So what did you do to your SHO today!?

[Kevin81]

You live in the north? Those calipers were rusty man

Connecticut.

I think that's why I see so many SHOs, as opposed to the rest of you folks as well. Up here, if you want a sports car, AND have to drive it year round...its gotta be AWD. That narrows the list way down. Lots of old Evos, STIs, and SHOs, with the occasional old Celica GT4, from back when Toyota made fun cars.

 

[Crazyeights]

Took the opportunity yesterday to clay disc the entire vehicle. Finished off with “The Last Coat”. Put a second coat on this morning.

 

[Zpak]

Battle prep.

 

[Jordan_R]

Took the opportunity yesterday to clay disc the entire vehicle. Finished off with “The Last Coat”. Put a second coat on this morning.
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Best color option!

View attachment 13031 Battle prep.

Looking like a good ol time! I've just got my redline in and did a trans drain and fill the other day. Waiting on oil to come in!

 

[Kevin81]

View attachment 13031 Battle prep.

Why 15 quarts of motor oil?

 

[luigisho]

Connecticut.
I think that's why I see so many SHOs, as opposed to the rest of you folks as well.

There was always a concentration in the northeast for SHO's of every year. Probably would notice it for other particular models too if they were on my radar.

 

[Zpak]

Why 15 quarts of motor oil?

SHO and 2.7 ecoboost Edge Sport. Full boat of freshness on both.

 

[Zpak]

I scoped my wife’s PTU on her 2015 Edge. I was blown away, and relieved, by the cleanliness. This was my first change at 50K. I was beating myself up for waiting so long but wow, none of the buildup I was expecting to see.

 

[Jordan_R]

2.5" Dual to 3.5" single straight pipe completed today. The installation was super quality and I am really glad I went to the guy I did to have it done. Also peep his mystichrome cobra that is almost ready to hit the streets again.

 

[802SHO]

Got my front manifold and turbo back on. I'll be buttoning her up here very soon. Won't be 100% done messing with it but at least get her running and on the street again.

 

[StealBlueSho]

Got my front manifold and turbo back on. I'll be buttoning her up here very soon. Won't be 100% done messing with it but at least get her running and on the street again. View attachment 13042 View attachment 13043 View attachment 13044

Excited to see the finished results. Are you going to get another dyno done for comparison?

 

[802SHO]

Excited to see the finished results. Are you going to get another dyno done for comparison?

I'm not planning on it. I might give the dyno near me another shot not to mess up the dyno session but it'll be hard to know the comparison to OEM 10-12 manifolds and non ported GH Turbos when I'm those aren't the only changes made. For those that don't know I also added the EPP Dual CAI, MSD Coils, XDI35 and DW LPFP at the same time. It wouldn't be a fair comparison but it would show improvements for sure.

For those that don't know, my only Dyno session ever I made 463/569 with stock manifolds, stock HPFP, stock LPFP, GH Turbos, catless downpipes, custom Exhaust, 3bar, meth injection and 93 octane @ 19 psi AJPTurbo tune.....ran it twice and then flashed an 18 psi tune for 418/521 on a mustang dyno. 18 psi was so much lower I think bc on initial flash my OAR resets low and takes some driving before it gets back to .96. We finished after the 18 psi pull, all multi gear pulls too that the dyno tech wanted to do. My first time I agreed to it as that was what he wanted to do. But then he printed the graph out and it said a different set of numbers...extremely low numbers. Like how is that even possible? Anytime I've seen someone get a Dyno done the graph or print out is exactly what the dyno screen results say. It printed out I was 379awhp and 406 awtq on the 18 psi tune that the dyno screen read with WCF correction 418/521. It printed out my WCF corrected 463/569 was 399awhp/434awtq. Massive....MASSIVE discrepancy. Has anyone ever heard of this before? Why would it print out different numbers that were never seen or calculated at the end of each pull on the dyno screen?

To me the dyno session was completely worthless since the information collected was inconsistent, although my two back to back runs of 19 psi were the same result on the screen at the end of each run. The dyno tech even changed the load on the car, first run 3500...second and third run at 6500! Said it would build boost faster and hold it longer. AJPTurbo cringed at that and when he saw my datalogs of the runs and you see load spikes of 211.....it was full tilt! Full everything.

Initially the dyno tech was apologetic about the print out numbers, said sorry about this I thought it was fixed....said it happened to another customer...said he would send me the correct print out. He goes up front of the shop, leaves it to me to back out of their really odd oriented back garage door, not to mention driving over dyno rollers is weird as ****. To leave I had to cut super sharp to avoid a van parked parallel to the door like 15 ft away...car is like 18ft, so I crank the wheel sharp and boom hit a truck axle, scratches my front chin spoiler....like WTF! Why was that there?

So my experience went from fun as **** to downright horrific and unpleasant in a matter of min. The whole point was to collect data on a mustang dyno that does read lower than most but I didn't expect huge number differences from a click of a button: PRINT??? And then the truck axle and damage. I showed the dyno tech and he didn't charge me the $150 it would be for the dyno. He also never sent me corrected numbers, in fact he claimed he sent me the file from the pulls but never did....and asked if I had the car making full boost...bruh...my tuner cringed at my logs...it was full everything.

So even if I do go back...what am I comparing numbers too? What good are those numbers compared to anyone else on either a dyno jet, dyno con? When you consider all the fluctuations and inconsistencies ....to me that takes away from what I originally thought dyno numbers are. One thing that is non negotionable is a quarter mile time. That's the ONLY thing we DO compare each other to.

Wish my dyno session just printed out what it said and I would be fine. So there ya go, as of this post, 2nd World's Fastest Ecoboost SHO only had 399\434? If that were true that should be a record itself. Clearly untrue. So I'm not running to any dyno anytime soon. I'll see you guys at the track.

SBS for me such a simple question became super complicated response...for me anyway. Just being real.

 

[Zpak]

2.5" Dual to 3.5" single straight pipe completed today. The installation was super quality and I am really glad I went to the guy I did to have it done. Also peep his mystichrome cobra that is almost ready to hit the streets again.

Well, how does it sound?

 

[Jordan_R]

Well, how does it sound?

Sounds very beefy idling. Part throttle is about the same and only goosed it once so hard telling on that, however best thing about straight 3.5" is it's very easy to add a muffler to a single pipe lol

And @802SHO don't short change yourself lol. World's fastest 10-12!!

 

[802SHO]

Sounds very beefy idling. Part throttle is about the same and only goosed it once so hard telling on that, however best thing about straight 3.5" is it's very easy to add a muffler to a single pipe lol

And @802SHO don't short change yourself lol. World's fastest 10-12!!

You're exhaust sounds mean!

 

[skyshadow07]

Jordan, I have been considering a single pipe after the DPs as well. what's your initial feeling on the effects to power?

 

[Jordan_R]

Jordan, I have been considering a single pipe after the DPs as well. what's your initial feeling on the effects to power?

It's all "should" be gains. Should help scavenge the exhaust between the banks with the big y pipe and weighs less. I'm not flooring it often because I'm still trying to save it for the strip currently. I doubt it would be a noticeable gain but if I log I'll be sure to check wgdc see if there was a possible drop which would show it's improved turbo efficiency

 

[skyshadow07]

Please log for me, I'm itching to do this mod. I don't think twin-turbo applications scavenge.

 

[Jordan_R]

Please log for me, I'm itching to do this mod. I don't think twin-turbo applications scavenge.

The scavenging is from the vacuum, however miniscule, that one bank can pull from the other with a crossover with the exhaust pulses even post turbo. Same reason Nissan GTR run a y pipe then full straight for the majority of their exhaust.

 

[SM105K]

The scavenging is from the vacuum, however miniscule, that one bank can pull from the other with a crossover with the exhaust pulses even post turbo. Same reason Nissan GTR run a y pipe then full straight for the majority of their exhaust.

Nissan don't know crap about Turbo motors or exhaust.....