NEW PERSONAL BEST in David Vizard's 2023 Ecoboost Ford Mustang... with a Surprise!

Sometimes plans have to change! The original plan was to attend the Steel in Motion show at Shadyside Dragway with CASPER running the new Edelbrock VRS Carbs but mother nature had other plans... plan B was to try and get CASPER to Test in Tune on Sunday but due to the rain I wasn't able to get CASPER ready so what did we do?
It makes for a perfect time to do some testing with ‪@DavidVizard‬ 2023 Ford Ecoboost Mustang! we were able to get a new Personal best but it came with a surprise! I promise ‪@Boostismyfriend‬ will never let him live it down..
Unity Motorsports Garage Merch
shop.unitymoto...
#dragrace #ecoboost #Ford #automobile

[@randypeterson8738]

David is full of knowledge love listening to him explain

[@UnityMotorSportsGarage]

He is awesome.. Andy

[@BigBlock402]

2nd upgrade I made on my ecoboost was a CV Fab Race Intercooler. Its a must have. Very nice run.

[@UnityMotorSportsGarage]

I believe an intercooler is next on the list... The factory one is a joke! How's the 481 doing? Andy

[@danielwilson6665]

The Ford engineers had to compromise on the size of the intercooler due to packaging constraints. I agree that the factory piece is barely adequate. BigBlock402 is correct about the necessity of an aftermarket unit. I think DV would agree… gotta go for it 🏁

[@bcbloc02]

I am amazed at how many passes you all got to make. Lucky to get 3 or 4 after a whole day and night because of the number of cars at the tracks around here.

[@armandomendoza3167]

What if you add a divider fin. Between the radiator and air box intake. In front of the grill. And add an aluminum sheet metal that just blocks the heat from the radiator so it the air box doesn't heat soak the radiator heat. Just allow aluminum metal absorb the heat. While still having the air box insulated. Just a thought.

[@pete_bruschi_racing]

I spray my intercooler and air box with water as I'm lining up for every run, whether it's autocross or drag strip. And keep the hood open as long as I can. When you can keep the intake air temps below 110 degrees, this car is pretty happy.

[@armandomendoza3167]

@@pete_bruschi_racingLess than 110°F. I'm going to keep that in mind. I have a diesel truck. The only thing left to insulate is the air box.

[@DavidVizard]

We will be evaluating several likely forms via CFD before cementing the design.

[@thomasroth4695]

Why cant you eliminate the box run tube thru rad support to a button filter. Ice cold and should get ram air @ speed.

[@markbulva4188]

What i think for drag racing a way to cool the engine while keeping tge turbo hot is the ticket plus a bigger intercooler and continued development of the air box system and a custom tune. Great stuff Gang

[@donaldhalls2189]

Can't you have manual gear change in there? to make gear changes longer, that's nearly as fast as the GT Shaker 351 Ford, when it came out, thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones

[@coyote_chaser]

Yes, the 10R80 transmission is highly tuneable! With the correct hardware/software, a good tuner can program the transmission to shift manually at the desired rpm (per gear) 19:09 levels to be competitive, even without the factory 01A electronic package (driver modes/paddle shifters). You can download the additional ecu/tcm adjustable settings (OS) from HPtuners and make the changes in performance to win races. Start by reviewing the rear output shaft maximum settings per transmission gear settings.

[@kyliejm2]

If we didn’t have a turbo, we wouldn’t have turbo problems! Yes, but no turbo is no turbo. In the words of Corky Bell, turbos make torque, and torque makes fun.

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

DV is such a cool guy!

[@jorgegomez4608]

How about using the nitrous cryo bar on Intercooler fins and externally cool It requires less nitrous

[@pete_bruschi_racing]

8.27 is pretty solid! My EcoBoost Mustang is set up for the road course but I'll go down a strip from time to time. Looking at my last win slip I was 8.51 on the 1/8th, but 0.003 reaction (verrrrry lucky 😅) and 1.850 on the 60 foot. My car's a stick and I enjoy rowing the gears but the automatics these days can shift quicker than any human can! I'm in the Statesville area, work in Concord. It would be fun to square up with you guys sometime!

[@gregleenyit]

Good stuff Andy

[@DragBoss351Cleveland]

Looking good, Guys, cool stuff. wonder what my Ecoboost would run in my 2013 F150,

[@Chuck-lh4fx]

Why aren’t you using data logging software to gather the needed data?

[@terrysmith8133]

have you thought about taking a weed sprayer and spraying the intake with ice water between rounds?

[@HisWordsAreTruth]

A simple heat shield may do the trick.

[@stevedriver1476]

is there 1/4 mile racing in america still.

[@UnityMotorSportsGarage]

Not here in the southeast.. we have some 1/4 mile tracks but far and few between Andy

[@No1414body]

Still impressive for a "stock" ecoboost

[@echadmiyodea]

why aren't you datalogging these runs?

[@NotSure723]

Recline that passenger seat all the way back to shift some weight onto the rear wheels.

[@baddbradd89]

lol

[@NotSure723]

@@baddbradd89 It works. I've used a similar trick to get unstuck in a snow storm.

[@davidreed6070]

I love the looks of the car.nice body lines.

[@allankwiatkowski8217]

so this is where 318 impossible is

[@Boostismyfriend]

👍

[@victorbernabe4294]

Was this episode run with the modified cylinder head and turbo?

[@Johnnycdrums]

Nice wheels.

[@brentonk461ismylostaccount]

Sounded like the g-body did the 1/8 mile in one gear too your 5 gear changes and still beat you

[@UnityMotorSportsGarage]

Um he had a 2 sec head start and Micah beat him. Bracket racing

[@brentonk461ismylostaccount]

@@UnityMotorSportsGarage , bracket, not heads up then

[@gerrycomfort7027]

SO SO COOL

[@rolandotillit2867]

Will you do a converging or diverging duct into the airbox, or a combination of both?

[@DavidVizard]

Roland -got to do some CFD testing first.

[@rolandotillit2867]

@@DavidVizard From a purely design perspective, ideally you'd want a converging duct, a straight section and a diverging duct(diffuser). Like the people who used diffusers in the Roman aqueducts to get extra water from the opening assigned to them.

[@needmetal3221]

Ice the intake down between runs?

[@Johnnycdrums]

Not bad at all for a 2.3 EcoBoost.

[@rolandtamaccio3285]

I beg DV to not use nitrous in this pure experiment ,,, !

[@UnityMotorSportsGarage]

We haven't cracked the bottle open YET.. if anything we need to spray the intercooler down with the Nitrous going down the track! I believe with a real tune and drag Radials we will see a high 7 out of the car Andy

[@danielwilson6665]

@@UnityMotorSportsGarageDo what you and DV feel is best Andy, but if you think the stock ECM is doing weird things with the tune now due to the changing conditions, a shot of nitrous will cause digital confusion until you get the tune perfected. Sure the performance will improve but consistency might become a big problem. You already know the Ecoboost is a solid performance package. You’re doing a great job of optimizing its real performance potential.

[@mortenjrgensen5497]

I tryed to spray water on the intercooler it worked fine. A wet surface cools up to 35 procent better than a dry surface

[@Alex-mr4is]

Because the water enhances the surface area itself

[@rotaxtwin]

DV's Mustang is going through the lights in 6th gear and that poor G body sounds like it's running the whole 1/8 in 1st gear. 2.29 axle? He's still set up for the Texas mile.

[@rotaxtwin]

I noticed that the Mustang seemed off its pace on that last run, the shifts were much firmer on previous runs. Getting warm & pulling timing, as he suggested?

[@UnityMotorSportsGarage]

@rotaxtwin that is exactly what we are thinking.. because you can notice a huge difference in the shifts in the video like you said... Andy

[@UnityMotorSportsGarage]

That poor G body..

[@rotaxtwin]

@UnityMotorSportsGarage Would be amazing if you could get away with the original factory tune and keeping the OE computer 'happy' just by bumping up the intercooler.

[@ag3nto578]

@@rotaxtwin got a friend whose wife has a fusion with the 2.7 ecoboost. stock tune gained .5 in the 1/4 mile with just an intercooler.

[@bobwhite4344]

interesting vid.