Speedtospare
Well-Known Member
New to the site and I though I would give you a little background. I love motor swaps and different combination of cars. I'm a firm believer of price vs performance. My latest project took me a little over a year to get running and then another 6 months to have painted.
I started with a clean 1993 LX coupe chassis
Found a low mileage Aviator engine with a tick in the head.
Repaired the head (new valve and guide)
Grab a Mach 1 intake and cobra 6 speed and install it in the fox.
Install cobra brakes, qa1 coilover's, Sn95 rear, 4.10's and some horrid but super cheap rims (300 bucks for the rims and tires)
Dyno tune the car and make 301 WHP, 300 TQ
[video]
Go to the track, bog first pass, spin the second, and break the axles on the third pass
[video]
Car's slow, 4.6 sucks for low end torque. not impressed.
Build killer rear end (again with 4.10, Shelby diff, ten 31 spline axles) Add torque to engine utilizing a stock eaton SC at 9 psi
Back to the Dyno! This time 460 WHP, 440 TQ. 400+ ft lb of torque at 2800 RPM. Now we have bottom end torque.
[video]
Install new hood to clear the blower. Back to the drag track! This time I went 11.50@122 (this vid only show 11.7 pass) Still spinning but having fun. PS I love the eaton whine.
[video]
Car performs but had no attitude. Time to make it a little menacing. Paint booth time!
Getting a little better but damn those ugly rims......
Get some SVE drifts and have them painted Satin black instead of flat black (yes it makes a difference of 10 HP, no... really)
Win first trophy at local car show (honestly, it made my day and it happened today)
And that pretty much summarizes my Mustang journey from the past 2 years. Nice meeting you all and I hope you dont mind my little story. the car still isn't 100% complete. I will put a forged motor in it eventually and a TVS. It will also get the engine compartment painted. I also am installing autometer gauges to replace the factory ones.
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Next project 1971 Datsun 240Z qith a 2JZ GTE vvti and 5 speed swap ! Its just getting starting! ( I will make a another thread when I got more work completed )
Gran some Mickey Thompson 275/50/15 drag radials
I started with a clean 1993 LX coupe chassis
Found a low mileage Aviator engine with a tick in the head.
Repaired the head (new valve and guide)
Grab a Mach 1 intake and cobra 6 speed and install it in the fox.
Install cobra brakes, qa1 coilover's, Sn95 rear, 4.10's and some horrid but super cheap rims (300 bucks for the rims and tires)
Dyno tune the car and make 301 WHP, 300 TQ
[video]
Go to the track, bog first pass, spin the second, and break the axles on the third pass
[video]
Car's slow, 4.6 sucks for low end torque. not impressed.
Build killer rear end (again with 4.10, Shelby diff, ten 31 spline axles) Add torque to engine utilizing a stock eaton SC at 9 psi
Back to the Dyno! This time 460 WHP, 440 TQ. 400+ ft lb of torque at 2800 RPM. Now we have bottom end torque.
[video]
Install new hood to clear the blower. Back to the drag track! This time I went 11.50@122 (this vid only show 11.7 pass) Still spinning but having fun. PS I love the eaton whine.
[video]
Car performs but had no attitude. Time to make it a little menacing. Paint booth time!
Getting a little better but damn those ugly rims......
Get some SVE drifts and have them painted Satin black instead of flat black (yes it makes a difference of 10 HP, no... really)
Win first trophy at local car show (honestly, it made my day and it happened today)
And that pretty much summarizes my Mustang journey from the past 2 years. Nice meeting you all and I hope you dont mind my little story. the car still isn't 100% complete. I will put a forged motor in it eventually and a TVS. It will also get the engine compartment painted. I also am installing autometer gauges to replace the factory ones.
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Next project 1971 Datsun 240Z qith a 2JZ GTE vvti and 5 speed swap ! Its just getting starting! ( I will make a another thread when I got more work completed )
Gran some Mickey Thompson 275/50/15 drag radials
