Ford offers a wide array of crate engines, several of which are based around the Coyote. One of the coolest, and one we’ve never had a chance to sample ourselves is the Aluminator XS. LateModelRestoration recently stuffed an XS between the fenders of their 2011 Mustang project car. With over 500 naturally aspirated ponies at the flywheel, the XS is one of the baddest crate engines Ford has to offer.

In this video LateModelRestoration’s J-Mac takes the car out for a spin and talks about how the XS has primarily been dropped into road course cars. There’s good reason for this, with plenty of torque and power the XS pulls like an out of control freight train.

After install during a dyno session the XS sent 457 hp and 388 ft-lbs to the rear tires. In a market segment where we’re used to seeing blistering numbers on the dyno from a forced induction Coyote this may not sound like much. However, look at where the torque comes in, by 2,500 RPM the XS is already putting over 300 ft-lbs to the rear tires. Horsepower is above the 400 mark at 5,500 RPM, and flattens out from around 6,200 RPM all the way to the 8,000 RPM redline.

In the video J-Mac says that the car starts and idles like a stocker, it isn’t until you start getting into the throttle aggressively that the big power starts to speak. He says in the video that the previous combination which used a stock long block and BOSS intake would pull to about 7,200. The XS combination pulls to 8,000 RPM and feels like it just wants to keep going.

The Aluninator XS looks to be an amazing piece and we can think of a myriad of projects to drop this unique crate engine into. For more information on the engine or what’s needed to install it, check out LateModelRestoration.com