To prepare for upcoming performance increases, Jonathan brought in his 2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI for some drivetrain attention! This round, Kevin is setting the MK7.5 up with a South Bend Clutch DXD Stage-II clutch & flywheel setup, giving us plenty of headroom to move forward with. Once Jonathan gets some break-in miles, then she’s hitting the rollers to get fully turned up by Vlad via COBB Tuning‘s Accessport. Stay tuned for gains to come!
The 2018-2019 Ford Mustang GT: an entirely new breed of Mustang and performance car alike — stock-for-stock, it really is an incredible performance package right off the showroom floor. But let’s be real, who leaves an S550 stock? The alluring gains from just an intake & tune alone are hard to ignore… but the beautiful whine, and ridiculous gains from a twin-screw supercharger, are absolutely impossible to ignore.
And Barry — the owner of this drag-packed Shadow Black 2018 Ford Mustang GT — is one of those guys that couldn’t ignore the latter, and decided to go all-in! This round, Louis is setting this S550 up with a Gen-V 3.0L twin-screw from Whipple Superchargers with 10-rib conversion, Modular Motorsports Racing – MMR billet oil pump gears, Injector DynamicsID1050X fuel injectors, Fore Innovations, LLC dual-pump module with FC2 controller, Stainless Works long-tube headers, Driveshaft Shop aluminum driveshaft, BMR Suspension bushings, all brought together with a custom calibration by Vlad via HP Tuners!
Stay tuned for results!
Jason just picked up this beautiful MT6 Thunder Gray ChromaFlair 2013 Cadillac CTS-V, and brought it in because it felt a little down on power. Upon investigation, we discovered two things: one, power was definitely off for the modifications performed, laying down only 536whp/542lbft. That, and with IAT2s at nearly 200° F, we knew what must be going on: collapsed intercooler brick, which we verified shortly thereafter.
Once we installed the repaired/reinforced intercooler brick, power came up to 575/565lbft, and then after dialing in the calibration via HP Tuners, power jumped to 633whp/639lbft! 97whp/97lbft gain from correcting a cooling deficiency, and a performing a proper calibration. Wild results!
Two, this V is sitting on a set of reworked OEM wheels — the exact setup which we pioneered back in 2010! This basically entails widening the front wheels to run on the rear, moving the rears up front, and all the bits-and-pieces necessary to execute. Check out the original build thread from 2010: https://ls1tech.com/…/1280217-national-speed-2009-cadillac-…
Overall a killer car, and fantastic results!
Cole brought us his 2012 Hyundai Coupe 2.0T to have it setup and dialed in! First, we installed a Haltech Platinum Pro ECU with WBC1 CAN wideband controller, electronic boost control solenoid, and then Vlad hit the rollers to bring it all together. Equipped with only a stock-placement Garrett GT3076R & front-mount intercooler — and limited by 550cc fuel injectors & the factory catalytic converter — Vlad was able to extract 290.77whp/272.93lbft! While peak gains of ~78whp and 87lbft are impressive enough from tuning alone, what’s more impressive is that areas of the curve showed 100whp+/100lbft+ increase! That’s a difference Cole should definitely notice…
Matt brought his GT Mustang to us for some added power, sound and handling ability. We also installed wheels/tires.
We utilized the following components:
With the new wheel/tire combo, the car looks absolutely great and with the new exhaust setup, the car sounds excellent as well.
On the dyno, the Coyote produced 395.30whp/329.92lbft.
John came to us with his gorgeous Shelby GT500 wanting a replacement for his OEM clutch unit and wanted something with a little more bite.
We decided to replace his aging stock unit with a SPEC S-Trim twin-disk clutch.
John always had the fastest car in the family, until another member of the pack came home one day with a GT500. Not to be outdone, John came to us to reclaim his crown as automotive head of the family. We were glad to help reinstate his title and installed:
With OEM fitment and quality combined with the ability to utilize the stock hood, the Edebrock E-Force supercharger system was the perfect match to keep John’s C6 a sleeper.
Pre-Work (Stock Auto) – 364.31whp/361.41ftlb.
Post-work (E-Force) – 488.46whp/450.00ftlb.
Total power gain – +124.15whp/88.5ftlb.
With a K24, Full-Race Manifold and a GT3582R, don’t sleep on this SI!
Modifications Performed:
Motor Removal/Disassembly/Reassembly/Install
ERL Performance K24 Iron Sleeved short block
Full-Race Motorsports vacuum/boost block
Custom Dyno Tuning
This post will be updated after the Dyno Tuning session.
Modifications Performed:
Lunati Gold Spring Kit
SLP Performance high pressure oil pump
C5R timing chain
Comp Cams Hi-Tech Pushrods
Custom Camshaft (3-bolt conversion)
Chris came to us wanting more midrange power and sound.
Having already gone with a Momentum Performance Turbo Kit on Chris’ car, we knew that the Momentum Performance Headers were a perfect match.
The car ended up making a stout 426.74whp/415.35lbft and picked up 25whp peak and 26ftlb over it’s baseline.
What’s not seen here is the nearly 50whp gain in the midrange! The car will be much more fun to drive and have a great deal more usable power.