*EDIT: Check Post #5 for FINISHED pics.* Well as some of you know I self ported my cobras blower and TB/plenum not too long ago. Unfortunatly I didnt have the tools I needed to complete the job and basically had to finish with it looking nowhere close to what I had invisioned due to time constraints. Went and had the car tuned, and although it was nearly 90*s, I still wasnt very happy with my #s. (476/502) SO now that I have 4 days off this week, I decided to pull the blower back off (2 hours or so....by myself) and finish it up....now that I have the tools. I also have received some more pictures of professional work, and am going to update the design a bit vs simply smoothing it up. So now onto the pictures This is how the inlet looks now....how it was dynoed. As you can see, it looks pretty crappy. Ported, but not smooth at all. Also note that my plenum looked EXACTLY like that at the time of the dyno. But I have since played with it and smoothed it up alot. Here is where its at NOW. Yes it still doesnt look good, but im going to work on it some more and get it looking nice. Its just hard with the bumps in the way. Just for refrence, here is my old accufab plenum that I ported...never used it becuase I decided to go another route. This is the level of quality that im happy with, and thats what my goal is to reproduce with my blowers inlet, and my current plenum. And here is my TB. Its been cleaned up a bit more since my dyno....but nothing big. Not too much work has went into it...yet. And just for grins, this is the factory intercooler that comes on the 03-04 SVT cobras....actually made by garrett! Im sure many of you have never seen how the setup works. and everything taped off...didnt feel like removing the intercooler again. No real need to as im just focusing on the inlet this time around. and this last picture shows the underside of the blower....this was taken the first time I pulled it off, just a bit before putting the blower back on. I wanted to throw this in since you couldnt see the underside of the blower, with the IC inplace. and for refrence, this is what a stock blowers underside looks like. and a stock inlet. anyways I will update this tomorrow after I finish my portwork update....and you guys tell ME what you think before and after. Please feel free to comment on what you see thus far....doesnt matter what you own (V6, GT, Mach, Cobra, Ford GT), I will listen to all of your opinions based on your experience, not based on what your drive, like some people do. I guess that makes me a pretty cool guy Thanks for looking
The workmanship looks top notch. I don't have the attention span to see something like that from start to finish. I find it hard to wax my car without getting bored halfway through. What kind of gains are you expecting to see from all this work? Has anyone ever read Smokey Yunick's book on how to build race engines? He would leave the finishes rough beacause he thought it helps air flow. I know who's Smokey? Google is your fiend, it's a good read on a rainy afternoon. Please keep us posted on the results. The workman ship looks great. Maybe you can come over and wax the other half of my car. JK.
Ok, I finished it all up...well I just have to put fluid back in the IC tank, but other than that she is all put togethor Ill fire her up tomorrow and go for a drive. Who says pulling and installing the blower is a two man job....Im not a big guy by any means and done it myself...not that hard. Anywho on to the important stuff! INLET NOW...still not the best looking from this angle, but just look a few pics down... Still not exactly like I would like it but its FAR better than it was. Now check out these pics...really show how smooth the inlet actually is. So yea it is MUCH cleaner in reality than the inlet side pics show Now to the plenum...not a whole lot of work, but is a bit cleaner than before. And cleaned up the TB a little as well...nothing much. Overall im quite pleased with how it came out. Maybe not on par with some professionals, but hey im just a recreational *high performance minded* mechanic Let me know what you guys think!
Man, I feel old...I still read Hot Rod mag...and in their "Where it all began" section when they reflect back on issues from the 70's and 80's, I remember them all too well. A Custom Van, A V8 Vega, ahh, those were the daze... Automobile Enthusiasts everywhere owe alot to Smokey - Did ya know he brought us the use of power steering pressure to power the brakes (something our Mustangs use today!)? BTW, GREAT porting work above - impressive!
Thanks everyone for your comments Car feels a bit stronger than it did before...now just to save a bit more and buy my next MOD (single blade TB/Plenum...ofcourse it will be ported ) and then its off to the dyno
Its supposed to be torqued to 23 Ftlbs and im pretty sure it was right in that area....I did mine 18 or 23, cant remember haha. Oh and I forgot to mention your portwork.....looking good bro! SHould have some really low IAT2 temps thats for sure! Anymore pics of the progress?
didn't really port out as much you did on the inlet side, i'm a little ticked on the off center hole i made below the V , i must have shifted it on the table... All cleaned up and waiting to bolt on, I'm trying to follow your mods, you are making Safe/Stable power from the motor
