Exceptional job "Probie".;)

Thanks Boss! :D

Looks ugly.
Just kidding.:D That color is making me like that style mustang even more:)

I took the car yesterday to a private track rental at Maryland International Raceway. Even though I had the slowest car out there, I was grinning ear-to-ear by the time I went through the traps. This was the first time that car has been to the track. Keep in mind the car is basically stock, except for the 3.90:1 GT rear, duals (which add nothing), and some suspension goodies. Here's a cruddy cell-phone shot -

http://images21.fotki.com/v840/photo...8atRTJ5-vi.jpg


The rear rims are new, which I bought from another racer at the event (planned ahead of time). The wheels are S197 17x8" silver Bullitts, shod with 325/45R17 M&H drag radials. They have a diameter of 28", which is a TALL tire, so I figure this combination has a corrected gear ratio of 3.65:1. The wider 2000 GT rear-end, combined with the offset of the S197 wheels, placed the DR's perfectly in the wheelwells.

I shaved 4/10ths over the course of the day, having made 8 passes total. I ended up with a best of:

60'... 2.158
1/8.. 10.302 @ 67.56mph
1/4.. 16.208 @ 83.44mph


I'll admit to having trouble working the pedals to do a proper burnout, as I kept rolling up to the line or killing it entirely. At the line I was actually spinning the DR's. So line-locks will allow me to heat up those DR's and lower my 60' time. I changed my shift points during the day, but generally I was shifting around 4800. My final time down the track was a 16.232, so I was able to back-up my super impressive runs. :p But at least we have a baseline before tearing into the motor this winter.

Here are a couple more pictures from the track rental at MIR on 10/28/2011. The first one was taken while in the right lane, which was the street tire lane. The second picture was taken later in the day while sporting the new DR's.

http://images59.fotki.com/v683/photo...atMIR01-vi.jpg

http://images51.fotki.com/v103/photo...atMIR02-vi.jpg

That is a neat write up. Keep it coming!

My step son got a '98 Camaro BC4 when he was 12. The car is an ex-schp. I am with you on the power concern, but the price was just too good to pass up for his dream car. It was $2600. The car needed front body panels, a little wiring work and some tires.

Cannot overstate the value of doing a project such as these for those who have up and comers. It is a great way to get the kids away from the TV, learn a little practical knowledge and understand sweat equity.

It is also is a good vehicle, (pun intended) to maintain good grades and behavior. We are very strict with his car. If his GPA drops below a 3.0 it is gone. Drops below a 2.0 and he loses his driving privileges altogether.

He just turned 17 and plans to keep the car forever. He too has a list of upgrades he is planning. A t56 swap, suspension upgrades and a repaint.

It is fun seeing him show passion....:cool:

Bill, the car has turned out great. Congrats. I know he's proud, too!!

Yeah, I'm partial to that color, too. When I had to sell my first '01 Bullitt, I picked out a '99 CVPI in the same color - FU, Dark Green Satin Clearcoat Metallic. I think I have some photos in my Webshots directory. The color was very close to the Dark Highland Green on the Bullitt.

flying_gage, there's a big following on other boards for the B4C police Camaros. I have a 1992 Colorado State Patrol B4C Camaro that I'm working on in addition to my 1982 CHP Mustang.

Greg

sounds like me i had a 96 GT in forest green when i was 15 i remember it pulled a 14.9 and i had to really try! those non pi V8s are slugs! but it got me through high school along with my 93 CHP (which when i try runs 13.9) good choice with the v6 because that was my biggest down fall on both of them 12-15 mpg and that takes a toll on a high school student!

Thanks guys! It's still a work in-progress. For Christmas, Jack got a set of line-locks which need to be installed. I plan to run an in-line fuse under the hood so they can be disabled on the street. I sent out the splitport heads and lower intake to be ported and polished, which should be coming back soon. A new camshaft (I forget the specs) will be installed at the same time. The head swap will get underway in about a month (I'm waiting for the garage to not be so cold!). From there, we'll have the car towed to a local shop to be dyno tuned. :)

I posted in the following thread about our trip to Ohio in May -

http://www.specialservicemustang.net...ead.php?t=4259


As stated, we had a great time. We're now getting ready to bump the power in Jack's 98. All along we had planned to perform a splitport/Windstar head/cam/intake swap on the original motor. Well, the "shop" we've been using for the porting and custom cam has been taking FOREVER to get return our lower intake and new custom cam. So Jack decided to look at going another way with his V6. We began looking for a suitable Thunderbird SuperCoupe to use as a engine donor for Jack's car. Those blown 3.8L's had 230 hp and over 300 ft/lbs of torque.

We found a wrecked 1993 SC on one of the Mustang forums, and it turns out the seller is the brother of a guy I know on another forum. The car use to belong to their Mom before the car was involved in an accident. So Jack and I will be pulling a borrowed trailer on Friday to Flint, Michigan to pick up the donor car. Later that morning, we will stop by Lapeer Dragway to catch up with at least two MOCSEM members we know. One of them just took delivery of a 2013 3.7L convertible, and he's planning to get some baseline runs in this Saturday before adding forced induction to the car. If anyone is near Lapeer this Saturday, feel free to meet us out there.