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Find 8-10 Easy Horsepower For Your Ford Mustang

Find 8-10 Easy Horsepower For Your Ford Mustang

If you’re looking to find 8-10 easy horsepower for your Ford Mustang, look no further than the affordable Brentech 70 mm throttle body designed to fit 1986-93 Fox-body Ford Mustangs with the venerable 5.0 Liter engine. Amazingly, BrothersPerformance.com sells this unit for right around $129.00 and the kit includes all the gaskets and hardware for a simple and quick install!

Airflow is critical to horsepower, and the stock 60 mm throttle body can only take you so far. Once you’ve added a cold-air intake, improved intake and exhaust headers, the stock throttle body will become a restriction, preventing your engine from reaching its potential. There are many options for throttle bodies, but none offer the performance, quality, and affordability of the Brentech 70mm throttle body kit.

Not some cheap off-short unit that is likely to fail over time, Brentech throttle bodies are 100-percent engineered and manufactured right here in America from top-grade 356 aluminum castings, which are then CNC-machined to a perfect finish. They also feature die-stamped throttle linkages, double-sealed bearings, and O-ringed throttle shafts. This equals smooth throttle actuation, durability, and great performance, not to mention perfect fitment and more horsepower and torque to the wheels.

How much power? We wanted to find out, so our Brothers Performance team recently installed and tested one on a 1990 5.0 LX Mustang. The high-mileage short-block was equipped with a Ford Racing Performance Parts Cobra intake, Air Flow Research (AFR) 165 Renegade heads, a .550-inch lift camshaft from Comp Cams, BBK long-tube headers and Magnaflow mufflers.

The LX spun the rollers on our Dynojet to a peak of 325 rwhp for a gain of 8 horsepower and 350 lb-ft of torque for a gain of 8 kb-ft. over the stock TB, but we saw higher gains below the peak. Not bad for about $129.00 and 30 minutes of our time.

This entry was posted in Ford Mustang, Ford Mustang Video, New Video and tagged BBK, Ford racing, ford, mustang, evan smith, comp cams, cold air kit, america, evan j smith, cobra, headers, 1990 mustang, brentech, 1986 mustang, afr, cnc, cnc-machined, cobra intake, mustang horsepower, Ford Mustang on January 7, 2015 by Evan Smith.
2011-2014 Ford Mustang V6 Power Upgrades

2011-2014 Ford Mustang V6 Power Upgrades

If you’re looking for 2011-2014 Ford Mustang V6 Power Upgrades, you’ve come to the right place. Brothers Performance.com stocks a wide range of popular aftermarket components for all types of Mustangs, including the 305-horsepower 3.7-liter V6. While the V6 might not have the rumble of the 5.0 Coyote powerplant, rest assured it has plenty of grunt, and with the right parts, you can gain extra power and lower elapsed times.

Common upgrades for your V6 Ford Mustang are BBK cold-air kits, Throttle Bodies, short- and long-tube headers, X-pipes, mufflers, ring and pinions and hand-held flash tuners. Of course, you can go beyond the basics—we’ve seen power adder-equipped V6 Mustangs with blowers, turbos and nitrous that really fly. And the very same suspension kits and wheels and tires common to V8 Mustangs will bolt directly to your V6 Stang.

Like its 5.0 Coyote V8 big brother, the 3.7 liter V6 Ford Mustang responds nicely to basic bolt-on modifications, many of which you can do right in your driveway or home garage. Cold-air kits and larger-than-stock throttle bodies will feed your engine more air, and give you more horsepower in a matter of minutes, while BBK exhaust headers will expel those spent gasses, increasing output and creating a better-than-stock sound.

Couple those bolt-ons with a free-flowing X-pipe and performance mufflers to create a sound that’s perfect for you. And since the 2011-2014 V6 Mustang has an 8.8-inch rear, all the performance ratios from Ford Racing and other manufacturers will give your pony that final kick in the tail. BrothersPerformance.com offers 3.08, 3.27, 3.31, 3.55, 3.73 and 4.10 gears.

Of course, no late-model performance car is complete without a calibrated tune, and Brothers Performance.com offers a variety of hand-held flash tuners for the 3.7L V6. Installing a performance calibration is important whether you’ve modded your Mustang or if you simply want to maximize the stock combination. You can install a performance tune by plugging your tuner into the vehicle diagnostic port and make a variety of adjustments to properly calibrate your Mustang once you’ve installed a cold-air, throttle body, headers, or new gears.

The V6 Mustang is a great option for lots of enthusiasts. You can make them handle, accelerate, personalize them for great looks, you won’t pay as much for insurance and you’ll enjoy excellent fuel economy.

This entry was posted in News, New Products, Ford Mustang, Ford Mustang Video and tagged BBK, Ford racing, ford, mustang, evan smith, v6 mustang, cold air kit, mustang cold air, cold-air, evan j smith, headers, 2011 mustang, v6 power upgrades, gears, 3.7L on December 31, 2014 by Evan Smith.
1979-1993 Fox-Body Mustang Frame Connectors

1979-1993 Fox-Body Mustang Frame Connectors

If there is one, single modification that every Fox-body Mustang on the planet can benefit from, it’s a set of frame connectors. Yes, 1979-1993 Fox-Body Mustang Frame Connectors are a must-have item, especially if you plan on adding power or heading to the track. And BrothersPerformance.com stocks a few options, including the BBK Gripp frame connectors that are featured in the video and sell for just over $100.00!

Ford Fox-body vehicles were designed in the mid-1970s with a great importance on saving weight. America had just gone through a gas crisis and economy was on everyone’s mind. This meant the Mustang (and other Fox vehicles) was getting a compact design and the unitized Fox-body fit the bill. It allowed for the popular modified MacPherson strut front suspension that used a bolt-in stamped steel K-member, with lower A-arms, separate coil springs and struts that connected the spindles to the strut towers in the chassis. The front combined with a non-parallel four-link rear, where the springs ride on the lower control arms. This arrangement was very basic, using stamped steel arms with rubber bushings to connect the rear end housing to the chassis. Most importantly, the design enabled Ford (and Lincoln/Mercury) to use the chassis for a wide range of vehicles.

The suspension/chassis setup worked well for the time, but can be greatly enhanced for performance and longevity with aftermarket components. As horsepower or torque is added, the chassis will likely flex. A close inspection of a high-mileage Fox may reveal cracks in critical areas, such as the rear suspension pick-up points. Despite this, you can affordably stiffen the chassis of your Fox by adding a set of frame connectors.

An affordable option is the BBK Gripp Mustang Sub-Frame Connector kit. These frame connectors add strength to the structure and help resist flex. BrothersPerformance.com offers a variety of sub-frame connector kits for all 1979 to 2004 Mustangs.

The Gripp connectors are made from boxed steel and can be bolted in or welded for extra strength. And like we stated, they are a must for any on-track activities including drag racing, road racing, competing in autocross, or just driving your Mustang aggressively around town. Stiffening the chassis will also help to keep your Mustang aligned, and another bonus is that your doors and will open and close more smoothly.

BBK’s connectors come in a Charcoal gray metallic powdercoated finish that’s attractive and durable. And they are made right here in America.

This entry was posted in New Products, Ford Mustang, Great Videos You MUST See!, Ford Mustang Video and tagged Drag Racing, Brothers Performance, BBK, BBK Performance, mustang, evan smith, america, evan j smith, fox-body, frame connectors, gripp, unibody on December 18, 2014 by Evan Smith.
BBK Clutch Cable and Quadrant Kit

BBK Clutch Cable and Quadrant Kit.

How’s your clutch? Not so good you say. Well, our team at BrothersPerformance.com can help. If you’re driving a 1979-2004 Ford Mustang, your clutch may need attention—or your clutch activation system my just need a tune-up. That’s okay, BrothersPerformance.com offers this BBK Clutch Cable and Quadrant Kit that will have you shifting like a pro.

When you press the clutch in any 1979-2004 Ford Mustang, you activate the clutch cable. The cable “pulls” along a mechanism under the dash called a clutch quadrant, and ultimately creates a pull at the clutch fork. The clutch fork manipulates the throwout bearing, which presses on the clutch fingers to disengage (or free) the clutch disk. This disconnects the engine from the driveline in order to let you stop the car without stalling, or to change gears.

Over time, the clutch cable and the factory quadrant wear down and lose their effectiveness. In extreme cases, the cable can actually fail, preventing you from operating the clutch altogether. If this happens you’ll be stuck. But more often, cables simply stretch, thus prevent full disengagement of the clutch disc.

This normally happens over time, so you may not notice that your cable is beginning to fail. More often than not, the clutch will still work, however, when it only partially disengages, the result can be worn syncros in the transmission, or accelerated wear on the clutch disc. Of course, most aftermarket clutches have stiffer-than-stock fingers for extra clutch grip, and this puts even greater load on the cable.

Naturally, the solution is a new high-performance set-up. BBK’s Clutch Cable and Quadrant Kit includes everything you’ll need to give you amazing clutch-pedal feel, plus the strength to prevent future failures. The kit comes with a direct-fit OEM-style hard-cased aftermarket cable, an aluminum clutch quadrant, and an aluminum firewall adjuster to give you control over clutch release. Your release point is now easily set by turning the adjuster that mounts under the hood. That’s right, you no longer have to crawl under the car to adjust your cable!

BBK offers kits for 1979-2004 Mustangs, along with a full line of Mustang clutches. This kit is suitable for your daily driver, or racecar. Consider one as a service replacement or any time you’ve installed an aftermarket clutch.

This entry was posted in News, New Products, Ford Mustang, Great Videos You MUST See!, Ford Mustang Video, New Video and tagged BBK, evan smith, clutch, evan j smith, clutch cable, clutch quadrant, mustang clutch, Ford Mustang on December 8, 2014 by Evan Smith.