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Ford Mustang Power is Easy With a Cold-Air Induction

Ford Mustang Power is Easy With a Cold-Air Induction

Performance enthusiasts know there is an simple route to horsepower, in fact Ford Mustang Power is Easy With a Cold-Air Induction. Ram Air and cold-air induction has been a part of hot rodding since the early years, but feeding your Ford’s engine with fresh air got easier in the late 1980s when companies like BBK began developing and selling dedicated bolt-on cold-air kits that added horsepower and were affordable and easy to install.

Even the last carbureted 5.0 Liter Mustangs in 1985 used a system that drew air from the inner fenders, rather than under the hood. The 1986 EFI Mustang followed suit with a similar system and Ford has refined the Mustang induction system ever since. You may not know the factory induction is compromised because of concerns with underhood noise. Ford limits induction noise with inlet silencers built into the system, unfortunately, on some models this can serve as a restriction to air flow. Ford also designs and engine and its components to reach a desired power level, so as you increase the output, certain parts may be maxed out. Thankfully, Brothers Performance.com has your solution, with a variety of cold-air inlet kits for all late-model EFI Mustangs.

Getting more air into your engine is the very first step in creating more horsepower, and installing a cold-air kit is something you can do at home with basic tools. Newer models will work best with a recalibrated “tune” using a hand-held flash tuner like the SCT X4, to ensure your engine is operating with the proper air/fuel ratio. This will not only give you the most power, but also the best drivability and durability.

Depending on your combination, a cold-air kit can be worth as much as 15 horsepower at the wheels, but we’ve seen more in supercharged combinations. A properly built cold-air kit will include a free-flowing inlet elbow and air filter, but also a shield or box that limits or prevents hot underhood air from being fed to the engine. You'll also get installation hardware and instructions.

Along with any cold-air kit, we recommend the aforementioned "tune" and you can take your Ford Mustang to the next level with a larger throttle body and free-flowing exhaust. Modding your Mustang is fun, and it never hurts to have extra horsepower and torque under your right foot.

This entry was posted in News, New Products, Ford Mustang, Great Videos You MUST See!, Ford Mustang Video, New Video and tagged sct, mustang, evan smith, mustang cold air kit, evan j smith, horsepower, bbl, efi, tune, ram air, Ford Mustang on January 5, 2015 by Evan Smith.
Ford Racing Cobra Jet Mustangs Are Winners On Track

Anthony Bongiovanni competes with a team of CJs in NHRA, NMCA and NMRA competition.

Ford Racing Cobra Jet Mustangs Are Winners On Track

Fans of the Ford Mustang have had a lot to cheer about lately. While classic Mustangs are always in vogue, Ford and Ford Racing aren’t about to rest on their success. The global 2015 Mustang is slathered with technology, power and performance, and we can expect more from the 2016 Shelby GT350 and the “R” model that we are anticipating. On the drag racing front, Ford Racing Cobra Jet Mustangs Are Winner On Track in NHRA, NMCA and NMRA competition.

Jesse Kershaw of Ford Racing is a driving force in the late-model performance arena.

Jesse Kershaw of Ford Racing, along with the team of engineers and management made the latest run of Cobra Jet Mustangs a reality in late-2008, building 50 race-only CJs for NHRA Stock Eliminator competition. Racers and collectors scooped up all 50 cars—a handful were raced, some were stored, a couple went to auction, and we saw others on the show circuit.

Who could have imagined Ford Racing would continue to build Cobra jets, no less refine the them with each model year? But CJ production continued with 50 cars being built in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. And there is talk of a 2016 Cobra Jet, and we’re hoping for a twin-turbo option.

It was a dream of Fordnatics that Ford Motor Company to build a dedicated drag car, and the dream storyline was sweetened when long-time Ford racer John Calvert drove a four-speed 2008 CJ to victory in Stock Eliminator at the 2009 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California, exactly 40 years after Al Joniec won the same race in the 1968 Cobra Jet’s debut. Amazingly, Calvert was driving Brent Hajek’s CJ, that carried Al Joniec tribute Rice Holman lettering.

The Cobra Jet project started as a very basic package, with street/strip equipment, but has morphed into a turn-key racer capable of 8s in the quarter-mile. Along the way, Cobra jet drivers have racked up dozens of wins in a variety of sanctioning bodies—the success has pressed Chrysler and Chevrolet to jump into the factory drag car ring with the Dodge Drag Pak Challenger and the COPO Camaro. NHRA has even given the specialty cars a special place to race within Stock Eliminator with the Factory Stock Showdown, a heads-up series where modern technology is pushed to the limit.

These cars have given fans of drag racing and of the particular models something to sink their teeth into, and we wouldn’t be shocked to see NHRA take advantage of the momentum and make the series a professional or semi-professional class.

Best of all, enthusiasts can use the same technology see on track to create more horsepower in their own late-model performance cars. In fact, Brothers Performance stocks everything from the basic bolt-on power parts like cold-air intakes, throttle bodies, headers and exhaust systems, and flash tuners, to superchargers, cylinder heads, clutches, axles, ring and pinions and much more.

This entry was posted in Ford Mustang and tagged ford, ford motor company, mustang, nmra, evan smith, NMCA, cobra jet, evan j smith, dodge, chevrolet, nhra, chrysler, cj, pony, drag pak, copo on January 2, 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.
Panhard Bar for 2005-2014 Ford Mustangs

Elisa Coon takes this Steeda Mustang around Sebring International Raceway.

Panhard Bar for 2005-2014 Mustangs

While Ford did an outstanding job with the 2005-2014 Mustang, enthusiasts are always looking to dial in performance to their liking. The S197 chassis provides a much-improved platform when compared to the Fox and Fox-4 it replaced, but like most production vehicles, the manufacturer made concessions for comfort and ride quality. No problem, Brothers Performance is here to help you add power, improve handling, and stop shorter. The first step is to get your hands on an aftermarket Panhard Bar for 2005-2014 Ford Mustangs.

All S197 2005-2014 Ford Mustangs are equipped with a MacPherson strut suspension up front, and a three-link rear suspension with coil springs and a Panhard Bar (also called a Panhard Rod or a Track Bar) out back. This suspension works great for street performance, as well as for drag racing and road racing—but you can make it better with aftermarket springs and shocks designed for your specific driving style. It's just natural to swap in performance suspension links and polyurethane bushings, better brakes, and any type of power adder you give you more “GO!”

The Panhard Bar is a critical component of the rear suspension. It's mounted laterally and connects between the Mustang’s body and rear-end housing to limit side-to-side movement of the rear end housing in relation to the body of the vehicle, while allowing the rear to move up and down through the designed range of motion. Vertical movement is necessary to keep the tires in compliance with the road or track surface. If you made your suspension too stiff, the result would be like a skateboard hitting a rock, and your tires would bounce off the surface. As you can guess, this is not good for handling or even basic control. Dropping your Stang and adding some stiffness is actually good for handling, thankfully the factory leaves room for you to lower your Mustang and install parts to improve steering response and overall handling, without sacrificing ride quality.

Recently, the BrothersPerformance.com team installed an adjustable Panhard Bar from Steeda, which carries part number 555-2551A and sells for about $170.00. Adjustability in a Panhard Bar length is useful—as it allows you to properly center the rear housing under the car. This is important in any Mustang, but especially lowered Mustangs. If you have the stock bar in place, as you lower your S197 Ford Mustang, the rear will slide to the left. Lateral movement of the rear as well as the adjustability feature of the Steeda bar is shown in our attached video.

Steeda’s Adjustable Panhard Bar is built from lightweight 4130 chrome moly steel (making it four pounds lighter than stock), and it has high-durometer bushings in place of rubber bushings. As we mentioned, its length is adjustable, even when it’s mounted in the car—we really like this feature. It also looks pretty racy.

You can expect easy installation using basic hand tools, plus the ability to easily set your rear perfectly under the car, and of course enhanced handling with better response.

This entry was posted in New Products, Ford Mustang, Ford Mustang Video, New Video and tagged Brothers Performance, mustang suspension, ford, evan smith, steeda, evan j smith, ford mustang 2005-2014 mustang, panhard bar, s197 easy install on December 29, 2014 by Evan Smith.