Running Up That Hill: Mustang Duo Slog Through the Mud
One Mustang for the street, one with spacers for the views. Both attempt to climb the furthest up a muddy hill. Which one will prevail?
When one buys a Mustang, the first thought isn’t to take it off-roading. After all, that’s what the “Mustang of the Dirt,” the Bronco, is for. Owners of the wild stallion usually have thoughts of street-light duels, quarter-mile domination, and track-day celebrations. Some keep their pony as-is (especially if they bought a Shelby), some crank it past 11 (whether or not they bought a Shelby).
However, one guy saw his white Mustang, and decided a couple dozen spacers would make for a good start to off-roading success. Brand-new YouTuber Unseen Builds recently revealed his creation to the world, capping off the madness with a muddy hill-climb battle between it and his regular Mustang.
“In today’s video, we’re going to have a little competition with the Mustang here,” said the host, “which has actually got a new name now. It is called the MUDstang. And we’ve got the other Mustang over here, which is, I guess we’ll call it the STREETstang […] We’re gonna do a little hill climbing competition with them.”
His MUDstang packs a Coyote 5.0-liter V8 with a Turbo 400 three-speed manual under the body, amped up by a pair of 67mm turbos. Output is an astounding 1,200 horsepower, and the host says the manual can handle between 1,400 to 1,500 thunderhorses. Oh. And six spacers per wheel, because off-roading. The street version rocks a naturally aspirated Coyote with a 10-speed in comparison.
Before he can take the horses out of the stable, though, he must first build the course. Thus, with his trusty skid-steer, he picks a spot with a dramatic change in elevation to reshape to the muddy hill of his dreams. Then, it’s a matter of trailering the regular Mustang to the spot (due to mud, ironically enough), followed by driving his MUDstang.
“I’m gonna go ahead and mark the highest that I got up,” he said regarding the regular Mustang. “I even tried that one run run in reverse just to see if it would get higher. But if you rev too high, with the way the 10R80 is, they actually make them go to neutral.”
The street-fightin’ horse did well on the course, especially after the owner splashed a bunch of water on top of the hill for extra muddiness. However, the real challenge would be getting the MUDstang, spacers and all, to the top.
“We have got a slight problem,” he said. “That attempt, something let go […] I broke that axle right there. The inner part is spinning. The outer is not. On the limited-slip, it’s going to the easiest side right now. This here side is not broken. It’s not spinning at all. This side over here is actually broken on the inside.”
Before his rear broke, though, he did get his muddy Mustang further up the hill than the regular one. Amazingly, the spacers didn’t break during each climb attempt. Nor did the axle break during the 200 to 300 quarter-mile passes on the strip, according to the owner. Alas, he’ll have to walk a mile back home to retrieve his truck to rescue both his ponies.
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