5.4 2V Single Turbo Project

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Long story short this is my Best buddy's car, He never really gets on the Forums so i figured i would put his car out there for you guys to check out.After a few inconsistent runs at the track and the clutch letting go he grabbed the built 4R70W w/ 3000 stall out of the Cobra when i parted it out.Had a few issues along the way and just got the valve body issue sorted out today, as well as dropping down from a 76mm to a 70mm turbo with a slightly smaller exhaust housing.With the 5 Speed the car had a little trouble building boost out of the hole or in 1st gear for that matter but still manged a few solid passes in the 11.9-12.9 area.

Car is full weight daily drive-able street car with a/c Power steering etc etc

Here is a Video of it on the Dyno as well as a little test pass on the street. At 15 Psi it laid down 522-650 by the end of the Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KsnWA-UYRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_H3dRU4xJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P4l5zJLvNM

That weekend we took it to the track to see what it could do, had some boost and traction issues but the car still did well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKMoisNT2HU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zw3T_sNwus

Since then the car has had The 4R70W installed with 3000rpm stall, UPR Tubular A arms installed, Front Sway bar Removed and he picked up a set of front runners.

Here is some video i took while riding along @ 12-13 PSI.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfU2TIbQAgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsraYyrpBPA

Plans are to hit the Track this Friday with a little more boost and see if we can manage getting kicked out for not having a cage:thumbsup:
 
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Here are a few recent pictures.
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What a monster. That car looks like such a blast. I've always wanted to ride in a turboe'd auto.
 

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love the coolant tank relocation!





seriously, thats a great ride, Frank. Tell your buddy we're impressed. I'm glad you guys are working on getting some more consistency out of it.
 

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Bad ass combo for sure , I love turbo cars
 
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What a monster. That car looks like such a blast. I've always wanted to ride in a turboe'd auto.
Boosted Auto cars just never stop pulling, it never gets old!

love the coolant tank relocation!





seriously, thats a great ride, Frank. Tell your buddy we're impressed. I'm glad you guys are working on getting some more consistency out of it.
You like that Chris, I like to pass on some of my creativity!

Hahah hopefully we don't get kicked out this Friday and I can get some video :)
 
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Custom made on the cheap, went to a smaller turbo because the 76mm with .98 exhaust housing made almost no boost in 1st out of the hole.

Yea that might have changed with the new auto and stall and two step but he decided to drop down a little.I want to say the exhaust is a .68 or somthing now ill have to check.

Here is a underside shot of the car. Open downpipe right now but it will get a full exhaust one of these days. Luckly were in Florida and can get away with no exhaust lol.
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Such a wicked combo turbo is the way to go
 

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What gears is he running? That could have been a factor. Did he make those number on stock heads/cams? What rpm did power drop off?

I really like his setup. It gets me all excited hahaha...
 
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What gears is he running? That could have been a factor. Did he make those number on stock heads/cams? What rpm did power drop off?

I really like his setup. It gets me all excited hahaha...

Motors almost 100% stock out of a expedition, factory forged crank helps and it has a set of H beams and forged pistons all stock specs.

When on the dyno I can't remember, he made quite a few pulls but the guy didn't give us a print out.And I got tired of running over to the screen to see what it did.I do know the shift points are around 5800-6k and it feels like its the sweet spot.
It was on a in ground mustang dyno though. Gears are 3.31s

Car was on the dyno at 15psi, i think were gona try out 18psi this friday
 
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Yea its doing great for a home budget built car, He wants to get after a 10sec pass. As is with some more boost but idk if it will happen just yet.

I try to talk him into gutting it because I can get a good half a secound worth of weight off the car but he won't give up any creature comforts...
 
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Well we made it out to the track last night, but was not aware that they had a Grudge racing event going on. We thought it was the basic test and tune Friday night so they were open from 6-11:30 and we only got to make two passes and had tranny/tune issues on both passes :(
We plan to get back out there sometime soon to work the bugs out. But on top of working the bugs out.The 3000k Stall that I think was rated for 400hp didn't live to long and we had to pull it the other night so now the cars running a stock junk converter and were back to building 0 Boost out of the hole and are still currently running on low boost until we get the transmission shifting correctly.

Here is a in car GoPro Video of the 12.7 @ 116 Pass with a garbage 2.x 60'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xGZ_ZV7tAg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Another Gopro Outside of the car, giving his buddy with a Bolt-On Gt a 2 sec headstart. Fast Forward to 4Mins in the video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOCLrqxNAo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Here is some camera phone video I took of both runs.
12.7 @ 116
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HvIMHMbyU4

12.3 @ 118
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWnuhTqrCjg
 

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