Shelving a 6-Second Mustang Results in a 1654 Horsepower Daily Driver for This Shop Owner
When you work in a field that you’re passionate about, it’s possible to not look at your daily grind as work, but as an enjoyable experience instead. For Justin Jordan, the owner of Jordan Performance and Racing, he has taken his passion and created not just one, but two quick Coyote-powered Mustangs!
Once making his living as an accountant, Justin took his passion for cars and racing and made the switch to opening his own shop in 2015.
He has owned a couple of quick street cars in his lifetime, and one he still holds the title to is a black turbocharged 2014 Mustang that’s clocked a 6.87 at 200 mph, spun the Dynojet rollers for 1704 rear-wheel-horse-power (RWHP), and racked up several wins between the National Mustang Racers Association (NMRA) and also some solid work at the annual ModNationals.
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But Justin was looking for something a little different that a fully-caged street car, so he picked up a more family-friendly 2020 Mustang GT with the Coyote powerplant and 10r80 automatic transmission in December 2020.
And in true racer fashion, Justin took it right to Bradenton Motorsports Park, clocking a best of 11.90 at 120mph on the as-delivered street tires with E-85 in the tank and a custom tune from Justin.
With the baseline set, just two months later, Justin had all the parts in place to start the Mustang’s transformation into a single-digit hot rod, but would keep all the create comforts in place on the nearly 3900-pound street car.
A Hellion Turbo twin turbo sleeper kit with a pair of 64-millimeter boost-creators would be the major add on, but the fuel system also got some upgrades from Fore Innovations as well as some Injector Dynamics ID2000s fuel injectors.
The engine came out for oil pump and timing gear upgrades to survive 4-digit power numbers, and Justin spun the in-house Dynojet rollers to 1008 RWHP in preparation for the season-opening NMRA event at Bradenton Motorsports Park the following month.
At the NMRA event, Justin was understandably hamstrung by the stock torque converter, but managed a 9.8-second at 151 mph pass, with a slightly-sluggish 1.8-second 60-foot time.
“No transbrake; No 2-step; Stock torque converter; No seats removed or any of that mess,” said Justin. “Just hop in the car, drive to the track, stab the gas, and go. With some more tweaks and fine tuning, I really think a mid to low 9-second run is possible with no other changes.”
By the end of the weekend, Justin had managed to knock his best pass down to a 9.48 at 155 mph.
After enjoying the car for nearly a year but continuing to tweak the tune-up, Justin returned to Bradenton Motorsports Park in February of 2022 for another crack at the track.
While still on the stock converter, Justin produced a 9.16 at 158 mph with a 1.51 60 foot time. Justin decided he’d had enough of the stock converter, so he dialed up Circle D Specialties and kicked the stock one to the curb.
One month later, the times dropped to a 1.34 60 foot time, which shaved the quarter-mile digits to an 8.80 at 158 mph.
Fast forward to November of 2022, and Justin decided to turn the boost up a little. His reward? Another 1.34 60 foot time, but the quarter-mile was done in 8.54 seconds at 163 mph, while spinning the Dynojet rollers to the tune of 1065 RWHP.
At this point, Justin decided a change was in order, so he dialed up MPR Racing Engines for a fresh short block.
“I switched because the stock motor was still happy as can be and I didn't want to scatter it,” said Justin.
MPR Racing Engines started with a Gen-3 sleeved and O-ringed block, then added some CNC-ported factory cylinder heads with good valves, retainers and springs.
“They shipped everything back to me, and I built the motor with GT500 head gaskets, good secondary chains, stock cams and stock VCT,” said Justin. He retained the same turbos and turbo kits, and dropped the new bullet in its new home.
A built engine gave Justin the peace of mind to turn up the power potential. With the car in full street trim (full exhaust and air filters in place) and the boost set to 25 psi, the Dynojet returned 1350 RWHP on the new bullet, but Justin wanted more.
“I took off the air filters and full exhaust, put dumps on the exhaust side, and of course turned the boost up,” said Justin. With the boost needle hitting the 40 psi mark, the Dynojet rollers were spun in quick fashion, and the screen returned a mark of 1654 RWHP!
What are Justin’s new goals with the newfound power?
“I want to run a 7-second pass in daily driver trim,” said Justin. “Full exhaust, full weight, my sons baby seat in the back, air filters on, etc. The car made 1300+ RWHP in full street mode, so I think it’s possible.”
Written by Derek Putnam. Photos courtesy of Justin Jordan.
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