So here's the game plan 00 Mustang + LSx + huge turbo :)
06-23-2008, 10:37 AM
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Just found this thread (Thanks, Prin!)
Ummmm, OMG! This is an incredible build!
Just curious, in those pics posted above, the spoiler appears to be angled down a tad, in relation to the decklid. Is it that way for a reason? Seems like at speed that would generate a tad of lift instead of downforce.
Thanks for such a well-documented build, makes it easy for us dreamers to have very vivid dreams!!!
Best of luck with the continued adventure!!!
Ummmm, OMG! This is an incredible build!
Just curious, in those pics posted above, the spoiler appears to be angled down a tad, in relation to the decklid. Is it that way for a reason? Seems like at speed that would generate a tad of lift instead of downforce.
Thanks for such a well-documented build, makes it easy for us dreamers to have very vivid dreams!!!
Best of luck with the continued adventure!!!
06-23-2008, 10:38 AM
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Been in and out of this thread since page one started. Congrats on your progress so far. I'd say you still have a lot of work to do. Looks to me like all high horsepower boosted cars would be more work to maintain and upgrades than the highest caliber celebrity women.
06-23-2008, 12:10 PM
#1186
Just found this thread (Thanks, Prin!)
Ummmm, OMG! This is an incredible build!
Just curious, in those pics posted above, the spoiler appears to be angled down a tad, in relation to the decklid. Is it that way for a reason? Seems like at speed that would generate a tad of lift instead of downforce.
Thanks for such a well-documented build, makes it easy for us dreamers to have very vivid dreams!!!
Best of luck with the continued adventure!!!
Ummmm, OMG! This is an incredible build!
Just curious, in those pics posted above, the spoiler appears to be angled down a tad, in relation to the decklid. Is it that way for a reason? Seems like at speed that would generate a tad of lift instead of downforce.
Thanks for such a well-documented build, makes it easy for us dreamers to have very vivid dreams!!!
Best of luck with the continued adventure!!!
06-23-2008, 12:11 PM
#1187
Been in and out of this thread since page one started. Congrats on your progress so far. I'd say you still have a lot of work to do. Looks to me like all high horsepower boosted cars would be more work to maintain and upgrades than the highest caliber celebrity women.
Hopefully we get some decent track times this week.
06-23-2008, 12:11 PM
#1188
Well got a couple things done this morning...
-Got some lexan cut & Painted black to cover the fog light holes and the center grill
-Finished 99% of the wiring in the trailer for overhead lighting and outside lighting
-Started working on the turbo inlet for the bumper
- Making it a two piece deal, the bumper piece is a 5.5" piece of round aluminum contoured to the bumper
- The turbo piece is kinda like this....
starts with a flat piece of 1/8" 6061 aluminum 7" OD 5.75" ID. We took a piece of 7" tubing and cut it into a 3" piece and welded it to oneside. Took another piece of 5.75" tubing and welded it to the other side. It slips over the 7" inlet and clamps to the turbo, the front necks down to 5.75" and the bumper tube will slip inside.
-Got some lexan cut & Painted black to cover the fog light holes and the center grill
-Finished 99% of the wiring in the trailer for overhead lighting and outside lighting
-Started working on the turbo inlet for the bumper
- Making it a two piece deal, the bumper piece is a 5.5" piece of round aluminum contoured to the bumper
- The turbo piece is kinda like this....
starts with a flat piece of 1/8" 6061 aluminum 7" OD 5.75" ID. We took a piece of 7" tubing and cut it into a 3" piece and welded it to oneside. Took another piece of 5.75" tubing and welded it to the other side. It slips over the 7" inlet and clamps to the turbo, the front necks down to 5.75" and the bumper tube will slip inside.
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06-23-2008, 09:15 PM
#1192
Bumper piece
Passenger Fog light cover
Driver fog light cover:
Turbo inlet hat: Still need to cut out center and weld bottom
Center cover need to pickup some button head screws
Turbo inlet together
My little mechanic helper @ 4 months old
Passenger Fog light cover
Driver fog light cover:
Turbo inlet hat: Still need to cut out center and weld bottom
Center cover need to pickup some button head screws
Turbo inlet together
My little mechanic helper @ 4 months old
06-27-2008, 04:19 PM
#1197
NO good testing from the track today, the first pass off the trailer the car went 6.0 @ 125 on 5# of boost since we forgot to turn the BC on. Every pass after that it blew the tires. Temps were in the upper 90s with track surface @ 145. It was slick.
06-28-2008, 01:54 PM
#1200
We didn't end up racing last night and its a good reason. We found a couple of changes that need to be made to the car, one of which is a pretty big change. We ended up working with the car for 3 hours to get it to scale correctly but created a bigger issue so that needs to be fixed. My chassis guy said if we had made a clean it we probably would have put the car into the wall.
Anyways we made 5 hits yesterday and got one clean pass. With 4.5psi the car went 6.0 @ 125 in the 1/8. With 4.5psi the car makes roughly 650hp at the tires. We managed a 1.58 60' leaving soft. Once we can get the car to leave on boost we should see some 5.60s @ 4.5psi.
If the track was in better shape we would have leaned on it. We've got over 1200 more hp once we can get the car to 60'. We're shooting for low 1.30s high 1.20s in the 60'.
Things we need to address:
We think last week we glazed the pads, we tried to stop the car after a 165mph pass and at the top end you could really tell the brakes were hating life. We noticed that the linelock would not hold the brakes enough to do a burnout so we had to do a rolling burnout all day. I'll pull the pads sunday and check them, if glazed we'll fix and reinstall.
The Neal Chance Converter is set too tight. We need to pull the converter and adjust it so its alittle looser, hopefully letting us leave at a higher RPM/boost but hitting the tires alittle softer.
We also need to address the rear suspension/preload. We've got the changes that need to be made but need the time to put them into play.
Anyways we made 5 hits yesterday and got one clean pass. With 4.5psi the car went 6.0 @ 125 in the 1/8. With 4.5psi the car makes roughly 650hp at the tires. We managed a 1.58 60' leaving soft. Once we can get the car to leave on boost we should see some 5.60s @ 4.5psi.
If the track was in better shape we would have leaned on it. We've got over 1200 more hp once we can get the car to 60'. We're shooting for low 1.30s high 1.20s in the 60'.
Things we need to address:
We think last week we glazed the pads, we tried to stop the car after a 165mph pass and at the top end you could really tell the brakes were hating life. We noticed that the linelock would not hold the brakes enough to do a burnout so we had to do a rolling burnout all day. I'll pull the pads sunday and check them, if glazed we'll fix and reinstall.
The Neal Chance Converter is set too tight. We need to pull the converter and adjust it so its alittle looser, hopefully letting us leave at a higher RPM/boost but hitting the tires alittle softer.
We also need to address the rear suspension/preload. We've got the changes that need to be made but need the time to put them into play.