2013 Mustang Club of America Edition! Update 01/25/2017
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If only I could do this stuff to my car............. :-(
Biggest downfall to satin paint. No claybar, no buff, no polish, no nothing..........
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Biggest downfall to satin paint. No claybar, no buff, no polish, no nothing..........
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Really glad you showed it to me! Can't wait to finish the whole car!
No cry
hotmustang95
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Really like what you've done so far. Car looks great.
Thanks man!
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g36 monkeys wifey
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It's been a while since I posted and I've done some minor things to the car...
Raxiom Tail Light Sequencer..why, because my lights need to do the cool sequence thing whenever I do anything even though I can't see it...I'm sure the people behind me get as much joy out of it as I do.
Trunk mat!
Getting her ready to install a BMR radiator support and Boss front sway bar...
I was actually allowed to help unbolt things on my own car this time! This was the aftermath. Wooo!
This guy here is measuring the new sway bar just to make sure it's different than my stock one. This only took about 30 minutes and he ended up involving a neighbor...
It looks so purtty under there
Yesterday, we installed some KONI STR.T Rear Shocks.
That's all the excitement I have for my car for now...
Raxiom Tail Light Sequencer..why, because my lights need to do the cool sequence thing whenever I do anything even though I can't see it...I'm sure the people behind me get as much joy out of it as I do.
Trunk mat!
Getting her ready to install a BMR radiator support and Boss front sway bar...
I was actually allowed to help unbolt things on my own car this time! This was the aftermath. Wooo!
This guy here is measuring the new sway bar just to make sure it's different than my stock one. This only took about 30 minutes and he ended up involving a neighbor...
It looks so purtty under there
Yesterday, we installed some KONI STR.T Rear Shocks.
That's all the excitement I have for my car for now...
Woo!
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g36 monkeys wifey
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New license plate to poke fun at people!
Also now have a GT/CS spoiler. This thing is as big as me =/ Need to drop it off for paint one of these days and then figure out how to have this and hookup the factory backup camera that came with the car...Soooo, if anyone is good with wiring and can offer some tips/help let me know.
Also now have a GT/CS spoiler. This thing is as big as me =/ Need to drop it off for paint one of these days and then figure out how to have this and hookup the factory backup camera that came with the car...Soooo, if anyone is good with wiring and can offer some tips/help let me know.
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Nice,im liking the progress so far.
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g36 monkeys wifey
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Thanks
Alright, it’s about time for an update!
Since our last update, we have done a few things. Around Christmas time, we went ahead and popped an aluminum 1-piece drive shaft in. This helps with safety, and shaves about 18 pounds of rotating mass. Only thing that hurts is the price tag!
No pics of that install unfortunately.
Then, we took the car to a couple events:
However, this past weekend, January 21, 2017 is where the fun began.
Finally pulled the trigger on some ported intakes for the car from Super Six Motorsports. Tom is still the man, he is super helpful and still remembered me from way back when!
There was a slight leak from the header on the passenger side, and it was irritating. The real trick to tackling the headers is to remove the starter and the upper intake. My thought process was, if we are taking off the upper, may as well use that time to go ahead and do all the spark plugs since they are easy to get to. Not only that, may as well do the lower intake and a radiator flush as well, you know, since we're in there.
So, one thing led to another, and there we were.
Here are some pics, and of course, some narration.
This is an older pic, but this is more or less how we started the day.
Got the essentials out, you know, a magnet bowl and some shop towels. Also, removed the strut tower brace.
Draining the radiator
Before we touched anything else.
Custom method to hold the intake tube out of the way, as well as the thermostat housing.
Coaxing the intake out. Pretty easy overall.
That was a cake walk.
Here is a side by side of the old intake next to the new one. You can definitely see the difference in porting. Super Six claims a pretty healthy gain in CFM from this.
With the intake off, it was time to start pulling coils and changing plugs, and of course cleaning up some of that dirt.
56,000 Mile platinum, next to the nice new Iridium.
Since our last update, we have done a few things. Around Christmas time, we went ahead and popped an aluminum 1-piece drive shaft in. This helps with safety, and shaves about 18 pounds of rotating mass. Only thing that hurts is the price tag!
No pics of that install unfortunately.
Then, we took the car to a couple events:
However, this past weekend, January 21, 2017 is where the fun began.
Finally pulled the trigger on some ported intakes for the car from Super Six Motorsports. Tom is still the man, he is super helpful and still remembered me from way back when!
There was a slight leak from the header on the passenger side, and it was irritating. The real trick to tackling the headers is to remove the starter and the upper intake. My thought process was, if we are taking off the upper, may as well use that time to go ahead and do all the spark plugs since they are easy to get to. Not only that, may as well do the lower intake and a radiator flush as well, you know, since we're in there.
So, one thing led to another, and there we were.
Here are some pics, and of course, some narration.
This is an older pic, but this is more or less how we started the day.
Got the essentials out, you know, a magnet bowl and some shop towels. Also, removed the strut tower brace.
Draining the radiator
Before we touched anything else.
Custom method to hold the intake tube out of the way, as well as the thermostat housing.
Coaxing the intake out. Pretty easy overall.
That was a cake walk.
Here is a side by side of the old intake next to the new one. You can definitely see the difference in porting. Super Six claims a pretty healthy gain in CFM from this.
With the intake off, it was time to start pulling coils and changing plugs, and of course cleaning up some of that dirt.
56,000 Mile platinum, next to the nice new Iridium.
Of course, there's more:
After pulling the lower. Sorry no pics of this! The hardest part is the crossover pipe on the back, the little clip that holds it on is a but cumbersome. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, it came right off.
A side by side of the new lower compared to the new one. I'll let you guess which is which.
With the intakes off, it was time to do some cleaning. Not pictured, we pulled the fuel rail and cleaned each injector individually, re-oiled their O-rings, and cleaned the rail. Also, the guy in this picture is a STUD!
The new lower, in its' place!
At this point, we decided to raise the car a bit more to help getting to the headers like I mentioned earlier. Also, look, [MENTION=11091]atlanticblue98[/MENTION] showed up to play!
Not high enough to get comfortable with that creeper unfortunately!
The struggle of loosening the starter bolts! No room to work, and of course they were put on by the hand of God.
Jolly helping out to snug the header down. It was loose exactly where I suspected, and without removing all this crap, we would have never been able to touch the last two bolts!
The nice new upper in place!
Connecting all the hoses and sensors. One of my coworkers also showed up to help!
The last step: adding coolant.
We took a video of it all started up, bear in mind it's a 3.7L DOHC V6. It is prone to rasp, but I think we have done a really good job of mitigating that and making the car sound pretty throaty!
https://m.flickr.com/photos/2013mca/31641689933/play/
The car feels a lot stronger. Everything seems to operate more smoothly and happily.
Planning to take it to Test N Tune tonight to see if we can break our current record of a 13.9. Not bad for a 30 MPG convertible daily driver at full weight (actually more than factory if you count those heavy wheels!)
The butt dyno can feel the mods, so I'm hoping it pans out on the track!
Thanks for looking
After pulling the lower. Sorry no pics of this! The hardest part is the crossover pipe on the back, the little clip that holds it on is a but cumbersome. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, it came right off.
A side by side of the new lower compared to the new one. I'll let you guess which is which.
With the intakes off, it was time to do some cleaning. Not pictured, we pulled the fuel rail and cleaned each injector individually, re-oiled their O-rings, and cleaned the rail. Also, the guy in this picture is a STUD!
The new lower, in its' place!
At this point, we decided to raise the car a bit more to help getting to the headers like I mentioned earlier. Also, look, [MENTION=11091]atlanticblue98[/MENTION] showed up to play!
Not high enough to get comfortable with that creeper unfortunately!
The struggle of loosening the starter bolts! No room to work, and of course they were put on by the hand of God.
Jolly helping out to snug the header down. It was loose exactly where I suspected, and without removing all this crap, we would have never been able to touch the last two bolts!
The nice new upper in place!
Connecting all the hoses and sensors. One of my coworkers also showed up to help!
The last step: adding coolant.
We took a video of it all started up, bear in mind it's a 3.7L DOHC V6. It is prone to rasp, but I think we have done a really good job of mitigating that and making the car sound pretty throaty!
https://m.flickr.com/photos/2013mca/31641689933/play/
The car feels a lot stronger. Everything seems to operate more smoothly and happily.
Planning to take it to Test N Tune tonight to see if we can break our current record of a 13.9. Not bad for a 30 MPG convertible daily driver at full weight (actually more than factory if you count those heavy wheels!)
The butt dyno can feel the mods, so I'm hoping it pans out on the track!
Thanks for looking
