Mach 1 Whipple Swap

Blower temporarily mocked up.

302GTS said:

Awesome build! Let me know if you ever hit up Bradenton, I live in Pinellas County and I'd love to come check it out!

Click to expand...

Actually there are track rentals a couple of times a year at Bradenton that I usually attend so I will be out that way for sure. Probably not till next year though.

Bill

Mach1Run said:

Still going to be able to keep the shaker up there with a whipple under it?

Click to expand...

Right now it's looking at the very least I'll have to attach the shaker to the hood because there are no good mounting points on the whipple itself like the Eaton had. My big problem is the pulley. I need at least 1/2" above the pulley and a good 1.5" side to side so it doesn't hit the hood under load. I won't know till the hood is back on.

If it doesn't fit then I'm going to look at a couple of options. Have the cowl portion of the hood raised enough to clear it or if it's really close to the opening then maybe open it a little and trim the shaker back. Last option is a new hood but I really do not want to change hoods. The shaker hood makes the Mach 1 and losing it (to me at least) makes it just every other Mustang out there.

ninjastang125 said:

Bill what was your race weight with the 2v? What weight mods did you do in order to get to that weight?

Click to expand...

3150lbs when I got into the 11's. K-member, lift off hood, no AC or Radio, race seats, rear seat delete, aluminum DS, no front or rear bumper supports, 15" welds.

Bill

ninjastang125 said:

Thanks for the info. You kinda went the complete opposite directions with you two builds. You went from have a sub 300 hp NA 2v to a blown 4v trying for 600+hp. Whats next?

Click to expand...

Different priorities. When I bought my 2000 I was on a budget and having a fast NA GT was pretty rare, cheap and it worked well for racing NMRA and FFW events. I drove it daily but I also lost some streetability with it. The local street scene was completely dead also (hang outs, car cruises, etc...).

The Mach 1 on the other hand has been pushed, everyone knows what they run in NA form and I can't afford (financially and time wise) to race an event series so no real racing other than local stuff. So no reason to gut and ruin a car like this. It's much easier to build it for big power and keep most of the refinements and just enjoy it. Plus the local scene is revived a bit so there are some local hang outs to show off the car and BS.

Bill

The blower is now bolted up, wiring is mostly done, front accessories back on, intercooler reservoir is mounted. Although it doesn't look like I made much progress I actually got a bunch of things worked out. Back in April I had a wiring problem and fired the fusible link and ended up doing my own fix and down the road it kept on popping alt. fuses. I got a junkyard replacement harness for that alternator and while I was swapping the connector over I found the problem. One of the smaller alt wires melted and wire was exposed and it rubbed the frame enough to pop that fuse. I also resolved a problem with a power steering line from back when I did the swap. My original fix didn't work but now it's good to go.

I had to make some changes to the fuel lines and ordered two more fittings so once they come in I can wrap up the rest of the engine stuff. This is how it sits now.



I'm expecting to have everything done this coming weekend so I can get the front end aligned next week.

Bill

Getting down to the last little bit.

Intake finished up.



Hood clearance.





Front suspension.



Waiting on a conversion U-joint for the driveshaft and sent out two more parts to powder coat. Should have it all by Thursday so I can wrap it up. Hope to fire it up and let it idle for a bit on Thursday, if not it will be Saturday. Then I'm an alignment away from being able to drive it and can do the last cosmetic things afterwards (shaker).