Mikey Albacete's 2014 Mustang GT CAMC Car
Specs & Mods
- Ownership Status
- Currently Own
- Year
- 2014
- S197 Model
- GT 5.0L
- Transmission
- Manual
- Mods - Handling
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- CorteX Xtreme Grip Track Coilovers (Koni Yellows with CorteX hardware)
- Cut Maximum Motorsports rear axle bump stops
- Whiteline front and rear adjustable anti-roll bars
- Maximum Motorsports bumpsteer kit and rear lower control arms
- BMR panhard bar, adjustable upper control arm, and rear lower control arm brackets
- Hawk HP+ pads front and Hawk HPS5.0 rear
- StopTech front and rear steel braided brake lines
- Apex EC-7RS 18x11 et52 wheels
- Maximum Motorsports 1/2" front wheel spacers
- 315/30/18 Yokohama Advan A052 tires
- Mods - Power
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- Stock internals Coyote 5.0 making 400whp and 410tq (Tuned by Evans Tuning)
- MBRP Long tube headers and catted H pipe
- Magnaflow street series catback
- Boundary billet oil pump and crank gears
- UPR air oil separator
-The Driveshaft Shop one piece aluminum driveshaft
- Centerforce Dual Friction organic clutch and aluminum flywheel
- 3.55 rear gear ratio
- Torsen T2-R diff
- Mods - Exterior
- -Lots of stickers :)
- Mods - Interior
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- Boss 302 Steering Wheel
- OMP Champ-R bucketseat
- Schroth Quick Fit Pro racing harness
- MGW Short Throw Shifter
- Background & Plans
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In 2018, I bought the car used with around 26,000 miles. It was kind of wacked out with its mods at first. It was slammed on BC Racing coilovers, running Nitto summer tires that had no grip, and a bunch of the BMR goodies that I ended up keeping. It also had the same MBRP long tubes installed, but no mid pipes. Literally just two straight pipes from the headers to the tailpipe, and Borla "muffler" tips tack welded on there. The car ran and handled like junk, but I still fell in love with it! I had never owned a mustang GT, or anything like it, before this car!
Over the years, as things inevitably broke, I upgraded them and started to make the car slightly better and better. But it wasn't until 2020 when I began autocrossing when I really started finding the car's weaknesses and making a conscious effort to improve the car. It was a huge challenge to start autocross in a CAMC car, and especially one that was setup extremely poorly. But 100,000 miles and 70+ events later, things are definitely better than they were.
I'm still in love with this car, and plan to be buried in it! I have a set of CorteX Xtreme Grip DA Penskes that will hopefully be installed in late May of 2024 and a CAMC legal aluminum spoiler that I've been dragging my feet with installing. Other than that, my plans for the car would be a proper aero package (rear wing and front splitter), making an effort to upgrade rubber bushings to sphericals, seeing where I can shave more weight off, and above all else, squeezing as much seat time as possible!
Awards/Accolades:
2022 Finger Lakes SCCA National Tour - 2nd Place in CAMC
2023 Finger Lakes SCCA National Tour - 2nd Place in CAMC
2023 Summit Racing Autocross Week - 3rd Place in Stock Touring
2023 King of the Mountain Golden Ticket Winner - Late Model
2024 NNJR SCCA Pro Solo - 4th Place in CAM
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