Just had the owner of Late Model Restoration text SVO that my car is bad ass.
So onward and upward. We are very close to initial start up of her.
And doing that cleaned up the drivers side of the engine very well.
Aside from the throttle cable its done on the drivers side.
Then had to shorten the MAF wire.
SVO also extended the IAT and TPS wires in the same fasion. After that he covered them factory style and hid them away.
So onward and upward. We are very close to initial start up of her.
And doing that cleaned up the drivers side of the engine very well.
Aside from the throttle cable its done on the drivers side.
Then had to shorten the MAF wire.
SVO also extended the IAT and TPS wires in the same fasion. After that he covered them factory style and hid them away.
No mag plans really. Just wanted a nice and fairly quick daily driver that kept under the radar.
I have already put 250 miles on it. Runs great but a little rich. Also the timing is locked for the temp tune so its fairly gutless right now. The dyno tune is at 2 PM today and I will record a crap quality vid of it.
I have a vid of the initial fire up but the audio wont sync right. I am trying to upload it now but keep getting errors so not sure if I will be able to post it or not.
So here is a shot of all the rest of the air pump stuff going away.
And for now I dont have cruise. We just did not have any more time to mess with it. Still have to go back to trim some more and install the trans cooler, J-mod, sway bar and rear uprights.... and valve covers. So we can work on it more then.
So for the last part of our journey into hell SVO had to cut the braces and then I scrapped off the old rubberized glue crap.
And here is our finnished product. Had to space the back of the hood up 1/4" to clear the throttle cable bracket but its hitting the brace. Again, we just did not have any more time. I got hom at 5:00 AM and then left for work at 7:30.
"And thats how its done kiddies!"
I have already put 250 miles on it. Runs great but a little rich. Also the timing is locked for the temp tune so its fairly gutless right now. The dyno tune is at 2 PM today and I will record a crap quality vid of it.
I have a vid of the initial fire up but the audio wont sync right. I am trying to upload it now but keep getting errors so not sure if I will be able to post it or not.
So here is a shot of all the rest of the air pump stuff going away.
And for now I dont have cruise. We just did not have any more time to mess with it. Still have to go back to trim some more and install the trans cooler, J-mod, sway bar and rear uprights.... and valve covers. So we can work on it more then.
So for the last part of our journey into hell SVO had to cut the braces and then I scrapped off the old rubberized glue crap.
And here is our finnished product. Had to space the back of the hood up 1/4" to clear the throttle cable bracket but its hitting the brace. Again, we just did not have any more time. I got hom at 5:00 AM and then left for work at 7:30.
"And thats how its done kiddies!"
So finnaly got my dyno tune done yesterday. What a freakin day! Started off by the car suddenly running like it dropped two cylinders on the way to Dallas. I called Gearheads and said I didnt think it could make it. They seemed pretty sure the car was fouled from a temp tune and so did SVO. So I limped it there and got to work.
And here is the first run..... total ass.
YouTube - Mark VIII blower dyno first
So they went to work on figuring it out. First thing was the TPS was bad. Blew out on the trip up. So after waiting for the parts monkey to deliver the RIGHT part and getting it in the car still had issues. He put his fancy touch screen Ford tool on it and read the coils and injectors. Had two weak ass coils so they got swapped. The bigger issue was completly my fault. When installing the blower it pushed the fuel rail off the injectors and I just pushed it back down. The rail scooped up some gasket maker from the blower to plenum and stuffed it into an injector.
After some more runs we also discovered the IAC is bad and that the car runs out of fuel pump just after 5K. Plenty of injector and MAF left but the pump cant keep up with the 16 lbs of boost......... yeah, 16 lbs.
So I need a new IAC, idler pully, fuel pump, coils (he said buy new MSDs) and an underdrive crank. So there goes another $600+
Oh well. Gearheads with Andy on the tune and Travis with the tuned ear really busted ass! Car was on the dyno for 8 hours! Plus they changed 2 plugs and two coils and cleaned my injectors! They said $XXX for the dyno initially and 8 hours latter they stuck to it. They only charged me $XXX more for the parts and repairs too which was just killer! Nicest guys to that really know their stuff. My hats are off to them and they have a customer for life! You would not believe how these guys bent over backwards to help me. Andy really knows his stuff, works his majic on the software. Travis is really down to earth too and as a bonus he really knows these engines. Has a kick ass Fox Coupe that would seriously humiliate my car.
So here we are at the last run. 384 rwhp and 398 rwtq. Thats with only 8.5* timing and the AFR staying 12:1 untill 5K where it goes lean quick.
YouTube - Mark VIII Final Dyno run
And here is the first run..... total ass.
YouTube - Mark VIII blower dyno first
So they went to work on figuring it out. First thing was the TPS was bad. Blew out on the trip up. So after waiting for the parts monkey to deliver the RIGHT part and getting it in the car still had issues. He put his fancy touch screen Ford tool on it and read the coils and injectors. Had two weak ass coils so they got swapped. The bigger issue was completly my fault. When installing the blower it pushed the fuel rail off the injectors and I just pushed it back down. The rail scooped up some gasket maker from the blower to plenum and stuffed it into an injector.
After some more runs we also discovered the IAC is bad and that the car runs out of fuel pump just after 5K. Plenty of injector and MAF left but the pump cant keep up with the 16 lbs of boost......... yeah, 16 lbs.
So I need a new IAC, idler pully, fuel pump, coils (he said buy new MSDs) and an underdrive crank. So there goes another $600+
Oh well. Gearheads with Andy on the tune and Travis with the tuned ear really busted ass! Car was on the dyno for 8 hours! Plus they changed 2 plugs and two coils and cleaned my injectors! They said $XXX for the dyno initially and 8 hours latter they stuck to it. They only charged me $XXX more for the parts and repairs too which was just killer! Nicest guys to that really know their stuff. My hats are off to them and they have a customer for life! You would not believe how these guys bent over backwards to help me. Andy really knows his stuff, works his majic on the software. Travis is really down to earth too and as a bonus he really knows these engines. Has a kick ass Fox Coupe that would seriously humiliate my car.
So here we are at the last run. 384 rwhp and 398 rwtq. Thats with only 8.5* timing and the AFR staying 12:1 untill 5K where it goes lean quick.
YouTube - Mark VIII Final Dyno run
Its more then I expected and it has way more in it. 8.5* of timing aint crap on this motor! We wanna add another 3-4* on it. Also he only spun it to 5200 RPM cause of the fuel pump and the HP was still climbing like crazy! Gonna correct all that and drop the boost some, should be 410-420 when done but for now I am pleased. I just hate my trans tune right now. Shifts like ass and holds gears for too long. He will correct it when I pay the balence on my next pay day.
Thanks! I love the whine she makes at full boost.
430-450 is about the limits of these rods and thats with a stick. With an auto its closer to 430 rwhp. I would like to tone it back just a little to maybe 375 rwhp. After I have my built block done then I can push it to 500 rwhp with my setup. Any more then that and I will need an intercooled setup.