11 sec GT40 build....

srtthis

the guy doing it does every local racers rear end
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so its no shock... im shooting for 11's NA before build a nitrous kit out of stuff laying around

mods
GT40 exploder intake
GT40 heads being milled to XX cc's (i'll fill this in after rick mills them)
B303 cam
1.72 roller rockers
aeromotive FPR
QA1 K member
QA1 coil overs
14-175 springs
stock control arms "modded"
electric fan
relocated battery
ported SN95 MAF
C&L inlet pipe smoothed the flashing out of it
65MM throttle body thats been smoothed
65MM spacer also smoothed and blended into throttle body
Zoom kevlar clutch
MSD 6AL2 plan to launch at 4500 RPM off the 2step
UPR pro adjustable lowers
UPR radius arm uppers
3.73's
4cyl springs (may swap out for V8 springs)
275/60 hoosier drag radials
lakewood 50/50's
full length subframes
no heat
no AC
no radio
no speakers
no rear seat
no wipers
no power steering
no smog

im sure im missing something
anything else you guys think i may need? yes i plan to drive it like i stole it and if it breaks it breaks i'll fix it.
 
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And aluminum driveshaft is a nice mod. Really picked up the "snap" on the bottom end with mine. I just scavenged one from an AWD aerostar at a local wrecker. Worked great with the right U-Joints. Underdrive pulleys couldn't hurt either.
 
A friend of mine went 11.22 on 302 (11.5:1 compression), home ported gt40p's, Anderson cam, edelbrock performer intake, shorties, no accesories besides alternator, think the car weighed 3000lbs. Oh yeah, on slicks leaving at 6000. I think your combo may be just shy of his, but you should get 11's no less.

Joe
 
A friend of mine went 11.22 on 302 (11.5:1 compression), home ported gt40p's, Anderson cam, edelbrock performer intake, shorties, no accesories besides alternator, think the car weighed 3000lbs. Oh yeah, on slicks leaving at 6000. I think your combo may be just shy of his, but you should get 11's no less.

Joe
yea i know i could do it with some compression but i wanted to see how far i can push the stock short block.
 
have the pulleys...
the drive shaft is something ive been looking for. but the aerostars are few and far between.
According to http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?userSearch=int&userPID=1000&userLocation=USA&userIMS=&userInterchange=BEF&userSide=&userDate=1996&userDate2=1996&dbModel=27.2.1.1&userModel=Ford Aerostar&dbPart=431.1&userPart=Drive Shaft, Rear&sessionID=600000000000000000047882035&userPreference=zip&userZip=21009&userLat=39.471&userLong=-76.296&userIntSelect=32491&userUID=0&userBroker=&userPage=1&iKey=

.....there are 20 of the ones you need within 100-miles of your location right now. Two of which are within 25-miles.

I had mine shipped 300km to my door for $100 and $30 in U-joints later I was up and running. That's less than half the cost of the FRPP unit. :nice:
 
i may have to go check a few of the other local ones that are u pick u pull ones. they have better prices by a long shot. drive shafts are like 15 bucks
 
i may have to go check a few of the other local ones that are u pick u pull ones. they have better prices by a long shot. drive shafts are like 15 bucks
Gotta watch a lot of those places. I don't know how many of them I've seen ruined by getting crushed with the fork lift when moving the vehicles around in the lot. :nonono:
 
Srt keep them 4 cyl springs they transfer much better man I hope you hit that 11 with that set up guess 10s on the bottle ha I hope my car hits 11 s I've got a pretty close set up as yours and the blower but my car is heavier good luck let me know.when your heading to the.track to run it ill go run my car to
 
Srt keep them 4 cyl springs they transfer much better man I hope you hit that 11 with that set up guess 10s on the bottle ha I hope my car hits 11 s I've got a pretty close set up as yours and the blower but my car is heavier good luck let me know.when your heading to the.track to run it ill go run my car to
I think they transfer to much for the radials. I'll have to try both to know for sure
 
I think its a obtainable goal, but im not sure the radials will get it done. It will be much easier to do on a set of stiff wall slicks. Radials and a clutch dont play well together
 
I think its a obtainable goal, but im not sure the radials will get it done. It will be much easier to do on a set of stiff wall slicks. Radials and a clutch dont play well together

I killed a couple of stock clutches running the old school M/T ET Drags, but then went out and bought a dual friction centerforce and never had another problem...with clutches anyway.
transmissions, axles..That's another story.