The Mother Of All LSX Mustangs by 1dirtyZ

7 minute(s) of a 35 minute read

finally some progress 

the roll cage is done for the most part- still need to run some tube from the main hoop to the suspension pickup plates like phill99 recomended.

interior is also already in the car along with the kirky seat.

now all thats needed is to strap it on the dyno and tune it ( that and a radiator catch can) 

next step : get a wolfe rear sway bar and chute mount, fab some header extensions, and replace the gas tank with a fuel cell ( class rules changed regarding fuel cells; we can use them now )

10/14/08

good point there, i think it was that low cause the when placing the bar it had a gap when placing it that high , then when lowering it it fit fine ( its a wolfe notched cage).

i'm assuming it will be redone soon .

any how to the juicy news 

they strapped the car to the dyno, and amazingly it did 1130 rwhp on a mustang dyno !

this is with about 20 psi . it had a few issues : the car started to lean out after 5000 rpm and pressure was dropping. the pull was only to 6100 i think ( red line at 7k), and the injectors were maxed out 

to tell you the truth , no one was expecting it to get that number hence the "just enough" fuel system . guess we will be upgrading to 160 lbs and a magna fuel pump since the owner doesn't want anything less than 20 psi 

here is a link to the vid: 

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13574994587946

still have to add the alcohol injection to the mix , hopefully that will bandaid it till the pump and injectors show up

2/17/09

man its been ages since i last updated this thread !

alot has happened since then, the car is finally up and running , we also managed to break it ( more on that later ). the magna fuel pump is on the car now (duh), and a set of beefy sfc were installed .

the first track outing was interesting , it was fun but had its fair amount of damage 

here are a few pics of us on our way to bahrain and at the track there:

in the garages :

we were in a rush and didn't get a chance to swap to a wider belt ( we were running the 27 mm - about 1 inch wide belt) before we went to the track , so instead we got a whole bunch of replacement belts 

this is what happenes :

the car wouldn't make it past the 60 ft mark before snapping the belt.

during the second launch ,the belt snapped and caught the upper rad. hose and snapped the outlet off the radiator :

( uploading the videos as we spak , but its going to take a while )

the cool thig is that the car managed to get a 1.32 60 ft. off the foot brake and that was stalling it up to 2300 rpm ! 

on the second outing we were not as lucky , we had the wider belt, but for some reason it was trying to walk off the pullies after the first run , so we put in a new belt and tried again , in the second run the car was down on power ( more than the first run), and azooooz complained about the lack of boost , which turned out to be a spun hub!

the key holding the hub to the crank and precenting it from rotating snapped off and allowed the crank hub to rotate, thus over heating the hub and cracking it . 

the crank snout was tore up , but easily repairable.

so we tear down the engine , and thankfully nothing was hurt and all the bearings look good. fast forward to the present the snout was repaired and this time it had another keyway machined in . a new double key way hub from ATI was also installed.

now the plan is to re-arrange the front of the engine a bit :

the water pump will be ditched in favor of an electric race pump, the alternator will be tossed in favor of dual 16v batteries, and a dry sump will be installed . with all that stuff out of the way , we can install a shallower hub that tucks the whole balancer assembly closer to the block ( brings it in about 3 inches) which will inturn reduce the bending moment on the crank snout. also thinking of fabbing up a crank support bracket to help, but thats a bit down the road now. 

azooz also ordered a new blower bracket from DNA motorsports, which should hold the blower better and prevent the bracket from flexing.

right now the engine is being put back together ad we are also waiting for the wolfe swaybar and chute mount. hopefully the car will be running by this weekend ( and as soon as the sway bar gets here wi'll weld that puppy on ).

the next race is in two weeks , and we're hoping to be able to make it

2/21/09

finally uploaded the vids , 

here is the first launch 

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13574995792293

and here is the one where he brakes the radiator 

(forgot to shut the camera )

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13574995954644

we should be heading for round three in bahrain this wednesday , i'll keep you posted

11/25/09

man its been ages since i updated this thread !!!!

lets see,,,,, right now the car has the gear drive installed , smaller radiator , dual 16v batts, dual bov's, chute and wing, and other stuff i can't seem to remembe

and here is how it looks now

we took off the fenders and doors cause the owner just ordered fiberglass everyting in an effort to drop some weight . these should be here in 2 to 3 weeks .

the car still needs some tweaking suspension wise , since it did a 1.32 60 last week and we all know it has more in it ( his launch looked as slow as 2.0 launch not a 1.3 !)

i guess coilovers upfront are next to be ordered.

12/1/09

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13574997263123

pretty good shakedown pass i guess 

and from what azooooz told me he just ordered a complete BS3 system and some " other stuff" from kurt urban .

12/17/09

guess what santa dropped off today

and here it is ,,,, getting some love ,,, and that is an F2 next to me

here it is next to a D1SC head unit :

i think it can fit

i see alot of broken parts in the future