My hallway never looked this good before!


my sofa running 10 pounds of boost


Just for kicks..Supercharger intake filter on the left.. a JLT-II filter on the right :P


Speed of Sound gauge pillar pod mounted with Autometer Nexus Boost/Vacuum, Fuel Pressure and Coolant Temperature gauges


Boost/Vac gauge:


Fuel Pressure gauge (sender wasn't connected, hence the bogus reading)


Coolant temperature gauge:


AFR Gauge installed between the AC Vents (had to drill the dash to install this.. but i love how it turned out!)
p.s: the wideband sensor wasn't connected.. hence the 14.9AFR




all gauges set to blue, to match up with MyColor dash


It begins.. the last N/A moments


STB removed, and a whole bunch of cables unplugged


Intake manifold removed along with all the hoses connected to it.
New watercross installed


disassembled the blower from the new intake manifold.. and behold!
a 5" thick aluminum intercooler core


New intake manifold installed, coolant hoses laid out, knock sensors adjusted, ready to bolt the blower onto the new manifold


Blower goes on


Ford Racing 0 Degree spark plugs go on


Throttle body installed


New Fluidyne Intercooler heat exchanger sits right behind the lower GT500 grille



Bosch electric IC water pump


Radiator, AC core, IC heat exchanger and IC Pump are in place


Bypass actuator (BOV) is shown here behind the compressor (under the blue trunking hose)

 

Ford GT Fuel injectors and rails installed, Fuel PSI sender installed


Almost there


Coolant Temp sensor installed


Boost/Vaccum sensor installed


Fuel Pressure sensor installed


new Air intake goes on.


Shelby Hood all cut up to clear the blower


Template made to fill the cut out area of the hood


Fiber glass resin applied to fill the holes i cut in the hood


close up of where the SC pulley goes


Fiberglass hardner being applied


Tada!


Hood is back on.. looking good


Custom bracket fabricated to install the IC reservoir, as the stock bracket won't work with my hood struts



Wiring cleaned up.
here you see the IC Pump relay switch along with the fuse for my sound system


Boost gauge rewired


FP Sensor rewired, and the rest of the engine wires are tidied up


Finally


p.s: Steeda Tri-ax and GT500 Fuel pump were installed, but not shown.

Dyno test to follow soon

Special Thanks to CR @ TillmanSpeed, Ray @ Ford Racing, Jeff and Michael @ Whipple Superchargers, and TMS!!
couldn't have done it without you guys!

 

Congrats man, that turned out really nice....... well done!

Especially like the hood modification- very clean, great job!!

 

That's a NICE peice of work there! The modification to the hood is top notch as well as the rest of the instalation! Great work!!!

 

That is swwet man, how does the boost feel??? Is it instant??

 

Looks great. Fun ain't it?

 

What gears are you running?

 

Nice pictorial. I sure like the throttle body and cold air tube arrangement on the Whipple better compared to the KB.

 

Thanks everyone for the kind comments

i took her out for the first ride ever yesterday at 4AM.
i could feel her reacting before i floored it.

if you drive it normally.. you're mostly driving in Vacuum, or 1-3PSI boost, and it's VERY drivable.. she aint jumping like i was worried it would

but then. i pushed it a bit and had to change my pants
to be honest, the whipple kinda makes me wish i had an auto
it's scary fast.. you barely shift into gear before you hit the rev limiter and it's time to shift to an upper one

i went WOT on the 4th gear.. in a few seconds i went up from 60 to 130mph. i love it!

i'm running stock gears (3.55) and i intend on keeping them till the new whipple grin wears off

i only have 2 minor issues so far:
the FRPP tune sets the high speed fan trigger temp at 215F
and looking at my coolant temp gauge (which i'm glad i got, cuz the dash gauge is sitting happily between C and H at all times like there's nothing wrong) goes up from 185-190 to 210F, then the fan kicks in and brings the temp back down to 180 then switches off.

so if going in traffic or on a hot day, i expect the coolant temp to keep going up and down..

finally coasting on the 5th gear is just too darn loud
dunno if it's normal, but when in 5th gear and on low RPM, the car has a LOUD drone from the stock exhaust, and i can get rid of it by lightly holding the accellerator down

all in all.. i LOVE it!!!

 

Louie,
You did an awesome job. I also think your hood modifications worked out great. Enjoy the power. Don't forget to share some of your driving stories in the future. If I remember correctly you posted way back about all the high powered cars running around over there. Show them what "Powered by Ford" means.
Scott

 

Nice job man....

Impressive to say the least.

Jelous for sure

 

Thanks for the great write up and pics! You do some REALLY nice work!

 

awesome write up! makes me want to dump my entire tax return, take out a pension loan and order one of those bad boys. then again i think of food, heat, air condition, water and electricty (i just gotta hve my mustang source!) and i hesitate. still, it pushes me to save a little bit hereand there ahd hopefully one day have my own.

again, awesome write up and congrats

 

Does a supercharger shorten the life of your mustang at all?

 

Well, in theory, the faster you go, the more time dilates around you, thereby allowing your 'stang (and you) to stay younger longer, while the rest of the world get's older. Of course, even at 140mph, we're talking microseconds per year, but hey, those are microseconds you wouldn't have at 50mph.

Great work! I keep reading all these S/C threads, and it's tough not to spend the dough on one. Must ... Resist!

 

Louie, nice job and I must admit when you first showed me how much they had to cut on your hood, I was skeptical. They did an awsome job on it though and like mine it is probably stronger then it was before.

Can't wait to see the Dyno sheets.

 

Louie,

Glad to hear everything turned out okay. Now get an air/oil separator before you clog up the IC.....


....I keep reading all these S/C threads, and it's tough not to spend the dough on one. Must ... Resist!

Resistance is futile! Drive on down to Tucson and I'll let you drive mine! Just got back from a roadtrip to southern California. What a pleasure it was!

 

Although i'm as broke as it gets now, i'd rather buy a separator that would easily bolt on, rather than fabricate something myself at this point.

got any recommendations for value-for-money solutions?

 

I know exactly how you feel about the $$$ situation. Supercharging is not cheap. I also have to "support" my twin-turbo IROC-Z.....

Here's a couple of links. This one outlines the problem:

http://www.modularfords.com/forums/2...ight=separator

You can confirm this by releasing the large tube quick disconnect from the "U" behind the throttle body. This is the 5/8" hose that runs to the driver's side valve cover. Look for evidence of oil in it. You'll see it!!


Oil separator stuff:

http://www.modularfords.com/forums/2...ight=separator

http://www.modularfords.com/forums/2...ight=separator

Having owned an '03 Cobra, I'm very familiar with this problem. Go to www.svtperformance.com and search for "separator" on the '03-'04 Cobra forum. There's good info there too.

Here's a pic of my separator.

Willie

 

i appreciate the input Willie, although i'm pretty familiar with the matter, i thought the issue existed with the passenger side PCV only, as the driver side crank case didn't spit out any oil when tested (or so i remember)
however i can see you've installed an oil separator on the driver side.

what about the passenger side?
and do you really think there's a need for a driver side separator as well?