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My Gradual Build (Quest for a Powerful Street GT500, always hungry for more)
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<blockquote data-quote="FordTT500" data-source="post: 13402661" data-attributes="member: 40501"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">Initial Build.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">_______________________________________________</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">I figured that I should start chronicling my 2010 GT500 build. My intentions for this car is to compete in mild drag racing events and roll racing events and be able to drive to and from those events with AC and all amenities in tact. I purchased the car in the beginning of 2011 from an older gentlemen who blew the motor over-reving it. The original block was replaced with a MMR1000 block and the original blower was ditched for a Kenne Bell 2.8H from the original owner. </span></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498554[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]498555[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">When I got the car it had dynoed around 700hp. I enjoyed the car for about 6 months and then I got use to the power and wanted something more and something different. I've always owned turbo cars in the past and I loved that you can control boost through a controller. So my build (for the way I wanted the car) went underway. I chose the Hellion kit because of the less modifications needed to be done to the car and I felt it was truly a bolt-on kit. I upgraded and got the precision 6466 ball bearing turbos.</span></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498556[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]498557[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">I also chose to upgrade the rotating assembly to something more stout so I bought Manley billet rods, MMR2500 Pistons, and a cryo-treated cobra jet crank.</span></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498558[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]498559[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]498560[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">In my heads I upgraded to MMR springs, Ferrea Valves, and Ford GT Supercar cams.</span></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498561[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">I then upgraded my fuel system because I knew the Kenne Bell Boost a pump wasn't going to cut it so I purchased a whole JPC fuel system with Triple walbro 400lph pumps and -8 fuel lines feeding Injector Dynamics ID2000s.</span></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498562[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]498563[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">I had everything assembled and put together with a new BMR K-member hoping to eventually go automatic so I knew I needed more room to relocate the wastegates to fit the auto under the car. </span></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498564[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]498565[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">We had the supercharger off and put a top hat on to see what it would do non compounded.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">We had manual boost controller issues and we didn't want to tackle the AMS1000 yet. The car dynoed 957hp @ 16 lbs of boost with out the supercharger. We could not get the manual boost controller to go past 16 psi (it was probably faulty). The boost came on a little lazy with out the compound setup. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">We then put on the compound setup with out changing the boost controller setting at all it felt like the car made a lot more power but at 35 lbs of boost and the boost kicked on a much sooner.<u> We couldn't get the horsepower reading because the car became really violent on the dyno and we saw wheel spin on the rollers.</u> We needed to dyno the car with bigger tires because we had on street tires. The car gained almost 300 lbs of torque at 4000 rpm with the compound setup. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">The Green was without supercharger the red was compounded. See the difference in midrange torque</span></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498566[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">The car was done right at TX2k event and I took the car out and played with a couple of other high horsepower cars. I enjoyed the car for a little more than 3 months and then I decided that I wanted a little more control out of my setup so I decided to redo my build again but with better components all together and get a stand alone computer to control everything. The hellion kit is a good kit and I felt that it made great power but now I want a more custom kit with better components, room to grow, and better efficiency with out compounding.I also did not want to deal with relocating everything when I decide to go automatic, which is probably real soon. I initially did not want relocate a bunch of FORD OEM parts in the engine bay (hellion was great about that) but now I feel it's needed for what I really want in a turbo kit. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">Auto Adrenaline Performance Did everything here my motor build hellion turbo kit and SCT tune. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"><span style="font-size: 18px">......And so my current build is underway.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"><span style="font-size: 18px">Again.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></p><p>And now with more money in the pit.....</p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>First Purchase of the new project and First Piece of the puzzle.</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">So now my car is at a local shop called D3 Performance Engineering. They specialize in custom fabrication and custom engine management wiring. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">I felt that the Ford ECM was limited in controls and capabilities so I decided to purchase a Pro EFI system with all the accessories. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">All the accessories:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- Pro128 Production ECU Kit </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- Pro128 Plug and Pin Kit with ECU Comm Cable </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- CAN Cable Kit (Leaf Light Cable and DB9 Can adapter) </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- Fuel Pressure Sensor kit </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- Oil pressure sensor kit </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- Nitrous Pressure sensor kit </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- 5bar Map sensor kit </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- Air Temp Sensor with Plug and pins </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- Coolant Sensor with Plug and Pins </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- (x2) - LSU 4.2 O2 Sensor Kit (Sensor and Harness) </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- 5 position I-Boost Switch + Boost control solenoid </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- (x2) - Exhaust Backpressure Sensor kit with 7 bar sensor </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- 4 Channel Ghost Monitor (for wheel speed) </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- Flex fuel sensor kit </span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">- (2) 4 Channel Ignitor Kits </span></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498567[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">Here is the custom harness to connect everything to the car.</span></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498568[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="font-size: 15px">Since the GT500 RPM gauges didn't display high RPM I opted for the racepak IQ3 to monitor anything and everything.</span></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498569[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FordTT500, post: 13402661, member: 40501"] [SIZE="4"] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"] Initial Build. _______________________________________________ I figured that I should start chronicling my 2010 GT500 build. My intentions for this car is to compete in mild drag racing events and roll racing events and be able to drive to and from those events with AC and all amenities in tact. I purchased the car in the beginning of 2011 from an older gentlemen who blew the motor over-reving it. The original block was replaced with a MMR1000 block and the original blower was ditched for a Kenne Bell 2.8H from the original owner. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]498554[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498555[/ATTACH] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][SIZE="4"]When I got the car it had dynoed around 700hp. I enjoyed the car for about 6 months and then I got use to the power and wanted something more and something different. I've always owned turbo cars in the past and I loved that you can control boost through a controller. So my build (for the way I wanted the car) went underway. I chose the Hellion kit because of the less modifications needed to be done to the car and I felt it was truly a bolt-on kit. I upgraded and got the precision 6466 ball bearing turbos.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]498556[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498557[/ATTACH] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][SIZE="4"]I also chose to upgrade the rotating assembly to something more stout so I bought Manley billet rods, MMR2500 Pistons, and a cryo-treated cobra jet crank.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]498558[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498559[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498560[/ATTACH] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][SIZE="4"]In my heads I upgraded to MMR springs, Ferrea Valves, and Ford GT Supercar cams.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]498561[/ATTACH] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][SIZE="4"]I then upgraded my fuel system because I knew the Kenne Bell Boost a pump wasn't going to cut it so I purchased a whole JPC fuel system with Triple walbro 400lph pumps and -8 fuel lines feeding Injector Dynamics ID2000s.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]498562[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498563[/ATTACH] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][SIZE="4"]I had everything assembled and put together with a new BMR K-member hoping to eventually go automatic so I knew I needed more room to relocate the wastegates to fit the auto under the car. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]498564[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498565[/ATTACH] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][SIZE="4"]We had the supercharger off and put a top hat on to see what it would do non compounded. We had manual boost controller issues and we didn't want to tackle the AMS1000 yet. The car dynoed 957hp @ 16 lbs of boost with out the supercharger. We could not get the manual boost controller to go past 16 psi (it was probably faulty). The boost came on a little lazy with out the compound setup. We then put on the compound setup with out changing the boost controller setting at all it felt like the car made a lot more power but at 35 lbs of boost and the boost kicked on a much sooner.[U] We couldn't get the horsepower reading because the car became really violent on the dyno and we saw wheel spin on the rollers.[/U] We needed to dyno the car with bigger tires because we had on street tires. The car gained almost 300 lbs of torque at 4000 rpm with the compound setup. The Green was without supercharger the red was compounded. See the difference in midrange torque[/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]498566[/ATTACH] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][SIZE="4"]The car was done right at TX2k event and I took the car out and played with a couple of other high horsepower cars. I enjoyed the car for a little more than 3 months and then I decided that I wanted a little more control out of my setup so I decided to redo my build again but with better components all together and get a stand alone computer to control everything. The hellion kit is a good kit and I felt that it made great power but now I want a more custom kit with better components, room to grow, and better efficiency with out compounding.I also did not want to deal with relocating everything when I decide to go automatic, which is probably real soon. I initially did not want relocate a bunch of FORD OEM parts in the engine bay (hellion was great about that) but now I feel it's needed for what I really want in a turbo kit. Auto Adrenaline Performance Did everything here my motor build hellion turbo kit and SCT tune. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR="LightBlue"][SIZE="5"]......And so my current build is underway. Again. [/SIZE][/COLOR] And now with more money in the pit..... [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][SIZE="4"] [B]First Purchase of the new project and First Piece of the puzzle.[/B] So now my car is at a local shop called D3 Performance Engineering. They specialize in custom fabrication and custom engine management wiring. I felt that the Ford ECM was limited in controls and capabilities so I decided to purchase a Pro EFI system with all the accessories. All the accessories: - Pro128 Production ECU Kit - Pro128 Plug and Pin Kit with ECU Comm Cable - CAN Cable Kit (Leaf Light Cable and DB9 Can adapter) - Fuel Pressure Sensor kit - Oil pressure sensor kit - Nitrous Pressure sensor kit - 5bar Map sensor kit - Air Temp Sensor with Plug and pins - Coolant Sensor with Plug and Pins - (x2) - LSU 4.2 O2 Sensor Kit (Sensor and Harness) - 5 position I-Boost Switch + Boost control solenoid - (x2) - Exhaust Backpressure Sensor kit with 7 bar sensor - 4 Channel Ghost Monitor (for wheel speed) - Flex fuel sensor kit - (2) 4 Channel Ignitor Kits [/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]498567[/ATTACH] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][SIZE="4"]Here is the custom harness to connect everything to the car.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]498568[/ATTACH] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][SIZE="4"]Since the GT500 RPM gauges didn't display high RPM I opted for the racepak IQ3 to monitor anything and everything.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]498569[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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