MEET Steve Shrader’s BRIGHTMARE
This car has seen its fair share of combinations but this one is by far the best combo we’ve built for the ‘mare. With Coyote engines being a main focus of our tuning business these days, it made the most sense to try a coyote platform and get back to our roots, banging gears. This build has been a repeatable combo we use on customer S550 platforms, so we knew it would play well in the lighter New Edge body.
A Gen2 Coyote engine with upgraded internal hardware to support the 25 psi from the Vortech V13 was in order, along with a new T56 Magnum to handle the gear jammin’ abuse we were looking for. This combo is street friendly, easily tuned with SCT software on the Ford Controls Pack ECU.
Brightmare now runs consistently in the mid-8 second zone. We are not aware of any other centrifugal blower Coyote going this quick with a stick to date, although that changes frequently.
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