1988 Mustang Lx Notchback Twin Turbo V6

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Location: Bradenton, Florida

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1988 Ford Mustang

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1/4 Mile10.91 sec @ 123.3 mph
0-603.67 sec
Weight3565 lbs

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turbo
port and polish
engine swap

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- Currently 4/5 Stars.
Overall Rating
- Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
Overall Exterior
- Currently 4/5 Stars.
Overall Interior
- Currently 4/5 Stars.
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My 1988 Mustang Lx Notchback Twin Turbo V6 3.8

Page 1 - Intro to car
Page 2 - Fabrication of twin IHI turbo's, good for 10.91 in the 1/4
Page 3 - Fabrication of TO4E 57 trim Turbo's, because 10's isn't quick enough.
Page 4 - The new build is underway, actually, it's almost done.

I can't wait to get my car back together !! it's gonna rock.

Small Burnout Video, no power braking, into 3rd gear.
The car has A/c, power steering, power door locks and windows, cruise control, tilt steering wheel, and an automatic transmission. The fuel injection system consists of a walbro 255 in tank pump, with 50lb injectors feeding the air charge.There is a second fuel pump mounted on the frame to feed methanol through a single 150lb injector located just after the throttlebody.

Air charge is handled by twin IHI RHB52 turbo's. These came stock on 87-88 Thunderbird Turbocoupes. The turbo's are fed through home made headers. Boost pressure is 18-19 psi, which is maxed out for these little turbo's. The heated compressed air is sent to the intake which incorporates a liquid intercooler, also home made. There is a 7 gallon reservoir in the trunk to hold the ice/water mix.

The interior of the car is custom, it has leather '02 vert front seats, with matching material rear seats. The rear seat is formed around the powder coated roll bar.
The door panels are color coded to the dash and console.
I mounted my cruise control switches in the ashtray, since the factory SVO steering wheel didn't have switches.
The shifter is a console mounted B&M Hammer shifter with a C4 conversion kit. The car is so quiet at the track that I had to mount a shift light on the steering column because I couldn't hear the motor rev with the helmet on. The shift light, as well as engine management rely on a TEC3 system. There is also a switch on the console to arm the 90 hp zex nitrous. I used the zex dry kit and modded it to a wet kit. I purge the system into the 4" mandrel air intake pipe, that feeds fresh air to the turbo's through the passenger side fender well. The TEC3 also controls a 2 step that is activated when I hit the brake pedal. When I release the brakes, the 2 step goes of, and the nitrous goes on, thanks to a couple relays and some wire. The 2 step on this set up pulls timing to 6 degrees atdc, allowing the car to build boost on the line without the use of a transbrake.

The suspension uses coil-overs front and rear, with Lakewood Drag shocks in the back, and KYB struts in the front. The rear control arms are Mac, fastend to a 5 lug converted 8.8 with 3:55 gears.

The front arms are tube lower from Hal, joined to a Hal K-Member. 4 wheel disc's stop the car from the 1320 assults.
I originally started this car with the intent of having a daily driven 10 second ride, and the goal finally came to reality in May of 2006. The car ran 10.91@123.33 mph with a 60' time of 1.554. I weighed the car the next morning, and had a race weight of 3565 lbs.

My next step with the car is to install new bigger turbo's. I bought a pair of to4e 57 trim turbos and Tial 38mm wastegates. I have a goal of 9's in the 1/4 and still keep the street manners that I have now.

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Posted by: Foxmstng1

12/01/2008, 08:07pm

NICE LOOKING RIDE. SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHICH IS GOOD

Posted by: OCDAuto

09/30/2008, 05:24pm

Nice ride. It's good to see another mustang out there with custom twins.

Posted by: boosted-foxbody

09/10/2008, 09:55am

that things awesome! twin turbo v6 gotta be alot of fun. good luck with the new build up. 5 stars.check out my 88 supercharged coupe.

Posted by: elcamino-dude

05/17/2008, 04:40pm

thats a sweet mustang, so badass especially running 10's in the 1/4 mile, and at 123 MPH thats imoressive that car is quick, you did an awesome job with it keep ti up man such an intense mustang, especially being notchback, best style for these mustangs, gave you 5 stars
Check out my 70 El Camino sometime if you like them

Posted by: elcamino-dude

05/17/2008, 04:39pm

thats a sweet mustang, so badass especially running 10's in the 1/4 mile, and at 123 MPH thats imoressive that car is quick, you did an awesome job with it keep ti up man such an intense mustang, especially being notchback, best style for these mustangs, gave you 5 stars
Check out my 70 El Camino sometime if you like them

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