Pretty Proud of my Race Car!

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I am pretty proud of my race car... I have turned it into a street car at this point. The car has gone as fast as 10.76@122 at 5800 ft (9.90s at sealevel), but only once, because the car did not have a cage in it or anything. It also had no exhaust.

This winter I have put a 12 point chromoly cage in the car. I also have put the carpet back in, the door panels and the center console back in. The car now has a passenger seat now too. I have put a 3 inch X pipe on the car with 3inch Mac Flow dumps.

I have always run the car on Sunoco Purple, 110 leaded fuel. It cost 7.15 a gallon this season, and since it is now a street car, I figure i would like to try to get it to run on less octane. I dropped the timing down to 20 degrees total, and put 91 pump gas in it (most we can get at this altitude). Car only has an 8 Gallon fuel cell. It is getting nearly 6.5 MPG, and I have put over 75 miles on the car in the last three days. The car never over heats tranny never gets really warm either.

Sunday I ran in a True Street Class at my race track. Kinda an experiment. It was a roughly 30 mile cruise (half in town stop and go, and half on the highway) and then a 15-30 minute cool down period where the hood could not even be opened. After that it was 3 hot lapped passes, where the motor was not even shut off, all 3 passes were within 10 minutes. Car ran consistent times and decent times for the engine being warmed up. 12.75, 12.71, 12.69, (low-mid 11s at sealevel) all on pump gas without any nitrous. With some nitrous i could have sprayed it into a the tens easy after the cruise, but I don't have a feed line anymore. Still have to buy one.

Here is a video of it on the street. I got to get the speedometer working, but other than that, I wouldn't hesitate driving it anywhere in town. Not enough fuel for a longer drive... Cant wait to get a blower on the car... 10.50s with a few pounds of boost, and 9s on lots of boost all at my altitude! Its in the works right now!

1996 Mustang True Street Car
 

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if you call that a street car then I would have liked to see it before lol. Way loud for my taste, thing is a beast though. $7.15 a gallon though are you insane lol
 
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Awesome car! What kind of tranny does it have?

It has a C4 with a manual valve body, a trans brake, and a 4600 stall... I never got this thing out of the convertor stall when on that street cruise but maybe once...
 

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MustangMatt96GT said:
convertor stall when on that street cruise but maybe once...

hahahaha

Thats great you sould be very happy with numbers like you had so consistant for the extreme conditions of a true street event. That car will get interesting with a blower for sure.

Good job Matt
 

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I like it man. Makes me want a 351 or I wish i could throw a 460 that i found locally into my car. It has been stroked to a 514 CU inch :) 8.22 Liters. I couldn't pass inspection though
 
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DFG_Pimpin said:
You guys don't have access to E85 up there?

We Do... I just dont want to spend the money to convert my carb to E85.. Im a cheap ass
 

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MustangMatt96GT said:
DFG_Pimpin said:
You guys don't have access to E85 up there?

We Do... I just dont want to spend the money to convert my carb to E85.. Im a cheap a*s

finishline is pushing E85 pretty hard lately... they might be a good source of information if you ever change your mind ;-)


nice ride brotha. keep up the good work!
 

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MustangMatt96GT said:
We Do... I just dont want to spend the money to convert my carb to E85.. Im a cheap a*s

yeah, but $2-3 a gallon for E85 versus $7 for race gas and getting similarresults saves you a bunch of money in the end.
 
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DFG_Pimpin said:
MustangMatt96GT said:
We Do... I just dont want to spend the money to convert my carb to E85.. Im a cheap a*s

Agreed... but at this point, if I was able to get the car to run on pump gas, I should be good to go... If it gets a blower, its got to get a blow through carb, so Ill set it up for E85 then

yeah, but $2-3 a gallon for E85 versus $7 for race gas and getting similarresults saves you a bunch of money in the end.
 
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bottlefed97 said:
Nice cage work too man, it looks great

Its where I learned how to tig weld... next one I do will be better i guarantee it... Although this one still should certify to 8.50s
 

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