BoostedGt480's Build Thread

[GrnBullitt08]

Looks good man, and congrats on the school. I just finished this semester myself.

Nice to have a little more free time.

 

[cm581978]

congrats! im diggin the mountain bike

 

[BoostedGT480]

congrats! im diggin the mountain bike

Thanks. I have too many hobbies..lol I havent started modding that one yet. My family tells me this is why Im single - spend all my money on toys.

 

[iRoush]

I'm digging the KB!

 

[BoostedGT480]

Not much of an update, but a little has been done. Mostly waiting on the motor to get here. Here are pictures that John over at Modular Performance sent me...FYI - John is great. Emails updates and actually keeps you informed on the build progress.

Here are the pics he sent me:




- The old motor is completely ready to pull. Everything is off and just waiting for a cherry picker to yank it out

- I am sandblasting valve covers, water crossover, intake housing from supercharger that tb mounts to, intake manifold, fuel rails, etc and getting them ready for paint. Will be painting everything black. Going for a blackout on the inside to match the outside

- Got all the gauges mounted inside and waiting for the motor to be pulled so I can do all the wiring

- Got the gt500 pumps installed, but waiting to finish the BAP install

That is it for now.

 

[SherrodMustang]

Looks good, I know you are getting pump-up to get it done.

 

[dysan]

Be careful blasting those valve covers. I picked up a used set that was already blasted and I knew I would be taking the baffles out to powder coat them. Here's what I found inside which would totally trash an engine if they were put on.

I let the person know who I got them from to never use that person to blast anything important again.

 

[SherrodMustang]

^^^^ whoooo, nice!

 

[BLKBULLITT]

spill the good already.. I cant see anything more being done than a 5.4 swap in the car!

 

[BoostedGT480]

spill the good already.. I cant see anything more being done than a 5.4 swap in the car!

really beefed up 5.4??? 6.2? This isn't a new thing...there are some people on this board, although not many, and thats why im waiting till the end. Want to make sure everything goes smooth before I post it up.

 

[BoostedGT480]

Another small update 5/25

Decided Im going to 'murder' under the hood as well since my exterior is 99% murdered out.

-Painted ECU
-Painted alternator

-Taking valve covers and front cover to have a custom airbrush paint job

-still waiting to sandblast intake manifold, water crossover, cast intake housing, fuel rails, and other parts so I can black them out too. Can't wait till its all over!

But I might as well do it right now since I got everything in pieces

And I looked at my car today and I think she's trying to tell me something...lol

 

[BruceH]

That's great. How long till the motor shows up?

 

[BoostedGT480]

hopefully mid/late june

 

[Pike2244]

Looking good so far but have to say your lic plate could use a change; maybe a Nole Head on there would look better... Hahahaha

 

[BoostedGT480]

BIG UPDATE:

-Transmission was dropped
-midpipe was dropped
-driveshaft was dropped
-steering shaft was pulled
-shifter was pulled
-rest of the lines,wires disconnected

-AND FINALLY THE MOTOR CAME OUT!!!!

 

[SherrodMustang]

Woot Woot, looking good. Coming together now.

 

[Irishman]

Nice work. K member looks good too.

 

[NjsGT]

Seems like yesterday I had that massive hole under my hood.... Along with the insane rat nest of wires haha... Looks great, your getting there!

 

[Irishman]

Seems like yesterday I had that massive hole under my hood.... Along with the insane rat nest of wires haha... Looks great, your getting there!

Tell me about it. Now I just need to fill the hole.

 

[BruceH]

Tell me about it. Now I just need to fill the hole.

Every man is preprogrammed to have a need to fill the hole.