i got the car from deathproof almost a year ago. i drove it a lil, did some maintance work and almost immediately broke the tranny; busted the 3/4 shift fork. i picked up a used t45 from PA and waited til the spring to throw everything into it. i got the tranny in and subframe connectors, did the fuel lines, did some baseline tuning/datalogging and then went ahead with the paxton install. on for some pics starting with the tranny swap, SFCs, fuel system, then blower:
parts used/already installed:
novi 2k paxton blower w/ 3.5" pulley
cx racing FMIC and 3" pipe 24x12x3" core
60# injectors
BA3000 maf used in a custom 3" maf flange, pm me if you need custom CNC work!
-8/-6 fuel feed return lines
fore twin GT pump hat
03/04 cobra radiator and tstat
IMRCs deleted
3.73s
deleted EGR/SAI
upr x-pipe and SLP LM1
full length subframe connectors
im using SCT proracer to make the calibration, LC1 wideband and innovate oil pressure and boost gauges too
stock drivetrain for now
stock block for now
only plan on running 8-10psi, so it should be about 400-450whp. i dont really care too much yet, i just want to trap about 115 and have it be reliable on pump gas until i can afford to rebuild the motor. i wont be able to launch hard until i upgrade the axles and awful tranny, so ill leave the stock tires on it until its all ready for some serious abuse. when everything is said and done i wanna shoot for 600+ whp and trap 130. all this work took place over the last few months.
did it all on the freakin back patio:
while the tranny was out i deleted the EGR and secondary air injection just to clean up the engine a lil:
before:
after:
the t45 i bought wasnt from a 96-98 cobra which had excluse tailshaft tranny mounts, so i had to swap tailshaft, see the difference?
full length subframe connectors, SLP LM1, and UPR x-pipe. its stupid loud:
fuel system goodies: -8/-6 feed/return lines, push-lok fittings, and twin GT pumps. i tried to modify the stock basket to hold both pumps but it was a waste of time and ended up just buying a fore fuel hat and 03/04 cobra tank. that tank is on national backorder, i should get it sometime this month.
supercharger install:
this upper radiator hose was a pain in the ass, i used a procharger coolant cross over setup, but the hose wasnt right
:
ended up using a universal flex hose thumbs down
lower FMIC mounts:
lower IC pipe, and modified over flow bottle bracket:
bigtime modified coil pack bracket:
the overflow bottle needed to be relocated, i only have a finished bay pic of that but here is the before:
scariest thing ive ever done was use a punch and air hammer to tap the pan for the return line:
injector swap:
this was the flow chart of the 60# injectors i used after the were cleaned from new era, i put the highest flowing injectors in cylinders 7 and 8 as they typically run the hottest on these mod motors. B headed 4Vs arent as “bad” as C headed and up cars
stock rails are good to 600ish whp:
i tucked the IMRC cables behind the manifold while swapping injectors, i have em ziptied open and disabled in the tune:
almost buttoned up:
and ready for tuning:
here it is WOT tuned:
it turns out the blower is about an 1/8th of an inch to close to the block so im starting to chew the belt up on the alternator pulley and its giving me some charging issues. once i get those all figured out, i can start to really dial the tune in and head to the track for some baselines. should be a fun summer! not pictures is how the radiator needed to be moved forward ~.5" to make room for the 4" intake, the passanger side foglight bracket needed to be heavily modified, and the wiring required to datalog the wideband and etc. IATs are awesome with this IC, and most of the piping fit awesome with little work to be done. so far im pretty excited.
ill update the thread with more pics and vids asap.
steve is having knee surgery the 14th which is why there is a push to go the 9th
