(engine noises)
- This is a carbon fiber bodied
800 horse power, $170,000 Ford Mustang.
I know, its a lot to take in, but hear me out.
This pony is worth the money.
Over the next 10-12 minutes depending on what jokes land
and how much time Max and Graham want to spend
making disturbing face melting things out of my face,
I'm gonna tell you why this is the most advanced
Mustang ever built.
And why it was even made in the first place.
It's time to go front face shield to rear wing,
bumper to bumper on the Peregrine Revenge GT.
(upbeat music)
- The Mustang is one of America's tenth poll cars,
you can't imagine the USA without it.
Because of that the Mustang has become something
of a meme right?
How many different jokes have you heard about these cars?
Probably a lot, but that's why I think this one
in particular is so interesting.
(country music)
- The leap from fifth to sixth Gen mustang
in 2015 was immense.
The biggest change for the new model was the suspension.
(engine noises)
- For decades the Mustangs biggest flaw was the handling.
But in 2015 all that changed, the new independent rear
suspension elevated the Mustang from muscle car
(burning tires)
- To whole ass sports car.
The S-550 Mustang is one of the best bargains in the World.
You can get anything from a turbo 4 cylinder Eco Boost
to the new 760 horsepower Shelby GT 500.
But what if that's not enough for you?
(engine noise)
- Peregrine was founded in 2017 by the Keuylian brothers,
Alex and Armen.
They are huge Mustang fans and wanted to build a sports car
that can beat anything on the road,
both in terms of speed and price.
They believed the Mustang was the best way to do that,
because even without modifying it, the S-550 platform
was a great value.
They got to work making their vision a reality using
a 2018 Mustang GT.
So what is it that they did, to make it a Revenge GT?
Peregrine starts with a stock Mustang GT
provided by the customer.
But it can't be just any Mustang GT,
Peregrine has a list on there website detailing
which features to order like magneride suspension,
active performance exhaust, and the GT performance package.
Once you get a Mustang that meets these conditions,
then the transformation can begin.
Before Peregrine replaces anything with carbon,
they make sure everything under the hood
is just as radical as the body work.
They install a three liter Whipple supercharger on top
of the five liter coyote V8.
This honker pushes upwards of 800 plus horsepower,
that's more than 300 over stock.
Peregrine tunes the ECU and transmission together
to make sure that the power gets to the ground
smoothly and reliably.
After all the Revenge GT is a street car
and its pointless to make something this sweet
if you can't drive it everyday.
How do I know, I built low car.
- Kill it!
One of Peregrines main goals with the Revenge GT
was to make a car that can go head to head with exotics
and this engine is one of the main reasons it can.
The Coyote V8 is insanely stable, and loves to be modded.
Even though this puppy's making 800 horsepower,
it's super reliable and if that's not enough for you
Peregrine can build you an engine making upwards
of 1200 horsepower.
Which would be like having three stock Coyotes
under the hood.
(upbeat music)
- Underneath the car Peregrine spent months
tweaking the handling.
They didn't use wheel spacers to fill out the wide body
like some sort of Instagram car influencer or high team.
To widen the track Peregrine designed their own lower
A-arms, it wasn't as easy as it sounds.
And honestly that doesn't even sound that easy.
They started by making the arms longer but found
that the car didn't handle like they wanted.
So they kept tweaking it, and tweaking it, and tweaking it
until they had spent three months perfecting those a-arms
what seemed like a minor tweak became one of the most
time consuming pieces on the car.
But once they finished, the time spent was well worth it.
The front track is three inches wider than stock,
and six inches wider in the rear.
One surprising thing about the suspension is that
Peregrine uses the Magna-ride dampers that come with the car
from the factory because their just that good.
The shocks are filled with a magnetic fluid,
that can change its properties on the fly.
The car can go from a super cushy ride to stiff as a board
with the press of a button.
Peregrine installs shorter springs which lower
the Revenge GT by one inch.
Just look at this stance.
(techno music)
- Peregrine swaps out the stock brakes
for something a little more aggressive.
These are custom brembo six piston brakes paired
with these massive rotors, that fill
the barrel of the wheel.
Brakes like these are crucial of you want to track your car.
The increased piston count means there's more bite force
on the rotors and the bigger rotors means that there's more
service area to dissipate heat which drastically
reduces brake fade.
Put both of those together and you have brakes
that can stop harder for longer.
♪ Pistons, rotors, brakes much harder ♪
♪ Pistons, rotors, brakes much longer ♪
♪ Pistons, rotors, brakes much harder, ♪
♪ all your car is stopping faster. ♪
- Do something with that Max.
Speaking of wheels the Revenge GT is rolling on some custom
forged aluminum wheels designed by Forgeline.
In wheel terms these things are light as a feather
which helps acceleration and handling.
Less weight means not as much work to get them turning.
They also look sick as hell. These Forgeline's are wrapped
in Michelin pilot sport fours, with 295's in the front
and 345's in the rear, which might be the biggest tire
we've ever seen on B2B besides Gravedigger.
I really like the way these wheels look I want them
for my Mustang, and I'd probably curb the shit out of them.
(laughs)
- The power and handling of the Revenge GT is impressive.
And definitely worth talking about.
But lets be honest when you clicked on this video
it was probably because you saw the words Carbon Fiber
in the title, those words tend to get a lot of attention.
So lets talk about it.
Back in 2017 the Keuylian brothers had drawings
of what they wanted their Mustang to look like.
They had to make that vision come to life.
They rented out a small shop and got working
on their 2018 Mustang prototype.
First they laid modeling clay on the car,
and sculpted all the shapes, then they had the car
laser scanned which produced a digital copy of the car.
With that file, they could make individual
computer drawings of all the components with CAD software.
With those CAD drawings Peregrine was able to machine
the master molds that the carbon fiber
pieces would be made with.
(techno music)
- Everything you see here besides the doors, roof, and trunk
are made from carbon fiber.
Carbon is a finicky mistress to work with.
If you get that resin ratio off, or bake it the wrong
temperature the end product will be either
to brittle or to weak.
Its hard to do.
In the end though, the carbon fiber shaves 200 pounds
off the car which is one quarter James, or .88 mes.
That's nothing to shake a stick at.
(techno music)
- The sculpted bodywork at the front feeds cool air
to the brakes, and the openings on the hood send air all
over the top of the engine, which keeps the engine bay cool.
The side skirts guide air down the side of the car
and this thing has a freaking carbon under tray
like a F1 car, it almost sucks itself to the road.
That's insane, this thing is truly impressive.
(whooshing sound)
- The wing on the back looks like it would be at home
on a GT 3 race car.
Peregrine says it produces 120 pounds of down force
and basically no drag at 140 miles per.
That's really good for how unobtrusive this one wing is.
They had to reinforce the trunk lid with carbon fiber
bracing because they found out the down force
from the wing was bending the sheet metal.
That's awesome.
(techno music)
- Naturally you might compare this thing to the upcoming
2020 Shelby GT 500 and that's fine.
Compared to the Shelby the Revenge looks
a little more tamer, a little more streamlined.
And I actually really love that.
Peregrine sculpted the front fascia in a way that makes
the headlights look even angrier, and unlike Ford Peregrine
made extensive changes to the rear of the car.
I know the styling might not be for everybody,
I freaking love it though.
And you can't deny that this thing looks fast.
And guess what, it is.
But what about the inside of the car?
What's going on in there?
Well time for the part of the show where Eddie gives me a
Go-Pro to put in my mouth and it tastes like his pocket.
We've never washed it.
(car door chime)
(car door slams)
- No drama
(techno music)
- Inside the Revenge GT feels just like a mustang
but the main modification are the seats.
Peregrine reupholsters them any way you like.
No Revenge GT's are gonna be the same,
and I love these white seats, they're awesome.
As you might have noticed this car
has an automatic transmission.
Peregrine actually recommends that you order
the ten speed auto when you buy your donor car.
It shifts faster than a manual and its strong enough
to handle all that power up front, along with tuning
the engine, they tweak the transmission so power
delivery is smooth and street able.
So why did Peregrine name this car Revenge?
Well to find out, I asked them.
(scary music)
- You ever heard of the saying success is the best revenge?
That's why. Peregrine built this car for the buyer
who wants something different, but still wants
that super car performance.
And the Revenge GT succeeds in doing just that.
So I guess that does the saying justice, right?
I'm gonna start it up.
(engine revving)
(laughs)
- James always laughs when he does this, and now I know why.
(engine revving)
- Ah I want to just drive this thing off the roof.
All right I'm gonna turn it off.
(motor sound)
(laughs)
- That was the seat.
(laughs)
- Peregrine is only gonna build 50 of these bad boys.
35 hard tops like this, and 15 convertibles.
After that there will be no more Revenge GT's.
The next phase of Peregrines plan is to give the
carbon fiber treatment to some Porsche GT3 RS's.
They want to do something with the GT 2
if anyone will let them.
- The Revenge GT is a monument not only to Peregrines
engineering expertise but also the Mustang itself.
As one of America's favorite cars, millions of Mustangs have
been built in a million different ways.
Its only fitting to pay tribute to that legacy
by building one crazier than all the rest.
(engine revving)
- I want to thank Peregrine for bringing the Revenge GT
out and to Peterson Automotive Museum for letting
us shoot here.
If your car nerd at all you need to get your butt out here
and check out all the dope cars
they have in their collection.
Definitely take the vault tour its amazing,
I've done it, we've all done it at Donut.
Thanks for watching, be nice see you next time.
(car door slams)
- Look cool as bleep, think about Kevinsky
night driving bleep. Ready?
- I guess