The Road to Mustang part one - Inside Kelly Racing

[@stephenharnwell3296]

Kelly Racer has won a new follower, I've been watching this channel for a while and found it quite interesting . Todd gives a very good commentary into the way things are done which can be understood in layman terms. These guys are doing things out of the norm and showing the general public how they go about their way of life, their passion and dedication to a sport they love,Kelly racing is also setting a standard by allowing the viewers to have an insight into how they are adapting from the past to the future. Look forward to the other episodes. Great work

[@50jun]

I want you guys to do well and beat out the haters. Its Australian as it gets with you boys best of luck you way!

[@Mercmad]

yeah! Ford Mustangs are as Australian as the Sydney Harbor bridge.

[@johnbradley1599]

Lovely to see that the boss obviously has a personal relationship with his staff. Hope the season unfolds well for you all.

[@mediatick33]

Thank you Todd and Rick for taking us for the ride of the conversion to the Mustangs I am a mad Supercars supporter and to now see fully how a Supercars goes from just drawings and on computer screens to being put together to be an actual Supercars is amazing. I myself can not wait to see your cars up and running I hope you guys all have an awesome Christmas and I can't wait to see you on the grid next year in your new mustangs. P. S you guys have the best jobs in the world my dream has always been to work in Supercars at a team I am so jealous haha.

[@MAZE0512]

I remember both Todd an Rick Kelly from Irymple Tech high school, it's literally amazing too see how far u guys have come, well done. Great content keep up the great work.

[@kiwioka51newzealand]

Great to see the Kelly Brothers Ford Mustang starting to come together for the 2020 season. All the best for the new season. Will look forward to seeing you under the blue oval. FORD

[@TroyPennington]

Definitely one of the most insightful V8 supercar videos ever!!! Would be a pretty cool job as on of those cad designers

[@AndyAyres]

I love these kind of videos, I always learn a lot. I did not realise the engines were sump mounted for one. Thanks for the insight guys, looking forward to more and to seeing the Kelly Mustangs on track next year!

[@MartinMcMartin]

This shows how Todd has become a really competent engineer, and understands all aspects of the car. I see why he decided to walk away from the driving aspect and focus on this side of things.

[@troysemmens2214]

Incredible Mechanical Engineering brain!

[@volksdeutschewaffenss9670]

todd has no idea , only how to throw money away, like a cad program for a cnc water pump pulley you can just buy for f-all what a joke

[@janeblogs324]

@@volksdeutschewaffenss9670 its a business run by sponsors

[@volksdeutschewaffenss9670]

@@janeblogs324 tell that to gary rogers, also sponsors want results for there money , what, crap to design a water pump pulley cnc and cad program, WTF its a control engine, you can buy cnc nascar stuff from 900 hp small block v8s, reinventing the wheel , no wonder they can't win races or even be competitive, such waste, larry perkins would have a fit to see such a waste of money on simple off shelf parts, like employing a full time cad designer to make that WTFFFFFFF

[@nickj1663]

Growing up despising anything Holden, I never thought the day would come when I'd say best of luck Kelly Racing! Would be great to see you guys to get a couple of wins in the Stang, and for all your efforts to pay off !

[@JSxxxxxxx]

Awesome idea for a series on KZbin. Thanks for putting all this up for us to check out!

[@brettr]

Good luck to the Kelly’s! Good onya for going down the Ford path.

[@anthonypllu3864]

thanks heaps guys for taking the time to show the fans these videos, really enjoy them

[@pattomlinson651]

Just wanted to say thanks for such an excellent series documenting the build, the resources, the skills and passion required to build a race car. Todd does an excellent job on presentation, quite a natural presenter. Real quality production, thank you 🙏

[@scousered100]

Awesome insight, really looking forward to further updates on the builds!

[@trapptours6679]

This is incredible, what an operation you have to have from the ground up not to mention the expertise from people. Double thumbs up 👍👍

[@leroybrown1964]

Well done Todd, and the whole team at Kelly racing, hats off to all of you guys and girls with getting this done.

[@anels9]

Good luck kelly brothers, Will be nice to see another strong mustang squad on track

[@TheBoneyardWrangler]

Excellent video Todd. True Race Fans want to see and learn as much as possible about what goes on behind the scenes. It’s not just about race day. There’s so much more that goes on to get to race day. Don’t dumb it down. We really appreciate the technical stuff👏🏼 Oh and Huge welcome to the Blue Oval 👍🏼✊🏼😁

[@mozziexpie3017]

the unseen effort that goes into racing. top work gals n boys!

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

Thank you for this highly interest series with great insights into the technology of V8 Supercars! As a European racing fan it is hard to come by any truly detailed information on V8 Supercars, even in the age of the internet.

[@plumbs7199]

Thanks Todd for showing us all of the tech aspects of building a supercar ! Awesome that you have moved to Ford , shall be cheering the Kelly Team on !

[@STYNR]

This is awesome. Great to see and a gives great insight. Will be looking for KR Heimgartner Mustang merch as soon as it's out! Another example of KR leading the way in engaging the fans. Wishing the best of luck for 2020 and beyond. Pleased to see KR with Ford.

[@Rawkus919]

Congrats on this video. Looking forward to watching more.

[@CARLOS62B]

Great to see Kelly Racing and Ford Mustang joining forces ... like all your cars .. it should be a beast. Good luck and Greetings from York. England.

[@rickd955]

Very pleasant to watch, even the complex technical side is kept understandable. Much appreciated inside look, Greetings from a big V8 Supercars fan from Germany.

[@paulhole6953]

Best of luck to the Kelly Racing team for 2020!...looking forward to see how the new Mustang develops.

[@waynetomkins5584]

super impressive Todd, congratulations to you , Rick , and the Team on such a professional set up.cheers and good luck for the coming season. Wayne.

[@Charlie-xp9lq]

Thanks heaps for your videos on all the back stage things that go on to build a supercar .

[@joshuaholmes1578]

Interesting, to the point, no flashy edits, Great stuff!

[@trevorward1690]

Awesome work love watching beautiful engineering work.

[@billroach2393]

What a great insight as to what goes into designing and building a Supercar from the ground up. Good luck for the 2020 season fellas.

[@codyscott5074]

Great oversight of what goes on in the workshop, I’m really enjoying seeing this side of Supercars. I’ve always been impressed with the high level of presentation within the team and I’m looking forward to following your progress with the build and the progress throughout the 2020 season. Great choice of car and even better choice to retain Andre, Good luck next year.

[@healthymindhealthybody9692]

Man Tod looks so tired , just shows how much he really puts in to his work and team. You could only imagine every waking hour is for the race team !

[@stuartkcalvin]

Nice piece mate. thanks for the inside work.

[@glensgraphix]

I knew there was a lot of work with engines but I wasn't aware of HOW much there was. Excellent video. I've now subscribed to see these cars progress.

[@bullzye101]

AWESOME STUFF KELLY RACING .... THUMBS UP

[@shifty123]

Awesome video! Can’t wait to see the finished car. Bring on 2020!

[@STEVEGSXR]

Wow awesome to see the people behind the fab work

[@GleNRG]

Great video Todd. You are right in your element there, good luck in 2020, should be a cracking year. 👍

[@Sandyzebs0616]

Todd and rick Kelly boys your both young you both keen your both great guys in 2020 season in v8supercars stick it up the rest why because todd you show everyone about the motors to chassis to everything what really involved to build a v8supercar so it’s a credit to you and your team from start to finish good luck I will keep on continue supporting your team around the race meeting now we want you start winning poll positions and winning and win races finish in top 1st 2nd or 3rd to make all the hard work paid off for you both boys good luck

[@TheGreekstyle]

Great video Todd, good luck with the build and looking forward to next installment. 👋👋👋

[@amplauto94]

Awesome to see! Thankyou for taking up some of your precious time to show us Todd!

[@Oscar_Charlie_Delta]

Thanks for the introduction to your Mustang program Todd! Kudos for going with Ford, it will be a good thing to have a couple more Mustangs on the grid. Just subscribed & looking forward to taking this journey with Kelly Racing. I wish you every success! 👍

[@rockbiterhd]

That first build what a huge team task good to see you boys have gone with the mustang (new fan and sub) good luck

[@dcr_xr6gaming775]

this is awesome to see good luck on the builds looking forward to another 2 mustangs to drool over, plz make the look tough and mean

[@johnpaull135]

Great stuff terrific video and a great insight into Kelly Racing and how much you do in house can’t wait for more videos. Thanks a lot for sharing your journey Jp

[@investmenttudor1659]

Thanks for the video update. Very impressive. Lots of work to do before Adelaide. Just one thought. Costs must escalate quite a lot when each team has to fabricate so many components. Would it not be better if all the teams used more shared parts? That seem to be one of the recent development starting to happen in Formula 1.

[@andrescastro725]

Awesome video guys, really interesting to see the behind the scenes of how a supercar is built. Can't wait to see your next episode. Keep up the awesome work.

[@Techbitznpcs]

kudos to you guys taking on another massive project in a short time frame. lets hope you guys are in the 10 very quickly next year.

[@scottb721]

Great vid. Thanks for taking the time to do this and others

[@michaeljames1857]

Another great video, its amazing the insight you guys are giving into your build. Thanks so much!

[@derek3249]

Very informative and interesting, good luck for the upcoming season guys.

[@PROCOPO]

Well done boys and good luck with the new program 👌🏻👍🏻

[@John-ok6sq]

Very enjoyable video. I cant wait to see the rest of the series and I look forward to seeing Rick and Andre in Mustangs next year!

[@4fourjaw]

Great Video's Tod and the crew, great work on the new cars, all the best for 2020. Good to see more fords coming on board and what better team to engineer them. 👍

[@martinj2843]

Thanks so much for showing us, very interesting

[@skipkangaroo9456]

exciting times ahead for Kelly racing well done fella's

[@APICCIPUN]

Great job so far and best of luck to everyone at Kelly Racing! Can't wait to see your two mustangs line up on the grid at Adelaide!

[@mrdatsun211]

Awesome stuff guys. Great insight into the work that goes into building one of these awesome cars!

[@BigRevNev]

Thanks for sharing, can't wait to see two more Mustangs on the grid for 2020. Well done KR

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

Awesome video Todd! Your in-depth explanation makes me really appreciate how much hard work and skill goes into building a Supercar ! Good luck at Newcastle and i would love to see the Nissan go out with a win - You guys have most certainly earned it !

[@AWC3DP]

How good are the Kelly videos, great insight 👍🏼

[@JasonBlack66]

that was a really cool video guys. thank you so much for that. Thanks for giving us a very in-depth look at things.

[@stevefoster6299]

Enjoyed the tour, thanks Todd. Look forward to the next one.

[@toddstephenson7154]

Excellent, I cannot wait to see you guys on the grid. There’s a lot of pressure on your whole team.

[@hyper2high]

Hope these guys have great success in the mustang era. A team never afraid to take on new challenges. I do know that a mustang in Castrol livery will defo be the best looking car on the grid.

[@aussi3212]

I spotted your CAD guy had a copy of how to build small block ford race engines , it's a great book to study and there are lots of little things in it you guys should take on board, good luck guys

[@hayabusa8184]

aussi3212 i saw that too - well spotted.

[@keithhoward4413]

Great work todd and the team.You engineered the nissan you'll get the mustang right as well.Good luck.Its great to watch the progress.

[@MikesTrackBuilding]

Great video, thanks for that. Huge amount of work to be done. Looking forward to 2020 :)

[@andrewhills2580]

Very interesting, thanks for making these videos. Keep up the good work and good luck for next season.

[@gbw28]

Very interesting and well presented

[@timventers742]

Good luck guys. I hope you can turn things around and have some much earned luck next year.

[@dandel351]

Great video , I'm sure all the juicy bits are REDACTED or blurred out. One little tip the audio seems to have a bit of a hiss to it. Good luck with the Mustang lads and ladies.

[@rickybuxton8245]

Awesome video, love seeing the behind the scenes stuff!

[@DAVE37Racing]

Brilliant insight Todd Thanks for letting us inside

[@Carnrat]

It sure will be interesting next year. Good luck!

[@ASCP67AUS]

Great information, thanks for taking the time to explain gthe process Todd and team.

[@DavidWilliams-nj5cn]

Magnificent video......

[@dannymcauliffe7483]

Good luck next year boys!

[@tomhamilton9140]

Good luck with the change. Go Ford would like to see more on the motors used there.

[@FelixTheHat302]

Great vid guys, thanks for not dumbing down the technical side of things Todd. It's one of the better looks I've been able to see into the Ford V8SC engine. Is it a bit odd that you can't buy parts like water pumps off the shelf?

[@albertcorreia3866]

Very cool video 👍

[@gregsyn1]

Great insights here. Amazing the amount of design and unique fabrication that goes on in each team. The significant message shone through and without wanting to detract from the amazing skills and talents on display: what a ridiculously, pointless waste of time, effort and money is expended designing stuff that NOBODY watching the racing from ANY aspect could possibly appreciate. Therefore why oh why doesn't the category mandate a single spec and share IP for water pumps, oil pumps, sumps, body to chassis mounting pieces, suspension arms, hubs the list goes on and on. Surely there's a way this could be shared at a fraction of the current cost. No wonder the sport is strangling itself in cost. So much duplication between teams running the same car brands of non-competition altering componentry must surely stifle the actual competition changing stuff to some degree.

[@craigjones9244]

Now you've got a winning chance great move👍🏻

[@VNWas]

Good luck guys!

[@typical88]

Great video 👌

[@OverlandAustraliaAdventures]

Thanks for sharing great insight

[@keithprinn6900]

amazing stuff good luck to the team. shows how apart from the badge not much Ford in the race car apart from building on the homologation stuff done by the other two teams.

[@NigelsModellingBench]

Why can't i like this 15 times??

[@RunningOn7CylindersYT]

1:10 The Nissan turns to a Mustang, the 'Nisstang'

[@gamerscockpit]

What about the Mussan?

[@kuyper]

"Sharp edges. Do not touch" - lovingly strokes the tube frame chassis 😀

[@The_Evil_Monkey_93]

After you guys have a fully assembles working Ford spec engine. Is it possible for you guys to explain what took so long to get the Nissan engine up to speed and why it was so difficult. I.e unsuitable rules for OHC engines or was it other factors?

[@dinosshed]

Optimising the intake runners and getting it to fit under the bonnet wasn't easy. The overhead cam design made the port height tall in comparison to a pushrod setup. E85 was new to the category when the nissan engine was developed which calls for extra fuel delivery over non ethanol fuels. Completely different engine from what everyone had spent 30 years development on, stone brothers had similar issues with the Mercedes Benz, GRM/Volvo had it on the edge of destruction from word go.

[@The_Evil_Monkey_93]

@@dinosshed I see, I also heard that from the beginning that Supercars gave Nissan a bore x stroke size to use which wasn't very favourable to a 4 valve engine added to the semi low compression ratio of 10:1made the power issues worse. I also heard that Volvo got to choose their own bore x stroke as well got a waiver to use a flatplane crankshaft. Was there anything in the rules that Supercars could done differently to help the struggling nissan and merc early on?

[@dinosshed]

@@The_Evil_Monkey_93 In a parity formula it's not easy to play catchup when specs are set in stone. When merc took a look at the existing pushrod engine and its basis of running 650hp from a small block 5.0 they couldn't get their head around the magic. Supercars management should have mandated an electronic throttle control to limit the power and power curve as soon as they opened the door to the other brands. That way, the teams could run brand specific engines with forced induction, different capacity and configuration. Would have been far less expense as crate engines could have been used. That's what they should have done and still do moving forward.

[@nicholasgustavsson4927]

Thanks for all the detail. Great vid... but it does show that a lot of $$$ could be saved if the series wanted too..

[@donr62]

Is there any post weld heat treatment/stress relief performed on the chassis?

[@wokss]

Thanks Todd hope this is what you's need to be back on top im no Ford fan but in are Kelly Racing Fan one of all Re guys go get them

[@raymondrumbundaberg]

More Ford's on the track 👍

[@justgjt]

Not really. . . only just some ford panels 🤔

[@gazza750]

@@justgjt with a Ford engine

[@plebtile3347]

@@justgjt ford vs holden sounds better then some panels trying to go faster tgen some other panels.

[@justonlyme6121]

some random guy it will fit straight into any 60/70/80’s mustang, also into any Aussie falcon.and probably easily into the new mustang, the engines in those are larger physically.

[@BillsBuildandRace]

Really looking forward to seeing the detail of this build. I'm admin of RCIOS - Race Cars In Ozzie Sheds facebook - & am posting this series there because i know all my members will eat it up. Knwing you guys we know it will be b/s and ego free (unlike all that Yank car build crap vids)

[@matgee8892]

If any of them are keen i think it would be interesting to have a chat with some of your employees about how they got to where they are. It would be good for any young kids who think they might want to get invovled in the sport to see all the different roles and whats required for them. From the designers to the guys in the machine shop there are loads of jobs people know very little about.

[@ncradock2007]

awesome series, cant wait for more, just a quick question do you guys only use autodesk, or is there some solidworks. And you guys should invest in some 3d connexion mouses