2007 GT1000TSR Epic Build Thread!

[Bullitt 3309]

I get ya, just sucks for us 2010-2012 folk who want a clean heat extractor hood.. I am thinking of having the dies made to work with the factory extractors from the 2013+...

 

[Department Of Boost]

I get ya, just sucks for us 2010-2012 folk who want a clean heat extractor hood.. I am thinking of having the dies made to work with the factory extractors from the 2013+...

If I were to put a hood on my 2012 it would be this one.

http://raceconsultingagency.com/i-578732.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQiAs6GjBRCy2My09an6uNIBEiQANfY4zJ_ep0YDSzXGxfWVJoJlArMWCfbudX1MPIP7OJQx8cQaAkWq8P8HAQ

 

[Department Of Boost]

Told you guys I would do better on build stuff now. I took lots of pics yesterday.

I’ve been real busy working away on the GT550 manifold so I haven’t had a lot of time to mess with my car. But, yesterday I finally carved some time out to do something I have been wanting to do since I put my T-56 in. FIX THE CRAPPY RUBBER ISOLATED SHIFT HADLE!!!! I hate that think. I didn’t get a “race” transmission to have a spongy shift feel, cripes!

The stock “handle” adapter thing has a ring of rubber in it to I assume reduce NVH. But I don’t care about NVH in cases like this. I want a “bolt action” feel to my shifter.

This is what the stock shifter looks like. The black steel thing has a rubber doughnut on the inside. You can also catch in the pick a little ring we spun out, then split so we could clamp the shaft in a vice. We weren’t sure how the rubber deal would come off. And we didn’t want to be torquing hard on whatever keeps the lever from spinning in the base.

Here it is clamped in the vice. Had to get that nut off.

Once the nut was off we re-clamped it on the offending piece, put a junk nut on the shaft and started to hit it with a big hammer. Man, that thing is pressed on pretty tight. I was talking some pretty big whacks with a 5lb sledge.

It didn’t take to long and the nut was embedded in the rubber and we needed a new plan. Out comes the two jaw puller. With a ½” impact it made short work of it.

Here is what the rubber lined/mount/lever thing looks like once apart. Good riddance.

The shifter with no rubber thing on it.

The shifter and the offending piece with lever attached.

Had to start with a BIG piece of aluminum to get the max dimension we needed.

First rough cuts were used to sneaking up on what we were looking for.

Weight of the replaced pieces.

Weight of the new stuff.

Had to mod the existing shift lever a bit.

The big nut will probably do a fine job of keeping the lever from rotating around the shifter. But just to be sure, 4 set screws. Because overkill.

Finished assembly.

 

[LS1EATINPONY]

Ill take two please!!

 

[Roush fun]

I love threads with lots of pictures!

 

[richman]

How about more pictures?

 

[Department Of Boost]

How about more pictures?

I haven't touched the car. Between the rapid development of the GT550 manifold/blower kit, the finishing touches on the R-Spec, the TR6060 shifter and X-mas plus being sicker than a dog for two weeks I haven't had a chance.

I have been collecting a lot of parts and making decisions on solutions though. It won't be long and I will be working on it full time. There will be LOTS of pictures then.

 

[Johnf78]

Wow that is awesome! Nice work and nice write up.

 

[SGTguy]

My hat is off to you with this build. Your attention to details, wow.. I was a machinist years ago and always made a lot of custom parts for my cars so I am very impressed with you build.


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[Dubstep Shep]

You ever figure out anything with the vac pump? With Lito doing the electronic power steering I'm thinking that may be a good spot

 

[Department Of Boost]

You ever figure out anything with the vac pump? With Lito doing the electronic power steering I'm thinking that may be a good spot

That is on hold. Right now I'm planning a "passive" evacuation system to hold me over. Once Lito has all of the electric rack stuff sorted I'm giving serious consideration to setting a real deal vacuum system up. Whatever I come up with for pulleys, brackets, etc I would probably put into small scale production.

 

[Department Of Boost]

Wow that is awesome! Nice work and nice write up.

Thanks!

My hat is off to you with this build. Your attention to details, wow.. I was a machinist years ago and always made a lot of custom parts for my cars so I am very impressed with you build.


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Thanks man. It's funny you say that though. I think the car is sloppy. Which is a good thing. My OCD drives me to do really good work when I get around to it. The "development" on the car is done at this point so I won't be changing the combo every 500mi now. It's time to let my OCD monster out and get this thing in the kind of shape representative of what I consider "done".

 

[jodadejss06gt]

Wow! I don't have anything else to say.

 

[Dubstep Shep]

That is on hold. Right now I'm planning a "passive" evacuation system to hold me over. Once Lito has all of the electric rack stuff sorted I'm giving serious consideration to setting a real deal vacuum system up. Whatever I come up with for pulleys, brackets, etc I would probably put into small scale production.

I was hoping this is exactly what you would say haha.

 

[BlackMustang690]

Nice, hope for some day I can build something like that.

 

[lito]

Once Lito has all of the electric rack stuff sorted I'm giving serious consideration to setting a real deal vacuum system up.

There is nothing else to sort.

If you want to wait until I actually install it, it will take some time, I am ordering parts now, but can easily take me a few months to get them here and installed. Also, until I don't figure out what is going on with the transmission I won't install it.

 

[Dubstep Shep]

There is nothing else to sort.

If you want to wait until I actually install it, it will take some time, I am ordering parts now, but can easily take me a few months to get them here and installed. Also, until I don't figure out what is going on with the transmission I won't install it.

Are you planning on doing a write up on what's required and all that? I've got my motor out and wouldn't mind eliminating the power steering while it's out.

 

[lito]

Are you planning on doing a write up on what's required and all that? I've got my motor out and wouldn't mind eliminating the power steering while it's out.

Sincerely, no. I can help you out if you want giving the specific pointers but is so damn straight forward to do I don't see need. Get the rack, test fit to find the bracket that needs to be welded, do the bracket and weld it, strip the harness from the 11+ and use the wires needed (this has a lot of extra wires like starter and alte IIRC), laid them out as needed, thick + to battery with it's fuse (you will probably just leave it as is mostly and reroute the alt wire so not to cut anything as it comes), ground to chassis, switched power to start/run power point at the BEC and CAN wires to PCM CAN wires at the body connector (mid connector on 3V PCM) Hi with Hi, Lo with Lo. That is it.

The only gripe I think there may be is the need for a higher alt than stock, IIRC coyote's are 160+ instead of the stock 130A of the stock 3V, the EPAS has a 100A inline fuse, yes, it use quite some juice when parking, etc.

 

[Dubstep Shep]

Sincerely, no. I can help you out if you want giving the specific pointers but is so damn straight forward to do I don't see need. Get the rack, test fit to find the bracket that needs to be welded, do the bracket and weld it, strip the harness from the 11+ and use the wires needed (this has a lot of extra wires like starter and alte IIRC), laid them out as needed, thick + to battery with it's fuse (you will probably just leave it as is mostly and reroute the alt wire so not to cut anything as it comes), ground to chassis, switched power to start/run power point at the BEC and CAN wires to PCM CAN wires at the body connector (mid connector on 3V PCM) Hi with Hi, Lo with Lo. That is it.

The only gripe I think there may be is the need for a higher alt than stock, IIRC coyote's are 160+ instead of the stock 130A of the stock 3V, the EPAS has a 100A inline fuse, yes, it use quite some juice when parking, etc.

Lol sounds good. I'll see about picking up a rack on the cheap to do the swap

 

[Department Of Boost]

There is nothing else to sort.

If you want to wait until I actually install it, it will take some time, I am ordering parts now, but can easily take me a few months to get them here and installed. Also, until I don't figure out what is going on with the transmission I won't install it.

I won't have either $$$ or time to be messing with a rack and vacuum system until fall at the soonest. I'm interested though.