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Trip to the dyno went well this week. The car is night-and-day idling, running, and driving better. My tuner would prefer I throw the Link G4 over a cliff and buy Haltech, but he got the job done well with what's on the car. We had less than ideal weather - 92* F ambient temps with 60% humidity. The dyno is an AWD Mustang dyno. And on E85 and about 26psi boost, it made 433 WHP and 345 ft/lb TQ. We couldn't seem to get more out of the turbo. Compressor map shows it's good to about ~52 lb/min airflow. It would spike to ~29 psi and it would fall to 26 psi. Either way, she's making good power for a street car and certainly fun to drive. At this power level, I'll hopefully keep the car very reliable as well.

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What turbo setup is it?
FP3076

I really nice upgrade for that is sending it to FP for the htz76 compressor that sends it up 61lbs/min.
Yeah? I thought about giving FP a call about an upgrade. I definitely want to keep all of the existing hot parts and another 10 lb/min is right were I was hoping to be. This may be worth looking into.
 
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Yeah? I thought about giving FP a call about an upgrade. I definitely want to keep all of the existing hot parts and another 10 lb/min is right were I was hoping to be. This may be worth looking into.
Yeah, my old htz76 was really nice. I honestly shouldn't have ever sold it.
 
I swapped in two new fuel pumps today. AEM 400's. Also cleaned out the pre-filters, which was much-needed. This is a pretty dope pump set-up. The AEM pumps are a direct copy of the Bosch 044 pump. Fitted with XRP pre-filters and XRP exit fittings that encompass the odd-looking Bosch/AEM check valves. That last part is super handy as the system holds pressure for extended periods of time and has no "pump up" issues on a cold start with -8AN fuel hose.

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A little backstory on the fuel tank and pump set-up: Danny and I built it back in 2017. He wanted to sump the tank and add another pump to switch to E85. We originally cut a massive hole in the tank and tacked on a Moroso sump kit. And we hated it. It was huge, looked like crap and wasn't really sized and shaped the best. So we cut it off and started from scratch bending some sheet in a brake and then fabbed up a bracket for the pumps. All in all, we were both happy with the outcome.

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Did some interior work yesterday. I welded in a new harness bar (well, technically, I welded on mounts for the new bolt-in harness bar). I also replaced the 17 year old RJS camlock harnesses with some new Schroth DOT harnesses - quicker and more street car friendly. And I upgraded the steering wheel. The old Sparco had very worn and loose suede and I never did like the small feel of the 13" diameter. The new steering wheel is a full-suede MPI 14" track day wheel and I absolutely love it so far. MPI makes the best steering wheels.

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I haven't worked on the car much, but I did build a new crossmember for it. This car was rocking the original 5-pc prototype from a decade ago. I added a jack point for fun. And serial number triple zero - Danny would have loved that.

The car goes into winter storage in 2 weeks! I'm putting together a to-do list now for all the things it needs come spring. And also kicking around the idea of compound turbocharging this car just for fun. ;-)

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Such good stuff - Wish Volk had better pricing on the 2G front lower control arms - The component price increases are tough to swallow.

This is a real nice looking 1G. I can image the amount of work it takes to keep it like new.
 
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Such good stuff - Wish Volk had better pricing on the 2G front lower control arms - The component price increases are tough to swallow.

This is a real nice looking 1G. I can image the amount of work it takes to keep it like new.
Thanks man!

And I hear ya on the 2G front lowers. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep building and selling them before materials prices make them impractical to even bother with. It's a shame. I am considering an alternate ball joint manufacturer to help lower the pricing again. The 300% increase on those this year was killer.
 
Thanks man!

And I hear ya on the 2G front lowers. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep building and selling them before materials prices make them impractical to even bother with. It's a shame. I am considering an alternate ball joint manufacturer to help lower the pricing again. The 300% increase on those this year was killer.
Its only a matter of time before OEM stock on the front lowers are a gonner. I do hope you find an alternate component. Its the weakest part of the 2G setup. The 2G chassis will be hard to keep on the road the day these arms disappear
 
Seeing this thing in person was a real treat, and seeing the shop where the fantastic parts are made. Good time chatting with you again man, Im really excited to have your quality parts, and install the prototype, first cross member set. On my dsm one day.
 
Car is out of storage and I've been working on it a bit. I decided to pull the engine and trans and go through it to make some changes and also make sure some things we're problematic.

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I discovered the O2 hosuing didn't fit the FP housing perfectly. So I lobbed the flange off, repositioned everything, and re-welded. I think this was a common issue that lead to this O2 housing being discontinued, but it was an easy fic for me. Sorry, I didn't get pics of anything after cutting, but it fits great now.

This pic shows the fitment before modifying. The bottom side of this v-band flange was touching, leaving a big gap up top. She's got zero gaps now though! i also found a pinhole leak in the turbine housing, which got welded up.

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Car is out of storage and I've been working on it a bit. I decided to pull the engine and trans and go through it to make some changes and also make sure some things we're problematic.

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I discovered the O2 hosuing didn't fit the FP housing perfectly. So I lobbed the flange off, repositioned everything, and re-welded. I think this was a common issue that lead to this O2 housing being discontinued, but it was an easy fic for me. Sorry, I didn't get pics of anything after cutting, but it fits great now.

This pic shows the fitment before modifying. The bottom side of this v-band flange was touching, leaving a big gap up top. She's got zero gaps now though! i also found a pinhole leak in the turbine housing, which got welded up.

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Do I spy a trans mount that may very well be the one about to go in my talon?
 
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