Meet Steve Shrader’s BrightMare

This yellow ’99 Mustang GT, nicknamed “BrightMare”, was the car that started it all for the 7000 member Yellow Mustang Registry back in 2001. We use this car to test new engine combinations for our business and continually push the power limits on E85 Ethanol. Our latest 2011 project was a new setup featuring the Edelbrock Victor Jr intake and some new blower cam profiles. We added an intercooler to the car, and then topped it off with a nitrous kit to see just how far we could push this little 281ci engine on Pro-Dyno’s Dynojet. It made an impressive 682 rwhp with only 17psi. When we threw the nitrous into the mix, it jumped to a whopping 829 rwhp before we decided we were finally happy. All of that with a baby S-trim Vortech and a shot of gas.

BrightMare made an appearance on Speed Channel’s show Pass Time in ’09. It surprised everyone when the car went 10.57 at 136 mph on drag radials. Click here for the video.

The 2011 Engine Build. Engine Built by Shrader Performance