Project S-Trim...

[keesor]

I finally got my supercharger today. It is a Vortech SQ V-2 S-Trim Polished. Out of the box it is pullied for about 10 psi of boost but I might get a little more due to the addition of the AFM Powerpipe. I'll also be upgrading to a 255lph fuel pump plus the Vortech inline Boost-a-pump, a set of FMS 42 lb injectors, and a new Pro-M 80mm Mass Air Meter. I probably won't get around to installing this for a few more weeks but here's a couple pics in the mean time.

I'm hoping for somewhere near 500 rwhp when this is installed and dyno tuned! :twisted:

Front of SC and Powerpipe
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/IMG_0195.jpg

Back of SC and Powerpipe
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/IMG_0196.jpg

Close up of SC with caps off
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/IMG_0197.jpg

[m pwrd 3]

Vortech makes great superchargers, nice choice!

I hope all goes well for you on the install, and be sure to let us know how it goes!

[Jay]

I think im gona have to hand you the award for baddest foxbody in town

[keesor]

Thanks guys! I don't think the install will be that bad. I'm not going to be installing their FMU or the timing retard box because all of this will be done from the computer itself. That will make the install much simpler!

I'll post up some more pics when I start installing it!

[Racerx300zx]

huh, oh, sorry, had to wipe drool off the keyboard, very nice s/c man, can't wait to see that thing pull at the track, gives me new respect for mustangs

[Stang420]

That should be fun! :) Good luck with the install.

[daveb91]

Sweet S/C that should really get the car moving! Good decision not using the FMU I used mine for a little while and it totally sucked the air/fuel was never right. Whos dyno you using?

[keesor]

Sweet S/C that should really get the car moving! Good decision not using the FMU I used mine for a little while and it totally sucked the air/fuel was never right. Whos dyno you using?

Everything that I have read and everyone I've talked to said that you can get a much better fuel curve by using the correct size injectors and letting the computer directly control the fuel.

I am planning on taking the car to Paul's Automotive Engineering in Cincinnatti. A friend of mine had his car tuned there a couple of years ago, and they really know what they are doing. They can use the diablosport software they have to tune it and then convert it to a .bin file. I just import that file into my laptop and then load it into the Tweecer.

I'd love to get a baseline before I put the S/C on but I'm not paying $90 / half hour up at WSCC! Especially when I only want one pull! Paul's will tune the car for me for $80 / hour. Less than half the price and they have someone tuning it!

[Chadwick]

Look nice! Keep us posted

[keesor]

UPDATE...

Well Project S-Trim is under way. I've got a couple of new pics but I've still got some work to do. Hopefully by the end of next weekend I'll have it finished and can schedule a day to have it tuned. The BBK intake turned out to be alot more work than I thought. You wouldn't believe all the stuff you have to bolt on this thing...but I think it was well worth it! I love the look of the manifold. Right now I'm waiting on some new valve covers and a new cooling fan.

Here's some pics:

TRex Booster Pump under spare tire well:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/TRexPump.jpg


TRex wiring in spare tire well:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/TRexWiring.jpg


Bolting brackets on front of motor:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/Install1.jpg


Ignition and power pipe:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/install2.jpg


Current progress:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/intake1.jpg

I'll keep you posted :twisted:

[Jay]

Ah yes, I can allways count on keesor to post something worth reading/viewing

What kind of setup are you using to keep the rear tires planted? Got a set of lift bars on?

[keesor]

Ah yes, I can allways count on keesor to post something worth reading/viewing

What kind of setup are you using to keep the rear tires planted? Got a set of lift bars on?

Thanks Jay, your read my mind, that's the next step...will this ever end??? I am going to install a rear suspension kit from UMI performance. It comes with upper and lower control arms, lower torque box reinforcments and upper control arm reinforcments. Also, the lower control arms are actuall South Side Machine bars. I guess SSM went out of business and these guys are making them now.

Heres a link for the kit. It is really a pretty good deal.

http://www.umiperformance.com/1000A1.aspx

Right now i have Nitto Drag Radials 275/40/17's but for the track I'll have to use either 8 or 10" slicks....whatever I can get to fit on the rear.

[Jay]

That's not a bad price at all for that kit. I didnt know SSM went out of buisness..
Good thing it comes w/torque box reinforcement's cause they have a tendency to get ripped from the car haha. 8" will fit easy, 10" should fit as well though. depends on what size they are tall-wise really.

And no, it will never end haha
It's a never ending battle.. yuo upgrade this, you gota upgrade that. Then once you upgrade that, you gota do something else. It's a viscous cycle

[ghost]

I have seens 315/45/17's under a Fox bodied mustang, not sure if they had rolled fenders or not though. This project seems to becoming along nicely. What type of tuning software are you using on your car?

[daveb91]

Diablo

[keesor]

Actually I have a Tweecer RT. I had a diablosport chip for the car but the Tweecer is a great tool for tuning and much better for diagnostics. It has a chip that plugs into the factory computer and then has a USB cable that plugs into my laptop. The software is not real user friendly but it does give you complete control of the computer. The other cool thing is it does real time datalogging directly to my laptop with a GUI that lets you look at specific sensor output values in real time. There is also a selector switch in my glove box that allows you to switch between up to 4 tunes plus 1 that disables the tweecer and sets the computer back to the factory settings.

As far as the dyno tune goes they will actually tune the car with SCT or Diablo software and then save the tune to a .bin file and then I'll just import that into the tweecer. I could probably get it close myself, but I'm not going to take a chance on blowing a head gasket! I'll let a pro tune it.

Here's a link to some screenshots of the Tweecer software (http://www.tweecer.com/CalEdit.htm).

[InterceptorXR7]

are you having any clearance issues with the hood, or is it snug? BTW Im jealious :oops:

[keesor]

are you having any clearance issues with the hood, or is it snug? BTW Im jealious :oops:

Supposedly this thing will fit under the factory hood, but I see absolutely no way. I have to ditch the functional ram air on my hood because of the S/C and after I remove the ducting from the under side of the hood it should have plenty of room, but my hood is like 1.5 inches higher than factory.

[ghost]

I wondered what type of software you were using, there are some people using the TunerPRO software which sounds alot like yours. There are some other electronics yoiu have to buy, all in all though it comes out to about $200 or so with wide band O2 sensor. Here's the link:
http://tunerpro.markmansur.com/

[keesor]

Here's the latest update:

The car is done and running, although not real great. My total timing is only at about 16 degrees, just so I won't blow anything before tuning. The car is going to Cincinnati to be tuned at Paul's Automotive Engineering on September 8. Here are the latest pics of the finished product. It still needs some cleaning and polishing but you'll get the general idea. As you can tell from the last picture I have to put the car in the paint shop after it's tuned to get the bottom of the hood fixed where the ram air duct had to be removed because of the SC.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/Update1.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/Update2.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/Update3.jpg

[m pwrd 3]

Looks great, the supercharger design didnt leave much room for a intercooler or anything did it?

[keesor]

Looks great, the supercharger design didnt leave much room for a intercooler or anything did it?

Thanks man, yeah an air to air is pretty close to get the tubing in but there are a couple of threads on one of the mustang forums that people have done it. There is actually a company that just came out with a kit but they want about $1900 for it! Vortech makes a air to water that goes between the SC and the throttle body that I have thought about. I'm definately going to have to come up with something if I want to run more boost. It's pushing about 10 - 11 lbs right now but if I go over 12 I'll need some way to cool the charge. Alot of guys are going with the meth injection but there are some risks involved if the meth stops shooting. I'm pretty sure I could take care of that with the tune though. There is a table that controls timing acording to the air charge temp and you just set that to pull timing if the air charge goes over a preset limit. Who knows I'm going to see what she does the way it is with a tune and go from there. I may be close to the limits of the factory block right now and if that's true I'll have to wait until I rebuild the bottom end with a dart block.

[m pwrd 3]

meh. whats $1900 :D

How good is the air to water cooler?

[BLUEVOVIII]

Nice setup... should put up some nice number!

[Jay]

Looks sweet, as allways!
Did Zack Kern's brother paint your car?

[keesor]

Yeah, Jared and Roger painted it, and they did a great job. Their shop is Millbranch Automotive over on South Side behind Badger Lumber.

[daveb91]

i was wondering if you were doing anymore work to the car. You must do all of your work out on 339.

[Jay]

Yeah, Jared and Roger painted it, and they did a great job. Their shop is Millbranch Automotive over on South Side behind Badger Lumber.


Jared an Zack are good ppl. Jared's sportster is badass

[keesor]

i was wondering if you were doing anymore work to the car. You must do all of your work out on 339.

Yeah, my buddy Paul lives out there and that's where I normally work on my car. I figure his wife is more than ready to see it leave though. This has been a really long project and I'm so ready to be done with it!!!!!

meh. whats $1900 :D

How good is the air to water cooler?

The air to water is supposed to work fairly well but I'm not sure what the max horsepower is on it. It is a really small intercooler, I mean you can tell how much room there is between the SC and the throttle body! I will probably fab up the tubing for an air to air before I buy the air to water. Also they want $1600 for the vortech air to water. I'm sure I can make something with an aftermarket intercooler that is much cheaper and flows alot better.

[m pwrd 3]

Wow that is a lot of money for an intercooler, I have seen some crazy pipe configurations fabbed up I would say go for that for sure!

[tejohnson]

Honestly, I wouldn't even waste the $ on water to air unless you are going to push a whole lot more boost. The JRC 8" is just fine with my turbo setup @ 15PSI, and I see IAT temps that are at ambient temps...

[keesor]

Well, I had the car dyno tuned today and the results aren't too bad. It's a little less than I was shooting for but the tuner said the new BBK intake I installed is dropping off at about 5000 RPM. He told me to put my Holley Systemax back on and it would gain another 20 to 25 horsepower. (That's what I get for putting something on my car because of aesthetics!) The car made 430 rwhp and 418 lb of torque. I had it out for a little bit tonight and it feels really strong. First gear won't hook yet but second hooks pretty good. I still have an entire suspension upgrade to do to the rear that will hopefully happen in the next month or so. New uppers, lowers, springs, upper control arm/torque box reinforcements, and lower control arm reinforcements. Hopefully It will help!

The only problem I ran into was the secondary booster pump is blowing fuses. I'm going to rewire it tomorrow and see if that fixes it. If not I'll send it back to Vortech for another one.

Here's the dyno sheet.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/Dyno_09082006_resized.jpg

[keesor]

put it on the dyno then go run 8.00 1/8 mile times like the rest of them!!!!!! but it puts out 600hp on the chassis dyno! impressive

Don't you mean put it on the "track" then go run 8.00 1/8 mile times? If you're going to mouth at least do it correctly.

[ramrod]

the dyno chart looks sexy.

it only looks good if u dont know what ur looking at!!!!

[m pwrd 3]

it only looks good if u dont know what ur looking at!!!!

I want to see yours, so we will know what a good one looks like.

[keesor]

it only looks good if u dont know what ur looking at!!!!

I want to see yours, so we will know what a good one looks like.

His mouth is just writing checks his car can't cash!

[InterceptorXR7]

I think i saw you yesterday coming off the memorial bridge going up the hill hauling ass. car sounds mean 8)

[keesor]

I think i saw you yesterday coming off the memorial bridge going up the hill hauling ass. car sounds mean 8)

Yeah, that was probably me. Thanks!!!

[keesor]

i dont have useless dyno sheets

No, you just have a useless POS in the garage because mommy won't let you put insurance on it and drive it. That is, if it would even start!

[Jay]

Im bored..

bump for a cool car, screw the haters

[Jay]

What exhaust setup are you runnin? It looks like un-equal shorties but I cant tell for sure.

[keesor]

What exhaust setup are you runnin? It looks like un-equal shorties but I cant tell for sure.

It's BBK equal length shorties, and Flowmasters new 3" header back kit with the Super 40 mufflers. It is anoyingly loud and I'm almost ready to go back to a 2 1/2" kit. I think I'm going to try a set of 3" magnaflow mufflers and see if it quiets it down any more.

Here's a pick under the car:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1118898/6.jpg

[Jay]

No such thing as too loud! Unless you have drone inside of the car. That is annoying

[Jay]

Here's a rough chart to go by. The Warlocks tested are dif than the street ones w/out cutouts. The tested ones are alot more quiet/restricted because you can just open the caps at the track. Also if yuo notice this publication is a lil old, so somethings may have changed in muffler design ect.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h251/jayxsoprano/rumble6.jpg

[keesor]

Yeah, the drone is why I'm wanting to try the magnaflows. I have one on my V8 Explorer and there is no drone at all, and some guys on the mustang forums say that it helps alot.

[InterceptorXR7]

dont forget borla! 8)

[Jay]

Borla is just too damn expensive for what you get.

[Jay]

S/c have such linear powerbands, your peak power isn't realized until almost redline.

Looks good when saying your mustang has 400 ponies, but race a car with less power and a better powerband and you will get raped.

Youre an idiot.

That being said..
As according to the Dyno sheet im currently looking at from Keesor's Mustang

3500rpm
= 225lbs torque
= 325hp

Right about 5300rpm is where the decline ii power and torque both start happening. You can change cam/intake setups to change this. You can get a combo to extend the redline farther out which normally gives you a few extra poines as well as a longer stretch of useable power or you can use setups such as this for a small window to work with but all the power at once.
As long as you arent driving like Mr. Ricer an you know how to shift (arent afraid to destroy a tranny or clutch) then this thing would be a stoplight machine.

Mustangs be they s/c or turbo are just like any other vehicle.. you can build and tune the motor to dif needs as to what you want.

[keesor]

S/c have such linear powerbands, your peak power isn't realized until almost redline.

Looks good when saying your mustang has 400 ponies, but race a car with less power and a better powerband and you will get raped.

Ya know, I could really give a damn less. I'm so tired of people bashing other people's cars on here!

My car is not a race car, it's a hobby and it's fun to drive. I really don't care if anyone else likes it or thinks it's "fast" or not. My car is something I built for me to have fun with, not to prove something to someone else! I thought I would share what I was doing with my car with the forum, but I won't anymore.

[InterceptorXR7]

comparing a mustang to an economy car just because of the powerbands is really stupid. I hate stupid people with civics, imprezas, and what have you wanting to race. I ususally let them know they have an economy car and they usually end up cutting their wrists afterwards. I frankly dont care if stupid people like that say my car is a POS. Its not a race car, its comfortable, looks clean, and my interior isnt all removed to save 70 pounds. It gets me from point A to B without breaking down every couple days. Kessor's car looks VERY clean and is what he likes. this is a site for enthusiasts, not bashers (even tho i did do some bashing) 8)

[Jay]

S/c have such linear powerbands, your peak power isn't realized until almost redline.

Looks good when saying your mustang has 400 ponies, but race a car with less power and a better powerband and you will get raped.

Ya know, I could really give a damn less. I'm so tired of people bashing other people's cars on here!

My car is not a race car, it's a hobby and it's fun to drive. I really don't care if anyone else likes it or thinks it's "fast" or not. My car is something I built for me to have fun with, not to prove something to someone else! I thought I would share what I was doing with my car with the forum, but I won't anymore.


Bullshit! If you stop posting I'll have even less stuff on here worth reading. It's nice to see someone who doesnt take 80 pics of his knock off k&n air filter and it's install an talk about how he built a race car. Who gives a fu@k what that dumbass thinks anyhow.

[daveb91]

I think its just a couple dumba$$ on here that are bashing cars they are on here just to be dipsh!ts. Thumbs up on the Mustang.

[keesor]

Yeah, I know. I just had a bad day yesterday and dumbA$$'s comment just made me snap! As I said before I really don't care what he thinks. I'm having fun with the car and that's all that matters.

I'm going to replace my BBK Intake with my old Holley Systemax II here in the next couple of weeks. I've got an intake gasket leaking right now and the BBK doesn't seem to like boost very well. The Systemax should flow alot better on the top end.

As far as I can tell I had the intake leak during the dyno run and I was loosing boost through it. So hopefully I'll make a little more power once it is changed! The leak has gotten bad enough that my MAF is not reading at an idle and it is sucking all of its air through the leak.

[Jay]

I seen on uhm.. Corral maybe? A guy tested a few dif intakes on his stock 302 w/blower on it. The BBK rated lower than the rest. If im not mistaken the Holley was the best flowing one he tested. But again once you change cams ect. you change how things operate. Cams an Intakes go hand in hand an if they dont work well w/one another youre defeating all you have worked for. What works on Joe's car may not work on Tom's.

[keesor]

Well, I working on switching out my intake this weekend and fixing my intake gasket leak. I'm going to put my Holley Systemax back on but I didn't want to put it back on looking the way it came out of the box. So I called my buddy Jered over at Millbranch Automotive to see what he could do to help me out. They still had some paint left from when they painted my car and this is what we came up with. I'm debating on having the lower intake painted also or leaving it aluminum.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/keesor/Systemax1.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/keesor/Systemax2.jpg

[Jay]

That looks pretty sweet. I left my lower silver.. you dont see enough of it to make a real dif anyhow.



http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h251/jayxsoprano/4110dff7.jpg

[keesor]

That looks pretty cool Jay. Why don't you post up some more pics of your stang? I've never seen it.

[Jay]

That looks pretty cool Jay. Why don't you post up some more pics of your stang? I've never seen it.

Which of the 50? Haha
I sold the lx I had got recently. Now im mustang-less once again. Found another GT im going to go look at soon tho..

http://www.movfast.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1903


and.. bout the 4th pic down or so?

http://www.movfast.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2041



The holley intake should net some more HP at the wheels. Average of what, 15-20? My intake was a stock one cracked open and polished smooth. Kinda suckd for n/a application as having a texture to it creates a turbulance supposedly good for mixing the fuel/air bla bla. I dono.. All I do know is smooth works best on forced induction. I bought an had plans of installing a single turbo kit on the 87' but sold it lol

[keesor]

Pretty sweet Jay. I've never seen one of those aftermarket cowls before. Looks pretty cool. I might look into one of those.

[Jay]

Pretty sweet Jay. I've never seen one of those aftermarket cowls before. Looks pretty cool. I might look into one of those.

Thnx
It matches the reverse cowl style hood they sell but I allready had the r2k. I'd like a cowl that was a little less elaborate but that's the only one I could find. It's still better than the pos factory ones that are usually missing some peices or cracked.

I painted the middle strip in those cobra tail's white to match the car, imo it looked really good.

[Jay]

I picked up a pretty bitchin' fox today. We needa go terrorise the town

[keesor]

Post up some pics. Mine's stored for the winter. I've got several projects to get finished before spring. Now I just need some motivation.....

[Jay]

not much to look at, just a stock lookin GT
has a roll bar in it.. an alot of goodies under the hood :D
Ive had it out all day playin
You wouldnt have a stock shiftknob you want rid of would ya?

[keesor]

No, sorry I don't. But I do have about any other mustang part you can imagine. If there is anything you need let me know. I've got tons of stuff laying around here!

[Jay]

coo i'll keep it in mind. Im tryin to buy a 90' notch right now. Older guy has it, orig owner, an it isnt for sale.. so tryin to buy it is proving difficult

[low_s10_21]

awesome stuff by the way. I have never been a fan of mustangs honesly, but i definately respect your car and your work.

[keesor]

awesome stuff by the way. I have never been a fan of mustangs honesly, but i definately respect your car and your work.

Thanks man, I really appreciate that!!!

[Jay]

hey I needa tranny for another project .. have an aod but wont really wana use it. I hate to buy a used t5 cause 9 times out of 10 youre buying a peice of shit. You know where theres a good one for sale maybe?

[keesor]

I just got rid of my old one a couple of months ago. Sorry, I don't know of any others right now.

[Jay]

damn..
I could have this one rebuilt I guess. Only 1 guy I know who I'll trust to rebuild it tho an he's really busy right now. My last rebuilding venture ended up in the guy royally screwing the tranny. I was assured he could do it.. figures.

[Jay]

Keesor, im sure you have seen this pile of shit in town before..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... &rd=1&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320047833147&rd=1&rd=1)

[keesor]

Keesor, im sure you have seen this pile of shit in town before..


No, I can't say that I have??? Is that you selling it on ebay or the guy you bought it from? Not a bad looking car. I don't really care for the wing, but to each his own right?

[InterceptorXR7]

Ooooohhhh msd cap and rotor!


Yeah, that guy tries to race everyone i guess so that the wind will hit that spoiler right and plant it on the road

[Jay]

Keesor, im sure you have seen this pile of shit in town before..


No, I can't say that I have??? Is that you selling it on ebay or the guy you bought it from? Not a bad looking car. I don't really care for the wing, but to each his own right?


Haha no that isnt my car an no I never owned it, it's a total pile of shit. Last time I seen it driving around the tranny was whining like hell. It's a 4cyl w/vintag swap from a v8 car ect.

Only good wing for a fox that isnt stock is the cobra wing.
I like the saleen bodykits tho, just not the rear bumper or wing. I seen a few notch's w/saleen front bumper an sides w/cobra rear an wing that looked pretty killer.

[Jay]

This is my whore .. minus the gay headlight blackouts which Ima put on ebay cause some redneck will love them. An I 86'd the licenseplate holder.

[keesor]

Not bad Jay, I was kind of wondering about the Ebay add??? That crap about it being "very fast" is hillarious!!!!!

[Jay]

Not bad Jay, I was kind of wondering about the Ebay add??? That crap about it being "very fast" is hillarious!!!!!

lol doesnt it say like "this car will hurt you" or some stupid shit?

that thing is a major pos.
it runs like any ragged out 5.0 w/4:10's a na bottle would. compared to a stock ragged out stang I guess it runs ok lol

[jdogg123]

I have seen a few fast mustangs around. I saw the OP's stang about 2 months or so ago out and it sounded mean...

[badcoupe50]

Keesor, did you ever do anything to the bottom end of your engine? Also, what all do you have extra for sale? Let me know, thanks.

[keesor]

Keesor, did you ever do anything to the bottom end of your engine? Also, what all do you have extra for sale? Let me know, thanks.

You mean like pray alot???? :roll: It's still bone stock. Right now I'm living on borrowed time. I really am pretty easy on the car, I don't run the crap out of it and hopefully that will buy me some more time. That is also why I am only running 8 lbs of boost right now. When this one goes and I am forced to buy a dart block, then I'll crank up the boost.

Sent you a PM about the parts.

[InterceptorXR7]

You mean like pray alot???? :roll: It's still bone stock. Right now I'm living on borrowed time. I really am pretty easy on the car, I don't run the crap out of it and hopefully that will buy me some more time. That is also why I am only running 8 lbs of boost right now. When this one goes and I am forced to buy a dart block, then I'll crank up the boost.


Hey, its a ford!
It will last, just use thicker oil :lol: :P

[Jay]

Or use tar, maybe the stickiness of it will hold the block together lol.
Just dont over-rev, you'll be fine. There's alot of chap's runnin high boost on stock motors

[keesor]

Well, the mustang is back together and running again. I had it out today for the first time in almost a year. I changed the intake and fixed a couple other things so it needs to be tuned again, but the A/F is at least safe. It was actually dipping into the high 10's at WOT which is a little bit on the rich side and costing me some power. I think it was originally around 11.4 or so. I did find out that when I was at the dyno last time I had a vacuum port that was left open. It is about 3/8" to 1/2" and was letting boost out and making it idle extremely lean, not to mention the fuel pump issues I had. So with that fixed and that POS BBK SSI intake gone I'm hoping for a decent bit more power. But we'll just have to wait and see. I will probably have it tuned in early September sometime. I'll give you guys an update when it's done!!!

[ramrod]

can't wait

[keesor]

Here's a couple of pics with the freshly painted Holley Systemax II intake on.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/keesor/Mustang/Update4.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/keesor/Mustang/Update5.jpg

[ramrod]

thats hawt

[keesor]

I finally got the car tuned today. It went pretty well considering it started with me ripping the mufflers off the car when they hit the trailer last night! The angle of the ramps just weren't right and it literally ripped the mufflers off of the car when I drove up onto the trailer. Oh well, I've been wanting to replace my 3" flowmasters with magnaflows and dumps. It sounds awsome!!!

Anyway, last time I put down 430 rwhp and 418 rwtq. I changed the intake and the cam and went with a smaller pulley. From a 3.33" to a 2.95" supercharger pulley.

The first pull stopped at 5000 RPM and put down 525 rwhp. Way more than I was expecting.

The second pull started running out of injector at about 5500 RPM. It put down 549 rwhp and 487 rwtq!!! At this point I new I needed to put the original pulley back on. This thing is still a factory block and I don't need to push it that far!

So the 3rd run was made with the stock 3.33" pulley on it and it still made 531 rwhp and 465 rwtq. Needless to say I'm very happy with the results. I never guessed I'd get 101 rwhp out of changing my intake and cam!!!

Anywho, here's the dyno sheets for the 2nd and 3rd pulls.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/keesor/Mustang/Dyno2_20070831.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/keesor/Mustang/Dyno3_20070831.jpg

[Stang420]

Very nice!! :)

[RallyEX]

Wow... That's insane. Have you taken it out on the road with the new setup? If so, how's it feel? Any traction before 3rd gear? :D

[keesor]

Wow... That's insane. Have you taken it out on the road with the new setup? If so, how's it feel? Any traction before 3rd gear? :D

Yeah, it feels really strong. First gear is worthless on the street but second only spins for maybe 10 feet or so and then hooks really hard and pulls like crazy! It's definitely alot of fun!!! Enough fun to probably get me arrested. :twisted:

[narfdanarf]

That's block splitting power right there :lol:

[Davis Silver Sti]

well done Keesor..that's some big numbers

[keesor]

Thanks guys!!!

[ramrod]

i lust for that kind of power lol

[stingray098]

Holy crap man is this thing on the streets now can you tell me more about it?? Any future plans??

[daveb91]

Well from what I have been seeing either he got some big truck springs or he removed the motor....

[keesor]

Well from what I have been seeing either he got some big truck springs or he removed the motor....

???

No, the motor is still in it. I finally started working on the car yesterday. I got the transmission pulled and need to go have the flywheel resurfaced. I've got a ton of stuff to do to it over the next few weeks....

Upper and lower control arm braces
Upper and lower control arms
Eibach drag launch springs
Tokiko 10 way adjustable shocks
8 pt roll cage
31 spline axles
C clip eliminators
Detroit True Trac differential
New clutch
New quarter windows
New headlights
New carpet
New MGW shifter
New Brakes
Stainless break lines

Then I need to take it in to have some paint work done.

I'm hoping to have it back on the road by mid to late May. I need to have the car retuned because of some drivability issues. It runs great at WOT but cruising around town it doesn't behave very well. As for future upgrades, the next thing i do will probably be a new Dart-based 347 shortblock and then crank up the boost. The blower right now still has the stock pulleys on it putting out 12psi. It should be capable of at least 18psi or so, but the factory block wouldn't like that very much.

[daveb91]

Man thats alot of work... I just thought it looked pretty light in the front end. Get that thing done it should be a terror..

[keesor]

Man thats alot of work... I just thought it looked pretty light in the front end. Get that thing done it should be a terror..

It should be alot of fun. It will be seeing alot more track time this year. I really had fun down at Kanawha Valley last year. Hopefully the new clutch will like it better than my last one did. :roll:

It might look light because it still has the factory springs in it. Lowering springs tend to not want to hook up very well. I guess I'll just have to sacrifice the look for good traction.

[Jay]

Man thats alot of work... I just thought it looked pretty light in the front end. Get that thing done it should be a terror..

It should be alot of fun. It will be seeing alot more track time this year. I really had fun down at Kanawha Valley last year. Hopefully the new clutch will like it better than my last one did. :roll:

It might look light because it still has the factory springs in it. Lowering springs tend to not want to hook up very well. I guess I'll just have to sacrifice the look for good traction.

I got FRP drop springs with 70/30's and 50/50's
It hooks pretty good, not phenom tho.
Handles like total shit lol
All jokes aside for drop + lift I have seen ALOT of guys run 4cyl springs w/great results.
Downside is it handles like crapola.

[daveb91]

Ok I give what going on with your rear end Keesor???? Its not there!!!