Ford Racing’s 5.0-liter V8 Aluminator crate engine is quite popular among racing enthusiasts who’d rather purchase a race ready mill than prepare one themselves.
Ideal for the 2011-2014 Mustangs, but suitable for other Michigan-built ponies as well, including street rods and even restomods, the Aluminator can be found in three versions at Ford Racing Performance Pars. There’s a naturally aspired model with 11:1 compression, a supercharged (SC) variant with 9.5:1 compression, and a racing Cobra Jet-insipred XS version.
Like many hand-built performance engines, the Aluminator has to go through specific well-planned stages when being altered, starting with a teardown and ending with the final tests. Therefore, in order to help its customers understand what happens with the Coyote until it becomes an Aluminator, Ford Racing decided to document the entire process in an eight-minute video.
If you’re a Mustang fan, or just a regular gearhead, watching the clip posted below might be the best way to spend your next free eight minutes.
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