Winters are long in Northern Ontario, so I was looking for a fun winter project. I had ported the opening of the inlet to better match the adaptor for the bigbore monoblade throttle body, but I thought I would do the rest of the inlet. I know I won't see huge gains because I only did the inlet...
I was looking for a project to do this winter and I thought i would port/polish the inlet on my 3.4 Whipple. I thought it was going to be easy since the inlet is a seperate piece from the rotor housing.
I was wrong.
I got all the bolts out off the inlet, but I could not get it seperated from...
Here is a video of my car on they dyno last weekend. I bought the car in 2010 and slowly modified it over the years. I've changed the blower 4 times, but I haven't touched the clutch Its amazing the stock clutch is holing up with this much power and mileage.
I am running Comp Xtreme energy blower cams 106460 .
https://www.compcams.com/xtreme-energy-r-s-charged-n2o-238-240-hydraulic-roller-cams-ford-4-6-5-4-5-8-modular-4-v.html
They have a more duration than the ones in your motor, but the same lift. Even though I have more duration, I still...
Here is an exhaust comparison video of my Shelby with American racing long tubes/catted x and Stainless works retro exhaust vs my buddy's Shelby with kooks/catted x and borla S type mufflers.
Last year I replaced the O2 sensors with new ones from the dealer. They said the ones for my 2010 were discontinued, but had a replacement sensor.
After I put them in, the car would run good for about 10 seconds, then it would start running poorly for about 20 seconds, then it would clear up...
I sold my 1952 REO 5 ton army truck this weekend. I've owned it for 8 years and I haven't touched it, so it was time to go to someone who could finish it. It hadn't run in about 3 years or moved in about 5, but it only took about 1 hour to get it running....I though that was pretty good lol...