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Progress Thread Project 2015 Gt: Waiting For New Go Fast Parts

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84Ttop

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So here it is! After a long anticipated wait my 2015 Mustang GT is finally here!
I picked the car up last night from the dealer and it is everything I expected and more. The ride quality is far superior to any previous model year, it's very comfortable to drive and handles incredibly. If you guys don't know the extremes that I take my projects to you will soon find out.





When I picked the car up it had 24 miles on the clock and I headed straight to our in house dyno at All Out Automotive. With just 65 Miles on the clock we strapped it to the rollers to see if it lived up to its claim.


We are using a Dynocom eddy current load bearing dyno which is very similar and most often compared to a "Mustang Dyno".
Here are our initial results as the car was delivered:


372 rwhp/ 347 rwtq through the automatic and calculated engine HP comes in right at 428.2. This is right in line within a % or so of what Ford claims the car makes. Stick shift cars should produce slightly higher numbers.

Here was the odometer after the initial dyno pull:

All in all I can't be happier with the car and the initial performance. Stay tuned for the upgrades! Magnaflow exhaust is coming first and you will soon see a thread outlining the installation and dyno testing of that system in our Tech forum.

One more picture just because:
 
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What are your impressions of the look of the car. Does it look much different than the pics show once you see one in person? With that flat torque curve it had to pull real well at WOT.
 

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Bullitt347 said:
What are your impressions of the look of the car. Does it look much different than the pics show once you see one in person? With that flat torque curve it had to pull real well at WOT.
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The car is much more impressive to look at in person. The compound body lines can not be given enough justice in pictures in my opinion. The flat torque curve is awesome. The car feels amazing at WOT and I'm very interested in getting some track data. It snowed here last night so who knows when that will happen, lol. Overall I am very impressed with the drive quality and power that it has made. The new paddle shifters with the updated SR80 automatic make it a blast to drive thus far
 

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How's the wheel hop?
 

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Oh and congrats! Love the color!

Are those 20s or 18s?
 

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How's the wheel hop?
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The wheel hop is non existing! Sticky tires will soon tell the tale though.
And thanks! 18" wheels for now. 20" wheels are coming
 

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So was just thinking about something . Since a warrantee is out the window have you a Kris thought about upgrading the oil pump gears ? they are known failure points even in bone stock motors . I would HATE. to see you have an issue .

Tuned in to see what this bad boy makes !
 
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Congrats & good luck with the new ride, would like to see a pic in the sun of that paint !
The one thing I see that I like is the seat belt guides.........but not enough to buy one.
What are the mod plans ?
 

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Congrats I love that color guard.

These cars look great with 20's

 

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looks awesome Nick. I'll be watching your progress and hoping everything keeps going smoothly
 
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Here is the daylight picture. We had some snow the other morning and i had to wait for things to clear up a bit.


As far as mods go, Full Magnaflow exhaust is done and an write up on that will be up in the tech section later today. Here is a teaser picture of that one:



And one more teaser, but I won't say anymore about this one for about a week so don't even think about asking:

 
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TOOLOW91 said:
So was just thinking about something . Since a warrantee is out the window have you a Kris thought about upgrading the oil pump gears ? they are known failure points even in bone stock motors . I would HATE. to see you have an issue .

Tuned in to see what this bad boy makes !
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I think we will push this motor for a bit before it comes completely apart. I may or may not build a new motor for the car this winter, depends on how things go. @Sharad can attest to the nightmare that this all is, lol.
 
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I think we will push this motor for a bit before it comes completely apart. I may or may not build a new motor for the car this winter, depends on how things go. @Sharad can attest to the nightmare that this all is, lol.
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Yeah I seen his frustrated Facebook posts day after day LOL
 

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How about a pic in bright direct sun light, something to make the paint pop ?
The new process factory paint jobs come alive in the sun.
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Hp goals ??
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How about a pic in bright direct sun light, something to make the paint pop ?
The new process factory paint jobs come alive in the sun.
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Hp goals ??
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84Ttop

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Hp goals are somewhere in the 700rwhp range for now. I have been know to get carried away with projects like this rather quickly. The paint is one of those weird colors to photograph. It's gray and it's green all at the same time.
 

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...I have been know to get carried away with projects...
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You don't say
 
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@84Ttop Thought you ordered rear spoiler delete??
 

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@84Ttop Thought you ordered rear spoiler delete??
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I did... some part of the rebuilding me a new car screwed that detail up.... i'm living with it lol
 
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@Sharad can attest to the nightmare that this all is, lol.
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So far so good... but I might need that GT350...
 
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