I'm Back in THA BOOST!@

[Ekliptix]

Finally, after ~2.5months.
For those of you sho don't know, I bought a superchaged mustang and the internal belt on the SCer broke 22hours after I bought the car. $225 later, I had 4 Powerdyne bearings and a new kevlar belt smuggled out of the Powerdyne factory.

Superior Automative was suggested to me by a fellow car nut, but unfortuntly for me, they were very busy, which I found out later.

2 hours of labor ended up taking 5 weeks to get done, so I'm really glad it's finally done.

2.5 hrs later, I had it reassembled and installed (with a little frustration).

All I can say, is 4th gear spinning is fun in the rain(on a closed course with paramedics standing by of course).


I had the idler bearing removed because the newer models of this SCer don't have it. I was assured that there would still be enough belt tension.
http://streetchallenge.com/uploadpix/up/SCerview3.jpg

Here are 2 of the 4 new ceramic bearings. One of the old ones was found to be a little rough, so it may have assisted in the breaking of the original belt.
http://streetchallenge.com/uploadpix/up/SCerbearings.jpg

Here's the turbine.
http://streetchallenge.com/uploadpix/up/SCerview6.jpg

the compressor housing going over the turbine.
http://streetchallenge.com/uploadpix/up/SCerview4.jpg

[dj_honda]

should be faster than 15's now huh

[92 Teg-B18A]

Sweet! Can't wait to see it in action! :burnout:

[ecstasy_civic]

me too, have to post up some more pics of your car, its so nice.

congrats on getting it boosting again.

[fast95pony]

Good news !!!:thumbsup:

[Fluidic]

Congrats Graham -- you have been waiting a LONG time for those replacement parts!!

Can't wait to see some cockpit and outside vid footage soon! :thumbsup: ;)

Peter

[4wheeldrift]

Glad to hear its finally back together. Now get out there and kill them tires :devil:

[Ekliptix]

Thanks, it's super fun.

As much as i want to turn this into a well balanced car, it's hard to resist the urge to focus only on acceleration performance.
For example, I still have underdrive pulleys ($109), TB and spacer, and MAF and injectors to get. I can realistically expect ~30whp gain from these.
Then, there's Edelbrock alum heads which include new valvetrain ($1400) that release a ton of power (60whp), and upper and lower intake manifolds($500).
Gah!

But, I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a set of Tokicos and sport springs w/ camber/caster plates next.
Then some slotted fron rotors and good pads.

:must-resist-straight-line-urge!:

[4wheeldrift]

Originally posted by Ekliptix

But, I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a set of Tokicos and sport springs w/ camber/caster plates next.
Then some slotted fron rotors and good pads.

:must-resist-straight-line-urge!: Just think of it this way, if you don't do suspension work you'll never get that sweet, delicious boost to the ground :devil: