AWD 2017 Mustang GT Conversion

[xr4x4ti]

What about the 3.73 gears and the front limited slip?

I have not driven it enough yet to get a valid opinion the gear ratio change. But I think I may like the 4.09 a bit better, but I am not in a hurry to swap back.

What is noticeable is the front Truetrac has made it a bit more "darty" under throttle. Not in an unacceptable way, but noticeable. It is hard to explain, but one of the huge advantages of the AWD is unlike traditional Mustangs you can floor this thing in the middle of a turn and it just goes with very little drama. It still does that, but I think it added a bit of understeer as the front diff tries to lock up a bit. It is early, I will see how it goes. It is an interesting experiment for sure.

Tim

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[xr4x4ti]

The latest video is up.

 

[zenwhipper]

Yesterday we put it up on the lift and ran it up to speed. We then just felt around to try and figure out where the vibration was coming from. It seemed pretty obvious that it is the rear differential. When touching the rear differential while at "speed" there was a serious rhythmic vibration.

My grand dad was a mechanic in Iowa for 50 years. He'd take a crow bar or screw driver, place the handle end to his ear tight and the other end to a part he may suspect was causing issues. Works great for spinning components and vibes.

The doctor is in

 

[1 old racer]

My grand dad was a mechanic in Iowa for 50 years. He'd take a crow bar or screw driver, place the handle end to his ear tight and the other end to a part he may suspect was causing issues. Works great for spinning components and vibes.

The doctor is in

My dad gave me one of these over 50 years ago and I used it on my gt in order to tell if I had the dreaded tap on my 2018. with it I could tell it was coming from the high pressure injectors

 

[Buldawg76]

Been using the screwdriver stethoscope trick for 50 years.

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[xr4x4ti]

New Episode is out, covering how the AWD tcase works and the Syvecs AWD controller.

 

[xr4x4ti]

Some progress, engine is out to get a new short block.

 

[xr4x4ti]

Time to start the assembly.

 

[xr4x4ti]

The new long block is together.

 

[xr4x4ti]

American GTr gets a New V8 Short Block - AWD Mustang Ep 32 Ford Aluminator Coyote Supercharged.

 

[xr4x4ti]

With a bit of creativity I got the GT500 manifold to fit a standard coyote head.

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