NoPulp Build Thread - Boosted V6 Mustang

Hello,
Some members requested a build thread on my car, so here we go.

Please feel free to comment and ask questions. The car is far from complete (will never be complete) so I will update it as it goes.



https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8747/...f796ed68_c.jpg


The car was purchased in 2007 as a father-son project. It had just been used as a donor car for a gt that had hit a deer and its next destination would have likely been the crusher.

All the work was done by my father and I in a standard 2 car garage including the paint. The project started off with an engine swap since the barely running 3.8 v6 wasn't really an option. Of course a v8 engine swap is the first thing that comes to anyones mind, but we had also heard of some interesting v6 builds. We started doing some research and ended up finding a wrecked F-150 with a 4.2 v6 that could be swapped into the mustang.

The 4.2 is a similar engine to the original 3.8 but with the main differences of larger displacement and split port. Boost was the second part of the equation. There had been some people that used an adapter plate to fit a M112 supercharger from the 03/04 cobras onto a splitport v6. Sounded like fun, build a v6 that could beat up the v8s of its era. :D

So in conclusion, the idea behind the build was to do something different. (Something that's not often seen in the mustang community...)


Mod List

Engine
4.2 v6 (1998 F-150)
M112 Supercharger w/2.93 pulley
Water Methanol Injected
SSM adapter Plate
Mild ported split port heads and intake
Comp Cams 259HR115 cam
Comp Cams 26918 valve springs
Scorpion 1.73 roller rockers
Lightning 90mm MAF
C&L boost pipe
Walbro 255lph pump
Cobra Blue 39lb injectors
94 3.8 v6 stock headers
94 3.8 v6 25% underdrive pulleys
Double roller timing chain
Stock polished valve covers
MSD Coil

Drivetrain
T5 transmission (95GT)
King Cobra clutch
Stock clutch cable
Triple hook quadrant/ locking firewall adjuster
Mac shifter
8.8 fox diff assembly 3.73 gears

Interior
00’ Mustang interior
Boost gauge
Billet pedals, turn signal, defrost, temp controls, headlight control, Ebrake
Fog light switch
Hidden antenna
Alpine stereo
Collection of Pool Ball shifter knobs (favorite: orange #5)
LED Swap - gauges, hvac, dome.
Innovate Wideband
Dual gauge column pod

Exterior
Cobra bumper
Cobra R hood
Depo black diamond headlights
Depo chrome diamond corners
Cobra fog lights
Stock horizontal taillights
Wingless
Antenna removed
Passenger door keyhole removed
Bullitt Wheels 9" front 10" rear
255/35ZR18 Hankook Venture Plus front
275/35ZR18 Kumho rear
Monster extended open ended forged steel titanium finish Lugs
Paint: 94 Ford “Orange” - used on pickup trucks
LED Swap - License plate
Vanity plate - NO PULP

Suspension
HAL Kmember
MM CC plates
Eibach Pro- kit springs
Tokico D Spec Shocks Struts
Front FRPP Control Arms
AM UCA and LCA

Exhaust
Mac Cat Back w/polished tips
Pacesetter H-pipe
Gutted Cats




Now pictures of the build. I really wish I had taken better and more pictures throughout the process.


Original condition

http://i.imgur.com/dpyAMbml.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OJVOyw5l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Lqzawlpl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TtKb3uhl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/KJsUlh4l.jpg




Engine Build

http://i.imgur.com/BWWF5gOl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zwEMBvLl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/imJRMTDl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rQ0R6jvl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/W17PsSnl.jpg


Swap

http://i.imgur.com/o35CKqvl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/snqbq8sl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/cRiczPJl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/irgUvN8l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/B6pzUErl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/YnQe9Kil.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NzkGTOcl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RKFkiXEl.jpg

Exterior

http://i.imgur.com/Ec0H5R7l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sFfW9jZl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/snABeEil.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3etNk48l.jpg




Suspension & Interior

Don't really have an pictures of the suspension and interior upgrades. The suspension was all replaced with a bunch of goodies highlighted in the mod list. The interior was completly gutted and the resembled from the few usable stock pieces and an 2000 mustang interior. There was also the 8.8 rear end swap.




From there the car was painted and reassembled. I drove it like that for a year or two, then the supercharger went on.

It uses an adapter plate from SSM

http://i.imgur.com/swWtwBAl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/LEGN8zpl.jpg



There was obvious good clearance issues, so work had to be done.

http://i.imgur.com/VtXkY2Gl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sPogu2Fl.jpg


With the blower came heat. Since I cant really put an intercooler underneath I am using Meth to help cool things.

http://i.imgur.com/N1aDAZDl.jpg



I also did an LED swap...

http://i.imgur.com/3ZWgbjQl.jpg






That is a super quick walk through of the build... Just a quick summary really. Next I'll post some more current pictures, videos and dyno results.

http://i.imgur.com/gWzuDcGl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RNZ9q82l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SPZiUAJl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/l6SNQ6ll.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SdyfPtel.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/AOtD20Cl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bKQxLxHl.jpg

Some of the pictures taken by Kevin Chow (unkicrackie99) . Some of the pictures were taken at the closed mental hospital in Raymond Alberta.


If you are on mobile, they'll likely show up weird... Not sure why.



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Man that is a sweet job you did there. especially with the supercharger swap
I remember how shitty the N/A 4.2L was. it was the engine in my first truck a 97 F150. couldn't even turn over one tire fire.

I've started to try to get into photography, so here's my latest work.





https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7349/...0810f60f_c.jpg1994 Mustang by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7308/...7b244115_c.jpg4.2 V6 w/ M112 Supercharger by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7311/...fd3fd1b2_c.jpg1994 Mustang by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8746/...d0c0f5ab_c.jpgIMG_0630.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8671/...e95860ee_c.jpgIMG_0627.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8730/...ac806e1a_c.jpgIMG_0633.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8600/...ec42b183_c.jpgIMG_0634.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7605/...42b8cfe5_c.jpgIMG_0662.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8731/...e3305bcc_c.jpgIMG_0666.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8598/...08fd9973_c.jpgIMG_0665.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8650/...3326efa1_c.jpgIMG_0667.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8747/...f796ed68_c.jpgIMG_0669.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7608/...49669361_c.jpgIMG_0670.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7621/...131bd87a_c.jpgIMG_0673.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7619/...dee5ece3_c.jpgIMG_0659.jpg by richaaarrrddd, on Flickr

Generally not a huge fan of that gen mustang, but this one works really well. What kind of power does the blown 4.2 put out?

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Originally posted by relyt92
Generally not a huge fan of that gen mustang, but this one works really well. What kind of power does the blown 4.2 put out?

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I seem to get that a lot. The generation isn't terribly desirable, but I think they can look great with some tweeking.



Numbers with plugged cats and bad 02 sensors...


288.1 RWHP
307.4 ftlb

At Flywheel
330.4 HP
352.5 ftlb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y109k-c-x8

With the bugs worked out, it should now be at the 300whp point which was my overall goal for the build.

This is a fairly safe setup, there have been people that have pushed the block to 600. I believe at 600 the studs pull apart.

The orange sure works for that car. :thumbsup:

Love it! like others have said not really a fan of that generation. But this build is awesome! You need some ford racing seats and a different steering wheel!

Very cool build. Lots of impressive works from the original pics until now. :thumbsup:

Like others, not my favorite gen but I really like them with the cobra bumper and hood. Creates a whole new look I think. I think not really being able to do something with the exhaust tips is what gets me about this gen, something so trivial.

That said, very cool car. Looks awesome and props for a different build!

Thank guys!

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Originally posted by eglove
Love it! like others have said not really a fan of that generation. But this build is awesome! You need some ford racing seats and a different steering wheel!

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Thank you. The interior is definitely making its way up on the to-do list. Seats being the major thing. As for the steering wheel... unless I could find a 10th anniversary wheel for a decent price (impossible) I'll be sticking with the stock wheel. Aftermarket wheels look horrible because of the chunky steering column cover. I will hopefully be doing something with the stock wheel to make it a million times better.

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Originally posted by bruceod
Like others, not my favorite gen but I really like them with the cobra bumper and hood. Creates a whole new look I think. I think not really being able to do something with the exhaust tips is what gets me about this gen, something so trivial.

That said, very cool car. Looks awesome and props for a different build!

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Thanks! What do you mean not being able to do something with the exhaust tips? You can do anything you want with these cars. Get huge tips, dumps, termi exhaust, even side exhaust with the svo side skirts. Exhaust is easy to customize, but since its a mustang the aftermarket is endless.

With the v6 I don't want to change my exhaust too much from current, I think I've made it sound very good. Its really easy to make a v6 sound horrible lol.

I guess all I was getting at is that it's often you see people running their tips similar to what you have done. For me, it's too much tip (from a side profile). Just me being picky with that gen is all.

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Originally posted by bruceod
I guess all I was getting at is that it's often you see people running their tips similar to what you have done. For me, it's too much tip (from a side profile). Just me being picky with that gen is all.

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Ah, I understand now. Mine are fairly long and a good portion of the SN95 community run them the same. You can get shorter tips. I do think the shorter tips look goofy because you can see so much of the side profile.

How much power are you currently making with this unique setup?

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Originally posted by NoPulp

Numbers with plugged cats and bad 02 sensors...


288.1 RWHP
307.4 ftlb

At Flywheel
330.4 HP
352.5 ftlb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y109k-c-x8

With the bugs worked out, it should now be at the 300whp point which was my overall goal for the build.

This is a fairly safe setup, there have been people that have pushed the block to 600. I believe at 600 the studs pull apart.

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Originally posted by KRyn
How much power are you currently making with this unique setup?

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i'd say somewhere around the above :rofl:

Car looks great...excellent job! And kudos on going with a unique powerplant!

very nice build.

Absolutely beautiful if you ask me. Just so nicely done! I want to see and hear this car so bad...excellent work. I wish I had those skills.