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Nine Lives Brad Gusler resets the EcoBoost Mustang e.t. record with a historic pass By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of BG Racing and the NMRA From moment Ford announced it would offer a turbo four-cylinder in the 2015+ Mustang, the engine platform has earned detractors and...

Get Down ID Motorsports picks up power with a high-flow downpipe and a hotter tune By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of ID Motorsports When we last left ID Motorsports’ 2016 Focus RS project, the hot hatch had picked up over 30 horsepower and 46 lb-ft of torque courtesy of a custom tune and...

Turning up the Heat ID Motorsports tests SCT tuning and a Mountune CAI on Ford’s hot hatch By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of ID Motorsports We are still waiting to steal some seat time in Ford’s 350-horsepower, all-wheel-drive Focus, but lucky owners are already out there enjoying them...

’Boost Cruise Taking a a turbocharged trip to sunny South Florida in an EcoBoost ’Stang By Steve Turner We spend most of our waking hours contemplating, analyzing, documenting and reporting on ways to make Ford performance vehicles perform even better. Because we are so focused on the road...

Adrenal Plan SVTP chatted with Ford about the hottest hatch’s complimentary school By Steve Turner Owners of the Ford Performance’s new hot hatch, the Focus RS get a lot of performance in a small package. Not only does it deliver 350 horsepower, four driving modes, and more. One feature...

Blackout at the Beach Bullitt Auto Detail wraps Project Samhain’s roof at Mustang Week By Steve Turner Mustang Week is an insanely busy time for the SVTP crew. From running our own display, throwing parties and covering the events, we are all running in different directions. It makes doing...

Education in Excitement Focus RS owners to receive a free Ford Performance Racing School By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company As if there weren’t already 350 reasons to want an all-wheel-drive ride like the 2016+ Focus RS, Ford gives you one more—the RS Adrenaline Academy...

Real Winner Race Forza Motorsport 6 online and you might win a 2017 Focus RS By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Microsoft Your parents probably told you that playing too many video games is a waste of time. Well, if you put that time into racing Forza Motorsport games, you might just be...

Special Delivery Billy Johnson puts Lethal Performance’s RS in Drift Mode on the dealer lot By Steve Turner Regular readers know the last time Lethal Performance picked up a new project vehicle at Weikert Ford in Lake Wales, Florida, that the company did so in smoking style. So, when Team...

MagnaFocus Magnaflow releases its cat-back exhaust system for Ford’s hottest hatch By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Magnaflow If you watched Ford Performance’s Rebirth of an Icon documentary series, you know that engineers put a lot of effort into giving the new Focus RS and aggressive...

Waving the Flag A US Focus RS customer shares his thoughts on Ford’s hottest hatch By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company From the moment we learned the Focus RS would arrive on US shores, we’ve been excited for the hot hatch to usher in a new era of Ford Performance in the...

Royal Treatment Petty’s Garage offers 500 King Edition Mustangs, including an 825hp model By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Petty’s Garage To celebrate Richard Petty’s 80th birthday next year, Petty’s Garage embarks on its third year building custom Mustangs with 500 limited-edition 2017 King...

Starting Line Mishimoto embarks on its Focus RS project with baseline testing By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Mishimoto The highly anticipated Focus RS is finally arriving on US shores and starting to hit the streets. Rated at 350 horsepower and 350 lb-ft of torque at the crank, Ford’s...

Battle Tested Bill Putnam repeats as EcoBoost champion at the NMRA Super Nationals By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of the NMRA The wait was finally over. There have been two events since the NMRA Ford Drag Racing season kicked off in Florida, so it’s been a minute since the Livernois...

Shakedown & Expectations The final installment of the Focus RS RX series details its testing By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company For several weeks, Ford Performance offered a behind-the-scenes look at the Focus RS RX driven by Ken Block and Andreas Bakkerud in the FIA World...

Hard Parts The third installment of the Focus RS RX doc details the competitive gear By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Ford Performance is offering a behind-the-scenes look at the Focus RS RX driven by Ken Block and Andreas Bakkerud in the FIA World Rallycross...

Hot Lap Ride along as Focus RS Chief Engineer Tyrone Johnson laps Silverstone By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company As Focus fans, we have long been jealous of Europe. They always get the good stuff first. Ford is finally sharing the same car with the entire world, but Europe...

Craftsmanship & Assembly The second Ford Performance Focus RS RX video delivers an inside look at the build process By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Today Ford Performance released the second installment of its video docu-series offering a behind-the-scenes look at the new...

Higher Flow DeatschWerks offers high-flow fuel injectors for Ford EcoBoost engines By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of DeatschWerks Regular readers know that DeatschWerks provided the 95-lb/hr injectors for Ford Performance’s latest Cobra Jet Mustang drag racer. However...

Around the Block Ford Performance gives us a look at the development of its WRC Focus RS By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Recently we shared with you the reveal of the livery for the Hoonigan Racing Division World Rallycross Championship machines piloted by Ken Block and...

Colossal ’Cooler WagnerTuning has a massive new EcoBoost Mustang intercooler By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Wagner Tuning If you’ve been around EcoBoost Mustangs, you know that they readily gain performance with the most basic of modifications. Free up airflow, flash a hotter tune, and...

Second Street BG Racing’s Nina Gusler is fielding a street ’Stang in NMRA competition By Steve Turner We live in a time where things change quickly. Technology disrupts industries and what’s new can suddenly be old news. Case in point is Ford’s EcoBoost technology, which has successfully...

Hearing Brigade Quality control testing of the 2.3-liter Focus RS engine includes listening By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Closed in soundproof booths, highly trained Ford production workers listen carefully. EcoBoost 2.3-liter engines run as their tuned ears seek out a...

Battle in Bradenton The quickest EcoBoost Fords fought to the finish at the NMRA opener By Steve Turner At last year’s NMRA World Finals in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Livernois Motorsports joined forces with the NMRA and your friends at SVTP to host the first-ever EcoBoost Battle. The...