1968 Mustang with an Ecoboost Inline-Four
Dakota Muscle Cars built this 1968 Mustang at their company in Sioux City, Iowa. The project started after a drag race torched the factory 289 ci Windsor V8. They replaced it with a turbocharged 2.3 L EcoBoost inline-four featuring a Ford Performance control pack, Mishimoto radiator and interooler, and custom exhaust. Dakota Mustang Cars also swapped the factory three-speed manual transmission with a T56 six-speed manual transmission. Out back sits a Currie 9-inch rear end with 3.89 gears and a LSD. Underneath they installed a Detroit Speed Aluma-Frame front suspension with JRi adjustable coilovers and electric power steering and a Ridetech triangulated 4-link rear suspension with Ridetech adjustable coilovers. Brakes were upgraded to Wilwood six-piston calipers with 14-inch rotors in front and four-piston calipers with 13-inch rotors in back. The car rides on a set of Forgeline FL500 18×8 wheels with Nitto NT555 255/35-ZR18 tires and weigh
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Low-Volume Manufacturers’ Law Is Set, Now Where Are the Engines? Autoweek 2/1/2021
“…and there was much rejoicing >P.”
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At least there was for a while.
SEMA sent out a celebratory press release January 21 announcing that the long-awaited law to allow low-volume carmakers to build cars with complete drivetrains in them was finally ready.
“NHTSA has completed a regulation permitting low-volume motor vehicle manufacturers to begin selling replica cars that resemble vehicles produced at least 25 years ago,” SEMA said.
If you’ll recall, Congress enacted a SEMA-led bill into law way the heck back in 2015, thanks to the work of Congressman John Campbell. The law was part of the FAST Act, Fix America’s Surface Transportation Act. The act was voted into law and signed by President Obama that same year, but then sat on Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao’s desk, or it sat somewhere in NHTSA >P, awaiting someone to write up specific regulations for ho