My 2023 Mustang 2.3L High Performance
by Rory S. Brown
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My 11th Mustang: 2023 Mustang 2.3L High Performance in Race Red
I factory ordered this car and was confirmed December 14. 2022 and took delivery today on September 13, 2023 from Titanium Ford, Surrey, BC Canada and built in the Flat Rock, Michigan plant on March 23, 2023 and shipped on May 18, 2023. There was a delay in shipping because of a part to come in. It arrived at Titanium Ford June 12, 2023. VIN: 1FA6P8TD1P5112442. My 2023 Mustang 2.3L High Performance has a unique Chassis No. P0215. You might be surprised I have this car now since I bought the 2008 Mustang Bullitt due to the Mustang 2.3L High Performance wasn't coming anytime soon. Nick decided he wanted to buy the Bullitt back after seeing all the upgrades I did to the car. I agreed to sell it to him if I could secure my factory ordered Mustang 2.3L High Performance. Thanks to the generosity of Nick, we were able to make this happen. You can follow the story on the 2008 Bullitt page here for July 6, 2023. I want to thank Kal Hoonjan with the purchase of my 2.3L High Performance and contact him by email kal@khford.com if you want to be taken care of properly on your next car purchase.
Engine is a 2.3L Turbo Intercooled 4 Cylinder producing 330HP and 350 lb-ft of torque with a 6 Speed Manual Transmission.
Factory Options: Read the Window Sticker above for detail factory options and go to this Link from Ford about this model.
Installed mods: Craig's Custom Mustang license plate bracket.
Email me if you have any questions about my current or previous cars: rorysbrown@outlook.com
If interested, I have some parts for sale here.
I'm a member of the Greater Vancouver Mustang Association. Click here to visit the web site
My 2023 Mustang 2.3L High Performance History:
(Click the thumbnail pictures below to see them full sized.)
March 8, 2025
I made a change to my rear Tribar Badged rear deck panel to the one from a 2021 Mustang model which matches the front grille Tribar better. I stored away my original rear deck panel and took some new pictures on a sunny day.
October 2, 2024
Ford designed this Mustang with the High Performance engine matched with the Handling Package for Autocross Racing, I decided to add some Steeda components and MGW Shifter to make it even better. It has taken some time but everything is completed now. Thanks to Autotech Alignment Inc, #201 5726 Landmark Way, Surrey, BC Phone: 604-530-9119 who installed the Steeda parts listed below. Thanks to Titanium Ford for the install of the MGW Shifter.
Steeda Parts
Steeda Mustang Stop the Hop Starter Kit (2015-2024) MPN: 555-4455
Steeda Mustang Coupe Full-Length Jacking Rails (2015-2024) MPN: 555-5212
Steeda Mustang Minimum Drop MagneRide Lowering Springs - Linear (2015-2024) MPN: 555-8225
Steeda Mustang Extreme G-Trac K-Member Brace (2015-2024) MPN: 555-5536
MGW Race Spec Short Throw Shifter for MT-82 Equiped for GT / V6 / EcoBoost Mustangs. Link to their website here.
August 25, 2024
I finished 1st Place today in the 2015-2023 Mustang Stock Class in the 39th Greater Vancouver Mustang Association (GVMA) Round Up in Langley, BC. See the pictures of my car below:
August 18, 2024
I attended the Annual Downtown Port Coquitlam Car Show 2024 which our Greater Vancouver Mustang Association has a Mustang Alley in the show. Here are some pictures below:
August 5, 2024
I attended the 39th Annual Shelby and Mustang Show and Shine at Titanium Ford today. Here are some pictures below:
July 7, 2024
I attended the GVMA 41st Annual Spring Show in Cloverdale, Surrey, BC. The show was originally scheduled for May 26th but was cancelled due to heavy rain all day. I finished 1st Place in the Stock 2015- 2024 class. See the pictures below
June 5, 2024
I had the opportunity to take some pictures underneath my car today
September 16, 2023
I drove my car to the West Vancouver storage garage today. Here are some pictures from that day with front license plate installed on Craig's Custom Bracket that is easily re-moveable, an interior shot, and opening the hood and hooking up the Ford Performance 5.0 Smart Battery Charger & Maintainer M-1300-FP.
September 13, 2023
I completed my desire of book ending my Mustang ownership with Red Mustang coupes with 2.3L Turbo engines with manual transmissions. Today, I took of my 2023 Mustang EcoBoost 2.3L High Performance with the Handling Package. I've owned 40 cars in my life and the 1979 Mustang Cobra and this 2023 Mustang 2.3L High Performance are the only two cars I factory ordered and took delivery of. You can see the pictures below of Me with Kal Hoonjan and I next to my car, plus other pictures:
July 23, 2023
Today was the day I had the chance to test drive my factory ordered 2.3L High Performance Package as I described in the 2008 Mustang Bullitt web page which I'll repeat here.
Though the 2008 Mustang Bullitt is my 10th Mustang, it wasn't originally going to be it. Here is the story. When I bought the 2022 Escape SE PHEV as my daily driver, I eventually factory ordered a 2023 Mustang 2.3L High Performance for my manual transmission car. I factory ordered this car to book end my Mustang ownership by matching a modern version of my first Mustang, my 1979 Mustang Cobra in Bright Red with the first year of the 2.3L Turbo engine and with a manual transmission. It was my first new car I owned and the only factory ordered car I actually took delivery of. I never took delivery of this car because it didn't arrive when it was supposed to. The car was expected to arrive in late April but didn't arrive until the middle of June. If the car had arrived in late April, I would have been able to go to the first two car shows in May. Here are some pictures of the car I took that day and a new friend AJ took a quick video here of me driving it away on the test drive.
July 12, 2023
Below are the photos Titanium Ford did for their web site once the car was cleaned up.
June 12, 2023
The first time seeing my factory ordered 2023 Mustang EcoBoost High Performance. Even though I had purchased the 2008 Bullitt, I still tracked and visited Titanium Ford when the car arrived. See the pictures below.
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