Back in 06' I bought my Mustang GT with 17,000 miles on it, Fully loaded. My first mods started with the usual bolt ons (Nothing Exciting). As I slowly started getting into the "Car Scene" I realized a Bolt-On GT is nothing special to what is out there (Few Years ago). At that time a Cam/Heads LS1 or Ported Eaton Cobra was the "God" of the streets .
When I got out of High School, and went to college (30min from my house) I was still close to the car scene guys. Obviously cars started getting faster, the twin screws started being put on, and the game was "Stepping up".
Halfway through college, I decided to put a "Blower" on to my car. Bought a complete blower kit (s4), Fuel system, and a few other various upgrades. Did 3.73's, and called it a day (6-8psi) of boost.
Finally after a year of boost. I decided to man up and put the 10-12psi upgrade on, with a intercooler, and Idler pulley. That lasted about 6 or so months, and I decided, I couldnt take it any longer.....
In late Febuary I decided to get my motor rebuilt, and it was finished in late March.
Bored .020
Steel Crank
Forged H Beams
Manley Pistons
Ported Heads
Custom Grind Cams/Springs/Retainers
Meiling Oil Pump
Cloyes Timing Set
Innovaters West 10% Crank Pulley
Dual GT Pumps
Modified STG2 FPDM
Zex Nitrous (75/100) shot, for now
Ol' Baby coming out. It worked FLAWLESSLY, and only had 32k on the clock. Just decided It wasnt enough
I took my car to the tuner, and got a base tune on it (Old Fuel System). It maxed out my fuel system on 14* of timing, I plan on running 18*. My pumps/FPDM will be installed soon (this week) hopefully) and I will be spraying as well
Ill keep everyone updated on my #'s for Boost/Nitrous! This has been a long road with the car, and its FINALLY done. Only thing I have left to do, if I do anything, will be (Cowl Hood, Suspension).
Procharged 2002 Mustang GT 5 Speed 351rwhp 353rwtq at 10psi
Next summer looking to go with:
Bilstien shocks + struts, Lowering springs (brand still TBD (any suggestions?)), MM CC plates, front + rear sway bars, subframes, and upper and lower control arms.
Time to make the pony ride some rails
Was that the most expensive part of your build? I want to do that as well because I am in your shoes about right now when you decided to build up the engine. Except I have about 80K miles on my motor so doing a rebuild like you did is something I wanna do but scared of the cost and if it really is worth it. I see you have bored .020 and I think that means that in that picture you have you shaved the piston hole bigger .020 or something. What is the advantages of that? Why not just leave it stock? Just wondering...
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99 mustang GT
Vortech V-1 Supercharger, 42lb injectors, Sean Hyland Blower Cams, JBA shorty headers, Mac O/r H pipe, Mac High Flow Cats, 373 gears, spec stage 3 clutch,75mm TB, Bullit Brake Upgrade, Bullit rims, 90mm MAF, Steeda Boost Pipe, Steeda Tuned, CNL Plenum, Steeda Springs, Tokico Gas Shocks
Was that the most expensive part of your build? I want to do that as well because I am in your shoes about right now when you decided to build up the engine. Except I have about 80K miles on my motor so doing a rebuild like you did is something I wanna do but scared of the cost and if it really is worth it. I see you have bored .020 and I think that means that in that picture you have you shaved the piston hole bigger .020 or something. What is the advantages of that? Why not just leave it stock? Just wondering...
Although on my engine I only had 32k on the clock when I took it out, I just wanted to make sure my cylinders didnt have any ware or tear on them, so I bored them 0.020 over. At 80k I def recommend you bore it .020 over, plus it makes the CI of the motor go up just a tad
A guy that used to work for our family business use to build motors for us. When we got out of "Manufacturing" he left, and started his own performance shop. He builds all types of motor's, but specializes in 4.6's/5.0's. He is located in Illinois, just East of St. Louis, Missouri. Wetzel Automotive is his shop name.
My motor wasnt bad at all. Full build, ordering of the parts, labor to put it together, machine work, etc... It was fairly cheap actually. I already had the blower, and all my bolt ons. The only thing I changed was my motor, fuel system, and a bottle.
So all you did is port the heads? Correct me if im wrong, but I thought if you are doing that much Psi and even a bottle don't you wanna get like patriot stage 2 heads or any aftermarket heads (which cost around 2,000!) or if you just port them you will be fine... Did you do anything special to your heads to make them fine enough for the more psi and nitrous? Thanks for all the info.
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99 mustang GT
Vortech V-1 Supercharger, 42lb injectors, Sean Hyland Blower Cams, JBA shorty headers, Mac O/r H pipe, Mac High Flow Cats, 373 gears, spec stage 3 clutch,75mm TB, Bullit Brake Upgrade, Bullit rims, 90mm MAF, Steeda Boost Pipe, Steeda Tuned, CNL Plenum, Steeda Springs, Tokico Gas Shocks
So all you did is port the heads? Correct me if im wrong, but I thought if you are doing that much Psi and even a bottle don't you wanna get like patriot stage 2 heads or any aftermarket heads (which cost around 2,000!) or if you just port them you will be fine... Did you do anything special to your heads to make them fine enough for the more psi and nitrous? Thanks for all the info.
I took my stock engine out, stripped it down, and then he built it.
Bored/Clean my block and bored the cylinders .020
Added a steel crank, Forged H Beam Rods, and Manley Pistons. We added a Meiling oil pump, and Cloyes Timing set.
Jeff (My Builder) ported my heads. Instead of buying new heads, he had the equipment to port heads, so I did that. It flows around a stage 2 head. We added custom grinded cams for the blower/nitrous, and I added springs/retainers in the heads so they were "upgraded" for the boost and nitrous.
thats awesome. if you can get some videos up. i bet it screams at 14 psi
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Procharged 2002 Mustang GT 5 Speed 351rwhp 353rwtq at 10psi
Next summer looking to go with:
Bilstien shocks + struts, Lowering springs (brand still TBD (any suggestions?)), MM CC plates, front + rear sway bars, subframes, and upper and lower control arms.
Time to make the pony ride some rails
Build Up: "A Long Road" 
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