Marlan Davis
Q: I’m looking to swap the engine in my 1994 Ford Mustang GT. My goal is to Coyote swap it and turbo-boost it to make 1,000 hp. What transmission would you recommend that will hold up that much hp? Where do you suggest buying the engine and trans?
A: Run 1,000 hp on the street? No prob. When I got my driver’s license back in the 1970s, it was a big deal if you had 500 hp on the street. Now, the new normal is 1,000 hp. Yes, it’s totally possible to get that much or more out of a boosted Ford Coyote 5.0L engine on unleaded premium pump gas and drive it around on the street. So says wily Coyote engine expert and builder Tim Eichhorn at MPR Racing Engines. Expect to spend around $15,000—give or take, as of October 2020—if you supply the block and heads. The price could rise to over $20,000 for an MPR Coyote engine if it supplies everything. It is possible to build late-model transmissions to keep up with that much power, and there are at least a half dozen outfits that supply Coyote engine and transmission swap kits and parts.
What It Takes for a Ford Coyote Engine to Survive 1,000 HP
At the 1,000-hp level, the Coyote engine’s biggest issue is the production block. Whether
