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<blockquote data-quote="brian97cobra" data-source="post: 14943075" data-attributes="member: 96980"><p>ive been in deep hiding so to say. after several misbuilt motors and such took a toll on my mentally and financially also I had not been in the mood to even talk about my car much. but after a nice long vacation in myrtle beach and hearing all those mustangs kinda lit a small fire under my ass so to say.</p><p></p><p>anyways so good highlights this year for me.</p><p></p><p>1. finally paid the cobra off. its all mine debt free went a full 5 years!</p><p>2. went to mustang week again (missed last year)</p><p>3. the Monday after mustang week I picked up my freshly built motor (and I don't have that bad gut feeling like I did with the others)</p><p>4. making some small but important changes to the car</p><p>5. signed up for 2 mustang mags after letting them all expire 3 years ago.</p><p>6. won a really nice trip for work because I was #45 in the nation out of 2500+ people</p><p></p><p>I know some of you are saying this guy is just blabbering on. but for me its a kinda coming out of my shell. I have truly been depressed for about 4 years and ive dumped more $$$ in this car than planned. im over the $40k mark currently. I should mention that about $20k of that was from 3 previous engine failures!</p><p></p><p>I just wanted to say IM BACK!</p><p></p><p>also for those asking what the hell is my build the recap here:</p><p></p><p>283 ci teksid block </p><p>ARP everything</p><p>pro-gram billet main caps</p><p>heavily ported heads</p><p>bullet custom cams</p><p>4340 eagle crank</p><p>diamond custom pistons</p><p>manley billet I-beam rods</p><p>coated king bearings</p><p>t56 with McLeod rxt twin disc (upgraded input shaft)</p><p>sra with 3.73 gears</p><p>full road race suspension from MM</p><p>torque arm</p><p>pan hard bar</p><p>converted from 4 link to 3 link system</p><p>tube k-member, a-arms, coil overs</p><p>koni yellow struts</p><p>76mm precision turbo with dual ball bearing and billet wheel</p><p>borla stinger mufflers</p><p>id1000 injectors</p><p>fore fuel rails</p><p>magna fuel 750 pump</p><p>TSS billet oil pump gears in melling HV oil pump housing</p><p>powder coated everything!</p><p>ect... </p><p>push button start </p><p></p><p></p><p>motor is not back in the car yet...</p><p></p><p>last time it made 988 rwhp and 891 rwtq on 25psi with a slipping clutch (spec stage 3+ just could not hold that much power)</p><p></p><p>im hoping for the same or a little more <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>went from 329 ci to 283</p><p>went from 9.8 to 1 compression to now 10.4 to 1 compression</p><p>the rest is pretty much the same...</p><p></p><p>old dyno sheet for reference SAE and STD #'s</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650672[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650673[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>pics below <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650674[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650675[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650676[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650677[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650678[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650679[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650680[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650681[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650682[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650683[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650684[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650685[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650686[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650687[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>warning I sound very redneck in this video... I swear im not!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650688[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650689[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650690[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650691[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650692[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650693[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650694[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650695[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650696[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650697[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650698[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650699[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650700[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650701[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650702[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650703[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brian97cobra, post: 14943075, member: 96980"] ive been in deep hiding so to say. after several misbuilt motors and such took a toll on my mentally and financially also I had not been in the mood to even talk about my car much. but after a nice long vacation in myrtle beach and hearing all those mustangs kinda lit a small fire under my ass so to say. anyways so good highlights this year for me. 1. finally paid the cobra off. its all mine debt free went a full 5 years! 2. went to mustang week again (missed last year) 3. the Monday after mustang week I picked up my freshly built motor (and I don't have that bad gut feeling like I did with the others) 4. making some small but important changes to the car 5. signed up for 2 mustang mags after letting them all expire 3 years ago. 6. won a really nice trip for work because I was #45 in the nation out of 2500+ people I know some of you are saying this guy is just blabbering on. but for me its a kinda coming out of my shell. I have truly been depressed for about 4 years and ive dumped more $$$ in this car than planned. im over the $40k mark currently. I should mention that about $20k of that was from 3 previous engine failures! I just wanted to say IM BACK! also for those asking what the hell is my build the recap here: 283 ci teksid block ARP everything pro-gram billet main caps heavily ported heads bullet custom cams 4340 eagle crank diamond custom pistons manley billet I-beam rods coated king bearings t56 with McLeod rxt twin disc (upgraded input shaft) sra with 3.73 gears full road race suspension from MM torque arm pan hard bar converted from 4 link to 3 link system tube k-member, a-arms, coil overs koni yellow struts 76mm precision turbo with dual ball bearing and billet wheel borla stinger mufflers id1000 injectors fore fuel rails magna fuel 750 pump TSS billet oil pump gears in melling HV oil pump housing powder coated everything! ect... push button start motor is not back in the car yet... last time it made 988 rwhp and 891 rwtq on 25psi with a slipping clutch (spec stage 3+ just could not hold that much power) im hoping for the same or a little more :) went from 329 ci to 283 went from 9.8 to 1 compression to now 10.4 to 1 compression the rest is pretty much the same... old dyno sheet for reference SAE and STD #'s [ATTACH=full]650672[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650673[/ATTACH] pics below :) [ATTACH=full]650674[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650675[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650676[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650677[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650678[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650679[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650680[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650681[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650682[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650683[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650684[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650685[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650686[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650687[/ATTACH] warning I sound very redneck in this video... I swear im not! [ATTACH=full]650688[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650689[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650690[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650691[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650692[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650693[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650694[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650695[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650696[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650697[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650698[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650699[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650700[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650701[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650702[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]650703[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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