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2017 Mustang GT Vehicle Profile & Build Thread
HPDE/Track 

Track Day Car, that can still do cruise ins and ice cream

2017 PP1 Grabber Blue

Specs & Mods

Ownership Status
Currently Own
Year
2017
S550 Model
GT
Transmission
Manual
Mods - Handling
Ford Performance rear cradle bushings, BMR cradled lock down kit, Steeda LCA bearings, Steeda dog bones, Steeda Camber arms, Steeda Toe Arms.

Front Steeda track subframe. Fabricated my own engine mounts to lower engine, Steeda Lower front control arms, Steeda front tie rods

Stance X3 Coil overs custom tuned to my car

Watson front and rear hubs with CCW TS12 18" wheels, 315 square setup, currently running Continental Extreme Force Contacts

Steeda aluminum hat 2 piece brake rotors. With custom fabricated Brake cooling ducts
Mods - Power
3.0L Gen2 Whipple, with MMR complete front timing gears and tensioners. ROMANAC balancer with MMR ARP bolt and washer. My own custom calibration using HP Tuners. Rev Matching built into tune, Gibson full exhaust. Watson Battery Surge Tank, SMP water pump for water to air intercooler, and the VMP 4 core large heat exchanger. Homemade Differential cooler with Setrab heat exchanger and temp switch for pump and fans
Mods - Exterior
European Front bumper and crash bar for factory tow point in the front crash bar and bumper. Anderson lower splitter. Painted heritage stripes
Mods - Interior
White leather seats from California Custom model with the guts stripped out for weight, Shroth 5 point harnesses
Background & Plans
Bought this car as I wanted the S550 due to the independent rear suspension having a lot of the engineering I implemented on the 2003 Cobra track test cars, when working at Roush. On my 40th birthday flew to Kentucky and got a base model blank canvas PP1 in Grabber blue
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