Mickey Knauss has been obsessed with cars since he can remember. He’s always been especially fond of American muscle cars, and thought he’d died and gone to heaven when he first saw his first S197 Saleen Mustang. “It was a black Extreme with the carbon fiber diffusers and had the sleekest, sexiest bodykit I had ever seen in my life,” Mickey remembers. “From that day on, I told all my friends and family I would buy one …

Ford Motor Company announced today it has built its 9 millionth Mustang. The GT Convertible Mustang is heading west to be delivered to a dealership in Iowa.
The Ford Mustang, approaching its 45th anniversary on April 17th, 2009, is one of the most widely recognized vehicles in the world. Today, one of every two sports cars sold in America is a Ford Mustang. The Mustang is also Ford Motor Company’s longest-running nameplate. Mustang was introduced on April 17, 1964, …

The show season on the West Coast is officially kicked off every year by the Fabulous Fords Forever show at Knott’s Berry Farm. Hundreds of Fords travel from all parts of the country to attend the show, and nearly every Mustang club in California has cars in attendance. With a full four years of production, S197 Mustangs were more abundant than ever before and made up a huge part of the show. Even compared to last year there were …

The son shined brightly Sunday during the SPEED World Challenge GT Race presented by Applied Computer System at the 34th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Brandon Davis, son of team owner and driver Mike Davis, grabbed the pole position and then the race victory, capturing his second career win and first in this series. In the ACS Express #10 Ford Mustang Cobra, Brandon Davis charged to the front in the morning qualifying session and held onto the …

You would think that after strapping yourself in a 2,700 hp, turbocharged Pro-Mod Pontiac GTO, that you’d get the speed bug out of you. But that’s not the case for Troy Coughlin of Jegs, who along with the rest of his family, own and operate the large automotive aftermarket mail-order company. Coughlin is a racer at heart and decided he wanted a unique Mustang that could be used as a daily driven vehicle which at the same …

Saleen is offering, for the first time in company history, its high performance 302 cubic inch (5.0L) premium crate engines for sale through its Speedlab Aftermarket Division. The engine will be available in either short block or long block varieties to satisfy the most seasoned of engine builders and power enthusiasts.
Saleen offers the same OEM quality, durability and precision-built engines used today in Saleen built performance vehicles. The legendary 302 engine has already made its rightful return to …

Corsa Performance Exhausts has developed the new Ultimate Touring Exhaust – a full axle-back exhaust system designed to tame some of the thunder of highly modified S197 V8 Mustangs. The Ultimate Touring Exhaust utilizes Corsa’s patented Reflective Sound Cancellation (RSC) technology to tone down the wide range of sound frequencies that are found in high-horsepower Mustangs that have been modified with headers, high-flow catalytic converters, superchargers, head and cam packages and more.
“Any serious modification to …

Today Stillen had their first annual American Peformance open house at their facility in Costa Mesa, CA. Despite the overcast weather, dozens of Mustangs showed up to enjoy an afternoon of mingling with fellow owners and admiring each others’ rides. Registered participants had the opportunity to win some very nice raffle prizes or get three dyno pulls on the Stillen dyno, and everyone could take tours of the Stillen building or participate in technical discussions. Several vendors …

Zeeshan Mohamed has always loved Mustangs, in particular the 1965-1968 Fastback models. So as soon as the S197 Mustang was released with styling cues similar to the first generation Mustang, he went out and got his hands on a black-on-black 2006 Mustang GT with every available option. “Stang Skeleton” was born!
Having previously modified his 2005 Cadillac Escalade, Zeeshan was no stranger to building a custom car. While he didn’t have anything specific in mind when he bought …

It seems that some will never be satisfied in their quest for horsepower. The S197 Mustang GT’s 300-horsepower will quench that desire for the majority of owners, but there are also those that will have as much horsepower as their checkbooks will allow. ST Motorsports of San Berndardino, CA is never one to shy away from setting new boundaries of performance with the Mustang, and for this article we will go over a custom supercharger setup for a Mustang GT owned by one …