- What's up youjabronies?
I'm driving new cars and talking about them.
It's The New Car Show, starring me, James Pumphrey.
(upbeat music)
Normally on this show I bring you
my impression on the latest, coolest, newest cars.
This time around the car isn't new,
it's actually three years old.
What?
The name of the show is The New Car Show.
Last time I checked this wasn't 2015 Pumphrey.
- What day is it?
- But wait, because the stuff inside
of it is brand spankin' new, as in, not released,
as in, it's in the early stages of test and development.
- Then all of a sudden I'm starting to get interested.
- For the past week I've been driving around
in a twincharged EcoBoost Mustang.
Twincharged, that means supercharger and turbo.
- You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.
- Just like a freaking Group B car.
(engine revs)
I've always been a huge fan of the EcoBoost Mustang.
I grew up drooling over all the
JDM turbo coupes that never came to the U.S.
Cursing at magazines, and begging God to tell me
why we can't have cool stuff here.
I still lie in bed awake at night wishing that I had an S15.
A boy can dream.
- There are dreams that cannot be
- That reminds me, go ahead and hit the subscribe button
so that maybe one day I can get one.
So, when Ford announced that they were putting
a turbo four-banger in the Mustang again,
I was like, "Woop, woop. Could this be the new
Silvia I've always wanted?"
Kinda, the Mustang is heavier and longer
but it has more power out of the gate,
and when you add a supercharger in to the mix,
that is a very fun cocktail, and I love cocktails.
So what is this weird car all about?
So what is this weird little car all about?
- Right.
- This was the project car for Vortech,
and you can tell that by the slightly lowered stance
and the more aggressive 19 inch forge-starred wheels.
The twin charger system was more
of an engineering exercise than anything else.
They originally bought this car in order
to develop their Maxflow Charge Cooler upgrade packages.
Once those were completed and available the car just sat.
But here's the thing the guys over at Vortech,
really, really like putting superchargers on things,
and they have access to a bunch of superchargers.
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
- Finish the fucking story man.
- You see what I'm getting at?
They took the Vortech V-3 H67B superchargers,
that they normally run on their GT86 systems,
added the charge cooler package that they
had already developed for the 'Stang,
and set out to twin charge the little EcoBoost
by feeding supercharged air in to the factory turbocharger.
It worked, kinda.
The car pulled like an absolute mutha (bleeps)
all the way to about 4,000 RPM,
when it ran out of fuel because
the factory fuel pump just couldn't keep up.
- Disappointing.
- At the time the hurdle that needed to be overcome
was that being a direct injection fuel system setup
on a relatively new platform, they couldn't just
slap on a bigger pump and go because one didn't exist yet.
So Vortech hit up Livernois Motorsport,
and they helped them develop a higher-flow pump
that provided enough fuel for the little engine
to pull hard all the way to redline,
but they quickly realized that the factory turbo
was just too small to take full advantage of the
twin charger system, and they abandoned the project.
- No.
- (bleeps) everything cool.
I assume their boss came into the room and was like,
"What the heck are you guys doing? Get back to work."
- Uh, yeah.
- They literally took the car apart
the day after we gave it back.
Rest in peace twin charged four-banger Mustang.
You were fun as hell.
(piano music)
And that is exactly how I would describe this little guy.
So (bleeps) fun. It is by far, 100%, no doubt,
the coolest sounding car that we have ever had on this show.
Every time you lift the throttle
you're rewarded with a (blows air).
(engine revs)
The sound is awesome.
It's not super-fast, honestly it doesn't
feel as fast as a stock GT.
In fact, this car felt absolutely
nothing like the Mustang GT that we
previously drove on this show.
This one felt like an import.
While the V8 feels badass, this little guy felt mischievous.
There was a much larger sense of occasion that came
with every decision that I made.
It was more fun when the tires broke loose
because I had to make more of a decision to spin them.
(engine revs)
Sick.
The car felt lighter and more tossable.
It's not a muscle car,
it's a twin charged four-banger coupe.
Oh, uh, did I mention the noises that this thing makes?
It made great noises.
(engine revs)
(engine whistles)
- I like it a lot.
- The power delivery was smooth,
but odd feeling, in a good way.
With a bigger turbo thrown in to the mix,
this thing would be amazing.
I could totally daily drive this car.
In fact, I wish that I could've made an offer on it.
It's so weird, and different, and awesome,
and I really like (bleeps) that's weird,
and different, and awesome.
That's why I hired Nolan and Bart.
It's a really good example of what can happen
when a bunch of really smart people
get together and make something
for no other reason, than to have fun,
and that's exactly what this car is, fun.
Mission accomplished.
Great job Vortech.
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Thank you so much for supporting us.
You guys are the only reason we get to do anything.
Shout out to Vortech for letting us drive this awesome car.
I wish you didn't take it apart.
You wanna see what I think of a GT Mustang?
Check out this episode of New Car Show.
You wanna learn more about turbos?
Check out this episode of Science Garage.
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