5.0kid

first day I brought her home at the tender age of 15
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had some ARE wheels, ported e7's and full exhaust and a t-5. Thing stunk like *** the previous owner had the fuel pressure set at 60lbs.

Drove it like that for a few weeks then fixed the fuel pressure problem.
Then I drove it through a hard Michigan winter to school everyday.

that spring I realized what I thought was lifter tick was more then that.
pulled the pan and removed a main bearing to find no materiel left on them and that they were down to the copper. Figured that may have been and oil pressure problem. Made a call to FRPP and got a gt40 crate motor long block with the B cam. A fulidyne radiator was also on my list of things.
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Bought a trickflow intake and c&l maf. drove that around for a few weeks and got tired of getting beat up on by termi's

So I pieced together a vortech v-1 s-trim through ebay and coral. For a total of around 2000 i had a complete kit. bought 42lb injectors. Installed that on a weekend and took it to alt auto to get tuned http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...7/PB020270.jpg put down 376 rwhp and around 380tq. but something was wrong it just didnt feel as though with 9-10 psi it should be that low. Well we found oil in the intake tube and I talked to vortech they said that the housing was leaking so i sent it in and got a new housing. decided to put a smaller pulley on it at that point and took it to Don walsh motorsports he tuned it and I had 476rwhp and 468tq. I was happy with that for now.

went to the track and first pass the T-5 exploded. http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...bcee44b3fa.jpg

Went back to Don walsh and got a tko600 zoom 2 clutch and a fidanza fly wheel
installed that over a weekend. Went back to the track for High school drags where i ran 12.0s all day. couldnt get it to 60ft better then a 2.00.
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so over the winter I got some prostars, and eibach drag springs with 2 air bags and then strange 10ways. Took the 8.8 to DTS and had them put 9in big bearing ends on it with a tru trac and 31 spline axles and a wilwood disk brake kit on it. also got mega bite jr's on the bottom and replaced the bent upr uppers for the stock ones. I also welded in a upper and lower torque box reinforcement kit
went out in the spring and couldn't run better then a 11.98
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So I then drove all summer and in the fall I went looking for a automatic. Found a guy in ohio willing to swap me his dynamic mighty might m2 c4 with a 4000 stall converter and sfi bell housing. We made the trade. I came back put that in over the winter went and got the car retuned for the auto made 386hp and 374 tq. http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...th97/trans.jpg
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First time out that spring ran a 11.09 foot braking at 121.78

Next move was to get the front end squared away.

So I headed down the road to Team Z motorsports and picked up a tubular k member with arms and coilovers, along with a bump steer kit and a manual rack from flaming river. I installed that with my dad over the course of a weekend. I took the power steering pump off and also removed the A/C compressor, evaporator and the condenser. The Next step was an electric fan to aid with the cooling which was much improved after the ac condenser was removed. So i bought a svt contour electric fan because that was the only one that would fit in between the crank pulley and my radiator that had a shoud on it. I made a call to flexalite and picked up a VSC and intalled that along with a custom aluminum over flow can from my sponsor. also located the battery to the rear
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Finally this fall I removed the rear whale tail and installed my skinny kid race cars drag spoiler. hooked up the trans brake and went 10.96 at 122.37
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in between:http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...th97/10sec.jpg
after:http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...th97/wing1.jpg
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What ill be doing this winter is a full mini tub with team z motorsports double adjustable upper and lower control arms a Team z anti roll bar, rear coil overs, and finally a wildrides race cars 10point cage.

heres 2 of my 10.90 passes

Hollister Hoodlum

sweet thread, but for the sake of your car... get some smoked lx tails or stock lx's and ditch those nasty alteza things. it would make it look so much better!

FivePointOhh

good read. i would recommend to others.


its nice to see the progression of things, i think its really neat. although you need to get some quality video of that beast, dammit!

5.0kid

I have hd video but my laptop is a dead dog and can not process it. I still drive this thing around town all year long. cept for when theres snow on the ground lol. I have so many pics on the installs of the parts minus engine n blower, im just waiting to help someone lol

5.0kid

came on the car lol, but im looking to find some real 86 svo or 85-86 gt lights

5.0kid

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...th97/turbo.jpg

heres a teaser of what is coming after i get out of college

dart 363 88mm fox lake tfs high ports, custom ground solid roller, wilson intake and meth

w8less

thats a big turbo

5.0kid

My buddy has a 275dr outlaw car that's his motor I'll be basing my build on it. Puts out round 1300 hp depending on the temps

Hollister Hoodlum

haha i figured the lights came with it.

Ah come on, bigger turbo ftw!!



Thats what you need right there! 106mm turbo. Thats a local fox... he runs 8's right now, he drives it on the streets pretty regularly too. At the e85 shootout for 5.0 mustang magazine he ran a 10.00 @ 0 mph. He crossed the 1/4 with his rear tires first, his car flipped around and he hit the sensor so it didn't register a speed lol.

Very nice car though! gonna be cool to see what it does after college

projectresto83

Good stuff. Its funny how a little car can turn into a beast slowly over the years to a straight track car lol.
Why the drop in HP and TQ between tunes??

I wish I could get ahold of a turbo off one of our Bradleys. Its about the size of a 100mm. never did measure it.