Hey guys.. SOme of you may remember me back in the day when I had a 95 Cobra with a Turbo on it. I was one of the original members of this board way back in 2000 when it first started. The Cobra was fun, but I had decided I had enough of the Turbo Mustang game, I had gone 10.58@132 on the stock motor, but the motor was tires, and I was tired of working on it. I had decided it was time to take a break from the Mustang game for awhile.. Well, I guess I'm back with another White Cobra..
Well, I finally had the opportunity to finish the car in time for some track duty. I was making a thread on our local board about all the work I did to the car prior to getting it to the track.. I will quote some of the posts here.
Below, you will find pictures and documentary of everything I did to the car so far, pics of all the parts, and a video of the track. I did this to help out people who want to know what parts do what..
I also want to thank Jon Lund who gave me some great advise on the side to get me where I wanted to be at the track..
Basically, on a Pulley / Intake / Gears / Drag Radials and Tune, I was able to squeeze out an 11.1@127mph. The car is insane, and I loved every minute of it. I'll be going with either a Whipple or KB next, but first I want low 10's on the stock blower.. Nitrous is next on the menu, along with Roll bar and other supporting mods. The car still only has about 700 miles on it, including the original oil from the factory.. LOL.. I have no patience :kaboom:
Onto the info..
Video Compilation:
[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=zfBL3DZpmAk"]http://youtube.com/watch?v=zfBL3DZpmAk[/ame]
11.1 pass:
[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=844SgMpT2-s"]YouTube - EFI Logics Shelby GT500 goes 11.1@127 with minimal mods[/ame]
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Ok, so most know we have acquired an 08 GT500 from Hoffman about 2 weeks ago. Finally, our break-in period has completed and tonight I decided to get going on the car.
Tonight's task was simple, just to dyno it with just a Magnaflow Catback exhaust. Most know that catbacks really do not add much to the performance of the car, but I couldn't wait for the baseline to put it on, the car was just way too quiet.
With that being said, the car based at 439whp and 457wtq.. This was entirely stock except for the exhaust, no pulley, no intake, nothing.. The car has exactly 498 miles on it.
Next step was to simply tune it. Just with a tune, nothing else other then a 10 minute cool down, the car made 495whp and 490wtq. This is fantastic info for those who just want a tune and nothing else.. Gaining exactly 56whp and 33wtq with the tune only.
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Ok, so I got the JLT Carbon intake on. The results of the intake were pretty good. This particular intake lists for $459, the quality of the kit is amazing, and really goes in easy (about an hour install). The intake just barely clears the strut tower bar, and JLT gives you nice aluminum spacers to ensure the clearance.
The results of the intake only, no pulley, were 508whp and 487wtq. We have a gain of 13whp and a loss of 3 ft/lbs of torque. Now, I'm going to attribute the loss of torque due to the fact that the car was pretty hot by the time it was tuned. The car didn't get much of a cool down, so I'm assuming the torque on a cool down run, will be either the same, or slightly higher.
Onto the pics, you can see the last pic, we decided to go with twin blowers to see what the power output would be
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Ok, so I jammed tonight and got the Metco 2.6 Upper and Metco Auxiliary idler on. Typically, you have to really let the blower cool down before you try to pop the pulley off.. But this time, and since it's my car, I used a little keyboard cleaner sprayed upside down This chilled the snout of the blower down after about an hour of regular cool down. I popped the pulley off, then got the Metco on. Both pulleys where a snap to install with the Steeda tool.
On to the tuning. The car, with all the parts, and tune complete made 561whp and 568wtq. This is a 122hp increase and 111 ft/lb of torque increase over stock.
I personally installed all the parts myself, just to get an idea for the installs.. And anybody can do this stuff, it's cake and worth every dime. Overall, I want to re-dyno the car with 1500 miles on it as people are saying that there is roughly a 5% increase in power once the engine totally breaks in.. That should put us in the ~575 whp range.
Ha Ha Ha! if you let the tires loose, they just happen to burn for about 100ft power shifting through 2nd gear
Note, my buddy was the only model available for the photo-op after the dyno session... :rockon:
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So today, I had mounted the new Mickey Thompson Drag Radials. The size is 305/45/18 and the actual hight of the tire is 28.5"!
In going with this tire, I realized that I'm gonna need to stuff some gear in the car to get it to trap where I want it to.. Around 123-124.. So I ordered the 4.30's and they should be in tomorrow.. Gonna get them installed by Jack, along with the Steeda Tri-Ax shifter and other suspension goodies before we head to the track next Friday. I know these tires are huge, but I really want to shoot for a low 1.5 60ft and hook without issue. Maybe after next Friday, I'll lower it some, but I want the rake there now so I can get some travel out of the rear.
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Got a bunch of new goodies in today, should be installing them tomorrow night!
Also did the Moroso S/C Reservoir.
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So tonight, I got the Motorsport 4.30's in, along with the Steeda Torque Box Brace kit.
The 4.30's are a nice improvement over the stock 3.31's, man the car feels so much better and it now shreds the DR's on the street like it should.
The Steeda Torque Box Braces are a sweet addition to the car, I wanted to make sure I didn't tear anything under the car so I went with these. For now, They are bolted in, but I will weld them in once we add sub-frame connectors and maybe a roll bar.
Well, I finally had the opportunity to finish the car in time for some track duty. I was making a thread on our local board about all the work I did to the car prior to getting it to the track.. I will quote some of the posts here.
Below, you will find pictures and documentary of everything I did to the car so far, pics of all the parts, and a video of the track. I did this to help out people who want to know what parts do what..
I also want to thank Jon Lund who gave me some great advise on the side to get me where I wanted to be at the track..
Basically, on a Pulley / Intake / Gears / Drag Radials and Tune, I was able to squeeze out an 11.1@127mph. The car is insane, and I loved every minute of it. I'll be going with either a Whipple or KB next, but first I want low 10's on the stock blower.. Nitrous is next on the menu, along with Roll bar and other supporting mods. The car still only has about 700 miles on it, including the original oil from the factory.. LOL.. I have no patience :kaboom:
Onto the info..
Video Compilation:
[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=zfBL3DZpmAk"]http://youtube.com/watch?v=zfBL3DZpmAk[/ame]
11.1 pass:
[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=844SgMpT2-s"]YouTube - EFI Logics Shelby GT500 goes 11.1@127 with minimal mods[/ame]
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Ok, so most know we have acquired an 08 GT500 from Hoffman about 2 weeks ago. Finally, our break-in period has completed and tonight I decided to get going on the car.
Tonight's task was simple, just to dyno it with just a Magnaflow Catback exhaust. Most know that catbacks really do not add much to the performance of the car, but I couldn't wait for the baseline to put it on, the car was just way too quiet.
With that being said, the car based at 439whp and 457wtq.. This was entirely stock except for the exhaust, no pulley, no intake, nothing.. The car has exactly 498 miles on it.
Next step was to simply tune it. Just with a tune, nothing else other then a 10 minute cool down, the car made 495whp and 490wtq. This is fantastic info for those who just want a tune and nothing else.. Gaining exactly 56whp and 33wtq with the tune only.
Ok, so I got the JLT Carbon intake on. The results of the intake were pretty good. This particular intake lists for $459, the quality of the kit is amazing, and really goes in easy (about an hour install). The intake just barely clears the strut tower bar, and JLT gives you nice aluminum spacers to ensure the clearance.
The results of the intake only, no pulley, were 508whp and 487wtq. We have a gain of 13whp and a loss of 3 ft/lbs of torque. Now, I'm going to attribute the loss of torque due to the fact that the car was pretty hot by the time it was tuned. The car didn't get much of a cool down, so I'm assuming the torque on a cool down run, will be either the same, or slightly higher.
Onto the pics, you can see the last pic, we decided to go with twin blowers to see what the power output would be
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Ok, so I jammed tonight and got the Metco 2.6 Upper and Metco Auxiliary idler on. Typically, you have to really let the blower cool down before you try to pop the pulley off.. But this time, and since it's my car, I used a little keyboard cleaner sprayed upside down
This chilled the snout of the blower down after about an hour of regular cool down. I popped the pulley off, then got the Metco on. Both pulleys where a snap to install with the Steeda tool.On to the tuning. The car, with all the parts, and tune complete made 561whp and 568wtq. This is a 122hp increase and 111 ft/lb of torque increase over stock.
I personally installed all the parts myself, just to get an idea for the installs.. And anybody can do this stuff, it's cake and worth every dime. Overall, I want to re-dyno the car with 1500 miles on it as people are saying that there is roughly a 5% increase in power once the engine totally breaks in.. That should put us in the ~575 whp range.
Ha Ha Ha! if you let the tires loose, they just happen to burn for about 100ft power shifting through 2nd gear
Note, my buddy was the only model available for the photo-op after the dyno session... :rockon:
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So today, I had mounted the new Mickey Thompson Drag Radials. The size is 305/45/18 and the actual hight of the tire is 28.5"!
In going with this tire, I realized that I'm gonna need to stuff some gear in the car to get it to trap where I want it to.. Around 123-124.. So I ordered the 4.30's and they should be in tomorrow.. Gonna get them installed by Jack, along with the Steeda Tri-Ax shifter and other suspension goodies before we head to the track next Friday. I know these tires are huge, but I really want to shoot for a low 1.5 60ft and hook without issue. Maybe after next Friday, I'll lower it some, but I want the rake there now so I can get some travel out of the rear.
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Got a bunch of new goodies in today, should be installing them tomorrow night!
Also did the Moroso S/C Reservoir.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
So tonight, I got the Motorsport 4.30's in, along with the Steeda Torque Box Brace kit.
The 4.30's are a nice improvement over the stock 3.31's, man the car feels so much better and it now shreds the DR's on the street like it should.
The Steeda Torque Box Braces are a sweet addition to the car, I wanted to make sure I didn't tear anything under the car so I went with these. For now, They are bolted in, but I will weld them in once we add sub-frame connectors and maybe a roll bar.
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