S197 BackInBlack Build Thread Profile - S197 Mustangs

[BackInBlack]

I wish I knew how to read this . . . rpm on the vertical axis. What is the horizontal axis? What do the brown and blue lines represent and plot on the graph? I see a knock sensor gauge on the left pegged to the far right hand red zone, but I do not know what any of this means.

Horizontal axis is just log run time. Brown is RPM and blue is knock. I put the cursor over the highest knock point so that's what shows on the gauges.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

Horizontal axis is just log run time. Brown is RPM and blue is knock. I put the cursor over the highest knock point so that's what shows on the gauges.

Thank you. That helps quite a bit.

 

[BackInBlack]

Fun with paint.

Need a bit of a paint refresh soon. Will probably stick with the black, but for fun, I tried some other colors on with AI:

The AI's didn't seem to do great at this, they messed it up quite a bit but not bad! I also tried different side stripe colors on but it messed that up really bad. The Land Rover Carpathian Gray is kinda cool! Here's what it looks like on a Land Rover:

The Lithium Gray is from a Ford F-150 and the Metallic Granite Crystal Gray is from a Dodge Challenger.


This is my favorite Boss color here. Ford Sterling Gray. There was only one made, it was a special edition made for some charity and ended up in South America:

Heins Motorsports Boss RS Custom (a SEMA car I think) was pretty cool.

I also like Chicane's purple Boss that was for sale here on TMO not long ago.

 

[BackInBlack]

Little update -- I'm back on 93 for the cold season and since I've been back on gas, I'm seeing a consistent increase in fuel milage. I was getting about 16mpg combined before. Now I'm getting almost 17mpg consistently. Clearly there was some gum in the works somewhere that the alcohol helped clear out! Very happy with results of the e85 mod.

Will be going in for some paint refresh in January. Not sure if I'll change anything or not yet. Right now the leading contender if I do change is Range Rover carpathian gray! If I did that, I'd maintain the '12 Boss 2 tone by keeping the roof, etc black. I'll still probably end up sticking with black though. Kinda scared to experiment. I'll post some more AI mockups later.

 

[Stangra]

When considering a paint refresh, the opportunity for a color change is always a tempting option, but sticking with the existing color is definitely the easy button. Things like door jambs, trunk surrounds, and engine bay become a lot more involved to make a transformation correct. I'm a bit OCD when it comes to this and even worry about the color of overspray on the underbody!

 

[BackInBlack]

Here's original (right after rebuild paint refresh mostly to repaint the white parts from the donor). Mach 1 fighter jet gray, and another carpathian gray mockup




That fighter jet gray is kinda badass too...

 

[BackInBlack]

When considering a paint refresh, the opportunity for a color change is always a tempting option, but sticking with the existing color is definitely the easy button. Things like door jambs, trunk surrounds, and engine bay become a lot more involved to make a transformation correct. I'm a bit OCD when it comes to this and even worry about the color of overspray on the underbody!

Getting close to paint time for your build? Sticking with the blue?

 

[Stangra]

Hah! Not as close as I'd like, but closer!
Yeah, I'm sticking with the deep impact blue. Love the color, not the name so much, lol.
When I was looking for the chassis my search was limited since I wanted it to be the same color.