The gnome that knows.

Badass. All you need is a 6spd conversion to really make it unique;)
 
Naw, the always on torque of the automatic behind a F/I car is awesome.
 
No recovery allowed. :(

On the way to do the tune the car started to run like crap and lost all power. I freaked, SVO calmed me down. Called the dyno shop and we were all in agreement that the tune was fouling the plugs. I pushed on though and made it to the tuner.

I am sitting in their shop as I type this.

Turns out the TPS took a nose dive on the way and thats what killed it all. Pre check on the dyno was showing a 16-17:1 AFR and the TPS wasnt swiping at all. A different one showed that the TPS was the issue but that still wasnt the right TPS so we are waiting for the parts store to drop one off.............. parts guy is here now......... he brought an IAC. :lol: So back he goes.
 
LaserSVT said:
he brought an IAC. :lol: So back he goes.
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Ah the luck you have :rolleyes:



I was wondering if they had WiFi there or not.


And yeah that's pretty darn fat, maybe it wasn't the bug zapper that was killing the bugs, maybe it was your car!
 
SVO said:
Ah the luck you have :rolleyes:



I was wondering if they had WiFi there or not.


And yeah that's pretty darn fat, maybe it wasn't the bug zapper that was killing the bugs, maybe it was your car!
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Thats opposite of fat, no?
 
Ok, some of you may believe that this was a fairly easy install. Let me make it clear, THIS IS PHUCKING EXPENSIVE! It will nickle and dime you to death!

I wont say what SVO cost me as some was bartered for stuff he needed and will be different from person to person. I also did a nono of being there the whole time. I tried to help but was mostly in the way and couldnt match SVOs stamina. After 9 hours in 100*+ Texas heat...... I was done.

Then the cost of all the little parts will kill you.
Here is just a SMALL portion:
IMRC & T-body gasket $80
Filter $35
Intake tube $28
MAF $75
MAF Adapter $40
Cobra intake tube $40
Bobra fuel rail $75
T-clamps $15
Fuel lines $50
Vac lines $50 (ALLOT TO DO)
Roll of wire $10
Various vac adapters $40


Then there is all the custom stuff like the ALT bracket and the filter mount and the throttle cable mount. Many many many little parts SVO USED to have on hand before I used them all.


This project even done on the cheap like me is very expensive. I thought I had almost everything so figured $100-$150 more cash is all thats needed for misc parts. Well $300 latter..... :(


So beware, if you have to ask "How much?" then you prolly shouldnt do it.
 
LaserSVT said:
Thats opposite of fat, no?
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No your right, I was wrong, it's ok, that what I get for staying up lastnight till 2:30am, getting back up at 7am and taking care of my wife whom is home today not doing well, and then ontop of that a few high end pain killers to ease my swollen throbbing fingers from 3 days of continious thrashing on your car :p


So YES I was phucking wrong in my statement BLAH!!!!





Dr. SVO phd :p




What, you want me to start a rant thread like Jamie or sumptin!?!?!?!?! :shifty:
 
LaserSVT said:
Ok, some of you may believe that this was a fairly easy install. Let me make it clear, THIS IS PHUCKING EXPENSIVE! It will nickle and dime you to death!

I wont say what SVO cost me as some was bartered for stuff he needed and will be different from person to person. I also did a nono of being there the whole time. I tried to help but was mostly in the way and couldnt match SVOs stamina. After 9 hours in 100*+ Texas heat...... I was done.

Then the cost of all the little parts will kill you.
Here is just a SMALL portion:
IMRC & T-body gasket $80
Filter $35
Intake tube $28
MAF $75
MAF Adapter $40
Cobra intake tube $40
Bobra fuel rail $75
T-clamps $15
Fuel lines $50
Vac lines $50 (ALLOT TO DO)
Roll of wire $10
Various vac adapters $40


Then there is all the custom stuff like the ALT bracket and the filter mount and the throttle cable mount. Many many many little parts SVO USED to have on hand before I used them all.


This project even done on the cheap like me is very expensive. I thought I had almost everything so figured $100-$150 more cash is all thats needed for misc parts. Well $300 latter..... :(


So beware, if you have to ask "How much?" then you prolly shouldnt do it.
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Yeah, it gets expensive fast. I found my mostly complete Cobra intake for $350 but then found I needed a Cobra fuel rail to retain EGR, and I needed an intake tube so that $350 intake swap has grown to $500, and that is before I buy the needed vacuum lines and gaskets.
Same with the t-lok, gears and fuel pump. With labor included I sank $1500 into it. Oh well, its only money and only gnomes can take it with them when they die.
 
So finnaly got my dyno tune done yesterday. What a freakin day! Started off by the car suddenly running like it dropped two cylinders on the way to Dallas. I called Gearheads and said I didnt think it could make it. They seemed pretty sure the car was fouled from a temp tune and so did SVO. So I limped it there and got to work.

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And here is the first run..... total ass. :( 269 rwhp and 371 rwtq

YouTube- Mark VIII blower dyno first




So they went to work on figuring it out. First thing was the TPS was bad. Blew out on the trip up. So after waiting for the parts monkey to deliver the RIGHT part and getting it in the car still had issues. He put his fancy touch screen Ford tool on it and read the coils and injectors. Had two weak ass coils so they got swapped. The bigger issue was completly my fault. When installing the blower it pushed the fuel rail off the injectors and I just pushed it back down. The rail scooped up some gasket maker from the blower to plenum and stuffed it into an injector. :eek:

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After some more runs we also discovered the IAC is bad and that the car runs out of fuel pump just after 5K. Plenty of injector and MAF left but the pump cant keep up with the 16 lbs of boost......... yeah, 16 lbs.

So I need a new IAC, idler pully, fuel pump, coils (he said buy new MSDs) and an underdrive crank. So there goes another $600+


Oh well. Gearheads with Andy on the tune and Travis with the tuned ear really busted ass! Car was on the dyno for 8 hours! Plus they changed 2 plugs and two coils and cleaned my injectors! They said $300 for the dyno initially and 8 hours latter they stuck to it. They only charged me $150 more for the parts and repairs too which was just killer! Nicest guys to that really know their stuff. My hats are off to them and they have a customer for life. :)



So here we are at the last run. 384 rwhp and 398 rwtq. Thats with only 8.5* timing and the AFR staying 12:1 untill 5K where it goes lean quick.

YouTube- Mark VIII Final Dyno run
 
well i have to say, if you ever become unhappy with yourself and the car you drive, i will gladly take it off your hands for a small fee of course !!!!!!
 
Alright, I am going to just state up front, but when it comes to tuning and blowers and :q:q:q:q like that, I'm clueless. How much more potential is there with a better fuel pump and those other fixes you still have to do? And isnt 16psi good/high? Did they tell you a realistic number for power when you get all that stuff fixed? And as far as a crank underdrive pulley, are you trying to lower the boost?
 
DieselDan said:
Alright, I am going to just state up front, but when it comes to tuning and blowers and :q:q:q:q like that, I'm clueless. How much more potential is there with a better fuel pump and those other fixes you still have to do? And isnt 16psi good/high? Did they tell you a realistic number for power when you get all that stuff fixed? And as far as a crank underdrive pulley, are you trying to lower the boost?
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With the fixes and dropping boost to 12-13 psi should net me another 15hp. With the fixes and keeping the current boost level would allow me to run 440+ rwhp but thats asking to blow it up. 16 is high but the tune is so safe that I can run that boost as long as I am not in 4th gear. :)
 
jamie97lsc said:
bill where did you aquire that blower to fit your stock heads? is it from a 96-98 cobra? i must have missed the info on it somewhere.
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You must have missed allot of somewheres. :p
We talked about it in chat and pretty sure you responded in other spots too. Its cool, the green makes me forget too. :D


Anyway its a KB 2.2L kit with bypass. Its for 96-98 Cobras. Have to use the larger pully on it AND need a smaller crank pully or else it makes WAY too much boost.
 
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