An update is in order for Brent Rod's 2005 Mustang GT. We bought our red "hot rods" within a couple days of each other last year in April 2019. The Mustang has been given the Hechtspeed touch over the last few months. Or should I say Hecht Speed touch. Brent created a YouTube channel and he's been posting some track day videos.
Check out the YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_wVnZ5wwzCKE_YLbF0gTCw/videos
The first update is probably the fact that the Mustang's daily duties were replaced by this EK coupe.
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| White Honda Civic EX coupe is now the daily driver |
The Civic coupe came with some bolt ons, Tein coilovers. Brent has changed up the wheels/tires and obviously fixed a bunch of things.
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| Brent's #5 Mustang GT 3V 4.6L on track at Buttonwillow's CW13 layout |
I'll try and summarize the changes Brent has made. First, the exterior was changed up. The Saleen rear trunk wing/spoiler was removed. Brent fabricated his own fiberglass spoiler. He added a front lip spoiler. The wheels were also changed out for 19" GT350 with 325/30/19 and 285/30/19 Nitto Invo tires.
Cooling upgrades were also done to keep the under hood temps under control. Functional hood vents were installed and the stock fog lights removed.
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| Paddock at Buttonwill. Showing off the changed up rear mods. |
The rear panel was blacked out with some vinyl and a new GT fender badge to replace the big bulky OEM badge.
Brent has done 3 track days so far. 1 event at Willow Springs "Streets of Willow" clockwise, 1 event at Willow in counter clockwise and 1 at Buttonwillow CW13.
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| Corbeau race seat for the track! |
A Corbeau race seat was installed with S197 brackets from AmericanMuscle.com.
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| Bullitt wheels replace the GT350s |
The GT350 wheels were recently sold and some 17x9 Bullitts painted in Gold and some NT05 200 tread wear tires. These haven't been used on track yet. Waiting for coronavirus to finish cancelling events.
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| S550 V6 vs S197 GT |
Brent got the chance to make a little cash by installing an X-pipe on his old 2016 V6 Mustang. It gave the chance to take some side by side photos and driving comparison.
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