Jaehead
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So it’s the Midwest and it’s started to snow. The car’s been put away, and a lot has changed in the year and a half I’ve owned it. So thought I’d take a couple hours and write up what’s been done to the car.
First off, it’s a 2016 GT California Special.
- 400a w/ nav
- MT82
- 3.55 rear end
Current mods:
- Roush mufflers + ford performance x-pipe
- Ford track handling package (M-FR3A-M8)
- Procharger P1SC HO kit
- 95lb injectors
- Red race BOV
- Spur gearset
- MRR M350 staggered, 19x10 and 19x11. 275 35 front and 285 35 rear
Picked it up brand new July 2016. Road tripped it home. The day I picked it up:
2016-07-11 13.49.37 HDR
Within 2 weeks I had the roush axlebacks installed on the car, then x pipes couple months later:
2016-09-24 13.29.47 HDR
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Did a lot of firsts in this car. First time drag racing, first time autox, first time wrenching.
First ¼ passes. Went 14.0 @ 107.
2016-10-05 06.57.09
First autox event. F street, got stomped by pretty much every other car out there.
2016-10-09 14.14.46 HDR
A little photo shoot by the lake
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At about 10k miles the ford performance track handling kit went in. much stiffer than stock, and more low is always better!
2016-11-23 17.04.56
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On 1” spacers on skinny 8.5 whels
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12/16/16. Big ice storm in the Midwest. Was about 150 miles away from home at the time. Took 13 hrs to get home, and was probably the sketchiest drive I’ll ever do. Going down the road at 20 mph and feeling the car slide strafe sideways with the steering locked on center. Not oversteer / understeer. Tons of cars stranded / left in a ditch. Would not recommend.
2016-12-16 20.27.48
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2016-12-17 04.04.56
March 2017, at 20k miles, installed the procharger P1 HO complete kit. Pretty straightforward. Most difficult parts were the bumper removal, sound tube delete, and trimming the compressor outlet hose. All known points. One thing to note, is that for me I had to reclock the compressor housing about 10 deg to make the outlet hose fit better.
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Next month, took it out to the local track. Second time at the ¼, ran a 12.9 @ 115. Now I realize I’m not the best driver, but something had to be off. Also was noticing a lot of false knock, and at WOT car wouldn’t command more than 13-14 deg. Took it apart and wouldn’t you know..
2017-05-05 18.58.15
Bought some generic t-bolts, and paint marked them to see if they’d move. It’s been about 12k since and both inlet and outlet hasn’t gone anywhere.
2017-05-05 20.10.31
Kept on hitting the local ¼. First pass after fixing the boost leak was 12.4 @ 125. Then it was 12.2 @ 125, then 12.0 @ 125, and 11.8 @ 125. Why 125? That’s the top of 4th gear with a 255 40 19. I was on the limiter before the ¼, but not long enough that a shift to 5th would lower my ET. So much better on that front. The car was also commanding 19-21 deg timing after the boost leak. Not sure why a leak can pull timing, but I’ll take it. By the end of the season, the best pass I’ve made was a 11.67 @ 125 with a 2.0 60’. Biggest problem now is fighting the wheel hop at launch and the 1-2 shift.
Summer of 2017, found a local killer deal on a set of MRR M350s. also found a killer deal on a set of new continental extremecontact sports. $550 for 2 275 35 19s and 2 285 35 19s. Great tires, but a 285 is a bit stretched on a 11”. Probably replace that with a set of 305 35 next year since rear tires were shot after 4k miles. And hopefully that’ll also give me that few extra mph at the ¼!
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And that’s currently where I’m at with the car so far. As of Dec 2017 it’s sitting at 34k miles. Next up on my to-do list:
- New rear tires
- Long tubes
- BAP
- Pulley
Yep, currently on stock fuel pump without a BAP. I’ve been logging regularly and it holds 11.3 all the way up to 7500 RPM. But I figure I’m real close to the limit, and long tubes might push me over what the stock pump can do. And if I get a BAP, then might as well pulley down? It’s a slippery slope..
I’ll leave this with some of my favorite shots of the car.
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First off, it’s a 2016 GT California Special.
- 400a w/ nav
- MT82
- 3.55 rear end
Current mods:
- Roush mufflers + ford performance x-pipe
- Ford track handling package (M-FR3A-M8)
- Procharger P1SC HO kit
- 95lb injectors
- Red race BOV
- Spur gearset
- MRR M350 staggered, 19x10 and 19x11. 275 35 front and 285 35 rear
Picked it up brand new July 2016. Road tripped it home. The day I picked it up:
Within 2 weeks I had the roush axlebacks installed on the car, then x pipes couple months later:
[ame]
Did a lot of firsts in this car. First time drag racing, first time autox, first time wrenching.
First ¼ passes. Went 14.0 @ 107.
First autox event. F street, got stomped by pretty much every other car out there.
A little photo shoot by the lake
At about 10k miles the ford performance track handling kit went in. much stiffer than stock, and more low is always better!
On 1” spacers on skinny 8.5 whels
12/16/16. Big ice storm in the Midwest. Was about 150 miles away from home at the time. Took 13 hrs to get home, and was probably the sketchiest drive I’ll ever do. Going down the road at 20 mph and feeling the car slide strafe sideways with the steering locked on center. Not oversteer / understeer. Tons of cars stranded / left in a ditch. Would not recommend.
March 2017, at 20k miles, installed the procharger P1 HO complete kit. Pretty straightforward. Most difficult parts were the bumper removal, sound tube delete, and trimming the compressor outlet hose. All known points. One thing to note, is that for me I had to reclock the compressor housing about 10 deg to make the outlet hose fit better.
Next month, took it out to the local track. Second time at the ¼, ran a 12.9 @ 115. Now I realize I’m not the best driver, but something had to be off. Also was noticing a lot of false knock, and at WOT car wouldn’t command more than 13-14 deg. Took it apart and wouldn’t you know..
Bought some generic t-bolts, and paint marked them to see if they’d move. It’s been about 12k since and both inlet and outlet hasn’t gone anywhere.
Kept on hitting the local ¼. First pass after fixing the boost leak was 12.4 @ 125. Then it was 12.2 @ 125, then 12.0 @ 125, and 11.8 @ 125. Why 125? That’s the top of 4th gear with a 255 40 19. I was on the limiter before the ¼, but not long enough that a shift to 5th would lower my ET. So much better on that front. The car was also commanding 19-21 deg timing after the boost leak. Not sure why a leak can pull timing, but I’ll take it. By the end of the season, the best pass I’ve made was a 11.67 @ 125 with a 2.0 60’. Biggest problem now is fighting the wheel hop at launch and the 1-2 shift.
Summer of 2017, found a local killer deal on a set of MRR M350s. also found a killer deal on a set of new continental extremecontact sports. $550 for 2 275 35 19s and 2 285 35 19s. Great tires, but a 285 is a bit stretched on a 11”. Probably replace that with a set of 305 35 next year since rear tires were shot after 4k miles. And hopefully that’ll also give me that few extra mph at the ¼!
And that’s currently where I’m at with the car so far. As of Dec 2017 it’s sitting at 34k miles. Next up on my to-do list:
- New rear tires
- Long tubes
- BAP
- Pulley
Yep, currently on stock fuel pump without a BAP. I’ve been logging regularly and it holds 11.3 all the way up to 7500 RPM. But I figure I’m real close to the limit, and long tubes might push me over what the stock pump can do. And if I get a BAP, then might as well pulley down? It’s a slippery slope..
I’ll leave this with some of my favorite shots of the car.
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