Often, at the mention of many Mustang head pops up with its Cobra racing wheels and the spirit of those early years. But time flies forward and pay attention to the modern Mustang. Though the style and much has changed, but it is also all the peculiar characteristic of one — an incredible cockiness. One of these «young one» and became the hero of this article.
This project belongs to Sir Vaughn Gittin Jr., who decided to create a car based on the Mustang for performances in Formula D. Until 2005 he used for this purpose S14. But in late 2004 Mustang came out with a new body, which he immediately fell in love. Vaughn won this car so that together with the Falken Tire Ford Racing and he began to create his first Formula Drift Mustang. His car had a rich history and allowed the owner many times provided on the podium, but in 2009 came the first RTR, a new generation of Mustang Vaughn inspired to create his «monster».
This Spec-III RTR he built as a project for the SEMA show with the Mothers, to use in the 2012 season, but now it is combat-ready unit.
They prepared for the car radiator. To cool the ardor of the engine was installed blouer from Ford Racing, the engine got a bespoke head of American Racing, and the exhaust system installed Magnaflow. It is worth noting the work of Revolution Automotive, who were able to tune the engine, and it produces more than 650 horsepower. Using this car Vaughn was able to understand what it means to the famous phrase «Ford knew that building.» Air and oil filters were installed production K&N.
Mustang is equipped with a manual six-speed gearbox with a clutch production Exedy Hyper Twin Racing.
In addition, since the RTR is primarily a platform for public roads, the Gittin JR shocks, together with Ford Racing and personally tested and finalized all the details of the suspension to ensure maximum stability and the ability to customize. Front and rear were installed coilovers and shocks JRi Shocks.
Everyone seems that the car is covered with vinyl tape, but it's not. In fact, this is a real paint, only one of its kind, made in two stages: a special aqueous layer developed BASF and made intuitive to Mothers. For more aggression were set RTR carbon splitters and spoilers along the perimeter of the vehicle, forming a single unit with carbon fiber wheel arch extensions. Extend them for good reason, because the wheels and custom here: Front 275 / 35R19, a rear 335 / 30K19 production Nitto Tires, to them for aesthetic pleasure were selected appropriate discs — HRE Vintage Series 501. In addition, the rear bumper is installed on the Shelby GT500 with components of the RTR, and in front of the Ford Mustang GT.
Inside the car was front seats Sparco, while the rear seat is installed instead of X-shaped cross member 3 inch. The front seats are equipped with four-point safety belts Takata Racing Harness.
As for the brakes, front and rear are RTR with a special air cooling system.
It is safe to say that for the Formula Drift Mustang Vaughn Gittin, is not working off the sponsor or some other whim. American believes in this technique and believe this car one of the best in their environment. To highlight the uniqueness of the vehicle, he has a specially-embroidered floor mats, and the dashboard has a label with the serial number.
