My name is Mike and I am a computer geek by trade and spend my weekends doing automotive restoration, customization and modification usually wearing my trusty garage sandals. I’m a DIY’er and have rebuilt 5 homes including everything from flooring, to tiling, to electrical work, to installing beams and structural steel, to HVAC installation, so you may catch some home remodeling here as well. I have bought/sold/traded/parted/cannibalized/restored over 40 vehicles and one thing is for sure, I will NEVER leave anything alone.
I’m currently doing a frame-off restoration on a neglected 1940 Ford Pickup, one of two vehicles that my grandfather, father and I have all worked on.
My daily driver is a 550hp AWD Jaguar F-Type that I’d like to get on a track a lot more frequently than I do.
I have a 1970 El Camino, which has a budget junk yard turbo LS.
If it has 4 wheels, chances are I’m into it, so you never know what’s next. Come check it out and subscribe!
Dont suppose you know what the measurement is from the edge of firewall to center of axle is so you? I just picked up a 1940 cab. And its foing on a complete different frame. I dont have the original to get any measurement from
Do you have a tuner installed for it to not read the dpf sensor?? Or no tuner setup. Have a 08 as well that’s calling for a dpf cleaning. Don’t know to just buy the pipe alone or pipe with the flash tuner. Thanks.
These older GM vehicles are damn near indestructible. I've got a 96 K1500 that was in a head on collision 45mph, replaced some of the front end, couple hundred at a junkyard, alignment and it still runs/drives just fine.
I actually plug by plug labeled and removed the mustang harness from the donor car, then removed the wires I didn’t need like hvac, interior lights, stereo, etc. From the firewall forward it’s a completely factory mustang harness with no wires removed. It’s not hard. Take your time. Go slow. I had zero issues.
I think it’s about right. It’s a really light car and it’s not about straight line speed. Not going to win any drag races with it but plenty to have fun in the twisties and it sounds awesome.
I just got it on ebay, they are about 25-30 bucks. a surprising amount of bolts hold it in and it snakes out the bottom. Have to pull the battery, and maybe the tray if I remember right.
Thanks for sharing! I'll try to bring my R convertible out there someday. Never tested it on a strip before, but hopefully after a tune she'll be pumping about 650-700hp. You think under 11s are possible w/ just a tune?
Thanks for sharing this great video! I’m also in the Bay Area and will definitely bring my F-Type out to Wed nights at Sonoma. Keep that AC off and hold down the DSC down until “track” is displayed...not all the way off. Make sure you’re in Dynamic mode and pull that shifter to the left. A big S should appear on the center display and this will result in the fastest launch and max power. Also, Jag limits multiple full throttle runs to 10 seconds, before backing off the power. The only way around this is an ECU tune. Finally, run a tank of 101 octane racing full before you go to the track. SC engines love octane and after your second talk of 101, the ECU will recalibrate. If you can wait 30-45 minutes between runs, that stupid 10 second limiter will reset and you should get into the lower 11s and possibly into the 10s.
This is A/C off, in Dynamic, shifter in sport. I tried it in all three configurations, tap track, hold track and left it on. I didn't really notice any difference. I probably had 45 mins of cool down between runs with the hood up, so I didn't really notice it backing off power. The main issue was heat that day. It was 90+ while the sun was up. When the warranty expires, will be getting a tune, cold air intake, pulley and I may consider porting the blower and throttle body. Stock, in perfect conditions, I'd imagine it can do low 11's. I think it would take some mods to get in the 10's. Still faster than every hellcat out there that day :)
