Bushguts 2013 Mustang GT build (revised) pics and video

I haven't been on here in years and so I've done some things to my mustang since I got rid of my JRSC FG2. Heres and update on the build progress.

Day I got it

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Added Flowmaster Outlaw mufflers

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plastidipped some parts

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Added a custom painted to match shift ball

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Put on side scoop

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Added Eibach pro kit springs, BMR Adjustable panhard bar, Barton shifter bracket

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Before drop
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After drop
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Old bracket vs new bracket

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Added BMR relocation brackets and rear lower control arms

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Welded the relo brackets for added support
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Added 3" off road catless X pipe stainless steel

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Installed JLT CAI

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Put on a stainless steel clutch line

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Tuned it

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Time for wheels and tires and rocker stripe

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Plastidipped wheels charcoal

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Sad day, clutch pressure plate failed at 15k miles

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Bought Spec stage 1 clutch

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Added MGW race spec short shifter (removed old Barton bracket)

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Added Boss Intake Manifold and Strut brace and 1 piece drivesahft

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Back on the dyno for tuning

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I didnt gain any power but I shifted my power to top end. Revs to 7600 now making more of a window for peak power than I had before the Boss manifold. I gained 30 tq at 7k over previous tune. The boss manifold is for top end power.

These should help

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Added some LED bulbs

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Headed to the track to see what she does

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Car 72

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That street sign is real too

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I hope you enjoyed my build as much as I did. It was a bumpy road but worth it in the end.

Now onto some Videos

Track Videos of my best time

dont forget to click on those vids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1_lMlCseGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axJgBOM8fyE

Exhaust videos

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Walk around video

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Thanks for looking. Hope you liked it. I do have more plans to make her faster. I'll update when I do more.

Bonus Pics
Bought my fiance a 2015 Mustang GT premium also

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UPDATE

NEW GO FAST PARTS. ARH LONG TUBE HEADERS 1-7/8 3" COLLECTOR STAINLESS STEEL AND 3" CATLESS X PIPE

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UPDATE: HEADERS ARE ON

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ON TO THE VIDS:

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DYNO SHEET OF PREVIOUS SETUP VS NOW

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Great build man!! Looking to add boost in the future by chance? If so/if not, what are your future plans for the car?

Also, fiance has a nice GT! Love that yellow. How are you liking hers? Ever decide to switch with her?

Solid build old friend! Looking at modding the fiance's new GT at all?

In for future build plans - what are they?

thanks guys. yeah i have more plans for the ole green stang. cams, headers, throttle body, more suspension work. i wanna prep the car fully before i lay the boost in it. i drive the 15 stang more because its more comfy. the 15 is staying stock. she wants mufflers but thats about it.

ill keep the build thread updated when i do more to the car

good stuff

dont forget to click on those vids to see my in car view of my personal best run

wow very nice! Can't see vids at work I'll have to check them later at home

Enjoying this build thread! Glad to see you back on here. I see you wrote cams on your future build plans, does your 13 GT have the ability for that ghost cam tune? I don't know too much about it, but it sure sounds nice!

Definitely update us on your build and your wifes!

Thanks man. That ghost cam tune is something that bama and Lund do. It's absolute garbage, makes no power and runs like crap. That's what people have said that have it. My tuner tunes for power rather than sound. I would rather have the cams over a fake sound. I'm looking into doing headers. Stainless works makes a good set. Then a bigger throttle body and then cams. I have to be careful what cams I get because they make em for na and boost. I plan on boosting it but not really sure if I wanna do that just yet. I know people that have a Paxton blower and make like 580-625 whp depending on their mods. It's wheel spin city on the street. Would have to be on radials all the time and then it's not much of a daily at that point. I may just want 500whp and be more daily drivable. It might just be the best middle ground at that point. Considering it'll still hook good at 500whp it may outperform a boosted stang on the street just because it'll hook. I dunno yet still pondering that boost. You know what they say, once you go boost you don't go back. Getting a ride in my friends 800whp turbo saleen doesn't help my plans for staying na. That car was absolutely sick.

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Thanks man. That ghost cam tune is something that bama and Lund do. It's absolute garbage, makes no power and runs like crap. That's what people have said that have it. My tuner tunes for power rather than sound. I would rather have the cams over a fake sound. I'm looking into doing headers. Stainless works makes a good set. Then a bigger throttle body and then cams. I have to be careful what cams I get because they make em for na and boost. I plan on boosting it but not really sure if I wanna do that just yet. I know people that have a Paxton blower and make like 580-625 whp depending on their mods. It's wheel spin city on the street. Would have to be on radials all the time and then it's not much of a daily at that point. I may just want 500whp and be more daily drivable. It might just be the best middle ground at that point. Considering it'll still hook good at 500whp it may outperform a boosted stang on the street just because it'll hook. I dunno yet still pondering that boost. You know what they say, once you go boost you don't go back. Getting a ride in my friends 800whp turbo saleen doesn't help my plans for staying na. That car was absolutely sick.

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A friend of mine has a ghost cam on his 2014. Sounds mean, but definitely doesn't replace a cam. I must admit, it was badass to hear it when I first heard his car. But for the performance minded, which I feel nearly all of us are interested in based on the subject of this community, ghost cam just doesn't do it. Good idea with the plans IMO. But leave some room for an increase in power, because 500whp will feel slow eventually. Also, I have Continental ExtremeContact DW on my C5 and it literally hooks just as well as my Hoosier drag radials, are much better in the wet, and last much longer. So, for tire plans, if they make the sizes you end up looking for, I suggest those.

Pics of the Saleen?? And what's with the PVC pipe from the passenger headrest, DIY GoPro mount?

Ghost cams sound dope for just some setting adjustments in the tune.

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A friend of mine has a ghost cam on his 2014. Sounds mean, but definitely doesn't replace a cam. I must admit, it was badass to hear it when I first heard his car. But for the performance minded, which I feel nearly all of us are interested in based on the subject of this community, ghost cam just doesn't do it. Good idea with the plans IMO. But leave some room for an increase in power, because 500whp will feel slow eventually. Also, I have Continental ExtremeContact DW on my C5 and it literally hooks just as well as my Hoosier drag radials, are much better in the wet, and last much longer. So, for tire plans, if they make the sizes you end up looking for, I suggest those.

Pics of the Saleen?? And what's with the PVC pipe from the passenger headrest, DIY GoPro mount?

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sorry no pics of it but heres some video of it doing 200 mph. hes a road racer and that car is scary fast. a close friend of mine. ya the headrest was good till my exhaust got louder and now it just rattles. i need to build a more sturdy one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MNsgy8mclw
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and heres his driving in his 2015 stingray.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG-AXWh9Wlk

heres his 2012 mustang gt bone stock

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and heres his fast bike doing 175mph at the drag strip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e03ncBhlqE

dudes a close friend of mine. best driver ive ever seen. ive learned a lot from him and still am learning. he shoudl be an instructor at a racing school. hes got mad skillz.

Cool bruh! Sounds like a good close friend to have lol

Will watch these videos later today. Thanks for sharing!

Nice videos! Friend in the C7 seems like he had a ball, definitely could have gotten more out of the car. It did the job nonetheless!

check the update on new parts

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check the update on new parts

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ARH are phenomenal! They are local to me. Can't wait to hear the new sound! Will surely make some nice power throughout the powerband. Congrats!

yeah, every review i read was spot on great about them. ive seen people make 30-40 whp depending on mods. im guessing minimum 30 whp with my mods. will be getting em installed soon and i will post pics and vids. i def didnt wanna cheap out on headers because the install is quite involved. dont wanna do it twice so i just bought quality from the start.

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yeah, every review i read was spot on great about them. ive seen people make 30-40 whp depending on mods. im guessing minimum 30 whp with my mods. will be getting em installed soon and i will post pics and vids. i def didnt wanna cheap out on headers because the install is quite involved. dont wanna do it twice so i just bought quality from the start.

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That's the way to do it! Looking forward to your vids!

thread updated. look at the bottom of page 1

Sounds mean! Loving the install, very clean and professional build! How are you feeling about it? Happy about everything? The build, tune, results??

Thanks. I try to do nothing short of quality parts. The car feels a lot different now as it should with more power. Driveability is great. Power all around. This seems to be the ideal setup next to boost. Anymore power would not get put to the ground. It snaps the speedo fast and feels strong down low all the way to the top

When I did just the cai,boss,x pipe, I had less down low because of the boss Mani. It shifted my power from down low to up top. It didn't open up until 5k rpms, then it came alive. The headers gained that low end back now.

On a 30 roll in 3rd I slam the gas and it accelerates just as if it was in 1st on the previous setup. Those headers really woke the car up. I love the way it feels. I did lose that snap crackle pop sound from the exhaust I used to get but that's gone now. No more turbulence. Its smooth sounding like an exotic. The exhaust did get much much louder now but the drone I used to have at 2k rpms is completely gone due to better airflow. I do hear a bunch more air flowing through the headers now.

I will make it to the track soon to see my gains. Videos of track day will follow.

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Originally Posted by BUSHGUTS

Thanks. I try to do nothing short of quality parts. The car feels a lot different now as it should with more power. Driveability is great. Power all around. This seems to be the ideal setup next to boost. Anymore power would not get put to the ground. It snaps the speedo fast and feels strong down low all the way to the top

When I did just the cai,boss,x pipe, I had less down low because of the boss Mani. It shifted my power from down low to up top. It didn't open up until 5k rpms, then it came alive. The headers gained that low end back now.

On a 30 roll in 3rd I slam the gas and it accelerates just as if it was in 1st on the previous setup. Those headers really woke the car up. I love the way it feels. I did lose that snap crackle pop sound from the exhaust I used to get but that's gone now. No more turbulence. Its smooth sounding like an exotic. The exhaust did get much much louder now but the drone I used to have at 2k rpms is completely gone due to better airflow. I do hear a bunch more air flowing through the headers now.

I will make it to the track soon to see my gains. Videos of track day will follow.

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It's all in good fun, glad everything woke up so well. Looking forward to the track day videos!

UPDATE:

went to the track. i will start off by saying this. anyone that is an avid racer and really knows anything about cars, they will understand this saying...its easy to drive a slow car fast, and hard to drive a fast car fast. the more power you have the harder it is to put down to the ground.

with my new setup power is everywhere so i had to play with many variables. biggest issue was the inexperienced driving through the water box dragging water all over to the staging line. i try many different methods. launch points, shift points, playing with psi.

started launching at 2k and went up in 500 increments all the way to 4500k. shifting at 7k all the way to shifting at 7500. almost dumping the clutch all the way to slowly slipping it. it was a lot of trial and tribulation but i finally figured out how this car likes to launch.

best method, 18 psi, 4k slip, 7k shift points.

heres my in car and outside view of my best run. all day i averaged 12.0-12.1 @117mph. there is more in her once i get more practice at it. so hard to launch that much power without spinning my radials.

slip was

60' 1.78
330 5.05
1/8 7.71@92
1000 9.99
1/4 11.90@115

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