JonR2006 Official Build Thread

This is long overdue. Thanks to lwarrior, I'm finally getting this done.

Bare with me on this first post as I will go through the history of my car and where it's at now. I will list all mods at the bottom of the thread.

Bought my 2001 Mustang Gt Convertible in April 2012 for $6,995. It had 137k miles on it. Bone stock. 5 speed. It was a dream come true...I had wanted a mustang since I could remember.

It's Laser Red, tan top, tan interior.

It is my DAILY DRIVER....still...by DAILY DRIVER I mean, rain/snow/ice/sleet/hot/cold/sunny/cloudy I drive it. If it's broke I don't go to work (unless my parents' mustang is accessible).

I kept it stock for awhile. I bought some stupid mods at first (TB spacer, some K&N intake thing that was not a full CAI).

The "real" mods began about 2.5 years ago. I started with bolt ons (TB/Plenum/CAI, midpipe, exhaust). I kept the stock tune. Short throw Shifter. My car made 240wh/282wt at this point. Again, stock tune....I was running 14.0-14.1 @ 98/99 at the drag strip.

I moved on to suspension (springs, shocks/struts,cc plates, isolators, upper and lower control arms).

Finally got a tuner, 4.10s, under-drive pullies. I loaded the SCT canned 93 tune and got it dynoed again....225wh/260wt...yep, it went down. Same dyno, same conditions...

I then bought Bama tunes thinking that would fix it. I wish I got it dynoed after that but I didn't. Seemed to run better....I got down to a 13.7@99 with this setup. I contribute that gains to gears and driver-mod. Best 60ft was 1.9s

Then Last August came...my wife and I had our 5 year anniversary and we splurged on each other. She got me a NITROUS kit. I was ready for some real power. Got the Zex Kit and started with the 100 pills on the stock tune. Evenutally moved to the 125 pills on the stock tune. I ran a 13.5@105 (no traction) 2.1 60ft.

I got greedy...ordered the 150 pills and a boost a pump, backed off 5 degrees and ran a 13.3@109 (still no traction)...but I broke an exhaust valve (detonation kills). At the time my engine had 172k miles.

That brings us to now....

Current Mods as of 3/14/2018

Engine:

Stock Bottom End

Stock Heads - slightly shaved to ensure they were straight when machine shop did the guides/valves/cleaning. Had minimal impact on Compression.

CMS .600 Lift Valve Springs

GT500 followers

Comp Cams XE268H Cams

Cobra 4V Oil Pump and Pickup

BBK 78 MM Intake

JLT Ram Air Intake

EGR Delete

Vortech Boost-a-Pump

Walbro TU-229H 255LPH Pump

Exhaust:

MAC Long Tubes

Pypes Off Road H

Pypes Pype-Bomb Catback

All 2.5in piping

Power Adder:

Procharger D1SC

3.85 Pulley

2 Core Procharger IC

SCT BA5000 MAF

60lb Injectors

Guages:

Innovate Wide Band O2 sensor/gauge

Autometere Boost Guage

Drivetrain:

MGW Shifter

FRPP 4.10s

Stock 28spline axles and diff

OEM Flywheel

OEM Clutch

MM clutch cable/FWA/Quadrant kit

Boss 302 Differential Cover

Suspension:

UPR Mild Steel K Member, stock LCAs

FRPP C Springs

Koni STR-T Dampers

MM FLSFCs

J&M Race Lower Control Arms

Stock Upper Control Arms

UPR Upper Aluminum Axle bearings

UPR CC Plates

Poly Urethane Sway Bar End Links and bushings

Poly Urethane Offset Rack Bushings

Wheels/Tires:

Street - 17x9/10.5 10th Anniversary 275/315 MT Street Comps

Track - Rear only 28in Hoosier QTPs mounted on stock V6 rims

Visual:

Mach 1 grill delete and spoiler

White Face gauges from LMR

Billet shift knob

Green Bay Packers Floor Mats (BEST MOD YET)

My best time is 13.0@105 1.8 60ft.

Any questions...just ask. I'm not the most knowledgeable guy on here but I'll do my best. I learn from my mistakes.

I most proud of the fact that I have done ALL MY OWN WORK. EVERYTHING on this car has been done on jack stands in a suburban garage with help from my dad and brother.

Here are the QTPS. They are used but only had like 10 passes on them. They have a good amount tread left. 28x11.50x16. Mounted on 16x7.5 V6 rims