What did you do to your Boss 302 or S197 today?

[twistedneck]

Finally installed hood pins. Easy peazy, <2 hours all in. Even removing/ replacing the grill was not as hard as I remembered. Cutouts on the radiator cover aren't my best Dremel work, but good enough.

I screwed mine up.. didn't rivet them, i screwed em and its a very ugly screw job from the underside. Note the hood has two layers and the thickness varies in that area.

 

[Fabman]

Ahh Fabman! i thought nobody would even notice...fronts are only 350. i started at 600 400 then tried everything down to 325 125. My main focus was i wanted a bit of body roll and i also wanted the frequencies of the springs to be damn near perfect and they pretty much are there now. 375 175 may have been a bit better but it didn't body roll enough to pull that left front wheel!

I notice.

 

[Mike_FL]

Had lots of fun yesterday driving the club course layout of Sebring.
Car performed great especially in the summer heat. Oil temps where steady and brakes lasted for the full session.
The dark blue boss has Kenny Brown AGS 4.0 rear grip kit and my GT has Cortex watts link and torque arm and we had similar tires

 

[dcpatters]

Installed Steeda Clutch assist Spring, Shifter base bushing and transmission mount bushing insert.

 

[dcpatters]

Had the car dyno’d. Less than stellar results

 

[Champale]

Had the car dyno’d. Less than stellar results

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That looks like a really smooth and nice power curve. Are you unhappy with the numbers? Do you have a baseline from before it was tuned? Since every dyno will give different numbers, it's hard to say whether the power figures are high or low for your car.

 

[dcpatters]

That looks like a really smooth and nice power curve. Are you unhappy with the numbers? Do you have a baseline from before it was tuned? Since every dyno will give different numbers, it's hard to say whether the power figures are high or low for your car.

Unfortunately, no pre-tune Dyno pull. The graph is with an AED tune. We’ve been chasing some spark knock from the beginning though. Shaun commented the numbers were pretty low. And this was with 5 gallons of 101 mixed in with 91. With each pull, I recorded a log; first run showed some knock.

Power is linear for sure. Looks like injectors snd E85 are in my future, which should alleviate the KR.

 

[twistedneck]

Had the car dyno’d. Less than stellar results

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My stock 2012 made 360 hp 360 tq to the wheels.. it was listed as 412 crank HP.. so that was 52 hp difference add that to your 394hp = 446 HP. i think that's just right!

 

[Mad Hatter]

Unfortunately, no pre-tune Dyno pull. The graph is with an AED tune. We’ve been chasing some spark knock from the beginning though. Shaun commented the numbers were pretty low. And this was with 5 gallons of 101 mixed in with 91. With each pull, I recorded a log; first run showed some knock.

Power is linear for sure. Looks like injectors snd E85 are in my future, which should alleviate the KR.

False knock is a pain in the a$$. If you have it, you should fix it before going to e85 as it will still steal HP.

 

[dcpatters]

False knock is a pain in the a$$. If you have it, you should fix it before going to e85 as it will still steal HP.

It sure is. How do you chase that with these motors? I removed and reinstalled the side pipes as Shaun suggested.

 

[Mad Hatter]

It sure is. How do you chase that with these motors? I removed and reinstalled the side pipes as Shaun suggested.

try to follow the exhaust from tip to tail. It could be anything, a rear hanger support for example.

 

[Mike_FL]

Installed a Race Louvers RT vent. I’ll be honest I didn’t really enjoy doing this but it had to be done especially with Florida heat.
looking forward to testing it out next weekend.
Thanks to Twistedneck for some tips

 

[302BOB]

Mike, I know making that first cut into your hood must have sent shivers down your spine, but it was all worth it. The end result looks great!!!! I'm sure you're glad that's over with and it's gotta help with cooling things down...

 

[Mike_FL]

Mike, I know making that first cut into your hood must have sent shivers down your spine, but it was all worth it. The end result looks great!!!! I'm sure you're glad that's over with and it's gotta help with cooling things down...

Thanks, yes I felt sick cutting the hood but it will definitely help with cooling, hood fluttering and front end lift

 

[JDee]

Thanks, yes I felt sick cutting the hood but it will definitely help with cooling, hood fluttering and front end lift

You won't regret it. Makes a huge difference with everything you mentioned.

 

[EF1]

Thanks, yes I felt sick cutting the hood but it will definitely help with cooling, hood fluttering and front end lift

The first cut always hurts. After that it gets easier.

 

[KazarS197]

New brake fluid, gear box fluid, oil, pads and darn near new scrubs. Everything nice and tight everywhere. Should be ready for a 3 day Labor Day weekend @ Pitt Race. My hood prop is an old volleyball. Ha.

 

[Fabman]

Some cooling mods for my son’s track car.
Bullet grill, silicone hoses, radiator ducting and an aluminum radiator I bought new for 150 bucks on Amazon.com. I couldn’t believe the price so I bought one just to check out. Yes their welding is sloppy and the bungs for the A/C condenser didn’t line up but I’m not using them for that anyway.
Other than that it looked pretty okay so I did my little 3 pass internal baffle mod, welded it back up and sent it.

Next up: Hood vents.

 

[Fabman]

They aren’t packaged very well so the first one came smashed, but the second one wasn’t bad so I went with it…..

Amazon.com

This is the only other 3 row 3 pass radiator for the mustang that I know of. Contrast that with my $150 modded up Amazon special and I think we did okay.

Aluminum Radiator Triple-Pass 3-Core Extreme-Duty

Maximum Cooling Power, Direct-Fit, Triple-Pass, Triple-Core Extreme-Duty Aluminum Radiator for 1997-2019 Mustangs. Triple Pass design sends water across the radiator three times for triple cooling, dropping water temperatures by 15⁰on street, up to 30⁰ on track. Street, track, or supercharged cars.

kennybrown.com

 

[Fabman]

Boom….vents.