Change of plans...

[Pokageek]

Ok, I changed my mind. For those of you who have been keeping up , I am keeping my 414.

Its unique in that it is a 414, its got the low end I want and great HP. It peaks at 5200 and has a lot more in it. I have ultra lightweight rods so I could prolly spin it pretty high too but I have decided I LIKE stock driveability!

Here's what I am changing:

1. This car is way too loud at WOT and it smells so I am putting ultra high flow cats on it.

2. I am going to get Rick Hawver's tuner to get that dam hesitation out of it from the 02's (that goes away when I disconnect the battery - reseting the puter).

3. Rick is putting in a friendlier cam. One that prolly has a LSA more suited for the 94/95 pcm picky-ness. It sounds AWESOME but the vibrating and rattling at lights drives me insane! So what if I make 480bHP instead of 520 or so with a lighter cam? I don't drive the car around at 5200 rpm. I drive it at 1500-3000 mostly!

No more bucking, great power curve, no more stink, nice idle at the lights, no more attracting too much attention = nice driver!

So if I want to start blowing away modded cobras then I've got a good start with the cam and I can switch out the pistons and crank down the road. :SNSign:

 

[final5-0]

Well Keith

You now know all about

Over the Top

I don't blame you one bit

You can sneek anything out on the city streets and drive it around a bit
but
Sooner or later you pull up to a light and a cop pulls up next to you

You try to cruise through the fast food place
but
All the kids flock to the window
and
Those windows are resonating in time with your exhaust pulses

Yes ... Some of the time ... Too Much is ... Just Too Much

There are ... Race Cars ... and ... There are Street Cars

Good Luck with the new combo

Grady

 

[95strokerPSU]

Good plan. Keeping my car clean and running well is the only thing I've got planned for a long time.

 

[Black95GTS]

Nothing like firing your car up and your dog runs away. Or you set your significant other's car alarm off at 5AM heading to work. Or you go for a cruise and can't talk to the passenger. Or you're in the car for more then 30 minutes and you get a head ache. Or every douche bag on the road tries to race you. Or you get pulled over for no reason. Or you get nervous at stop lights.

Just reading your journey with this car is enough to entertain the entire forum! Good luck with your latest plans!

Adam

 

[Pokageek]

LOL yes you guys are right! Thanks for understanding. Yea, I think we all agree on street-ability for sure!

 

[ProKiller]

I'm behind you 100%. Hopefully you'll get the tune sorted out. That's the biggest hindrance to drive ability i know of.

I'm really hesitant to do my side exhaust after hearing how loud TurboGT's new setup is.

 

[BlackVert]

i, like the others, understand completely. that is the reason i have made many of the decisions i have made. it doesn't matter how much hp or how fast it is if you don't want to drive it.

i did not at all like the exhaust smell or leaks from the kooks, so i got rid of them and put in cats.

i got rid of my coilovers and cc plates because of the rattle that drove me crazy. now i have the 4x4 look again, but i am happy and can go over speed bumps without worrying.

i picked the cam i have because i know that my driving style is just cruising 95% of the time, and when i do step on it, i still almost never wind it up much past 4500 or so.

could i get more 100 more horses out of mine with a more agressive cam and intake and a free-er flowing (ie louder) exhaust? absolutely. but it would also make me less likely to want to drive it.

bottom line ... it has to be a car you want to drive and want to choose when you go out to your driveway, or else you have wasted your time and money. believe me, i know what it is like to have wasted alot of time and money and end up with a car the i don't want to drive. mine is finally pretty close to the way i want it, but it still needs new seats and paint, and the money just is not there right now and won't be for probably 5 years (2 kids going to collegs will do that), so it sits.

20/20 hindsight you know ...

 

[turbogt]

I'm behind you 100%. Hopefully you'll get the tune sorted out. That's the biggest hindrance to drive ability i know of.

I'm really hesitant to do my side exhaust after hearing how loud TurboGT's new setup is.

HAHAHAHAHA.... YOU HAVE NOOOOOOO IDEA

You're head WILL hurt...

BUT

I'm not worried.....


The turbo will quiet things down

 

[neoxaero]

I hope I dont end up hating my exhaust ...

I'm running BBK Headers, O/R H-Pipe (... was on the car, planning to get an X), no Mufflers, pipes out the back..

Shouldn't be _TO_ loud ... I hope

 

[mustang6tee8]

I hope I dont end up hating my exhaust ...

I'm running BBK Headers, O/R H-Pipe (... was on the car, planning to get an X), no Mufflers, pipes out the back..

Shouldn't be _TO_ loud ... I hope

thats going to be.... very loud... too loud. you'll get pulled over eventually

 

[Pokageek]

I gots to tell ya...it's got to stop somewhere! I started out thinking just having another 5.0 would be AWESOME! a vert at that!! It sounded really awesome and was a nice car.

Then I got bit y the muscle car bug. It needed new lifters so I put in a whole new shortblock and cool cam...then I started getting concerned about rwhp and beating ls1's..then I added trick flow h/c/i...then I wanted more than 300rwhp and threw nitrous at it...I ran it one time on the nitrous and didn't like it cuz it was too much bother So...I thought I'd go 331 then 347 then sold all that trick flow stuff and decided on 351 because stronger block and BIG c.i. Then I wanted MORE rwhp and upgraded the whole top end and then I wanted more and went LT's... The I started thinking about blown....ERRRRRR!! STOP!

Now I am backing off and deciding I like it the way it is! Ahhhh all better now.

 

[BlackVert]

i am glad to see that you are coming to your senses. while i love my stang, i just can not bear to add up all the time and money i have put into it. hot rodding can easily become a never ending addiction and it can get very expensive after a while. i have other things that need my money right now, so i have put all hot rodding on hold.

i now have a new obsession ... world of warcraft. yes, it can easily take up all my time too, but at least it only costs $15 per month, and i can honestly say that i am never bored! at $15 per month, i could keep busy for 1000 months (83 years!) and still not spend as much as i have dumped into this car (that is going to take probably another 5 grand to finish)

... must finish these quests ... must get to level 80 ... must get my epic mount ... must get my blacksmithing up ... must do battlegrounds ...