hmm I should update this a bit. we left the evolution of my mustang with the day the stroker went in it... while I failed to post things sort of got ignored with the car as well.
Spring came however and I pulled her out of the garage to find horrible runnability - smoke - fuel consumption through the roof ......
I dinked around with it for a month and could find nothing wrong...so I took it to a shop and got made look silly
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My computer module got a bit too wet it appears when the heater core was replaced... all my fault too lol. Anyway new computer and of course the then neccessary SCT multi chip with a good tune... end result 397 hp 429 ft pd . The numbers are actually a little off they noted. I was not there and know nothing about the dyno used I just had the car tuned by them. first my tranny is old and is slipping a bit. I can't feel it yet but they could see it at high load. Second the guy commented on the sheet that he feels torque is actually much higher than represented but I desperately needed to re-gear the car and consider an appropriate tranny before racing it or further dyno testing. All in all though it is more than I expected. I was figuring I would be sitting close to 400 at the crank - not at the rear tire
Honestly it is a bit scary to drive in certain traffic conditions. I need traction desperately.
Everything is all running right and I only have valve covers that will be getting touched again soooo... The car is 20 years old and though the entire chassis and engine and interior have been redone the paint is shot... badly badly shot. Overall I think I will try to do most of the body work and primer over the next year or so and try to paint it next spring or when I can afford to. With that said I am thinking of a complete color change which means a lot of color matching. I plan to stay with a very dark color so know that black and silver/grey are good accents.
All of the trim was my first go.. everything was well sanded starting at 150 grit stopping at 1500 grit then cleaned and shot with Krylon Fusion flat black ... It turned out really well actually and saved me about 700 in trim pieces the local body shop said I had to buy. I still need to do the lower door trim but thats for later.
Engine bay was also something that needed love. When the engine was out last time for 2 months I fully detailed that area of the chassis and painted everything with gloss black. Usually I would go flat, but gloss makes easy clean up. At the time I thought about hitting the whole bay but did not... Well I finally decided it did not need to match the body color and painted it... What a chore removing all the **** from the firewall and inner fenders.
I have not hit inner door and door jambs yet ---trunk for that matter, but I am pondering it as the interior is all black and grey anyway. Tough call.. either way the car will be either the color it was stock, very dark metallic purple, or midnight blue.... but that is then
Something I have been debating for a while is a wheel and tire combo. It had stock tires and rims... tires being the cheapest thing les schwabb had..In short with almost 400 horepower traction was a huge issue just trying to drive let alone play. I was holding out for 17" Pony Wheels and tires, but it's not likely I'll have 1500 to lay down anytime soon. Then opportunity knocked. So she got herself polished aluminum 16" Cobra R wheels with tires for 250 bucks
A little cleaning up and they look great. Unfortunately the rear tires are in rough shape and the front ones though new and performance oriented are just fugly. Tires are ordered however Tire availability in 16's is slowly fading so choices were limited. I ordered BFGoodrich g-force sport tires for all 4 corners. Front will be in a 225/50/16 which is about 3/4 inch wider than stock but maintains the same diameter.... I have a reason for staying smaller which will become clear in a year or so. The back I went with the biggest tire that was available and would fit without trimming. 255/50/16 it is only a half inch taller than stock but much wider
I was pondering trying to stuff a 295/50 under there, but don't want to fold my fenders if it does not fit perfectly.
Anyway all in all update summary is Dreamr likes toys but needs more money so they don;t take 10 years to build