DuoBoost

MRT’S DOUBLE BLOWN SPORT TOURING PROJECT

- Dale Amy

Last fall, Scott Hoag and his team at Mustang Racing Technologies (MRT) concocted another project for the annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas, this time based on a Shadow Black 2017 EcoBoost S550. MRT’s SEMA efforts in recent years had been all over the Ford map, from Fusion to Fiesta ST to F-150, so getting back into a Mustang project must have felt like Old Home Week to Hoag, who spent 17 years on FoMoCo’s payroll and is perhaps best known for spearheading the beloved 2001 Bullitt program.

Hoag’s philosophy for the stick-shift ride was fairly simple: Expand on the S550 EcoBoost’s reputation as an agile, balanced touring machine and take it a few steps beyond. The result is dubbed the MRT Sport Touring, a name reflective of this showpony’s all-around upgrades and sharp focus on road tripping rather than drag stripping.