Mustang makeover

[cobracammer]

That is the sweetest looking intake I have ever seen.  Awesome work on that.

[mmason]

Just a follow up on Jay's adaptor and the CHI intake. I installed both and they went on with no problems except it was 3/4" higher then my last setup which means it was 3/4" to high and was going to hit the hood. I decided to modify the air intake. The last setup I had on it was a K&N 1 1/4" drop base with a 3" air filter. I took the drop base and modified it so that it was a 2" drop base with a 3 1/2" air filter.

Here is the manifold installed.




Here is the modified drop base and filter.








Here is a video of one of my shake down cruises where I am first testing the higher rpm and trying to record the gauge readings. My shift light is going on at 6500 rpm. By the time my brain figures why there is a red light and that I have to shift gears, I think I am at about 6800.

http://vid704.photobucket.com/albums/ww45/mason427/487%20Mustang/Mustang%20test.mp4


Here is a still shot from the video. I believe I am in 3rd gear approaching 6000 rpm. The AFR looks to be between 12 and 13. The vacuum is zero and the fuel pressure is 6lbs.

[Nightmist66]

That sounds great mmason! Great job on the build, I like it a lot! Was there much fabrication to get the throttle linkage to work under that low base? I think I've seen those water pump adapters somewhere.........

[whitea62.7t]

Great Job
cool Stang
awesome job on the intake

[jayb]

That is a really good looking engine.  Sounds like it really works, too...

[ToddK]

Looks and sounds great, well done.

[mmason]

Thanks for the compliments. There was no problems with the throttle linkage because the carb sets so high the rod is at a steep angle so it clears the base. I also ment to say in my earlier comments that I assume that this air intake is probably very restricted but will be good for the street. Something different for the track.

[482supersnake]

Now all you need is a black Charger to chase

[cjshaker]

The engine sounds great! Spins up pretty quick too! What mufflers are you running?
The engine looks great also. Very nice work on the detail and intake work. Did it seem like the engine picked up with the intake change? I'm also curious if you're running water or methanol in the injection and how clean the plugs and exhaust look with it?

With all the work you've done on the car the last couple years, it has turned into a real beauty...a Jekyll and Hyde!

[mmason]

The mufflers are aero chambers. When I first drove this engine last year, I had my "air gap" manifold on then and I noticed that it seem to have a lot of pick up then. I was thinking that it was the 12 to one compression that really wakes up the engine.

I am running the water/methanol injection. In the video you can see a little green light just above the three gauges go on when the injection is running. I have it set to go on after 3000 rpm and when the vacuum hits 6" and progresses to 0". The plugs do run clean. I really do think it works well. Have not heard any pinging yet and it does not seem to hurt performance any.

[mmason]

I have made a few more changes to the mustang and I will post those later but I wanted to post is something I will be installing this winter that should make the car easier to drive. It is electric power steering. Here is a link to where I bought it. The second video down shows how to install into a Mustang.

http://epasperformance.com/how-to-videos/

Here are some photos of the kit.