Turbo Coyote-Powered New Edge Mustang: 8-Sec, Street-Driven Ripper
After the original two-valve proved troublesome, the owner of this New Edge Mustang gave it a massive upgrade.
The New Edge Mustang – built from 1999-2004 – certainly has its fair share of fans out there in the world, and one thing that most of them won’t complain about are the engines that powered them. After all, unlike some earlier models, the New Edge Mustang offered decent performance from its 4.6-liter V8 that soon crested the 300 horsepower mark, which isn’t even to mention the rare Cobra R or the legendary Terminator Cobra. It’s pretty easy to extract even more from these cars with a few mods, but Jaeson Chainz decided to go a much different route when building his amazing 2002 Mustang recently featured in this video from Hot Rod Heaven.
Chainz bought his New Edge Mustang around eight years ago after growing up adoring that particular model, which came out when he was in high school. It was a slower two-valve model that was smoking, however, and could only muster a 14.2-second pass at the drag strip. Thus, its new owner wound up installing a turbo, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy his need for speed, so Chainz wound up ditching the old two-valve in favor of a 5.0-liter Coyote V8 sourced from LKQ that came from a 2016 Ford F-150.
Interestingly, Chainz left the long block mostly alone, save for the typical oil pump gear, crank sprocket, and locked cams upgrades. He also added a Gen 3 Coyote intake manifold, but the powerplant is still running the stock F-150 cams, though he topped it off with a Forced Inductions turbo to really crank up the juice. Chainz mated the potent combo to a a Powerglide transmission and hasn’t looked back since, tuning the car himself on the street and not even bothering to hit the dyno.
Regardless, the truth lies in elapsed times, and this New Edge Mustang certainly has those to back it up after running an 8.11-second pass at 170 mph. At Sick Week, Chainz had some issues, but averaged an 8.5 overall, which is pretty impressive given the fact that he couldn’t properly get power to the ground at the recent showdown.
However, what’s truly impressive to us is that this Mustang is tame enough to drive on the street with no problem, participating in not only Sick Week, but also Drag Week on multiple occasions, and that makes it extra special in our book.
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