So you wanted to go fast and have a track car?

[illtal]

So I'll be the first to say that I haven't done a whole lot of driving my 18GT premium.
Due to me working as an expat, there just wasn't a whole lot of time associated with this stuff during the COVID-19 era.

Although I have a lot of parts installed I'll be incrementally adding a few things that will increase my own personal enjoyment.

 

[illtal]

Earlier this week TKM let me know my shortblock is completed. I'll be pick it up tomorrow. More pix then. For now enjoy these via TKM.

 

[illtal]

I'm loading up a heading out to TKM. On my way home I was interested in some SCE Vulcan cut head gaskets. I have OE predator head gaskets already, but these are quite interesting.

They are hella expensive 400 USD for the pair. I bought them. We'll see if I keep them.

I obviously bought the voodoo set, which is what they have for the coyote 5.2.

 

[illtal]

TKM was a pleasure to visit....
Got some TKM swag as well

 

[illtal]

JonBoy also pointed out that the oem predator head gaskets are very thin. I'll either be going with these SCE ones or having some made at .045.

 

[Mike-S550]

Awesome! I look forward to updates on this build!

 

[illtal]

So. I'm sending my heads off to Frankenstein, and I've returned the SCE head Gaskets. I'll be going with cometic head gaskets instead. Photos to come later.

On another note my fuelab fuel pumps and controllers came in this week. Very small pumps and controllers. It's stunning that one of these pumps can supply 500LPH at 3 bar pressure!
I'll be putting these in a new radium hat which I procured a while back. Big shout out to CSPRacing who took my every email and checked on those controllers since FEBRUARY!

 

[illtal]

So after piles of cash to Ford, Frankenstein, Cometic & TKM, finally we can have a completed engine.. Frankenstein sent me an estimated completion date of 9/30.

Some day in the future we will be going with some bigger brakes to slow this thing down on track.

So far this is what we have

Fueling
2 Fuelab brushless fuel pumps @ 500 LPH each
Radium Fuel Hat for brushless pumps
*Pending* Fuelab PWM control Fuel Pressure Regulator
*Pending* FIC 1650H
*installed* DW 95 injectors

Engine
5.2L TKM Shortblock 12:1
Cometic .044 MLX head gaskets
Frankenstein Ported Gen3 Heads
1281x valve springs
Gen 3 Oil pan
Gen 3 Oil Pump Gear Housing
Boundary OPG/CS
Head Studs
*installed* Edelbrock 2650
*pending* Twin Turbo kit

 

[illtal]

Slight update: Frankenstien is still working on the heads. I saw something about Sept 30
Cometic sent a set of their MLX gaskets: I'm also piecing together a (twin) turbo setup.
photos to come when I get it all together.

 

[illtal]

Got a call from Frankenstien, heads are ported, but no RETAINERS or 1281X Pac valve springs.
I may just turn my attention to getting the turbo kit finished. I have lots of goodies awaiting installation.

I found some brakes I liked as well. I might dip my toes into that as well.

 

[illtal]

Got a call from Frankenstien, heads are ported, but no RETAINERS or 1281X Pac valve springs.
I may just turn my attention to getting the turbo kit finished. I have lots of goodies awaiting installation.

I found some brakes I liked as well. I might dip my toes into that as well.

So the builder has ALL of the parts. So no pix for now next up will be assembly pictures.

I need the followers for an 18+ mustang and the lifters. Then we will be off building.

 

[illtal]

Christmas came early for me. Two comp turbos...

Some notes:

Frankenstein heads are o ringed on the exhaust side. We will take detailed pix of the heads, and the sheer quality of the head work.

I am doing a custom cold side routing however most of it should look the same anyway.

I am using go fast bits (gfb) for the twin 44mm gates and the bov @52 mm

Fuel system has been talked about in this thread but we will likely tweak some things to get it working the way I want.

Will probably need a bump steer kit as well even after we raise the front again. Will check on this prior to the initial alignment.

Biggest problem this far, is what to do with the transmission. T-56XL seems like the way to go but for that price I'd rather save and get something else. Either way, the clutch will likely give up in another 15k boosted miles so I'm contemplating sending the tranny off to calimer so that I can use my Barton shifter, and order off the shelf parts as needed. A swap to 3.73 gears getting thought about too.

 

[illtal]

Christmas came early for me. Two comp turbos...

Some notes:

Frankenstein heads are o ringed on the exhaust side. We will take detailed pix of the heads, and the sheer quality of the head work.

I am doing a custom cold side routing however most of it should look the same anyway.

I am using go fast bits (gfb) for the twin 44mm gates and the bov @52 mm

Fuel system has been talked about in this thread but we will likely tweak some things to get it working the way I want.

Will probably need a bump steer kit as well even after we raise the front again. Will check on this prior to the initial alignment.

Biggest problem this far, is what to do with the transmission. T-56XL seems like the way to go but for that price I'd rather save and get something else. Either way, the clutch will likely give up in another 15k boosted miles so I'm contemplating sending the tranny off to calimer so that I can use my Barton shifter, and order off the shelf parts as needed. A swap to 3.73 gears getting thought about too.

Got a quote on a t56xl from modern driveline and it was a total of 6700 installed. Damn, think I'll send just as much on a calimer with a ds and a clutch.

We'll see what's going to happen ina moment

 

[SolarFlare]

Looking good that motor looks like it’s gonna make some jam

 

[illtal]

The jam is coming.
Can't wait to provide this thread with decent pictures. The headwork is bonkers.
Real feed back on an overpowered brushless setup that should work like stock.