408GT

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Figured I'd post up some pictures of the car I've been working on. It's a 1986 Ford LTD Brougham that I picked up from the second owner w/ 60k miles on it. It currently has an L92 w/ a JFR cam, BW S-480 from Jose, 4L80E w/ billet PTC, 8.8 w/ locked 3.27 and 31 spline Moser axles.

Here's an engine bay shot:


Here's a side shot:


So far I've only been a 10.8 @ 131 on 10#'s of boost and a crap sixty foot. I've since removed some weight and added a flex-fuel sensor to run on E-85. Hopefully I can get some passes in in the next few weeks. Here's a video of the 10.8 pass: skip to 3:10

Bad Apache

Love the LTD! A good friend has a black LTD LX. These cars work very well. Are they P71 wheels?

ls3fox

Have you had this on a dyno curious as to what kinda power it made

408GT

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It's a long interesting story about the wheels. They're actually Dodge Magnum wheels 17x7 up front and I made the rears. I cut 4 wheels apart to make them 17x9's.

408GT

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No, I haven't had this setup on a dyno. I hope to get it to the track in the next few weeks so I can try out the E-85 and more boost.

Bad Apache

My friend is running Chrysler cop car steelies. Better offset.

408GT

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Is he on 4eyepride? He might be the one I got the idea from. I have a QA-1 k-member w/ coilovers and 13" cobra brakes up front. In the rear I have Summit Control arms with some bushings a guy made for me (the summit ones lasted a week), 31 spline Moser axles, Spartan Locker, and SN-95 discs. The car drives very well and I'm pleased with how it turned out. It still has the plush blue cloth interior that rides like a couch!

b16gsr

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awesome job, car runs great

1969x11

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Man I want to build one of these soo bad, great job!!

69-chvl

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408GT how do you have the boost control setup (co2, dome pressure, boost vs speed etc etc)?

408GT

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Thanks. It runs a lot better on E-85 and with a few more pounds of boost.

408GT

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Thanks!

408GT

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I have the dual Holley solenoids running off the compressor by boost per gear. I have 10 lbs springs in my wastegates right now and I'm still playing with the amount of dome pressure to achieve my total boost (about 16 lbs or so).

408GT

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I guess I forgot to mention what the car weighs. On the 10.8 pass it was 3485 w/ me in it, so according to Wallace calculator that puts it at about 600 whp. I've since gone through the car and pulled out some weight.

69-chvl

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Do you like that method? So when you lift the throttle, the system resets itself and starts over? I wondered if things would get out of sync if you had to peddle the car a bit or get in/out of the throttle at any speed. I'm doing boost/speed...still experimenting with it, seems to work good even with one solenoid.

408GT

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So far so good. I haven't delved much into it other than trying to target total boost. On another setup I built an on board air system and it worked great, but I didn't like all of the extra stuff it took to use it.

DailyGTO

Nice LTD, any idea on race weight? Can't tell if you have a cage in it or not?

408GT

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It weighed 3485 w/ me in it the day I ran 10.8's, but I have since removed some weight with a tubular k-member and a few other things removed. It doesn't have a cage. I had this drive train in a 78 Zephyr before this car and the cage was the reason I moved everything over. The cage and drag setup didn't make for a fun streetcar.

JosephIV

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I really dig this car. My wife thinks I'm crazy for loving cars like this. I'm subscribing to this thread, keep up the good work!

408GT

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Thanks man. I was into Mustangs for along time, then in the early 2000's I built a Fairmont Box top that we had laying in the back yard. I sold it but regretted it. Then I built a Mercury Zephyr (which I still have) as a nitrous sbf car. It ran pretty good (5.60's on a 250 shot), then it seemed like everyone jumped on the Fairmont band wagon, and I wanted something different with the LTD. People ask me all the time what kind of car is that?