2012 Ford Mustang on 2040-cars

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2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302
This Race Red Boss 302 features the Ford Racing enhanced 5.0L V8 & 6-speed manual transmission. The motor features
an upgraded high flow intake system, forged rotating assembly, CNC ported heads, and a revised camshaft. Together,
the drivetrain produces 444 horsepower & 380ft/lbs. of torque!
Also featuring: Ford Racing Track Key option that increases performance (Ignition timing, valve timing, wide-open
throttle fueling, engine braking, accelerator pedal map, idle speed, throttle response, skip-shift disable, driver
adjustable launch control, and lopey idle), Laguna Gauge package, Boss interior package, Recaro Sport seat package
(unique cloth seats with embroidered 'Boss' logo), air-conditioning, AM/FM/CD/MP3 player, multi-function steering
wheel, Boss package floor mats, fold-away front license plate bracket (trick!), painted side mirrors, and reverse C
side stripe.
Great condition, fully inspected and services up to date, oil changed every 1000mi, 5 HPDE events used to test and
tune suspension settings and for data acquisition, not racing. DRIVEN SMOOTHLY, and nowhere near her limits! I'm a
NASA certified HPDE instructor and car nut, selling due to increasing family size and expenditures and inversely
proportionate shrinking wallet girth.
Low miles (14xxx) and has been garaged when not in use. The $20k+ build on this Boss was completed this spring of
2015 at Realspeed Automotive on Long Island, and she's barely been used since then! All of the work has been
professionally performed to manufacturer specifications. Rob & Dan at Realspeed communicated directly with Filip,
the owner of Cortex when installing the full suspension. And with John at CCW when I was choosing a wheel
size/design to work with the Boss and the new suspension! All parties have significant experience not only with
road-race set-ups, but with mustangs in particular. I hunted down the best of the best for this project car, which
I was building to eventually compete in NASA time-trials, or more.
This factory race-bred-car has been optimized for track duty and for dominating back road twists, to an extent that
a stock vehicle can never fully achieve due to governmental regulations and/or manufacturer budgets and quotas.
Only top-shelf parts were chosen; I carefully researched exactly what I wanted to do and spared no expense in
over-building this Boss 302! She is not a mere collection of aftermarket add-ons, but rather a whole that is
greater than the sum of the parts, since they all work in unison with each other, to specific tolerances once in
motion.
This first set of Nitto-NT-01 tires still has plenty of life remaining. As you probably know if you’ve read this
far, these are DOT approved R-compound tires, meaning softer and more grippy, but less durable than typical street
tires. So the fact that they're in good shape, and being the first set of tires, shows that she has been treated
well, and is still very fresh off the cutting block!
Speaking of the tires, you can never have too much tire on a >3500# car. The super wide 305-section R-compound
tires are about as much meat as you’ll see on any car, especially UP FRONT! They grip like crazy! No rubbing or
bottoming out on the fenders or wells, and the Cortex offset struts will even allow for a 315-section tire,
depending on the brand you go with. Overall, the NT-01 offers a great balance between performance and wear.
The CCW Corsair C14 wheels are wider, stronger and lighter that the stock 19s. CCW makes some of the strongest
lightest best-looking wheels you can buy, made from billet aluminum, and bespoke to customer and vehicle
specification. These were finished in matte black and measure 18x11" at all four corners. Hub extenders made by CCW
go on the fronts. The square set-up allows for rotation of wheels, extending tire life. Even though I never had any
intention to test it out, I had to have the ribbed lips once John told me what their function was. I thought weight
savings, but they're actually for wheel to wheel racers who want to discourage opponents from getting too close,
since they act like the saw-blades on the chariots in those old gladiator movies, slicing and dicing anything they
contact! CCW wheels are used by many professional racing teams and their company was recently acquired by Weld
Wheels, a testament to the quality of the work they perform! I had the TPMS sensors added by CCW, since I can’t
stand any warning lights staying illuminated. FRPP front and rear racing hubs with longer lug bolts had to be added
to accommodate the CCW wheels.
This particular motor is absolutely bulletproof and burns not an ounce of oil. Consider her track tested and
approved! Runs cold and the oil color is always clean. Only Motorcraft 5W-50 synthetic used for changes every 1k
miles. The included Track Key brings her to life beautifully, although I wouldn’t recommend using it for street
duty. To open up the sound of the motor, I had the restrictor plates of the Boss Side Exhausts bored out to the
exact diameter of the exhaust piping, then placed back in between the flanges. Most people simply take the plate
out, but then you’re left with a ¼” gap, which once bolted together, causes some misalignment of the side exit
exhausts. No thanks. The burble from the side exhausts is music to your ear! To further enhance the sound, I added
Ford Racing Sport Axle-Back mufflers. I found these not that much different from the stock mufflers, so I quickly
traded them up for a Roush Axle-Back system. Now this is what a V-8 should sound like! Not obnoxious, but an
obvious presence when you’re ‘on it’, and a clean, no-drone growl! ‘Murica!!!! I left the stock headers and
cats intact to ensure street legality.
The Cortex Xtreme-Grip Street Suspension with Watts link and thrust arm is a fully-engineered suspension system
designed specifically for the S197 chassis. It’s adjustable for both rebound and damping (using JRi
double-adjustable coil-overs!), as well as understeer and oversteer, bump and roll. Even with the added tightness,
she is quite comfy for street use when set to the softer side; and crazy suction-cup-like like when dialed in for
track antics. Handling is neutral vs. the factory understeer that Ford dials in for low-skill drivers. And you can
dial it in to your driving style and level, as well as the track you're on. I chose Cortex because I wanted a fully
engineered suspension system where all the parts not only were optimized for this vehicle, but built to certain
tolerances and engineered to work with the accompanying parts. Rather than random shocks, sways, watts links
getting thrown on, and me guessing how they should be dialed in to work with each other, Cortex has already done
the groundwork and track-tested their products. Definitely worth looking into them, even if you don't end up with
this particular track monster!
The Cooltech bolt-in roll cage and FRPP Laguna Seca X-brace (both finished in body-matching race-red!) stiffen up
the chassis beautifully, taking any creaks or moans found in lesser Bosses out of the equation, while
simultaneously increasing handling and safety! The LS X-brace is part of the FRPP rear-seat-delete package, which I
had to special order from Ford. They no longer make these in Race Red, so the nice folks at Cooltech paint-matched
the brace for me! The Boss 302-logo Frye 5-Point harnesses cinch you tight to the factory Recaros. I utilized
custom-fabricated sub-belt mounts finished in black for a nice clean factory appearance.
The interior looks as if it’s straight from the factory actually! A nice clean comfy environment, no stripped out
racecar here! The A/C blows cold and the stereo is intact. A Safecraft fire extinguisher is mounted in the
passenger footwell, in matching red, using a custom billet aluminum mounting plate. One of the most annoying
cheapskate omissions on the S197 Mustang was no dead pedal, just a crappy raised piece of carpeting. I covered this
nonsense with a CDC aluminum dead pedal, to patch the other pedals with the same factory pattern. This gives your
left foot a nice solid resting place, instead of that squishy ugly piece of carpeting.
The Ford Racing Laguna Seca gauge cluster occupies the center of the dash for a nice clean factory look. Autometer
digital gauges let you monitor engine oil pressure and temperature, and differential temperature with a quick
glance. I added a Laguna Seca transmission scoop and a Rehagen electric differential cooler to keep fluid operating
temperatures cold. Cold = efficient + fast!
A Canton Racing trunk-mounted Accusump oil reservoir/regulator ensures that engine oil pressure never drops below a
pre-determined psi, a safety measure for cars capable of pulling over 1.0g for extended durations!!! Oil starvation
does not a healthy engine make. I had a red 12V indicator light mounted on the dash in plain sight to alert you as
to when the pump is in action! Kinda cool to see when you’re producing enough G’s to cause her to kick in!!
Go-power and handling must be complemented with adequate braking. Stopping power comes from new Baer 2-piece
floating Eradispeed rotors gripped by the factory brembos housing Pagid performance brake pads with optional
Titanium heat shields. Plenty of life left on this first set of brake pads! I decided to go with stock size rotors
instead of larger rotors to save unsprung weight, but the rear Baers are still over an inch larger in diameter over
stock. This doesn’t affect rear brake bias negatively, as the brakes were already under-powered out back. High
temp Motul 600 brake fluid ensures no boil-over. Stainless Steel Vorshlag lines were selected since they’re a
direct factory-mount fit. A separate brake fluid reservoir from an automatic mustang was added to separate the
supply to the brake master cylinder and clutch master cyclinder, ensuring cooler and more consistent fluid supply
to each! An old racer’s trick. Blowfish Racing brake cooling ducts were added up front to channel cool air
directly onto the front brakes. No fade! While I was at it, I had the faux fog covers on the front grill bored out,
to allow more cool air to pass into the engine bay at speed. And I think it just looks cooler being open, versus
those fake fog covers!
To tighten up shifting, a Blowfish Racing shifter bracket was added. The stock remote shifter gets sloppy at high
engine revs since the shifter moves with the engine, and not the transmission. The bracket hard-mounts the shifter
to the tranny, removing unnecessary play without adding undue vibration. Some of the isolation from the engine
vibration is removed, but IMHO you should be able to feel like you’re sitting on over 400 angry American horses
to some extent! A rev-matching device from Auto-blip was installed which heel-toes for you (if you feel like
cheating!), and rev delay and amplitude are adjustable on the fly! I mounted the device in the cabin within easy
reach. While braking and downshifting, matching your engine revs to road speed is crucial for proper stability,
weight transfer, and acceleration out of the turn. It also preserves your transmission, clutch and engine from
undue stresses from mismatched revs. A weighted Billy Club extended length Delrin shifter handle sits center stage
and decreases the time spent reaching for the shifter, while increasing the precision of each shift. This, with the
Blowfish bracket, means no more missed shifts!
The functional FRPP world challenge splitter adds downforce at the front to balance out the functional APR rear
wing and under-body diffuser! Mustangs are known for being tail happy since they're nose-biased, but not with these
aero additions! She stays glued! Roush Side and rear valance splitters finish off the low-slung look of this Boss!
The Tiger Racing hood not only prevents hood flapping and lift at speed, it actually adds to the downforce, while
saving over 25 pounds over the stock hood. Pneumatic MRT hood struts prop her open, while 4 Watson Racing hood pins
welded to the frame hold her down securely.
FRPP tow hooks were added front and rear and are welded to the frame of the car. These are the same tow hooks used
by professional Ford Racing teams and they’re battle proven. I haven’t had to test them luckily! BMO custom
jack plates were bolted to the underbody pinch weld jack points at the balance point, so that you can jack the
wheels on one side of the car up simultaneously from one spot.
The custom decals are all vinyl and easily peeled off, if they’re not your thing. Just remember that you’ll
lose 5hp for every one you remove though!!
If you need any more pictures, let me know. I’ve got plenty! No wrecks, no dings, no dents, no paintwork, no
squeaks, no rattles, no engine clatter or vibrations - no surprises, no worries! Just a solid piece of
American-engineered machinery.