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2011-2014 Mustang GT Ford Racing Ignition Coils Review

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Installing Ford Racing Ignition Coils on your 2011-2014 Mustang GT is an easy to do job that will bring back lost horsepower and torque. If your Mustang GT has over 35,000 km your ignition coils are slowly getting weaker putting out less voltage, which means loss of horsepower and torque, even your gas mileage will suffer as well as throttle response. The solution is to replace your factory ignition coils with high quality Ford Racing Stock Replacement Ignition Coil Packs, which will definitely bring back lost horsepower and torque and give you crisper throttle response.

Now we know there are aftermarket ignition coils from sources as Accel, MSD, Performance Distributors, GMS, SR, as well as many others, who claim if you replace your stock ignition coils with theirs, you will get a nice boost in horsepower and torque. There are pros and cons to using these aftermarket ignition coil packs which we will reveal to you so you can make the best decision when replacing your 2011-2014 Mustang GT ignition coils. Yes, switching to an aftermarket ignition coils will bump up your horsepower and torque, but only by a few, as seen with Accel Super Coil On Plug Kit which showed 6 hp and 4 ft/lbs torque gain on a totally stock 2011 Mustang GT. This is all fine but at what cost, as the aftermarket coil packs are twice the cost of Ford Racing Coil Packs and from the numerous reviews we read it seems the aftermarket coil packs are not very reliable. We have read about some of the aftermarket coil packs failing within 6 months to 1 year, needing replacement. Most would need to take their Mustang GT to a shop to find out which coil pack or packs went bad, costing more money. Many who experienced aftermarket coil pack failures, just switched back to new stock Ford ignition coil packs as was not worth the headaches of dealing with failed coil packs.

Interestingly enough, when we installed the Ford Racing Stock Replacement Coil Packs on two Mustang GT’s, our 2012 Mustang GT which is modified had picked up some lost horsepower and torque to the tune of 5 HP and 4 ft/lbs torque and the other 2011 Mustang GT which is totally stock, picked up 3 HP and 2 ft/lbs torque as revealed by the dyno. Another good point to mention is that the Ford Racing Ignition Coils are good for a stock Mustang GT, as well as a modified Mustang GT pushing up to 700 HP with no issues. Really the choice comes down to you, do you want a few more horsepower and torque at a higher cost that may come with reliability issues, or a smaller gain in horsepower and torque, less cost, and no reliability issues. We decided to stick with the Ford Racing Ignition Coils Packs as our 2012 Mustang GT saw a good gain in horsepower and torque, better throttle response and with Ford Racing high quality stock replacement parts, we will have no reliability issues, so we never have to worry about it.

So if reliability is not an issue for your 2011-2014 Mustang GT it is possible to gain more horsepower using an aftermarket ignition coil on plug kit and if you were to open up your spark plug gaps a little more, you would see a few more horsepower and torque gains, the choice is really up to you!

 

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2011-2014 Mustang BBK 85mm Throttle Body Test

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Can your 2011-2014 Mustang GT really benefit from a direct replacement BBK 85mm Throttle Body Upgrade? The answer is yes and no. It seems to depend on a few situations as if, is your Mustang stock, or does it have some horsepower increasing mods. We decided to give the BBK 85mm throttle body a try. We bolted it on our own 2012 Mustang GT and also tried it on our neighbours 2011 Mustang GT to see what actual benefits we could obtain from two different setups. The 2011 Mustang GT was totally stock right down to the tires and had an automatic transmission. Our 2012 Mustang GT was mildly modified sporting a tune and CAI (cold Air Intake) with some suspension and wheel/tire upgrades and also has a 6 speed automatic transmission.

Since the 2011 Mustang GT was totally stock, we decided to start with that set up first. The procedure for removing the stock Ford 80mm throttle body and replacing it with the BBK 85mm throttle body is very easy and straight forward, so I will not go through the actual install steps, really only took us 20 minutes to do. The BBK throttle body went on without any issues and the car started right up nice and easy, idled smooth. The coyote 5.0 motor seem to idle about the same as the stock throttle body and after was totally warmed up, we noticed the idle was holding a tad higher than with the stock throttle body.

Taking the 2011 Mustang out for a test drive we noticed the throttle was a little more responsive feeling and this seemed to carry through at any speed. Stomping the Mustang off the line felt no different than before with stock throttle body in place. Hitting the go pedal at 30-40 mph was also no different feeling than with the stock throttle body. We parked the 2011 Mustang and removed the BBK 85mm Throttle body and put the stock throttle body back on, we had our results.

It was now time to try the BBK 85mm throttle body on the 2012 Mustang GT. We removed the stock throttle body and replaced with the BBK unit, all went on easy and smooth, no issues. When all was ready to go we started up the Mustang and let it warm up for a bit. The idle during warm up was same as usual and after warmed up we again noticed the idle was just a tad higher than before running the stock Ford 80mm throttle body. We also noticed the car when revved sounded a bit more powerful, or heavier air sucking kinda sound. It was time to take it out on the road and see how it felt. At a set of lights (no other vehicles around) we stomped on it off the line (we did this a few times) and both of us noticed it had a little more low end torque than before (tires spun more than before, usually just spin a little then hook). We know this as have tested the 2012 Mustang GT plenty of times before in this same spot, even same lane. We floored it from a variety of different speeds and all seem to pull just a little harder than with the stock throttle body. The throttle response also seemed a tad more responsive though the whole rpm range. Our conclusion was we definitely felt a small gain in acceleration, versus not feeling any gains in acceleration with the BBK 85mm throttle body mounted on the stock 2011 Mustang GT.

On a pure stock 2011-2014 Mustang GT there will most likely not really be any benefit as in acceleration gains, just a more responsive throttle feel, which is great if you hate the flat feeling of the stock Ford throttle body. We feel if you are going to replace your stock throttle body so it’s all new again, then why not replace it with the BBK 85mm unit, it’s a small upgrade over stock (no tune is required) and will ready to go if you add power mods in the future. However, if you already have, or are going to have a tune and a cold air intake put on as was on the 2012 Mustang GT (Race Tune and Air Raid Race Cold Air Intake), we feel the upgrade to the BBK 85mm throttle body is definitely a worthy upgrade, felt like about a solid 10-12 hp gain most likely due to having a tune in the car, which seems to work well together.

BBK 85mm Throttle Body 2011 Mustang GT (Stock) Test Results:

  • Idled a little higher than stock and was smooth.
  • Throttle felt a little more responsive than with stock throttle body.
  • No gains in acceleration were noticed over stock, yet sounded slightly more powerful.

BBK 85mmThrottle Body 2012 Mustang GT (Mildly Modified) Test Results:

  • Idled a little higher than with stock throttle body and was smooth.
  • Throttle felt more responsive.
  • Definitely noticed gains in acceleration and sounded slightly more powerful.

 

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