When parked, nothing about Jae's ride seems out of the ordinary-it's just a clean, stock-looking convertible with shiny wheels. When it's being driven, the whir of the turbo is immediately noticable, similar to a jumbo jet before take-off. It's addictive-you'll want to keep squeezing the throttle to hear the turbo huffing.
With his Fox's newfound power, Jae knew an upgrade was required in the braking department. After careful research, he settled on a complete braking system from the stopping experts at Wilwood. There was one catch: Jae wanted to retain his four-lug chrome 17x9-inch wheels. Wilwood obliged and custom-machined a quartet of rotor hats with the required lug pattern. Those hats are framed by slotted and cross-drilled rotors measuring 13 inches up front and 10.5 inches in the rear. Six- and four-piston calipers put the squeeze on Polymatrix pads front and rear, respectively. When it's time to throw out the anchor, Jae pumps the brake fluid with Wilwood's polished master cylinder.
| 5.0 Tech Specs |
| ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN | ELECTRONICS |
| Block | Engine Management |
| FRPP Sportsman | EEC-IV with Delk Performance |
| Displacement | chip and tune |
| 331ci | Ignition |
| Crank | MSD 6BTM ignition |
| Forged | Gauges |
| Rods | Innovate wideband air/fuel |
| Forged | meter |
| Pistons | |
| Forged | SUSPENSION AND CHASSIS |
| Cylinder Heads | Front Suspension |
| Trick Flow Twisted Wedge | K-member |
| Cam | Stock |
| Comp turbo grind | Control Arms |
| Intake Manifold | Stock |
| Edelbrock Performer rpm | Springs |
| intake, polished | Eibach |
| Power Adder | Struts |
| HP Performance single-turbo kit, | Tokico five-way adjustable |
| including a 66mm hybrid turbo, | Brakes |
| a Tial wastegate, a manual boost | Wilwood 13-in six-piston |
| controller, a Bosch blow-off valve, | Wheels |
| a front-mount intercooler | Ventus HRII 245/45/17 |
| Fuel System | Tires |
| 255-lph fuel pump, 42-lb/hr | 17x9-in Cobra R replicas |
| injectors, Mallory adjustable | Rear Suspension |
| fuel pressure regulator | Springs |
| Exhaust | Eibach |
| Jet Hot-coated HP turbo headers, | Shocks |
| custom exhaust system with MAC | Tokico five-way adjustable |
| mufflers | Control Arms |
| Transmission | Granatelli upper and lower |
| Performance Automatic competition | Brakes |
| AOD w/Art Carr 3,200-stall | Wilwood 10.5-in four-piston |
| converter | Wheels |
| Rearend | 17x9-in Cobra R replicas |
| 8.8 with repacked Traction-Lok, | Tires |
| 3.55:1 rear gears, and Moser | Ventus HRII 245/45/17 |
| 28-spline four-lug axles | Chassis Stiffening |
| | AutoPower rollbar and HPM |
| | subframe connectors |