I have been busy, so I didn't update my page in a little while.
I'm now married so I claimed the garage. lol. We had a honeymoon to Florida, came back and found out there was a hailstorm that came through Omaha. Luckily nothing was damaged except for the paint on the house. A few weeks later we took a roadtrip up to Estes Park, Colorado for a family reunion. I love these pics.
I've got a show-n-go license plate on the front. I've actually taken it off for the winter since I don't want it to get caught on some ice and break off. While I was at it I ordered vanity plates of "IMSPDNG".
The brake calipers are now painted redfire to match the rest of the car. Bare aluminum that is dirty does not look good.
Before: After:
While painting:
I have also replaced the SLP Loudmouth mufflers as one of the exhaust hangers broke off, it was a poor weld and rusted/rattled off. Replacing the Loudmouths are the Ford Racing branded Borla "Stingers". They don't have as much drone.
To compensate for the muffler drone I added about 20 sq. feet of damplifier pro in the trunk/spare wheel area. I still need to get another pack of that and finish up the interior. Doing just the trunk hasn't made much difference at all.
I also bought a kit for sequential turn signal taillights on eBay. They took about 45 minutes to put in, most of that was making sure all the wiring was correct as I had to splice a few wires - easy stuff though. A video of them in action is on my youtube account here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUPw0aKi43A
So... winter is here again. Luckily for me I got a few things for the mustang for christmas. The one big thing is the HID "retro-fit" 4500k dual-beam kit. Yes, it is a cheap chinese pos, but isn't everything electronic built in China now? I'm used to the extra light after a few weeks and can really tell when driving in the wife's Escape. HIDs = awesome. There isn't as much scattering as I was expecting on low beams. High beams on the other hand is like putting a shattered bucket of glass in the front housings. Good thing I never need to use high beams anymore... lol.
Before: After:
The Mustang club that I was in (no longer in the club - I quit for personal reasons) had a dyno day in October 2008 at C&S Motorsports here in Omaha, NE. The dyno is a Mustang dyno so it calculates "real" horsepower based on load/weight of the vehicle. You can see the pictures and dyno videos on my photobucket account here:
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/omaharacer/Dyno%20Day%20October%202008/
or on my youtube account here:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=omaharacer&view=videos
I had to take the shaker off to get to a few wiring connections for the dyno.
Here are the numbers: 276hp at 6100rpm, 281tq at 4400rpm. These numbers were with the 91 octane tune from Evolution Performance. Pretty good for a canned tune. These numbers are lower than a dynojet. A dynojet would give about 315-320hp, which is about 345-350hp at the flywheel.
Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - Custom Subwoofer Installation/Build
Page 3 - Tint and C&L Intake
Page 4 - Shaker Hood Scoop Installation
Page 5 - SLP Loudmouth Mufflers/Billet Grill
Page 6 - Headlight Covers, and Radiator Extensions
Page 7 - Aggressive Chin Spoiler, and louvers
Page 8 - Powered By Ford Emblems
Page 9 - Honeycomb Trunk Panel, Billet GT Medallion, Black Turn Signals
Page 10 - Vanity Plate, HID's, Borla Stingers/FRPP Mufflers, Dyno - YOU ARE HERE!
Page 11 - Eibach Pro Lowering Springs, Mirror Covers, Splash Guards
Page 12 - BMR Lower Control Arm Brackets and Future Modifications
