SLORIDE,the never ending build

[BLCKSTNG96]

i never posted a build thread anywhere and ive had my car 11 yrs now and its gone thru a ton of changes so i figured id post stuff from throughout the years and then just continue on where it currently is now.

well this is the closest pic i can find to when i first got the car,it pretty much looked the same but had factory fender emblems,stock lights and chrome/mirror tint instead of 5%,that car was all stock when i got it and 4yrs old.

the next pic i could find was quite a few stages later but i seemed to have lost some pics over the yrs.here is when it was lowered with intrax springs offroad prochamber,mac catback tint,cobra lights,s281 wing,cobra rr hood and mach 1 wheels.thats right,been sporting my s281 wing and cobra rr hood since 2003 lol.

here is the car with ford original y2k wheels on it.it was pretty dirty in this pic as it was sitting quite a while with the stock motor blown up

skipping ahead some more time i decided to paint that cars top half silver about 2005 and at this time it also had a 2002 pi motor in it with longtubes,same exhaust setup but shorty prochamber,minor bolt ons,racing seats which i soon changed out for factory 2002 leather.

then i bought the fr500 wheels for it,still with stock hood here as i was fixing the cobra rr

then with the hood and nissan maxima HIDs

at this point in time i drove the car for a while and again,another motor bites the dust,spun a rod bearing a drove it til the rod went thru the side of the block then the bigger overhaul began in 2007.theres lots that was done and lots spent up to this time i just am giving the quick overview of it all lol.

 

[BLCKSTNG96]

at this point i ditched the stock bumper for a stalker not pictured yet,ditched the old repaired hood for a brand new one and ditched the drivetrain,interior,suspension and pretty much everything on the car

 

[BLCKSTNG96]

next was the teardown and buildup

the motor MMR stroker mod 950,fox lake stage 2 heads with additional work,titanium rtainers with crower springs,at this point a bbk upper with pi lower,canton 7qt pain,windage tray,mmr high voulme oil pump,vt stage 2 n/a cams,mac ceramic coated longtubes and so on

 

[BLCKSTNG96]

i also did the interior at this time with 2004 cobra seats and a brand new carpet,along the way i also modified the center console for the 98 cupholder.

at this point in time when all was reassembled the car sat as pictured

then the hood flew up on my before i could even have it painted

i then bought a new hood and painted the bumper,hood and mirror that was taken out by the hood as well as replace the windshield and this is the night i was leaving for mustang week

a picture someone took while i was at mustang week,i found online

taken while in myrtle beach

 

[BLCKSTNG96]

then while in myrtle beach 2 days before i was supposed to leave,i broke a valve spring and had to get the car towed all the way back to nj.i rented a tow dolly and uhaul truck and drove it all the way back.at this point i was fed up with the car so it sat for a full year before i decided to do any work to it.at this point i believe it is 2009 and i took the heads off the motor and pulled it back out of the car to have them sent to fox lake to have them fully checked out,turned out a had numerous leaking valves and my springs were shot,i had all the springs replaced and the heads had all new valves put in as well as a deck and valve job.

while it was all apart i decided to sand and paint the engine bay,get maximum motorsport CC

 

[BLCKSTNG96]

While it was apart at this time i decided to sand and paint the engine bay,get maximum motorsports cc plates,bilstein front and rear shocks/struts,swap to mph kenne bell blower cams and degree the cams,swap to stainless steel pypes longtubes and some other things

 

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[BLCKSTNG96]

now we are pretty much up to speed and the current project was the kenne bell install with the boost a pump,60lb injectors,custom made fuel rails,automter c2 electric fuel,oil and boost gauge and an aem wideband.still finishing up my custom cold air setup and my gauge wiring

these were 97 cobra rails that i cut the mounting points off of as well as the crossover lines and made my own of each.

here is what the lower blower manifold looked like before i port matched/gasket matched it to to my heads.the head ports are the exact same size as the full opening on the gasket to give you an idea how much they are off.

i also drilled and tapped the intake for the cooling mod so the back 2 driver side cylinders do not have high temp stagnant coolant,it now runs back up to the crossover.

 

[hndaklr]

Cool build man, the 2 tone looks killer !!!!

 

[BLCKSTNG96]

here is the video of the car running,i still have my fair share of work id like to get done to it before it gets tuned but since im now up to speed i will start taking more pics of each and everything i do.

 

[stingracer]

Looks great, nice ride :headbang:

 

[red95r]

Very nice. I'm surprised you just didn't DOHC it by now. This cooling mod, what is that? Does it just concern your new KB?

 

[BLCKSTNG96]

i hate DOHC motors compared to SOHC,my main issue is i can not stand how they sound at idle with the gargle,it just annoys me and id rather go 2valve and not jump on the 4v swap wagon.i always liked that ppl think its a 96 2v its super slow,so thats what i love about it lol.the thought of going 4v never even crossed my mind,ill always be 2valve. the cooling mod concerns any 4.6,more so DOHC but with a power adder anyone should look into it.the coolant has nowhere to go at the back of the driver head,it just sits there uncirculated and makes the 2 rear cylinders run hotter which in turn you have to pull more timing on them.what i did was drill and tap where the coolant port goes on the intake,ran a pipe up to a 90 fitting and ran a hose back to the front of the coolant crossover.ill try and get some pics of it when im back at my shop so you can see what i did.pretty simple thing to do.

 

[red95r]

wow yeah do. id heard of it on termis but not our sohcs

 

[vermilion]

can you show a picture of the area on the intake. i have the RR intake maifold and thought about doing this mod. i just dont see it in pictures.

 

[BLCKSTNG96]

Sure will man,ill snap a few today

 

[Mrstangerbanger]

Super sweet stanger banger

Great build keep the pics coming

 

[Woody6799]

love your ride... nice build

 

[BLCKSTNG96]

thanks for all the kinda words,i appreciate it.i will post from now on with pics whenever i have them.

 

[vermilion]

if you blend the injector boss more and remove the slope i think you could get some more flow. also at the opposite side of the injector where the runner flows into the the cylinder head changing the radius to a round lip would change airflow passing through.