMRA.
Well, they're getting even closer to this goal now thanks to these recently released
Dyno videos of this car making a staggering 928 wheel horsepower, and they're just getting
started.
So look for this thing to be making four digit horsepower numbers by the time it makes a
few exhibition passes in Bradenton, Florida later on this month.
In other cool Mustang performance news, now you guys might've already heard about this
by now, but I thought it was really cool.
John Hennessey recently took his personal Hennessey HPE 700, this badass 2015 Mustang
right here, to the Continental Tires proving ground in Texas to do some top speed testing,
where he laid down an astonishing 195 mile- an-hour, which was gear limited by the way.
Now this is even more impressive when you consider it was through a stock exhaust.
So he thinks with a set of taller gears the car should have no problem blasting through
200 mile-an-hour plus, so we'll have to wait and see for that.
But not too bad, when you consider it's a stock GT Mustang pretty much with the exception
of a blower.
We're going to wrap up this episode's Mustang News with some very cool news from MotorWeek.
Now it seems like the 2015 Mustang just continues to impress the masses, this time getting awarded
MotorWeek's driver's car of the year, which is very cool.
They even went as far as to say, as, "FORD has matured the Mustang from a piece of well
loved American Muscle Car into a world class sports car looking to compete with the likes
of the Corvette more so than traditional rivals like the Camaro or Challenger."
Now this is real high praise considering it's coming from one of the top authorities in
automotive journalism.
Stephanie: Another great piece of news on the new product home front is the expansion
of American Muscle's RTR wheel selection, available for 2005 to 2015 Mustangs.
The RTR wheels are available in charcoal or black, and while they were previously only
offered in 19" x 9.5", you can now pick up a 19" wheel with an 8.5", 9.5", or 10" width.
Everyone knows that aggressive fourteen spoke mesh design of the RTR wheel, and with the
addition of these sizes you can now run that staggered setup that looks so mean.
And if the 19s aren't enough for you, well, American Muscle now offers the RTR wheel in
20s with a 9" or a 10" width.
If you like the convenience of one stop shopping, you can pick up your set of RTR wheels and
a wheel and tire kit and have your tires mounted and balanced for free.
So, if you're looking for a new look for your ride this spring then click the link below,
or head back to the new products tab on the home page of AmericanMuscle.com, and check
out a set of RTR wheels for your 2005 to 2015 Mustang.
Justin: Before we wrap this episode of Hot Lap, you all know what time it is.
It's time to talk about our latest and greatest giveaway.
Now for the month of March, AM and Bama Performance are teaming up to give away a complete Bama
Performance overhaul to one lucky Mustang owner out there.
What's going to happen is the owner of this Mustang will meet with one of our lead calibrators
at Bama Performance, talk about the goals with your car, and then from there pick out
some mods valued up to 1500 bucks and then get a tune written for those mods and anything
else you have done to the car.
Guys, if you want to enter this contest, which of course you should, just click on the link
below if you're watching this on YouTube.
Everywhere else, there's going to be a link that pops up.
Just follow that link listed.
And of course, you have the entire month of March to enter.
Guys, we're officially out of here for this episode.
We really like making these for you, so of course if there's something we're not doing
and you'd like to see here on Hot Lap, drop us a line wherever you're watching this and
we'll try to get to that right away.
So for Stephanie and everybody else here at AmericanMuscle.com, thanks for watching.
And for your number one source for everything to do with your Mustang, keep it locked and
loaded right here at AmericanMuscle.com.