This car is fully sorted and needs nothing. It has silky smooth, stock drivability with 1000+rwhp on demand. It made 1101 rwhp w/a VMP Gen 3R in 2020. Dyno sheet available. It now has an improved, VMP Odin supercharger with Secret Sauce. It's pullied for 1 lb more boost than it made with the Gen...
This supercharger made 1101 rwhp on my car, through a 6R80 transmission. It could make 1200+ spun harder and on an engine like mine with cams.
It has been a lot of fun and given me no problems.
The Gen 3R is very versatile. It can make as low as 600-700 rwhp on pump gas for stock Gen 1...
19x11 (+56) square - Forgestar CF5's
295/35 Falken RT660's (SCCA Solo legal)
Ford Racing Hubs w/ARP studs
OP Mustang hubcentric spacers (16mm)
Alignment: -2.6*/-2.7* camber, 7* caster, 0 toe
These are rotatable and have been confirmed to be able to be ran in both directions.
The rear fit...
New wheel/tire post...
19x11 (+56) square - Forgestar CF5's
295/35 Falken RT660's (SCCA Solo legal)
Ford Racing Hubs w/ARP studs
OP Mustang hubcentric spacers (16mm)
Alignment: -2.6*/-2.7* camber, 7* caster, 0 toe
The rear fit is unreal. The wheel almost touches the dust boot of the...
These will fit 07'-14' GT500's...
Velgen Classic Fives 20x9 / 20x10.5
Nitto 555 G2's - 275/35
Nitto 555RII's - 295/35
These wheels are flawless. Approximately 1000-1200 miles on them. I bought them last August. I'm 45 and buy my own tires, so there have been no burnouts. Ha ha.
The front...
I attended my first SCCA Solo test and tune today.
Wow is all I have to say. I had no idea what driving a car 10/10ths was. The things I did out there would get me arrested in seconds on the street. The thing is, I never exceeded 55 mph and have never pushed it so hard, not even close. I...
I had these widened 1" (15x11) and then powdercoated to more closely match the Alumastar fronts. Tires are MT Radial Pros (275/60).
Non beadlock for a better fit. Widened for more contact patch and to flatten the donut sidewall for a better fit and a narrower tire than my normal for a better...
I tried another experiment with Weld wheels (there have been a handful up to now) and got them on the car today.
This time it was an attempt at improving the fit with the standard Weld RTS, 15x10 wheel for S197's. I chose S71's with a black star. P/n: 71MB-510A75A.
The typical S197 with...
With my car being used 99% on the street, I finally came to the conclusion that I'm tired of driving 99% of the time, sacrificing for when I spend 1% of the time at the dragstrip.
I'm going to pull the plug on my goal of going 1.2x in the 60', set a new goal of 1.3's with a more handling...
***Praying I haven't already posted this. I searched and didn't find it.***
Want a block to hold 1300+ without sleeves?
Want to pay less than half of what Ford Racing lists a Gen 3, 5.2 block for? $1680 vs $3650?
Here you go. Ford p/n: GR3Z-6010-F. This is a 19' GT350 block. Ford ships...
Nothing too exciting, but wanted to share a couple photos of the oem unit and one of the replacement. I was advised to get this part replaced (already had clutches/intermediate shaft in it), at my new found power level (1101 rwhp). I'm glad I took that advice. It was definitely on the way...
I posted this on my Facebook group and figured it would be good conversation here, too.
Now that the car season is over for most of us, tell me about your year. What did you do? What did you accomplish? What would you do differently?
For me, here goes:
I had the privilege of spec'ing a...
Oh boy....
So, two weeks ago, I made 1101 rwhp with my new engine.
Well, I came up with the bright idea to take it on a 500 mile road trip. Same pullies from the dyno, just a few degrees less timing. On E85 from the pump.
Here's what happened...
Absolutely nothing! Drove it down...
I dynoed the new engine last week. With Scott Hasty Tuning, it made 1101 rwhp and 839 rwtq at 20.9lbs of boost from the VMP Performance, Gen 3R.
It's very tame, due to the stock converter. Throttle response is razor sharp. Driveabilty with Scott's tune is a-ma-zing. This big throttle body...
I dynoed the new engine last week. With Scott Hasty Tuning, it made 1101 rwhp and 839 rwtq at 20.9lbs of boost from the VMP Performance, Gen 3R.
It's very tame, due to the stock converter. Throttle response is razor sharp. Driveabilty with Scott's tune is a-ma-zing. This big throttle body...
I dynoed the new engine today. With Scott Hasty Tuning, it made 1101 rwhp and 839 rwtq at 20.9lbs of boost from the VMP Performance, Gen 3R!
Engine combination basics:
Gen 3, 5.2 block
Gen 2 heads, ported by Airflow Solutions
Gen 1 Boss 302 cams
Boss 302 crank
Manley H-Tuff rods
Manley...
I've been on Welds for the last year and a half. I forgot how much different and better (in some ways) that street wheels are.
I'll be more likely to get the car out for an overnight somewhere now, as I'll be able to drive in rain and won't have to worry about Alumastars/17" beadlocked RTS's...
Fit:
Fronts are perfect. Rears need to tuck in 1/2" more imo. I don't hate them though, so they'll stay. Velgen did specifically tell me that if I wanted them to tuck in, under the fender lip, I would need to run the 295 tire. Well, the upper shoulder does tuck in, just not be a ton. I may...
I want to give a shout out to VMP Performance.
I've been sitting on an 8 rib conversion for a bit. It went on yesterday with no issues and is ready to support 1xxx rwhp.
The kit includes the following pulleys that will be replaced:
ATI Balancer with 5% overdrive ring
A/c compressor
Grooved...
I ran a boost test this morning of my old engine vs new. Note... I added a +5% overdrive lower with the new setup, which makes the results even better!
Old:
Gen 1 Aluminator
Stock heads/stock cams
BBK 1-3/4" headers
Whipple 170mm mono
VMP Gen 3R, (69mm / stock lower)
dyno pull in 4th
Max...
For Sale:
VMP/Roush lower intake ported by Bret Barber and intercooler brick
Having this and a Gen 2 TVS ported, took my car from 766 to 800 rwhp and torque from 625 to 655. If you are starting with more power than my original 766, your gains will be larger. I've seen gains as high as 70+...
Background: I've owned this car since early 13'. It's mostly a weekend driver. I typically like to add power once a year and then chase an improved timeslip. The basics of it are: VMP Gen 3R / JLT Super Big Air / 6R80 / Stock converter / BMR suspension / Palm Beach Dyno Tuned. Year by year...
Something new coming for the 11'-14' guys, the VMP Performance 163R! It's larger than the "black" mono blade many of us run and just as easy to get dialed in.
Full disclosure, it has taken a couple revisions from Rob Shoemaker of Palm Beach Dyno, just as the black mono blade did, to get it...
Here is what I started with:
BBK 1-3/4" longtubes (I know, but they were used and cheap. [emoji846])
BBK 3" X pipe
Oem over-axles with Dynomax Bullets (23" overall x 3" welded in)
Kooks axle back
My wife and daughter ride in the car regularly and asked if I could quiet it more. So, instead of...