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  • Hey everybody, Justin with americanmuscle.com. Welcome to a special Roush edition of Hot

  • Lap. Recently our friends over at Roush were kind enough to invite us up to Detroit so

  • we could check out their awesome facilities, and we had a great time. Check it out.

  • Guys, we're just outside of Motor City, Detroit, Michigan to visit our friends at Roush. Boy

  • do we have an awesome day planned for you. All right. I'm here with Tom Lipinski, kind

  • of the overseer of Candyland, right buddy?

  • Tom: Absolutely. We bring in the base Mustang chassis right out of the plant. We turn it

  • into a 700 horsepower monster. Let's go take a look.

  • Justin: All right.

  • Tom: This is where it starts as far as drilling all the holes and preparing the vehicle for

  • the next assembly block. What we do is we have these fixes made so we can drill the

  • holes and not have any variation as the vehicle comes through the line.

  • Justin: Let's check out where these things go from here. This is core build.

  • Tom: Correct. This is our main assembly line where the core content is installed. As the

  • seats are out we can get inside and do things like the billet pedals, the shifter ball,

  • and some of the other interior mods that'll happen. Station two, again, we talked about

  • the body mods. Front and rear fascias are installed. Wheels and tires will go on here.

  • The front is a complete replacement. The only things that are reused on that front are the

  • turn signals and the fog lamps, but everything else is fully designed by us.

  • Justin: Tom, I couldn't help but notice we've got some exhausts coming to life over here.

  • Tom: Everybody wants a throaty sounding car. They designed the quad tip exhaust with the

  • dual chamber muffler. One of those chambers is nice and quiet and it meets all those standards.

  • The other side is where it opens up.

  • Justin: Obviously we stumbled into line two here. This is where some suspension and drive

  • line goodies come together, correct?

  • Tom: Absolutely. Any time you add performance and horsepower to a car, you want to be able

  • to handle that performance. What this does is it's going to give you a little bit more

  • stability of a ride.

  • Justin: Tom, we're here at the final leg of assembly. Of course, this is where the horsepower

  • is born as we like to say.

  • Tom: We've divided up our build assembly process of the supercharger into five different stations.

  • This is the start of it. We tear it down, we drain the fluids, and we prep it for the

  • rest of the assembly.

  • Justin: Here we are, pretty much a completed RS3, correct?

  • Erin: That's correct. I know it looks very similar in a lot of ways, but it is all new

  • for 2015. We start with a 627 horsepower package by SEMA. We plan to launch our Phase 2 version

  • of the kit.

  • Justin: Chances are if you guys at home have a TBS blower, this gentleman right here probably

  • put it together for you. I understand you're going to teach me how to throw one of these

  • things together.

  • Male: Yes sir, yes sir. We're going to grab this housing right here. We're going to put

  • it right here on the fixture. We're going to grab the pink Loctite and just going to

  • walk it all the way around the top. That's going to seal your main cavity.

  • Justin: So, now we're actually going to grab the rotating groove. We'll flip it over.

  • Male: See? Told you, you're a pro.

  • Justin: Very nice. Hey, how about it.

  • Male: Next thing is you're going to grab the front cover. Make sure you're on there.

  • Justin: There she goes. All right. I didn't think I'd wake up today and be hand assembling

  • a blower. This is pretty cool.

  • Male: The first torque is just going to make sure everything's nice and flat. You're going

  • to actually torque these three times. You want to make sure you get a green light this

  • time around.

  • Justin: Get a green light.

  • Male: There you go.

  • Justin: There it is. Now set it...

  • Male: You're going to tip it upside down.

  • Justin: Upside down.

  • Male: There you go. We're going to install the bypass shaft. Without the bypass, you're

  • not going to build any boost.

  • Justin: Got you. Okay. So, this thing probably has some torque to it, right?

  • Male: Yeah, it's air crimper. There you go.

  • Justin: There you go.

  • Male: It's the fun part every day.

  • Justin: Okay, now we actually have to install the actuator.

  • Male: Yeah. We're going to put it on a shaft here. You're going to install the set screw.

  • Then, the last thing you're going to do on this station, you're going to check the rotational

  • clearance on the rotating groove.

  • Justin: This is where you set the actuator, correct?

  • Male: Correct.

  • Justin: And that's with your set screw that we just installed.

  • Male: Correct.

  • Justin: Now it's testing. What's the final result?

  • Male: You got a pass.

  • Justin: Pass. Look at that, built my first successful supercharger. This has been a pretty

  • awesome experience, man.

  • Male: No problem.

  • Justin: All right, guys, we're in the 2015 Roush RS3. This thing is incredible, man,

  • 627 horsepower. Letting it rip in second gear. This thing is awesome. The coilovers, they

  • ride great. They really do. It sounds great. The Roush active exhaust system here in the

  • 2015 is done up in a way that it flows well with the factory car. In fact, take a great

  • interior already here, add the little touches, for instance the gauges, speedometer, and

  • tach, and they really hit this one out of the park with the RS3. Unfortunately, I have

  • to bring this thing back to the shop, but not before I do one last burnout. I'm Justin.

  • Thanks for watching, and for all things Mustang keep it right here at americanmuscle.com.

  • Stephanie: What's up guys? Stephanie here. This month I want to point out Roush's axle-back

  • for the 2015. Roush has some great products in general, and they continue the norm here

  • with the products for 2015 Mustangs like axle-backs for the GT, Ecoboost and V6 Mustangs.

  • When we're talking about axle-backs, Roush has been known to produce products that are

  • on the more aggressive side of the scale, and that's exactly where the axle-backs for

  • the S550s fall. The exhaust note comes thanks to the open chambered or hollow chamber muffler

  • design. Also keep in mind that the tone of your exhaust note can change depending on

  • what you have going on with the rest of your exhaust system. Another thing I really like

  • about these axle-backs is that they're stainless steel which is a great quality when we're

  • talking about exhaust systems. Lastly, both of the axle-backs for the 2015 come with four

  • inch tips and have been chrome flashed for a nice finishing touch.

  • Let's take a quick listen to see how the Roush axle-back sounds on a 2015 GT. You guys can

  • now head back to the site and check out these Roush axle-backs for your S550 that are available

  • here at americanmuscle.com.

  • Justin: All right, guys, that's going to wrap up our special Roush edition of Hot Lap. We

  • really hope you enjoyed it all. I know I did. We had a great time checking out their facilities

  • getting to see where they make their awesome cars and getting to assemble a blower myself.

  • It was awesome. Again, thanks for watching. I'm out of here. For all things Mustang keep

  • it right here at americanmuscle.com

Hey everybody, Justin with americanmuscle.com. Welcome to a special Roush edition of Hot

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