Hey guys,
I've been out of the game for a few years...
I live up near Flint, Michigan. Car will be out at Roadkill Nights on Saturday at M1 Concourse in Pontiac and on Mustang Alley at the Dream Cruise next week!
History includes:
-2004 3.8 V6 Coupe base 5-speed with Cobra IRS, Comp Orange, staggered 17" & 18" FR500s and bolt-ons - 15.07@99
-2011 3.7 V6 Coupe base 6-speed with 18" '09 GT500 take-off wheels & tires, bolt-ons & tune - 13.76@105
-1990 5.0 LX Hatch 5-speed with 17x9" square Bullitts, 6-point cage, Corbeau GT seats, no-name harnesses, SFCs, tubular K-member, tubular LCAs, fat solid swaybars at both ends, and H&Rs & Tokicos
Well, I got that last one back last week. Haven't owned it in four years and couldn't be happier to have it back.
It's a Twilight blue, 66k mile example that has not had the engine opened yet.
Engine modifications include BBK long tubes, O/R H-pipe, SLP LM2 resonators, full MSD 6AL, MSD blaster coil, MSD distro & TFI module, and MSD wires, BBK CAI, Cobra HD clutch & T-5 trans, and aluminum 1-piece driveshaft that I can tell.
So far, I've removed the rear sway bar and have exchanged the seats for '96 GT convertible leathers. Reasoning? I'm a big dude, the seats were the right price, and the Corbeaus are far too narrow for my frame. Yes, they're already spoken for. Rear sway bar removal made the rear end totally predictable. Before it would quite uncertainly lock and unlock the rear diff, and was so stiff that the car would lift inside tire on corners. It had to go.
Alternator gave out Sunday night after an autocross event, so I have a 140 amp and new power wire to install this afternoon once I'm home. The original 75 amp doesn't like the electric fan + heat + lights + A/C on the drive home from the event.
Certainly explains (from research) the horrible higher RPM break-up I was experiencing at the end of my race day and on the way home. Car hadn't done it before that point.
Pictures to enjoy. Mods to follow.
Photos attached because Photobucket went south.
I've been out of the game for a few years...
I live up near Flint, Michigan. Car will be out at Roadkill Nights on Saturday at M1 Concourse in Pontiac and on Mustang Alley at the Dream Cruise next week!
History includes:
-2004 3.8 V6 Coupe base 5-speed with Cobra IRS, Comp Orange, staggered 17" & 18" FR500s and bolt-ons - 15.07@99
-2011 3.7 V6 Coupe base 6-speed with 18" '09 GT500 take-off wheels & tires, bolt-ons & tune - 13.76@105
-1990 5.0 LX Hatch 5-speed with 17x9" square Bullitts, 6-point cage, Corbeau GT seats, no-name harnesses, SFCs, tubular K-member, tubular LCAs, fat solid swaybars at both ends, and H&Rs & Tokicos
Well, I got that last one back last week. Haven't owned it in four years and couldn't be happier to have it back.
It's a Twilight blue, 66k mile example that has not had the engine opened yet.
Engine modifications include BBK long tubes, O/R H-pipe, SLP LM2 resonators, full MSD 6AL, MSD blaster coil, MSD distro & TFI module, and MSD wires, BBK CAI, Cobra HD clutch & T-5 trans, and aluminum 1-piece driveshaft that I can tell.
So far, I've removed the rear sway bar and have exchanged the seats for '96 GT convertible leathers. Reasoning? I'm a big dude, the seats were the right price, and the Corbeaus are far too narrow for my frame. Yes, they're already spoken for. Rear sway bar removal made the rear end totally predictable. Before it would quite uncertainly lock and unlock the rear diff, and was so stiff that the car would lift inside tire on corners. It had to go.
Alternator gave out Sunday night after an autocross event, so I have a 140 amp and new power wire to install this afternoon once I'm home. The original 75 amp doesn't like the electric fan + heat + lights + A/C on the drive home from the event.
Certainly explains (from research) the horrible higher RPM break-up I was experiencing at the end of my race day and on the way home. Car hadn't done it before that point.
Pictures to enjoy. Mods to follow.
Photos attached because Photobucket went south.
