Progress Thread 95 Sapphire Blue Supercharged 351 Build

s351 · Mar 10, 2016

So with a few late nights at his shop, problem fixed.

s351 · Mar 10, 2016

So now that issue was fixed and engine back into the car, running very smoothly after swiss cheasing the crank to get it within .5 grams and making sure he only had a few beer's before pressing on the pistons. I moved onto the second issue. The ecu and sensors. Now this was a hard task to takle but the tune on the car was very lacking in the power department, I wanted to add the alchohol, and the idle was less than accurate.

Problem 1.) I built a smoke machine to check for any vacuum leaks....... The IAC had a HUGE one because it was cracked
2.) I had a balancer sitting around so I checked the ford racing SFI one to the powermaster. the balancer had slipped almost 15 degrees. Fortunately i caught this issue early before the distributor went in so no biggy.
3.) The tune. I ponied up the money and bought the moates quarter horse and man did that really wake the car up. I thought it was pretty fast and had good manners before. But after reading and learning how to tune, this car is a different animal!!

s351 · Mar 10, 2016

Since all that mess, I turned the boost up to 15, added the alcohol and had to change the injectors to 60lb. I will post a few videos tomorrow of the track. I found out since then, the rearend bump stop was sitting on the frame. This was after many 2.67 60 foot, 10.75 at 112mph 1000' passes. On the last pass I finally broke the reared.

RangerJoe · Mar 11, 2016

Man, what an update! What did the rearend consist of, and what are the plans to fix?
I have always been a fox fan, but what a beautiful SN car.

Joe

hoopty5.0 · Mar 11, 2016

Very nice progress!

skyline247 · Mar 12, 2016

Nice build! Looking forward to your continued updates.

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s351 · Mar 12, 2016

I'm having problems loading pictures from iPhone to photobucket. I rebuilt the reared with 31 spline Yukon axles and Yukon duragrip carrier with the original 3.73 gears.

Also when I balanced the engine my zoom stage 2 clutch was 50grams out of balance so I tossed it and went with the new McLeod extreme clutch and it has been a very nice clutch for 300$

s351 · Mar 12, 2016

I just wanted to add that this build has been very affordable and I have used a lot of original parts that forum experts say wouldnt work or hold up.

Stock crank
Stock rods
Stock fuel rails
Stock ignition wires I pulled off a junk yard truck engine
Stock distributor
Stock fuel lines up to the engine bay
Stock melling oil pump
Cheap king bearings which I love and hold up to abuse

I also deleted the pcv system. I was having bad problems with oil in the intake and tried everything I could think of. Multiple lines, air/oil separator etc. I finally deleted it and run a breather filter. No issues except no more oil in the intake

A5literMan · Mar 12, 2016

s351 said:
I'm having problems loading pictures from iPhone to photobucket. I rebuilt the reared with 31 spline Yukon axles and Yukon duragrip carrier with the original 3.73 gears.

Also when I balanced the engine my zoom stage 2 clutch was 50grams out of balance so I tossed it and went with the new McLeod extreme clutch and it has been a very nice clutch for 300$

Just load directly from your phone. No need to use a 3rd party. Right beside the post reply button you hit the "upload a file" and pick from your pictures. Use the full size option. Nice car and build.

s351 · Mar 13, 2016

Easy! Thanks for the help

s351 · Mar 13, 2016

s351 · Mar 13, 2016

s351 · Mar 13, 2016

Blower hose blew racing a gto........

s351 · Apr 11, 2016

Lately i've been putting the cost together for the body work. I love the sn95 platform but for the last couple of years I really have not liked the sapphire blue. I mean it's purple and maybe alittle blue. So for that reason i have not been able to commit to spending the 5k for paint, fenders and fixing the few small dents. plus this poor car has been through 5 owners who have not been kind so the pinch seems on the bottom are crushed, etc.... It really is a beat up body.

That brings me to the next step in this build. I'm going to do another swap. I found a 94 yellow gt chassis in great condition, that only needs a few minor details (mostly in engine bay). It comes with a decent suspension, upgraded cobra brakes (front and rear), and a clean interior.

s351 · Apr 11, 2016

s351 · Apr 11, 2016

Anybody have opinions on the hood? I have the option of my current cowl hood or 96 cobra hood

Davedacarpainter · Apr 11, 2016

s351 said:
Anybody have opinions on the hood? I have the option of my current cowl hood or 96 cobra hood

I've liked the cobra hood since it first came out. My vote is for the cobra.

s351 · Apr 11, 2016

that's the hood i am gravitating toward. I don't see them much anymore, everyone has the cowl

RangerJoe · Apr 12, 2016

Your car, not mine, but I vote blue over yellow anyday!

Joe

hoopty5.0 · Apr 12, 2016

I like either hood, but not too keen on the yellow. Just my opinion, I'll still follow the thread, haha

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