Just bought a high mileage SHO, Should I tunzee it?

[DadMobile]

It even came with a cool custom bumper and a metal seat!

TLDR: I am going to swap my drive train into this and push it till it runs 10.9’s or explodes.

This will be a build thread. I never attempted to swap a modern drivetrain so many wires and tubing and ****, time to learn.

First thing I have to figure out is how to get it in my ****** garage

 

[DGrot777]

Congrats on your new SEL

 

[Michigan-SHO]

Looking forward to this build. I’m glad this chassis is going to someone that can keep taking it down the track. Good luck and have fun with it.

 

[Bluezone]

Nothing like a gently used pre-owned cherry.

 

[Michigan-SHO]

I feel like the listing would have said something like, excellent maintenance history, adult owned, all fluids changed recently, with newer brakes all the way around, great all around platform with twin turbskis!! lol

 

[802SHO]

It’s certainly one **** of a power move to buy the lightest Ecoboost SHO for your Drag Car Build!!! Swapping in your drivetrain should be an automatic 10 sec pass. I think you’d get another 1/2 a second bc of the weight differences to your 11.4 moderately stripped 17 SHO.

 

[SM105K]

Hahaha, good stuff.

 

[DadMobile]

It’s going to be fun for sure. It’s already already starting to cool down at night here in Texas. Hot track surface with cooler air sounds promising but I’m not to sure how long it will take me to do the swap tbh maybe 2 months. Then beat the life out of the drive train for a couple months?

 

[Michigan-SHO]

What are you going to do with your current SHO once it becomes a rolling chassis.

 

[DadMobile]

Put a used motor in it, then sell it as low a mileage well maintained two owner SHO. Between the two SHO’s I should have enough stock parts to make one stock FrankenSHO.

 

[DadMobile]

It’s certainly one **** of a power move to buy the lightest Ecoboost SHO for your Drag Car Build!!! Swapping in your drivetrain should be an automatic 10 sec pass. I think you’d get another 1/2 a second bc of the weight differences to your 11.4 moderately stripped 17 SHO.

It sounds good on paper, almost too good. We’ll know for sure when tuning is wrapped up hopefully next week. It should have more power than in previous runs. My torque has been limited to 500 up to this point resulting in a best 60 time of 1.68. Of course the lighter chassis will already result in quicker times but my thought is if can another 50 torque to the wheels using the 17’s with some meat up front I should be golden. I’m going to resist no2 for this season since the tracks make it a pain in the *** to run it down here.

 

[Bluezone]

Put a used motor in it, then sell it as low a mileage well maintained two owner SHO. Between the two SHO’s I should have enough stock parts to make one stock FrankenSHO.

 

[Jeff2017]

It even came with a cool custom bumper and a metal seat!

TLDR: I am going to swap my drive train into this and push it till it runs 10.9’s or explodes.

This will be a build thread. I never attempted to swap a modern drivetrain so many wires and tubing and ****, time to learn.

First thing I have to figure out is how to get it in my ****** garage

Are you in Dallas? Looks like Dallas to me.

 

[DadMobile]

Are you in Dallas? Looks like Dallas to me.

Fort Hood area

 

[DadMobile]

Matt @ GHT wrapped up tuning the old SHO and got:



The air was:



The results are great especially given the air! I think it’s only right take the old girl out to track a couple times before the swap. I probably have another 150-200 lbs of reduction left in my heavier 17’ which has has me wondering.

As of 03/20/21
Gearhead (GHT)E30 Tuned
GHT Intercooler
GHT turbo’s
Stainless Works catted down pipes
EPP CAI
XDI HPFP
DW-300 Booster pump.
275 Nitto 555 R II’s

As of 03/26/21
Muffler delete with dual 3” straight pipes
H&R lowering springs

As of O4/02/21
AEM V3 Methanol Injection system 500cc nozzle for added cooling.

As of 08/13/21
1000cc meth nozzle.

 

[Bluezone]

Wow, great numbers.