GT350 Track Review - Sebring

[cloud9]

I've driven an S550 Mustang GT at Daytona, and that hood did a lot of dancing around. I just crossed my fingers and put a lot faith in the Ford engineers. After seeing a lot of action in Daytona, the good news is there were no issues on that car.

Good to hear. I put pins in my last two S197s just because I didn't like the way the hoods danced at speed but I also never had one come open. Just peace of mind I guess.

 

[CSL]

Good to hear. I put pins in my last two S197s just because I didn't like the way the hoods danced at speed but I also never had one come open. Just peace of mind I guess.

I did the same on my last two S197s. Hopefully someone will be a trendsetter with the 350 hoods....it won't be me. I had the aerocatch hood pins on my last S197 and they are slick. It would be great to get those to work on the 350s.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Pins would also require drilling and likely reinforcing the carbon fiber cross brace

It looks like the 350R-C has Aerocatches, but they are mounted a bit further back than what we have done on the S197s. Maybe someone heading to an IMSA race can get an underhood shot?

 

[venom52]

Has anyone noticed the cooling ducts? Seems there's two sets of hoses. One set is in the lower grille and the other is fed from the radiator box.

 

[06mach1]

Has anyone noticed the cooling ducts? Seems there's two sets of hoses. One set is in the lower grille and the other is fed from the radiator box.

Here is how the ducting was at the Glen last year.

 

[venom52]

@06mach1 thanks for posting that. Seems that cooling the brakes is possible for the GT350 guys.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Here are a couple underhood shots where you can see the location of the Aerocatch pins. These were taken last year by one of our members here:

 

[F.D. Sako]

Looks like they didnt want to drill into the composite brace.

Also, I remember reading, or hearing in a video, that the smaller cooling duct was aimed at the caliper.

 

[steveespo]

How much is that GT 350 manifold again?

 

[VoodooBoss]

How much is that GT 350 manifold again?

Youll want to keep your CJ intake. The voodoo intake has similar performance gains in a lower profile.

 

[steveespo]

Youll want to keep your CJ intake. The voodoo intake has similar performance gains in a lower profile.

Not if I need something to fit under a S550 hood.....................

 

[Justin@VMP]

It's amazing how well the gt350 intake performs, it's too bad the parts are so expensive, it gave the CJ intake a run for its money:
http://www.svtperformance.com/2016/02/05/tech-gt350-vs-cobra-jet-intake-test/

 

[cloud9]

It's amazing how well the gt350 intake performs, it's too bad the parts are so expensive, it gave the CJ intake a run for its money:
http://www.svtperformance.com/2016/02/05/tech-gt350-vs-cobra-jet-intake-test/

Interesting. Justin, are you going with LTHs and an O/R X on your GT350? Anxious to see results if that's your plan.

 

[Justin@VMP]

I did have one on the dyno, it made more power than my tune-only car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8BvRgM_hmE

 

[cloud9]

I did have one on the dyno, it made more power than my tune-only car:

That sounded really good.

 

[Justin@VMP]

Yeah, do you want me to do a cammed idle tune for it?

 

[cloud9]

Yeah, do you want me to do a cammed idle tune for it?

I'm going to run it stock for a while, just starting to think about options

 

[steveespo]

I'm going to run it stock for a while, just starting to think about options

Chicken. Forget the cam idle BS, go for the POWER!!!

 

[cloud9]

Chicken. Forget the cam idle BS, go for the POWER!!!

C'mon man I'm TRYING to restrain myself.................at least for a while

 

[TMSBOSS]

C'mon man I'm TRYING to restrain myself.................at least for a while

At least until the snow melts!! :