Well all I can tell you the driving experience of a Steve McQueen Mustang
built by Steeda is that it has asphalt rippin performance!!
When we saw the first Bullitt Mustang roll into the Ford dealers we saw an opportunity to work
and take this vehicle to the next level. So our team out of Detroit, Bob Adams did
a whitepaper and reached out to Chad McQueen and he liked the idea of
collaborating with Steeda. You know at that point McQueen Racing. So we came up
with a concept of using premiere components especially in the
supercharged department like the Whipple, and the Steedaized the suspension with
our high technology dual rate springs and our suspension components and once
we developed a dialogue it just went from there and we're very, very pleased.
What a great job Ford did with the chassis and presenting such a good car
to the market and what a great car for the aftermarket to take it to the next
level you know for that consumer group. So that's how it all started and to work
with that group and Chad McQueen and to celebrate also Steve McQueen's 50th
anniversary with the Bullitt Mustang.
It's quite extraordinary and I'm tickled to death that you guys took the time and obviously do the homework of it.
If you look at the attention to detail, the ride-height filling up the wheel
wells, the shocks, those sway bars, the motor combination. It's all here. So what caught my eyes
is a splitter on the front end how different it is. I cannot wait to spend
some track time in the car I mean having the rear seat delete in the in the roll cage in this that's damn awesome!!
Well, you know hey back then the 68 Mustang
you know in the movie was state-of-the-art. Today this car would be
you know, several steps further ahead of that as far as technology and engineering.
you know first off Ford doing a fabulous
job with the powertrain and the structure of the vehicle then Steeda
adding the different suspension components and like with any movie or
any you know production set we would prepare the car you know for events like
that but it would be great to see a Steve McQueen Mustang you know jumping
through the streets of San Francisco absolutely!
We Steedaize the vehicle with a Whipple Supercharger which boosts the horsepower well over 700 horsepower.
Plus we used all of our latest suspension technology to take the Bullitt
to the next level, which includes our state-of-the-art Dual Rate Suspension
Springs our Front and Rear Stay Bars our Vertical Links our Tow Links our IRS
Subframe Support Braces with our IRS Subframe Support Bushing Kit to keep the
rear end stable under hard acceleration and plus our Front and Rear Stay Bars
which are fully adjustable. This really makes it a track winner, a pleasure car
to drive. You know we play close attention to the dynamics of the vehicle
we don't want to make a buckboard out of it. We want the car to be very compliant
and put very good road manners. So everything we do to the car we detail
to perfection to make sure the customer receives the best product available with
the performance gains provided. I mean it's just incredible and what's nice
also is you can take this car on track and it's and the way we set up the
vehicle dynamics it's very easy to drive. You can throttle steer it. You know we, we
incorporate a slight push into it and for the more advanced drivers you can
you know tune that we push out that to oversteer with our adjustable rear stay
bars but you know generally speaking is a joy to drive and we make it very easy to drive.
This type of vehicle it's always good to get into the heart and soul of your investment
and not only to learn how to drive it, take it to some on
track events, take it to the drag strip but also the regular maintenance.
The involvement of maintenance is actually enjoyable. It's like okay, you know I just
did a couple track events or you know I've run the car pretty hard for the
last 90 days or three months and what we call it, we call it nut and bolting it.
Unskilled technicians can nut and bolt and go through the whole car and the
critical points that do come loose in under an hour and it's a lot of fun and
you can look and enjoy and see all the different improvements that Steeda incorporated in the Bullitt Mustang.
The horsepower and torque of the new S550
you know the five liter especially when you supercharge it, it's amazing!
The thrill of acceleration is awesome! Like I always go hey does anybody want
to go for a thrill ride? I mean because it is just phenomenal and plus the
handling aspect of the vehicle just even makes it more enjoyable.
So yeah the rumble of the V8, let's hope it's here to stay for a long time!
Track days, dragstrip days, going to car club days, car show days it's one of the
greatest cars to have you know as far as that because it has a lot of great history!
You know for the money and for the investment you can't beat it.
Best bang for the dollar! I mean look at and the history behind the car and what
we're celebrating with the Steve McQueen Edition, the 50th anniversary and working
with Chad McQueen. You know if you plan to do a high performance driving event
or do these events, they offer instructors at these events to learn how
to drive your car and it's really amazing it's like you want to be as
smooth as possible, when driving the car you know through your transitions under
braking, acceleration, and cornering. So yeah if you do like to take on track events
go to the several schools that are available out there today and get
hooked up with an instructor. I would highly recommend that.
For example you can take, you know the Steeda high performance driving event cars that we build
we start off with a $50,000 performance pack one car and we add
$20,000 to it and we're beating supercars that cost three four times as much
and you know that's the same thing with the Bullitt Mustang the only other
thing that you would want to add if you're really hardcore on the track with
the vehicle is to add a dif cooler, which is simply installed and you can order
them with dif coolers from Steeda if you're gonna be on tracking the vehicle.