what is the exhaust setup?
what cam you running?
what cam you running?
Do you have a very fast Mach 1?
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sweet car but kind of wish it was a 4v still....
Isn't it kinda stupid to start building a car like this with a mach instead of a v6 roller?
sounds mean as hell though!
Weight and power.
It's the old Ford Motorsport shorties with a custom header back that originally came with the car from the original builders. As soon as I have a window it's going for 1-7/8" custom LT's with a side exit Dr. Gas Boom Tube.
Cam's top secret! ;-)
The car started life as a BIW.
It's down right deafening! :dw:
you ruined a perfectly good mach 1....JMO though
You can't spank C6-Z06 and ZR-1 Corvettes like redheaded stepchildren with a Mach! ;-)
It's the old Ford Motorsport shorties with a custom header back that originally came with the car from the original builders. As soon as I have a window it's going for 1-7/8" custom LT's with a side exit Dr. Gas Boom Tube.
Cam's top secret! ;-)
Top secret! C'mon...sounds good i suspect custom grind but from who..:shrug:
Cam's top secret! ;-)
Top secret! C'mon...sounds good i suspect custom grind but from who..:shrug:
Sooo what does BIW mean?
It sounds evil, I love it. Who cares what the heart is.
It sounds evil, I love it. Who cares what the heart is.
BIW = Body In White
Or in this case, Body in Blue. (Ford engineers have the ability to pull strings here and there)
Yeah, that's a Terminator bumper!
She's going to the track (not the 1,320') at the end of the month and I will hopefully be shooting some vids!
Stay tuned!
op:
To tell you the truth, the cat can't quite be let out of the bag yet! ;-)
But initial target weight sans driver is going to be 2,500# WITH an IRS. Push rod stroker 347 power plant with a Tremec 5 spd. F-R weight distribution is going to be approx 51-49%.
The car is a road race car as mentioned above and it will flat out embarass a C6-Z06 when I'm done with it!
boooo pics or ban
hahaha j/k. can't wait to see the monster behind the blue skin
boooo pics or ban
The car ended up a little heavier than I had hoped. It's at about 2,660# dry. I do plan on pulling approximately 80# or so additional weight out of it.
Here's the first dyno run:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKqyzZ7lX0k"]YouTube - Secret Weapon Dyno with captions[/ame]
Enjoy!
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BIW = Body In White
Or in this case, Body in Blue. (Ford engineers have the ability to pull strings here and there)
Yeah, that's a Terminator bumper!
She's going to the track (not the 1,320') at the end of the month and I will hopefully be shooting some vids!
Stay tuned!
DAMN....talk about a stripped car. Hey at least whoever stole everything outta it replaced the bumper with a termi bumper hahahaha
DAMN....talk about a stripped car. Hey at least whoever stole everything outta it replaced the bumper with a termi bumper hahahaha
It also has a Termi hood on it now. So it's technically not exactly a Mach I anymore. That's just how the shell started out.
lol..so according to paper its a mach 1 but in actuality it'll be whatever u want it to be. niiice
i know of one that can
wait let me ask one question. Now I'm not trying to flame you or bash your project in anyway, but why didn't u just buy a V/6 stang and strip that and then leave the mach alone?
a Body In White is a shell that did not pass the Ford quality control specs. It was intended to be a Mach 1, but because of some imperfections, it was never fully built. So the resulting shell of a car, or Body In White, is sold to racers. The OP never bought a full out mach 1, he simply bought a mach 1 shell with no running gear, engine, or interior. If memory serves me right, either 5.0 or MMFF magazine did a whole buildup of a body in white mach 1, a couple of years ago. do a web search and you will probably find the whole article online. Please stop thinking the OP ruined a perfectly good limited edition mach 1.
:-D
Correct you are. This car is a stripped sheetmetal shell directly out of the dip and paint booth. No engine, no suspension, no insulation, no wiring, no bumpers, no hood, no nothing!
This saves racers a boat load of time stripping all of the unecessary crap out of car so it's nice and light to race.
Normally these are always BIW's. But the Ford employees that built this car requested a blue Mach shell.
FWIW
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I never said he did. I was just curious. Whetehr he would have stripped an original mach 1 down or not thats the OP decision.
But thanx BigRed for explaining. I didn't know what that meant. I never heard the term before.:beer:
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