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Dark Matters Steeda Vehicles unleashes murdered-out Mustangs with over 800 horsepower By Steve Turner The beauty of the Mustang platform is its adaptability. Owners can paint its canvas to create the masterpiece of their dreams. Some like to do the work themselves and create something that...

Picking Up Power VMP Performance boosts the performance of its project truck with a better blower By Steve Turner When we last climbed aboard VMP Performance’s 2016 F-150 project truck it had put down over 566 horsepower and 521 lb-ft of torque to the wheels with a TVS supercharger and a...

Total Package Steeda unleashes its new Q-series Mustangs, including an 825hp model By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Steeda Autosports Since the Fox Mustang days Steeda Autosports has created a complete line of products that let you add performance to your Mustang. However, if prefer to just...

Power Packed Ford Performance offers a potent upgrade for turbo-four S550s By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Back in July we broke the news about Ford Performance Parts’ trio of Power Packs for 2015+ Mustang GTs. These ranged from a hotter calibration to a complete...

Powerful Pickup Installing a Whipple supercharger on a 5.0-powered F-150 delivers over 500 rwhp By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of ID Motorsports There has always been a strong interest in hot rodding Ford’s ever-popular F-150 pickup. Even the Blue Oval’s performance divisions can’t resist...

Looks Fast Cervini’s revamped a new Mustang with its body parts and VMP blower By Steve Turner If you have been around the Ford performance scene for as long as we have, you are undoubtedly familiar with Cervini’s Auto Designs. The company was one of the first outfits to build fiberglass...

Beach Toy This Race Red droptop served as the ideal Mustang Week cruiser By Steve Turner Each year we look forward to the gathering that fills the resort town of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with thousands of Mustangs and fans of the Ford’s pony car. When attending a gathering of this...

Special Delivery Steeda boosts and tunes a 2016 California Special automatic By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Matt Bouyea and James Gordon We love getting out to performance shops for projects as you never know what you might run into. While documenting an installation at Steeda...

Shift Change Installing Steeda’s billet Tri-Ax shifter for 2015+ Mustang GTs By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of Steeda Autosports These days the automatic transmissions work so well that drivers who choose a manual transmission must really love that visceral connection...

Purveyors of Power Sarasota Ford offers centrifugally supercharged S550s with warranties By Steve Turner Open the hood and there is the familiar whir of ProCharger gear drive under the hood of a 5.0-liter Mustang. Close the hood and there is but a hint of the sound. When cruising around...

Packed With Power Ford Performance Parts releases the first of three Mustang GT Power Packs By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Owners of 2015-2017 Mustang GTs who have been waiting for a naturally aspirated power package from the factory can start to rejoice. Ford...

Force Power Edelbrock offers TVS blowers that will boost your S550 to 732 horsepower By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Edelbrock Boost and Mustangs are definitely fast friends. Now, for owners of the latest Mustangs, there is a new option for adding boost—Edelbrock’s E-Force...

Isn’t That Crate Borla built its new mufflers to maximize your Coyote 5.0 engine swap By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Borla Performance Industries Crate motors are all the rage when it comes to revitalizing an aging project or powering a ground-up build. It’s easy to understand why because...

Gold Standard Hurst and Kenne Bell join forces on a turnkey, 750-horsepower Mustang By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ken Latka/Television Motion Picture Car Club Performance West Group is the builder of limited runs of Mustangs and other performance vehicles that wear the Hurst brand. This...

Time Machine Now you can order a Coyote-powered 1967 Shelby GT500 from Revology By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Revology Cars Classic Mustangs with a Shelby lineage are highly sought after collectibles. As a result, it’s extremely rare to see something like a 1967 Shelby GT500 running...

Speed Hunter An Alabama police department added a supercharged S550 patrol car By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of the Huntsville Police Department If you like to put the pedal to the metal on I-565 near Huntsville, Alabama, you might want to think twice now. The city has a new patrol...

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...

Now We’re Kookin’ SVTP’s Project Triple Threat gains Kooks long-tube headers and exhaust By SID297 Photos by Stacy Stangz Followers of our 2015 Mustang GT project vehicle, Project Triple Threat, know that our last installment documented the installation of a Whipple 2.9-liter supercharger. The...

Better Than Ever We took a ride in Revology’s all-new Mustang replica with a modern engine By Steve Turner To the uninitiated observing a Revology Cars vehicle for the first time, looks can be deceiving. Most think these vehicles are restified Mustangs brought back to better than new condition...

Smart Shifts Support your Coyote engine swap with an auto trans and controller By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Performance Automatic When it comes to engine swap support, Ford Performance does a stellar job supporting modern engines in other vehicles thanks to its crate motor program...

Five by Five This Cobra replica is powered by a modern 5.0 and tuned by VMP Performance By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of VMP Performance Cobra. This slithery snake packs an insane combination of lightweight and big power in a short-wheelbase roadster. The original Shelby-built machines are...

Smoking Hot Mustang drivers melted tires in the Florida heat at Uncharted Territory By Steve Turner After debuting to enthusiastic crowds in Orlando, Florida, last year, Formula Drift returned to Orlando Speed World for another installment of Uncharted Territory. The fifth stop on this...

Matched Threat Adding a Whipple supercharger to SVTP’s Project Triple Threat By Steve Turner Photos by Stacy Stangz As you know, SVTP has a robust stable of project cars ranging from our feisty Fiesta ST, Project Smallz to our corner-carving EcoBoost Mustang, Project Samhain. However, the...

Over the Edge Sheldon Lewis finally put his stock-computer S550 into the eights By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Sheldon Lewis When we last told you ghostly tales about Sheldon Lewis’ Hellion-turbocharged 2015 Mustang he was pushing the stock Coyote platform to the edge of an 8-second...

Picking Up Power ID Motorsports tests Mustang intake manifolds on a 5.0-liter F-150 pickup By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company and ID Motorsports Of late we’ve been covering a lot of tests involving intake manifolds that fit the Coyote family of engines in Mustangs. From...