Out with the old and in with the...
old?
Okay, maybe not THAT old, but definitely more my taste.
This is a Ford Mustang 40th anniversary GT: it features a 4.6 V8, Rwd 5 speed, LSD diff, huge aftermarket, and nitrous potential!
Although this power train his looked down upon in the performance community, it's only a result of Ford being cheap and not putting the good stuff in their flagship muscle car. Of course once you add a few performance items, this engine begins to shine, more so on forced induction. These puppies can churn out very healthy power numbers with only a little bit of air from a blower and even on junk nitrous systems. When I was searching for a worthy WoN nitrous platform, this was the best I could find with a tiny bit of cash.
One main reason why I scored this puppy for dirt cheap (and relatively low mileage) was that it had a very common issue for all Ford 4.6 and 5.4 2v engines: a leaking intake manifold. It is such a common issue with no actual design revision from Ford, that I knew I could repair the problem quickly and inexpensively. However, the factory replacement would eventually fail again. This time, I performed my own modification that SHOULD prevent the manifold from cracking again or at least, delay it for much longer than it would normally.
With the Stang back up and running, there are only a few maintenance items remaining. However, I'm sill waiting on some parts so why not just get started and on giving it the Noscraft Nitrous treatment with some WoN goodness!
To begin, I benefitted from one of the MAJOR features of WoN systems: easy transference to another vehicle!
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The donor car is my daily Chevy Sonic. It has a direct port system, but I swiped the Go-Quad crossfire in order to make the quick single point install on the Mustang. I need to block off the holes in the Sonic before converting to direct port on the Stang, also.
The Sonic was stripped of its power in fewer than 10 minutes! When I installed the system, I made sure that it was easily removed this quickly.
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