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05-05-2010, 10:16 AM
Evolution Performance runs 12.04 in their Bolt-On 2011 Mustang 5-liter while making 405 WHP
Every guy who has gotten their hands on a new Mustang seems to be bitten by the performance bug fairly quickly. When the wallet doesn't permit a massive amount of modifications to the car, an enthusiast that still wants to drive his car every day is probably going to go after some 'plain old' bolt-on modifications to retain drive-ability. Although most share the opinion that 412 horses from the factory is plenty enough to pickup the groceries and the kids from soccer practice, Evolution Performance Inc. decided they'd get their hands on a few bolt-ons to see what they'll do for this 'Stang in a street/strip application. The only real 'performance enhancing' modification that they spec'd the car out with from the factory was the 3.73 gears out back.
You can check out Evolution Performance on their website (http://www.evoperform.com/shop/) for more.
http://stangtv.com/photos/data/518/29488_10150172615080648_262882950647_12368932_1802 048_n.jpg
Photos: Evolution Performance Inc.
They started things off slow, when the car was basically stock right down to the stock 19" wheels and tires, which netted them a 12.88 (fairly close to Motor Trend's results). After that, the old shoes were kicked off for some Mickey Thompson ET Streets, and some tweaking under the rear end was done - including a set of aftermarket upper and lower control arms. With just some minor suspension tweaks and good tires, they took the car out to Cecil County Dragway, where they were able to make a best run of 12.49 at 112 before nightfall put an end to the fun for the evening.
The guys over at Evolution knew there was more in that setup since they weren't leaving extremely hard shown by the 1.8 60 foot time, but they were anxious to get working on the off-road cat-less X pipe and modified Borla (http://www.borla.com/home.aspx) cat-back exhaust to have a sweet rumble and also unleash a few horses. Along with the exhaust, they popped in a K&N (http://www.knfilters.com/) drop-In filter and an in-house custom tune using SCT (http://www.sctflash.com/) software.
The results speak for themselves - Not only did they bump the dyno numbers jump up to 405 horsepower to the wheels, but they thundered this 2011 Mustang down the quarter mile in 12.04 seconds, hitting the traps at 117 MPH. Also, a tenth was shaved off their 60 foot time. Evolution is positive it'll go 11's without any more mods to the car, but they realized after about a dozen track runs, dyno time, street fun and such, they've gotten all they can out of the stock clutch for now. Not too much of a disappointment, after all, it's an excuse for more modifications now, right? Stay tuned to see what else Evolution Performance has in store for this 5.0.
Pulls of the 2011 Mustang in stock form making 368hp. They picked up 42whp with simple bolt on mods... not bad.
YouTube- Evolution Performance - 2011 Mustang GT 5.0L 4V Stock Dyno Video!
http://stangtv.com/photos/data/518/29488_10150172999120648_262882950647_12377801_8045 57_n.jpg
Every guy who has gotten their hands on a new Mustang seems to be bitten by the performance bug fairly quickly. When the wallet doesn't permit a massive amount of modifications to the car, an enthusiast that still wants to drive his car every day is probably going to go after some 'plain old' bolt-on modifications to retain drive-ability. Although most share the opinion that 412 horses from the factory is plenty enough to pickup the groceries and the kids from soccer practice, Evolution Performance Inc. decided they'd get their hands on a few bolt-ons to see what they'll do for this 'Stang in a street/strip application. The only real 'performance enhancing' modification that they spec'd the car out with from the factory was the 3.73 gears out back.
You can check out Evolution Performance on their website (http://www.evoperform.com/shop/) for more.
http://stangtv.com/photos/data/518/29488_10150172615080648_262882950647_12368932_1802 048_n.jpg
Photos: Evolution Performance Inc.
They started things off slow, when the car was basically stock right down to the stock 19" wheels and tires, which netted them a 12.88 (fairly close to Motor Trend's results). After that, the old shoes were kicked off for some Mickey Thompson ET Streets, and some tweaking under the rear end was done - including a set of aftermarket upper and lower control arms. With just some minor suspension tweaks and good tires, they took the car out to Cecil County Dragway, where they were able to make a best run of 12.49 at 112 before nightfall put an end to the fun for the evening.
The guys over at Evolution knew there was more in that setup since they weren't leaving extremely hard shown by the 1.8 60 foot time, but they were anxious to get working on the off-road cat-less X pipe and modified Borla (http://www.borla.com/home.aspx) cat-back exhaust to have a sweet rumble and also unleash a few horses. Along with the exhaust, they popped in a K&N (http://www.knfilters.com/) drop-In filter and an in-house custom tune using SCT (http://www.sctflash.com/) software.
The results speak for themselves - Not only did they bump the dyno numbers jump up to 405 horsepower to the wheels, but they thundered this 2011 Mustang down the quarter mile in 12.04 seconds, hitting the traps at 117 MPH. Also, a tenth was shaved off their 60 foot time. Evolution is positive it'll go 11's without any more mods to the car, but they realized after about a dozen track runs, dyno time, street fun and such, they've gotten all they can out of the stock clutch for now. Not too much of a disappointment, after all, it's an excuse for more modifications now, right? Stay tuned to see what else Evolution Performance has in store for this 5.0.
Pulls of the 2011 Mustang in stock form making 368hp. They picked up 42whp with simple bolt on mods... not bad.
YouTube- Evolution Performance - 2011 Mustang GT 5.0L 4V Stock Dyno Video!
http://stangtv.com/photos/data/518/29488_10150172999120648_262882950647_12377801_8045 57_n.jpg