Yea its been done a million times i know but for my first actual project car that was built from the ground up. Id say it turned out pretty good. If you care to look it up I post my build thread here too, in the hybrid section.

Some of you have seen my build thread on here. Its finally on the road and has about 500 miles on her. I took it to get tuned last week but i need bigger injectors. It running out of fuel at 5k rpms. Im getting a set of 42lbers. Any guess' as to what I'll be putting down after the injector swap?

My current numbers on a dynapack are 313hp/320tq to the wheels. Thats through an auto trans 4.10 gears and a 3200 stall so these numbers are low when comparing my setup to a manual with lower gears. Overall im happy since the car is so light. But im not happy enough. As the wife said to me today "youre finished but i know youre never really going to be finished with this car" LOL Shes right, I already have a new intake/throttle body and head swap getting planned.

Finally got some decent pics. The wife is learning to use her D3000 and I just did a little bit of editing. Neither of us are good a picture taking and she offset some pics on accident. But this is about the car so whatever.

Heres a list of mods for anyone wondering:

LS1
228r cam
PAC 1518 springs
Ported oil pump
chromoly pushrods
double roller timing chain

4L60E - built to hold 500hp
Trans go shift kit
upgraded clutch paks
servos
other stuff i cant remember lol
Yank 3200 stal
Lokar shifter

New Era CAI
SN95 brake booster/master cylinder
Proportioning valve delete
Wilwood brake adjuster
Stainless Steel brakelines
Stainless Steel brake hoses
03 Cobra twin piston brakes/13" rotors
SN95 spindles
SN95 disc brake rear end
4.10 gears
New rebuilt Trac Lok with 03 cobra carbon fiber clutch packs
Moser 5 lug fox length axle shafts
New emergency brake cables
Modified e brake handle to accept new brake setup
Maximum Motor Sport rear lower control arms
cheapo rear springs
QA1 adjustabke rear shocks
AJE K member
AJE front lower control arms
Custom made crossmember
Lakewood 70/30 front shocks
UPR coilover kit
Maximum Motorsport caster/camber plates
Unisteer manual steering rack
Steeda balljoints
Flaming River low profile stering shaft
Kooks custom long tube 1 3/4" headers
custom ehaust, x pipe, with magnaflow cat back and exhaust cutouts
Rear battery relocation
Glenns performance fuel tank cover color matched and chrome fuel tank straps
Walbro 233lph fuel pump
Fr500 18x9 front rims 18x10 rear rims
Auto Meter Phantom II gauges
MC Machine custom gauge panel

Edit:

Almost forgot the subframe connectors and welded in torque box reinforcements, and DHM electric cutouts that i just ordered.

Anyways let me know what you think.

 

That looks SO clean.

 

Deff. a clean car goodjob!

 

Followed much of your build and love it. I dont see how your running out of fuel with the mods you have though. Now thats it "done"(we all know it never ends) is there anything you would have done differently

 

Im not sure on the fuel part either. Ive seen mixed results from people using the stocker injectors with similiar setups. Even some local guys told me they didnt need new injectors until around 450hp. I may be seeing 400bhp once its tuned correctly, maybe. So I dont know if I just have crappy injectors or what. My tuner has done a lot of local guys with decent number and very nice setups so I dont question his ability. Looking at TSP's site though they did rate the 28lb injectors at around 380hp i think, so maybe i need to ask Frost or someone? Also if the new injectors dont push enough fuel then for sure its my fuel pump but its brand new so......

Anyways, yes I would do a few things differently lol. I would have bought a trashed transmission since I ended up getting mine rebuilt anyways. Maybe used that saving for a set of 243 heads. I also would have bought a 31 spline diff and axle shafts instead of staying with the stock 28. Not much I would do diffrerent but im sure Ill think of a few more things later.

 

Looks great!! Super clean and I love the 5.7 badges.

 

Very nice man.. i love everything about it. great project

 

I think your 28s will be fine persomally, will they be over 80% duty cycle yes, but youll be ok. Im at the point where I dont know whether to throw a set of 243s on the motor or not while its out. I've told myself over and over to get it running first then spend the extra, so i dont know what to do haha.

 

Nice mock up till you put a new 5.0 motor....

 

What would be the point in that?

 

Clean Ride! Any video of it criusing? I bet you get a lot double takes since it doesn't have that "Patented" Mustang sound!

 

Well the tuner showed me the graphs when he first tuned the car. The cycle duty was over 100% at 5k. I did some more looking around last night on here and it seems my issue isnt uncommon. So I wont sweat it unless the injectors dont fix it for some reason. On the 243's, I was in the same dilema but stuck with the 241s for now. If you can get a set of 243's cheap and sell your heads I say go for it. If not I'd wait and save up for some better heds once the car is running.

No videos yet but once the car is properly tuned Ill have some. I have had one guy walk up to my car and ask what motor I had. He knew it wasnt a 5.0 from the sound of the exhaust was way too bad *** lol.

 

Great looking car so clean!

 

clean and simple with FR500s... VERY nice, dude!

 

Great looking car, very clean swap too!!!

 

Very clean looking swap! love the wheels!

 

NICE!! i love the fox bodys!!

 

Awesome work. Now all you need is a 76m turbo and let er rip!

 

Nice I had a 93 silver LX just like that years ago.

 

i have never really been a hatch mustang fan.... but this car changes my view on that, clean car