Having done most of the mods on his previous Fox-body hatchback, Jeremy purchased his Terminator already hopped up with a Kenne Bell supercharger and 8.8 solid axle.
But sibling rivalry runs rampant in this family, and Jeremy regularly swaps top elapsed time Jonathan. Jeremy's Mustang enthusiasm began at age 16, when he purchased his first 5-liter from an older lady who had kept it bone stock. "It stayed stock for about a week before I began adding and removing parts, and it wasn't long before I added nitrous oxide to it," Jeremy says.
A new short-block and a Vortech A-Trim supercharger followed, as did an S-Trim upgrade. Jeremy's eventual experience with a turbo would not be as good as his brothers, as a blown head gasket prompted him to sell the Fox body and pick up an '03 Sonic Blue Cobra.
No hackery here--just tastefully mounted gauges.
Pulleys, an exhaust, and tune-up provided a potent 450 rwhp, but the insurance bill every month got the better of him, so the snake was sold and Jeremy purchased a '91 notchback.
Now, coupes are generally a hot commodity, and the supercharged 331ci motor made a healthy 515 rwhp. Taking a liking to his brother's newfound turbo power, Jeremy was ready to order a turbo kit for his Fox when he came across a Redfire Metallic Cobra. He sold his coupe to a close friend and slid the 11,500-mile '03 Terminator in his garage.
The factory-supercharged snake's previous owner, Joe Ritter, had already provided the Cobra with a bevy of bolt-ons, the most impressive of which is the solid 8.8 axle with 3.73 gears and Moser 31-spline shafts.
At 24 and 23 years of age respectively, Jonathan and Jeremy are some of the youngest SVT owners we've met. The brothers are information technologies professionals, and are used to people coming to them for answers. They obviously know where to find Ford high performance.
Like most stock Cobra clutches, this one bought the farm and was replaced with a Spec Stage III piece to handle the extra horsepower and bountiful torque from the Kenne Bell-boosted 281ci mill. Kaufman Motorsports in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, worked its magic with Superchips Custom Tuning software. With a complete MAC exhaust, 4-pound upper and 3.25-inch lower pulleys making 20 psi of boost, the Cobra spit out 593 rwhp and 558 lb-ft of torque.
Steeda coil springs at the four corners keep the snake close to the ground, and Steeda aluminum upper and lower control arms send the stout power output to a pair of Nitto 555R Drag Radials mounted on the factory 17x9-inch wheels.
Future plans call for a heat exchanger upgrade and a different pulley arrangement to hopefully get the Cobra in the 615- to 630-rwhp range, as Jeremy is looking to stay ahead of his brother, who is working on a Dart 5-liter block and big boost.
"How rich I would be if I didn't have a Mustang," Jeremy says. Thankfully his fiancee, Courtney Flowers, is the understanding type--especially when sibling rivalry keeps pushing the performance envelope.