The Mother Of All LSX Mustangs by 1dirtyZ

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man its been a while since i updated this !

the F3 still is not on the car 

we did hurt the motor out last time , waiting for it to be finished and install it soon .

the plan according to the owner is to ditch the air to air cooler and install a water to air unit , i'm guessing the placement will be in the car but still not 100% sure on that, we'll have to wait till the stuff shows up.

another thing on the way is the front suspension and a 25.5 cage that will replace the one in the car already . still waiting on that too.

we did take the car appart , the paln is to re do almost everything better .

right now we are working on the front end and wiring the body ; we'll run all new wiring to the lights and other accessories as well as make a new wiring panel . 

furthermore, the plan is to make a tubelar structure to hang the fenders and bumper from as well as reding the frame horns. the whole front sub assembly will be bolted in so the whole front end can be removed for better access . 

here is how the original frame rails looked :

and here you can see the new (nicer looking) frame horns :

we also decided to weld up any factory seams and holes in the egine compartment in preperation for painting it:

should be finishing up the tubelar stuff today and once that is done we can start welding on brackets for the other stuff in there ( like the tow hook and drysump tank and what not ). 

i'll try to update this thread as soon as more progress is acheived 

12/20/10

update time :

we got the front end all finished and all prettied up 

(sorry only pic i have is this ) here is the new frame horn :

also finished an order for some suspension goodies that should be here soon as well as a 25.5 cage , but more on those later.

furthermore, the Speedwire harness came in and man do they do a great job! worth every penny if you ask me !

we placed it on a lexan panel (and covered it with carbon fiber wrap ) - i wonder who's idea this was,,,,,,

and here is the switch panel that came with the kit :

moving on , the PPP shifter was installed ( great peice of harware ):

the plan now is to use the car as much as possible to dial in the suspension and tune , work out more bugs and get the the thing ready for the new engine combo for next year 

next up is a set of 2 or maybe 2.25" primary headers for this thing , we might have them made in Qatar by jan. the idea is to have them forward exiting from the fender in front of the front tire .

also need to orde a new radiator to cram up in the fender to replace this little one, the tricky part is selecting one that will work with the current and upcoming combo . 

i'll post more info once i get this all worked out

7/31/11

and then there was an update 

after a loooong wait , its finally here !!! the new F3 procharged engine from kurt urban has arrived (looks familiar?? )

sexy elbow

water vapor thingy

the engine did OK on the dyno , but there was an issue with the F3 head unit that Procharger is aware of - but not providing a solution- where the blower has a serious efficiency problem . all that procharger said was wait till we redesign the impeller blades ,,,,, for the F1 then the F2 and then the F3!! ( if you ask me that sounds like great customer support )

and the news thats coming from vortechand their 123 headunit is not helping at all.

any how ,we still need to take the thing out of the crate , and start fabricating the headers and coolant lines and a whole list of never ending stuff 

another thing that was done to the car during the last few months was that it was stripped down to a bare shell , there is a ton of new stuff piled up for this car including a 25.5 or 25.3 - don't remeber which one -cage , new front/rear suspension , steering , cooling stuff , and a whole bunch of other stuff.

well here is how it looks now

the plan now is to first start in the front then work our way back: so fist up is to fabricate some forward facing headers , front fuel cell, dry sump oil tank mount ,

then tackle the jungle gym roll cage and interior, then finish up the rear with a new ice tank and other stuff 

wish us luck