VAUGHN GITTIN JR’S MUSTANG NOW LIVES IN IRELAND | 900BHP

[@EchosYT]

As an American, I find it really cool that you guys get excited about American cars the same way we get excited seeing Euro and Japanese cars. Super cool seeing the car in another part of the world and still living on in the drifting scene.

[@Grzesiupiesiu]

JTP does make and sell angle kit for Mustangs., if I remember correctly.

[@driftgames_life]

We are in touch and hopefully will have a solution soon

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

Yes they do, I have the JTP carbon intake. as well as a few end links.

[@alphagtr88]

I loved the detailed tour of the car ! Definitely my favorite looking cars especially with a drift setup! I love the idea of switching to s13/s14 subframes, definitely will make the car easier to adjust suspension wise ! 👍🏽

[@driftgames_life]

Thanks for watching dude!

[@Eoin171]

I remember going for a spin in this car back in Don Laoghaire a few years ago. Pouring rain just when we were going out, had no wiper and ye had never driven it in the rain. Was great fun and insanely loud but loved every second of it

[@driftgames_life]

What a baptism of fire that event was! Good fun though!

[@gregmcnab9004]

How this channel only has the amount of subs it has is crazy! Top quality videos with even better content! Keep it up team

[@driftgames_life]

Thanks, will do!

[@DevinBrownBMX]

Vmp supercharger or Garrett’s new g series turbos make pretty good power... you can also throw a small shot of nitrous to use as a spool aid to keep the car in boost; it just depends.

[@darylboyd39]

Great video, great to see the ins and outs of the cars

[@driftgames_life]

Thanks Daryl, glad you liked it!

[@FrankFlatOut]

I drift a 08 Mustang GT and love it. I would love to see more drift innovative stuff for the s197. Justin Pawlak recently hinted he was trying to make a IRS S197 setup. That would be very exciting

[@driftgames_life]

A solid steering angle kit would change them game for this car.

[@comradical]

JTP used to make a kit for s197, but all that stuff is gone from his site now. You could change the front suspension to an S550, I have seen that done, and get an S550 kit from JTP on it to get past 70 degrees of angle in the front. You can also go to a JTP-style belt driven top-mount Roush supercharger setup (from the procharger setup), you could run 900hp and have it be nice and live and responsive. You could go full JTP-style and just get a 9.5 compression ford racing block and throw a Roush kit on top of it, and you will have two serial numbered parts you can order at any time and get 1000HP out of it (I mean you will need injectors and a pulley kit with it, some other bits and bobs). Or you could go the other route and take all that off, grab a set of gt350 heads to up the displacement to 5.2, increase compression to probably around 12:1, throw in an MMR stroker kit to up the displacement to 5.5l, add sleeves for extra safety and maintainability, add direct port and get back to if not 900, close to a 900hp NA motor with NA response, and you lose a tad bit of weight of the supercharger and intercooler outside of the wheelbase and move weight distribution back a bit with that plus the bottle. I also don't know if that car still has stock height engine mounts, if so, a few companies make a tubular front k member and brace assembly that drops your engine mounts by about a 1/2 an inch. Also, do you know who makes those fiberglass parts, especially the crazy (awesome) rear quarter panels? (I am also building an s197 chassis, though for much more grass-roots series at this point) I would also go back to a plexiglass windshield by adding a center support bar for it, modern FD style, and if you want crazier/involved ideas, I would love to see if the engine can be moved back into the firewall. With a supercharger setup, go to a water to air intercooler and move the cooler into the trunk (or boot), go to an under the car fuel cell (i know some company in Australia makes them), add a bend to the harness bar to slide the seat back (Daigo-style), pedal box, longer steering shaft, also you may be able to find a lighter assist EPS motor to get some steering feedback and usable self steer back hopefully?

[@trippnoutmotorsport3164]

Was only ever a demo car from the lack of quick change, tube framing and fuel cell, FD car was a lot more light weight panels. FD car was destroyed in Texas.

[@driftgames_life]

Pretty sure that was the 2014/2015 chassis right?

[@trippnoutmotorsport3164]

Drift Games nope the last s197 FD car he had was destroyed at Texas in the tyre wall. He then went to s550 and the 14/15 car is in New Zealand

[@cbwilko]

Are you sure Fanga's got the 14/15 car? His website says its a 2017 model.Weird.

[@11metalfan]

Looking in good shape bro, fair play

[@driftgames_life]

Much appreciated

[@rallyburnzsimracing8571]

Greetings from cork boi Brilliant video lad,I'm a V8 fanitic... Just luv to see an American v8 engine drifting..

[@Pepput]

I think a vmp blower would help alot with power delivery

[@driftgames_life]

We will definitely look into it. Thanks man!

[@DJJoeLynch]

Keep the vlogs coming love them there my chill time with no interruptions from the misses and the kids #metime

[@driftgames_life]

Glad your enjoying them Joe, plenty more on the way

[@lindabarrie2953]

Great channel and content it's great that you find the time to reply to most of the comments really good stuff

[@driftgames_life]

We try our best Linda! Thanks for watching!

[@brendansmyth8155]

Add nitrous, map it into the Ecu so it only comes in when the cars building boost to help the with the lag

[@driftgames_life]

Good shout Brendan, like that idea!

[@ZRobertson91]

TR6060 was for sure used in the GT500 Mustangs

[@tasty943]

You can ither change the pulley on the super charger or the pully on the crank for bigger boost ..love all the videos 🙂

[@driftgames_life]

Thanks for the tip

[@ae86racer007]

great run through, after watching games changers series I was keen to know more about the mustang, you should drop a link to this video ;)

[@caoimhinweir2760]

Phenomenal Dave some machine

[@driftgames_life]

Thanks Caoimhin!

[@brucebanner9801]

Was this the car he ran back in 2014 at the idc event that vaughn and Diego came 2 ?

[@Dansavage314]

I was actually always wondering this

[@driftgames_life]

Wonder no more Dan, thanks for watching!

[@gavinpalacios4643]

You boys might want to look into a watts link setup for the rear axle it helps a bunch on track

[@driftgames_life]

Good call. We will look into it!

[@AgriFarmModelsTV]

Thumbs up .. keep up the good work 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@driftgames_life]

Thank you 👍

[@countrydrift5500]

I would be so honored and so broke to know if y'all can still get the fiberglass quarters that car is an absolute Legend!!!

[@countrydrift5500]

Finished the video epic video !!!!!!!! My few humble opinions would be , VMP makes a Incredible supercharger setup. They have a great staff I'm pretty sure remote tuning and can definitely match your power levels. If that is true 302 it's a Terminator engine which came in the Boss 302 in 2012 in the states. Unicorn drift knuckle kit.com yes that is the name LOL space makes a pretty aggressive angle kit for the s197. As for the solid axle and electronic power steering man up buttercup its a freedom machine!!!🦄🤘🇺🇸

[@driftgames_life]

We will check it out man! As we said, we usually hit up ASD or VGJ for parts if they are needed. There isn't a huge amount of stuff out there for this model. Thanks for watching!

[@zaccam3233]

I would make it work. Look into a watts link for the rear end

[@peterglassman1975]

It's a sweet car and piece of engineering that's for sure. Love that engine bay. Think you have to decide weather you want to run it as a comp car or just keep it as a v nivea demo kind of car that is special to you. Love it though.

[@driftgames_life]

That's the plan! Thanks for watching Peter!

[@mixerm93]

What's happened to intro from previous vlogs?

[@driftgames_life]

We decided it took too long to get into the episode and people tuned out early, so now we are jumping straight in!

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

I am a new sub, I love drifting, I have a 370Z I am planning on doing some weekend thrashing with. I also have an S197 GT500, 08 with a VMP 2.3 TVS. I am putting down 718 wheel. it doesn't drift well it is 3800lbs but it is F'ing quick. I watch the James Dean vid you did with your this car I think. The sound tho, a symphony of hammers.

[@driftgames_life]

Thanks for the sub!

[@clutchkickpj693]

No matter what's done to mustangs or corvettes they'll just never have that jdm style when they're sideways. They just don't hit the same to me at least. I say keep it as a wild demo car.

[@driftgames_life]

It's something different, which is why Dave got it, but it is a bigger challenge to tune and drive than the JDM stuff for sure!

[@PappaBoofy]

Would a twin turbo setup be viable?

[@driftgames_life]

Too costly at this stage Boofy. We haven't got an unlimited budget on any car, so have to make cheaper fixes sometimes

[@PappaBoofy]

@@driftgames_life Very fair point! NA monster for sure then :)

[@trooooyyyyy]

is denofa using this

[@ciaranmurphy1069]

Go with a vmp supercharger, instant power! And you could put s550 irs on it with a lot of fabrication obviously.

[@driftgames_life]

Not a bad idea Ciaran, we will look into it!

[@thricethestrhes]

Aero Aero Aero for top speed. And why not go with an IRS with revised suspension. Get rid of the old supercharger and turbo the thing along with talking to Vaughn if you can and get his advice on the front suspension mods needed. I really think if you could get a steering rack back into the car so it self steers that would be the ultimate goal. If your going to swap in suspension I'd look at R34 Gtt rear wheel only set ups which are driftèd in Japan everywhere. I'm sure there would be companies adapting knuckles and caster kits etc for the skyline and the car weighs over 3000lbs from the factory so already is designed strong enough to take that sort of weight. And in terms of turbo I'd look at the latest Garret line or Precision Turbo. The last thing would to make sure you go with a flex fuel sensor and run an ethanol fuel as the water content will reduce your charge temps allowing you a denser mixture giving you the ability to get more fuel and air through the engine. I'd go with a smaller compressor housing but larger rear housing as the rear housing will restrict your exhaust and always be the choke point for your exhaust system . And if you can't get the set up running so when ur shifting you are staying in the power band you can always just try shortening the drag diff. I'm assuming it should be fairly easy on a drag race application diff. And last thing I'll say is to check out "Banks Power" on KZbin. There's one very intelligent person with world land speed records under his belt who's seemingly just trying to spread all the knowledge he has accumulated over the history of turbo charging car engines. P.S. Have you tried using NOS to ramp in and fill the gap between gear change and boost from the blower coming in?

[@driftgames_life]

Thanks for all the advice man, you have really helped us out and given plenty of food for thought!

[@PaulBuffano91]

The TR6060 wasn’t actually only used in LS applications, it was also used in the 2007-2014 Shelby GT500’s. Great transmission with lots of power handling. Also, a TVS blower like a VMP or Whipple would help out your boost lag situation. With those types of superchargers, the boost is generated instantly, which means absolutely no lag, and gives you the response of an N/A motor which is great for drifting. DriftKnuckles also makes an angle kit for the S197’s that should fit this car. I believe you can check it out here: www.drifthq.com/products/driftknuckles-com-ford-mustang-2005-2014-s197-unicorn-angle-kit

[@driftgames_life]

Thanks for the info, we are certainly no experts as this is probably the only S197 in Ireland. We will definitely look into your suggestions and thanks for watching!

[@PaulBuffano91]

Drift Games Looking forward to seeing what awesome stuff you guys do with the car!

[@mrhighlight8771]

Instead of making more power for change.. Speed is the number 1 thing in balance and the car was made to hang.. Like vaun drove it.. Throwing it around and working for it is what you need.

[@adamjamesphoto2703]

NITROUS ! wake that motor up early on to get on boost

[@driftgames_life]

Not a bad idea Adam! Good thinking

[@martinbruce6713]

"Weve had absalutely no problems since the ecu has been in....." 2 seconds later..... "the ecu has saved me a couple of times when something hasnt been running right" :)

[@driftgames_life]

The ‘not running right’ is Dave driving the car too hard and not checking the temps. Link ECU saving him from himself, not the car 😂

[@AntoBarnett]

Cleetus McFarland has a dope supercharged ford crown, I'd change the supercharger and upgrade the suspension. I imagine there's an angle kit out there

[@driftgames_life]

We think so too and are on the hunt.

[@ylfursty9398]

And a year later it has a better angle kit 😂🙂

[@driftgames_life]

For sure!

[@alexcowie6500]

Would be cool as to keep the high power and have s-chassis or similar suspension

[@driftgames_life]

It's an interesting idea and we kind of like the idea of taking it on!

[@tomschevette]

Can you not change the pulley size on the supercharger.

[@driftgames_life]

We can do and it's something we are looking into

[@tomschevette]

@@driftgames_life be easier then replacing the hole kit also better the devil ya know then the devil ya don't 😂

[@driftteds7494]

Go to Independent rear e.g your 14 rear idea and go back to NA, make the cars power to match the grip you'll be running, the front is gonna be difficult because how much time and money will it cost to try put 14 strut towers into something like that! Look at the results you had in the 180 all because you have balance and your matching your power to grip!

[@driftgames_life]

Definitely on the right track with that thinking. I think we might be able to sort the front with a steering angle kit and the back, well, that's more work lol

[@S55_Marquise]

Do u drift it

[@isaiahharris1029]

I was expecting a lot more in the steering department lol. But there arent a a whole lot of options for S197 chassis. This is the kit I run on my s197, which was a night and day difference. Plus the guy who made it was really awesome to work with. driftamerican.com/05-14-mustang-s197-driftspec-full-angle-kit/

[@driftgames_life]

We will definitely look into it dude! Thanks for the help

[@TwistedTc]

drift american makes an angle kit, or JTP.

[@driftgames_life]

We are looking into it now dude!

[@SamSheffield66]

KEEP THE LIVE AXLE!!! imo na v8

[@driftgames_life]

We will probably end up having to Sam. MURICA!

[@daveao686]

Put a Barra in it! :P

[@Overlandingireland]

What about nitrous to help the lag?

[@driftgames_life]

We actually are looking into it Keith. (as if it wasn't expensive enough to run already 😂 )

[@mattybyrne1991]

Just keep it for fun/demos. Parts availability + shipping + taxes = whole lot of fucking money. Maybe run nitrous down low to get rid of charger lag. I'm sure the ecu is well capable.

[@driftgames_life]

That's our thinking Matty. When nobody else runs the same car, a drift weekend can be cut pretty short without a pile of expensive spares.

[@blackviper9392]

Switch it to the older hydraulic rack from the 05-09's then run a MR2 pump....trust me, thats the steering issue

[@DreBrooks]

Whipple

[@kirmy1]

Go fully independent, be the first to do it and be world leaders in mustang technology! Also go for some spray in the lower revs like most of the Formula D guys do.

[@driftgames_life]

Great ideas Mike, we are thinking that way!

[@cookierageracing7052]

Love this car guys, why not put nitrous on it!?

[@driftgames_life]

We looked at that solution to the lag and it seems a good route to go

[@MikeHawk-zz3ud]

2 things make it as a compition car or engine swap the 180 to make the power it will need to compete

[@driftgames_life]

We looked long and hard about swapping the engine out, but Dave does love the Mustang for sentimental reasons. Turning it into a shell would be a sad day.

[@MikeHawk-zz3ud]

@@driftgames_life ah no don't touch the stang so do that just swap the 180 sx engine for a jz or an rb it will be easier to get as a comp car the mustang will cost more to try change

[@tnmoe-]

Holy hell, youtalkasfastasmyauntiegoodthingIcanunderstandIrish!

[@driftgames_life]

thankssomuchforwatchingandsorryifwespeaktoofast!

[@tnmoe-]

Drift Games - haha! Noworriesmateit'sgreatcontentkeepupthegoodwork!

[@dusanpetrovic812]

N/a engine is great. They are easier to maintaine and have instant power!!! Plus at higher temerature they are beter than turbos!!!

[@driftgames_life]

Good call Dusan, we are looking into it!

[@dusanpetrovic812]

@@driftgames_life kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqKtd2NorqZ2a9k

[@dusanpetrovic812]

@@driftgames_life watch this video. He has put 6.3 amg v8 in bmw. Instant power. Try his chanel.

[@telfordpetrolhead]

Swap the live axel out and sort the front subframe to get some better lock then let her rip tata chip

[@driftgames_life]

Thats the plan dude. Lot of work ahead!

[@SageCraft]

DriftKnuckles.com makes a really nice and affordable kit for the S197. Definitely worth checking out: www.driftknuckles.com/product/ford-mustang-2004-2015-s197-unicorn-angle-kit

[@driftgames_life]

On order!

[@aarondavis1368]

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[@90gunshot87]

Got for 1,000

[@driftgames_life]

We tried but the supercharger belt keeps slipping over 900bhp!

[@CarVidsNZ]

Ditch the supercharger an go back to N/A all day

[@driftgames_life]

It's very tempting and would make the car far easier to drive for sure

[@CarVidsNZ]

And they sound so so good few year's back I was at grand final of FD at Irwindale and listing to both Chelsea an Vaughn battling each other an the sound of those two v8s together wow 👌