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A Pictorial story of my Summer toy |
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Bought the Car early 2007. I was planning to get a Saleen or Roush but in the event I lost my nerve plus we were just about to buy a home at that time so good sense took over
Immediate modifications were Suspension and Performance
Suspension was improved no end with the addition of the Ford Racing Handling Pack - Springs, shocks, bushings, sway bars, Panhard. Car is lowered by 1.5" so looks better too
Ford Racing also provided the Cold Air Intake & Exhaust
A couple of videos of it on the rolling road being Dyno'ed following the installation of the "Whipple" Supercharger in Detroit by Alternative-Auto
On the same trip into the States I swapped the wheels out for the 20" TSW Vortex with Nitto 555 rubber. I had to do something, the Ford 17" wheels just embarrassed themselves every time the Supercharger started lightly puffing
Unfortunately I could only get 91 Octane fuel prior to the install and Dyno so the tune was set specifically for that grade. Lidio, the owner & Tuner 0f "Alternative Auto" gave me additional electronic tune profiles for 93 Octane and also for 110 Octane Race fuel which is what I'm now sourcing
With a conservative tune the motor made 452hp at the Rear wheels (Over 500hp @ the crank) at 11lb boost and an A/F reading of 11.5 across the range on 91Oct. 93Oct will add another 20hp and Race fuel a further 30hp although I'm not likely to ever use Race fuel on the road of course
VIDEO CLIPS
Rolling Road First Pull - 11mb
Scrubbing the new tyres in - private road - 12mb
Another trip to Detroit. This time to CDC to have a few bits done.
The most obvious addition is the GlassBack roof. A bit disconcerting watching somebody chisel a hole in a metal roof, but my faith was well placed and it looks fabulous
While I was there, the guys installed LED Door mirrors, a Stainless Billet Grill & Chin Spoiler
Just prior to the trip I had myself installed some other goodies including
GT500 Rear spoiler
Alloy Faux Rear Gas cap
Shorty Antenna
Vinyl Ghost stripes
Some Interior dress up parts
Clear Front Blinker lenses with Stealth bulbs
Printed and installed some Side stripes
Side window-delete Louvers installed by a local bodyshop
Removed Ghost stripes - Didn't like them
Installed Hurst Short Shifter
Installed Start Button
Installed Pioneer AVIC-Z1 Nav unit
Getting close to the end of the Summer and to the sad time when I have to put the car into Storage to protect it from the Tons of Salt these guys throw on the road, so better get some Autumn Pictures
December 2007
So the Mustang is up on the Car Lift, Dust cover on, Full tank of fuel, Battery tender humming softly.
Some projects for over the Winter are:
14" Brembo Brakes to be installed - DONE
GT500 Carbon LSD Clutch Pack - DONE
Billet Trailing arms - DONE
Black Chin Spoiler will be removed to paint body-color - DONE
Sequential rear lights - DONE
Alloy Fluid Resevoirs - DONE
Data Logger to be installed - DONE
April 2008
FINALLY the weather is good enough to call "Winter over". We were starting to think it would never end, but the snow is gone and the temperatures are on the way up quickly
Just a few things to finish up from the Winter projects, namely video camera systems, but the car is a roller
Some quick pictures snapped one evening this week
marcus@mkeeler.com 2008