2012 GT Track Car Build Thread

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I forgot to add while I was adding the S550 PP brakes I also added ARP 3" wheel studs.

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I was going to need the 3" ARP Studs to run 25mm spacers up front, so I could run 19x11 at all 4 corners. Would need those because I ordered 4 of these guys. 4-19x11 GT7 Wheels.

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I can't remember where I got the idea from.........
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Although I was pretty worried when I get boxes that show up like this:

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But luckily there was not a scratch on them.

Mocked up:
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Ok now we are into the start of last month! One of the few last things I wanted to do before the track season started was add some actual useful gauges. Oil pressure, oil temp, and water temp were the main ones I wanted to have considering the factory gauges are lacking in those departments. I wanted to have some data to compare to later in the year when I add a larger radiator, and a oil cooler setup. I was also looking for gauges with warning lights as well. I ended up going with Innovative gauges. One is a oil pressure, and temp gauge (Innovate Motorsports part # 3913), and the other is a Water temp / voltmeter gauge (Innovate Motorsports 3853). My plan was to buy a sandwich plate with ports for the oil temp, and pressure gauges, and use the engine block heater port on the drivers side of the engine for the engine temp. I also bought a single A pillar gauge pod, and a Roush vent pod to keep them mostly in drivers view.

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Gauges come with white, or black faces. I ended up choosing the white faces. Easier to see/read for me.

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Water temp sending unit with brass reducer 3/4 male npt to 1/4 female npt:

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Installed in the block:

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Now here is where I would have the rest of the install pics, but I had ordered this stuff right before the Covid-19 stuff started shutting things down. So now with 4 out of the 5 track days I had signed up for canceled, I decided to just go all in on the rest of the mods I had planned for to help engine longevity. I was going to do a Setrab oil cooler, larger radiator, oil pump/timing gears later this year, but with nothing happening for a while I decided to just do them now. I wouldn't have before, and after data for the oil, and coolant temps, but I was going to add those items anyways at some point. And since I currently had the K-member out it made the job a "little" easier. Also in the name of trying to help the engine last I ordered a Moroso steel road race pan......along with a bunch of other stuff.

BMR rod end lower control arms
BMR K-member to radiator support
HANS device( I already have a SA2015 helmet that I use for Karting that is set up to use the HANS device.
Improved Racing Lines for the oil cooler
06mach1's Setrab Bracket
934 Setrab Oil Cooler
Mishimoto Radiator
Mishimoto Thermostatic Sandwich Plate
Boundry Oil Pump Gears
Boundry Timing Chain Gear
Ford Oil Pump Changing Kit
G&G harmonic Balancer Puller
Moroso Steel Road Race Oil Pan
Airlift Vacuum Kit

Boxes piling up:
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Kinda expensive for a tool you will probably on;y use once, or twice.......but worth it.
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The next post will go into the tear down of the front of the engine, and I also got rid of some weight of the front of the car while I was in there.
 

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What about a 2020 gt500 oil pan and oil pump?

I was actually contemplating it. I had looked for confirmation that it would fit with the BMR K-member in a S197. (I thought it would just didn't want to be the guinea pig in this case), but you were in the same mindset I was in.
 

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I think boundary has Billet gears for the pump already too
 

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So I took quite a bit of pics through this, so some may not have a description to them. I had a few plans that wasn't "installing parts" as well when I started this round of mods. Along the way I wanted to remove some weight. Nothing that couldn't ever be replaced if I felt like it, so no roll cage as of yet...but never say never. Everything I removed can be added back at any point. I made sure not to damage anything along the way. Really though I don't know why. I really should just gut everything, but haven't yet.

Getting the bumper off.
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How could I not make a joke about the car having a pee.

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Getting most of the intake out of the way.

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Draining the rest of the radiator.
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Oh gee whats all this.

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Only removed 24 lbs. I thought it would be more.

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Removing this actually gave me more room for the brake cooling ducts, so win win!

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Continued as I can only post 20 pics per reply:

Condenser, and radiator out.
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Bare
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Valve covers coming off.
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Front cover removed.
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Cams in their timed at 12'O clock position.
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Timing gear, and oil pump removed.
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All timed back up.
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All new gaskets on everything removed.
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I did have to take about .200" off the pickup tube stand off to put me in the right range for pan to pickup clearance. I read that some people dropped it right on, but I measured, and grabbed some clay to double check.
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Still more to update:
 

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So I didn't get a chance to finish getting caught up to where I am at. A lot has happened since my last update in...May! (where did the time go :eek:). I have the Mustang all buttoned up. I was going to get some data logging done, and finish the tune, but we had a wrench thrown into the works. Long story short my wife found out her father has had Parkinson's for the past 2 years, and she wanted to move back to Eastern Oregon to be closer to her parents again. We were living in Tacoma, WA, and it feels like overnight we packed up, put the house up for sale, and made the move. One of the things that sucked about the move was in Tacoma I was 20 min from Pacific Raceways, 50 min from The Ridge Motorsports park (and the new Circuit of the Northwest when it was finished), and 2 hours from Portland International Raceway. Now the closest track is Oregon raceway park 4,1/2 hours away. Miller, and Portland are about 6 hour drives. But the move brought some big pluses my way. Right before we closed on a house here I was driving by the local lot, and saw a 2016 White/Blue stripe GT350 sitting outside, and thought " I wonder if that is a track pack car?" Almost every time I look at a GT350 for sale it is a "tech pack car". I almost bought a white/blue GT350 before I bought my 2012 GT, but everyone still wanted crazy ADM's at the time. Turns out it was a track pack car. With just 17,000 miles on it, Asked, and had a couple of the great members on here check a Oasis for me, and had no prior problems, so I went and picked it up the day after we closed on the house.


Dealer Pic:

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Home:

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The other big plus is in Tacoma(liberal land), I only had a 2 car garage, and absolutely no room to build a shop, or even add on to the garage if I wanted to. Well My wife, and I found a place that has a 2 car garage, and a 50'x30' shop!!!!! Really I was sold on this place the minute I saw the shop. The shop does need some work. It is un-insulated, and had 4 light bulbs to light the place. So after ALOT of cleaning on the inside, I have added LED shop lighting, framed the interior walls for insulation. I have insulated the celling, but still need to get the walls insulated(so many hobbies/things I keep working on). I have also added a 24k BTU Mini Split heat pump. I also have built a loft of sorts for it as well.


Sellers photo from the listing (sellers belongings)

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You cannot tell how much dirt was inside this thing before I cleaned it in preparation for the framing. Holy hell. But here are some build(ish) pics:


Led Lights in, beginning framing.

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I still need to update this thread to where the 2012 GT is currently at. To be 100% honest I am not going to mod the GT350 that much ( I mean it this time). It has been nice so far to take my wife, and daughter out, and be able to take one of my fun cars for once. And also the GT350 does everything REALLY well. No track test yet, but for factory street tires it has pretty amazing front grip, and turn in. I just hated the clutch at first. I put in a steeda spring, and I still didn't like it. I now have no spring in it, and now I like it. So far I have installed some Steeda full length jacking rails, a Ford passenger side air/oil separator, bought a few oil filters, and a bunch of 5-50, some vinyl badge stuff, a new no-oil air filter (they had a K&N oil one on it, and it is caked in oil....someone went WAY overboard with the K&N oil). I have the Caliperfixation studs, just need to install them, and maybe a resonator delete are in the cards soon as well. LOVE the Recaro seats(I think this is the first time I have said that about a Mustang). Even my wife liked them, and that's saying something. Anyways enough rambling for now, and will update on the 2012 GT soon.
 

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So I am trying to bring the thread up to where the car currently is at. Before I moved away from Tacoma I had the car buttoned up, and running. Finishing up the front timing I installed the Setrab, and all the supporting mods like the thermostatic plate, and gauges. Here are some pics of the rest of those mods.


BMR K-Member going back in. In case anyone is going to run the Moroso road race oil pan with a BMR K-member. The BMR brace (shown attached below, that bolts to the inner lower control arm locations) will not fit with the Moroso pan.


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Setrab, and Setrab bracket mounted.


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Mishimoto radiator in. A future mod is to box in the radiator/oil cooler. This seems to really help the coyote's out in the track cars I see that have done it.


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Airlift is awesome, wish I would have known about them earlier. Draws a vacuum in the system first. Let it sit for a while to establish that you have no leaks in the system. Then run a secondary line into your coolant bucket (I used a new 5 gallon home depot bucket. You cannot switch between containers or else it will draw air into the system, so mix up your coolant into a bucket that has more than you will need). It literally fills in seconds.


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Thermostatic plate, oil lines, sensors:


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Priming the oil system with the weed sprayer method. My first time using this method. Super easy.


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Primed the system till oil came out the tensioner (you can see oil between the links)


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All buttoned up in the engine bay:


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Don't mind the wiring at this time, was programming the gauges while I was waiting on one of the gauge pods still.


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After a short break in drive:


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Hell yeah.

Shitty about the tracks being further away, but that shop is a huge plus. I'm sure the cost of living is quite a bit less than Tacoma as well.

4.5-6 hours isn't too bad, you could buy an older motor home with an enclosed trailer to drag the car and camp for the weekend.
 

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Just read the whole thread, awesome project, really jelous of the shop too
Thank you Sir. Ya the shop is defiantly a step up from my 2 car garage.

Hell yeah.

Shitty about the tracks being further away, but that shop is a huge plus. I'm sure the cost of living is quite a bit less than Tacoma as well.

4.5-6 hours isn't too bad, you could buy an older motor home with an enclosed trailer to drag the car and camp for the weekend.

Cost of living has come up here recently. I see alot of people commuting to Boise, so the housing market has gone up a bit. I was just about to stop, and look at a trailer yesterday (nothing special). I have a 2001 Ram 1500 5.9. I will have to see it handles towing it to tracks.
 

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So just a small update. I am loosing it with cabin fever now that I have moved back to Eastern, OR. One of the only good things about Western, WA was that winters were really mild. The kart tracks were pretty much open to practice year around. Hell we even raced while it was snowing in the winter series.

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Here everything(Karting) is closed, and I believe has openings in March. ☹ . Utah Motorsports Campus is now on the list of tracks that are close enough for me (6 hours). Oregon Raceway Park(4-1/2 hours), Portland International(6 hours), The Ridge Motorsports Park(7-1/2 hours) are still on my lists of "local" places. Long term bucket track is of course Laguna Seca, and then COTA. I have begun looking at trailers to trailer the car. Nothing amazing, just a 16-18' flatbed car hauler to get me there, and back. Also I was able to knock the Diff venting out right before me moved as well. Since we moved I haven't changed anything. My upcoming "plans" for the car besides the #1 plan of just getting on track are:



Ford Racing Steering wheel, with quick disconnect (I have to fold myself to get into the seat at the moment)

Fire Extinguisher, and mount (already have them, just need to install)

Brake Temp stickers (already have them, just need to install)

Fix some seatbelt harness issues

Remove airbags (insert we die like men bumper sticker here)



Oh and add some SVTP stickers down the side. I got this one with my premium membership, but I will need at least one more for the car. @SID297 how can I purchase a couple more of these?

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Anyways, on to the breather. I started with a Allstar Performance breather can. Figured out what the axle vent tube threads were on mine (they seem to have changed the threads through the years it seems). Added silicon tubing, and a little heat shielding as well. One thing that blew me away is I took the breather vent off to match the threads, and there was air pressure inside the axle! Obviously the "vent" was clogged. Mind you the car had been sitting for a few months, and it still had built up air pressure. While I was ordering parts for the breather I put the factory breather back in, and went for a really short 1-2 mile drive, and a few days later when I went to install all the new breather stuff it had built up air pressure again, just in that really short drive! After we were all moved to Eastern, OR I have had it out a little, and mind you I wasn't on track with the temps that will come with track driving, but I didn't notice any gear oil smells so far.



Allstar Catch can:

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I don't have any really good pics of the axle attachment right now, but here are how I have the lines ran to accommodate axle movement.



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Added heat shielding since it was pretty close to the mufflers. not sure if needed, but would rather not worry about it:

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Easy to service. Looking back from the front seats into the trunk:

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So just a small update. I am loosing it with cabin fever now that I have moved back to Eastern, OR. One of the only good things about Western, WA was that winters were really mild. The kart tracks were pretty much open to practice year around. Hell we even raced while it was snowing in the winter series.

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Here everything(Karting) is closed, and I believe has openings in March. ☹ . Utah Motorsports Campus is now on the list of tracks that are close enough for me (6 hours). Oregon Raceway Park(4-1/2 hours), Portland International(6 hours), The Ridge Motorsports Park(7-1/2 hours) are still on my lists of "local" places. Long term bucket track is of course Laguna Seca, and then COTA. I have begun looking at trailers to trailer the car. Nothing amazing, just a 16-18' flatbed car hauler to get me there, and back. Also I was able to knock the Diff venting out right before me moved as well. Since we moved I haven't changed anything. My upcoming "plans" for the car besides the #1 plan of just getting on track are:



Ford Racing Steering wheel, with quick disconnect (I have to fold myself to get into the seat at the moment)

Fire Extinguisher, and mount (already have them, just need to install)

Brake Temp stickers (already have them, just need to install)

Fix some seatbelt harness issues

Remove airbags (insert we die like men bumper sticker here)



Oh and add some SVTP stickers down the side. I got this one with my premium membership, but I will need at least one more for the car. @SID297 how can I purchase a couple more of these?

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Anyways, on to the breather. I started with a Allstar Performance breather can. Figured out what the axle vent tube threads were on mine (they seem to have changed the threads through the years it seems). Added silicon tubing, and a little heat shielding as well. One thing that blew me away is I took the breather vent off to match the threads, and there was air pressure inside the axle! Obviously the "vent" was clogged. Mind you the car had been sitting for a few months, and it still had built up air pressure. While I was ordering parts for the breather I put the factory breather back in, and went for a really short 1-2 mile drive, and a few days later when I went to install all the new breather stuff it had built up air pressure again, just in that really short drive! After we were all moved to Eastern, OR I have had it out a little, and mind you I wasn't on track with the temps that will come with track driving, but I didn't notice any gear oil smells so far.



Allstar Catch can:

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I don't have any really good pics of the axle attachment right now, but here are how I have the lines ran to accommodate axle movement.



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Added heat shielding since it was pretty close to the mufflers. not sure if needed, but would rather not worry about it:

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Easy to service. Looking back from the front seats into the trunk:

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