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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...

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...

Desert Haulers Ford is set to show off a quartet of hopped-up pickups at The SEMA Show By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Get ready for the excitement to start building. I less than a month automotive aftermarket will converge on Las Vegas to show off its wares for the...

Plate Shift Installing BMR Suspension’s caster/camber plates for the S550 By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of BMR Suspension From the jump, the crew at BMR Suspension took the S550 platform and started developing parts. Despite the platform maturing and other development...

Savage Animal Timeless Kustoms is building an insane Fastback for the SEMA Show By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Timeless Kustoms Each year the entire automotive aftermarket convenes in Las Vegas, Nevada, for The SEMA Show. As you know, this show not only brings out all the latest products to...

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...

Road to Victory The Multimatic Shelby takes the win and the championship at Road Atlanta By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company The nine-race IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Grand Sport season came to a close last Friday at Road Atlanta and the Ford...

Low mileage! Satin Silver Cobra 14,146 miles Very nice 2003 Cobra with perfect interior, everything works. Only modifications are Mac cat back exhaust, Maximum Motorsports caster camber plates, Steeda bump steer kit, FTBR IRS complete bushing kit with adjustable rear toe links and sway bar...

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...

On Rails Installing Steeda’s lightweight jacking rails for the latest Ford Focus By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Steeda Autosports If you perform your own maintenance or modifications, chances are you are going to need to put a floor jack under your car. With modern cars it can be a...

Season Kickoff Get ready for the first show of 2017 at Silver Springs next January By Steve Turner Do the winter doldrums make you sentimental for warmer days and car shows? If you live in Florida, there is no need to wait for spring to host a car show. For Ford fans one of the first major...

Big Screen Modernize your S550 with a plug-and-play Android infotainment upgrade By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ultra Design You might not be jealous of the Tesla’s electric motivation or its autopilot abilities, but take one look in the interior and you might turn green with envy. That...

Youth Movement Popular with younger customers, Ford Performance vehicles are selling well By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Performance With all the talk that younger people aren’t as interested in driving, there is some good news from the Blue Oval. Apparently younger drivers with higher...

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...

Close Call A Livernois-tuned Focus RS hangs with a stock Shelby GT350 on the drag strip By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Livernois Motorsports If you own the top dog Shelby GT350 Mustang, you might immediately dismiss that Focus RS staging next to you at the drag strip. Well, you might...

Big Package Inside Ford Performance’s big-bore, modular crate engine By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Performance Parts Recently we shared Ford Performance Parts’ announcement that the OE hot rodding division is now offering a 5.3-liter modular short-block (PN M-6009-B53; $6,800). This...

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...

Pulling Ahead Multimatic wins its fifth race and closes in on an IMSA championship By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company IMSA racing rolled into the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, for the second to last race of the season. In the blazing heat of the Lone Star...

Tuned Custom HP Tuners built a 2015 Mustang as a multi-purpose promotional project By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of HP Tuners and Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car In the automotive aftermarket it is standard practice to build project vehicles to garner attention. These cars...

Hero Cars More than 125 Mustangs participated in the 13th annual charity cruise By Steve Turner In the wake of the tragic terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, the nation came together as one in support of those lost and the first responders that saved as many people as they could. At the...

Clutch Decision Lethal Performance upgrades its blown GT350 with a McLeod Racing clutch By Steve Turner Combine the high-winding Voodoo 5.2-liter engine with a whiff on nitrous and it’s no surprise that you might find a fusible link in the driveline. In the case of Lethal Performance’s Shelby...

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...

Shifts with Benefits MGW Shifters details the features and benefits of its new Shelby upgrade By Steve Turner Photos by SID297 and courtesy of MGW Shifters A highly tuned machine like the modern Shelby GT350 attracts a certain type of driver. If you are willing to pay the tariff to get behind...