Couple Pictures of my '05 GT Project

[Swarzkopf]

Mustang's almost road ready - should be all buttoned up this week. Been traveling a lot recently so it's held up my progress. Here's a couple of pictures.

After breaking the stock input shaft - stuck on the side of the highway:

Front mount install:

New intake routing - bad picture - it looks pretty cool in person:

Getting ready to remove the trans:

Almost out....

Out!

Drivetrain goodies...PI 3200 RPM multi disk stall converter, TCI hardened input shaft, TCI billet 3 and 4 servos:

New Steeda one piece driveshaft:

New TCI trans with goodies installed, going back in the car - almost too pretty to install:

Transmission is on, driveshaft is on, FMIC install is finished, just need to re-hang the exhaust, route some new trans cooler lines, fill up the trans, and start tuning.

 

[lethe]

Those are some nice upgrades.

 

[BruceH]

The input shaft just randomly snapped on the highway?

 

[Swarzkopf]

The input shaft just randomly snapped on the highway?

Something like that....

Heading home from the track after Tuesday night test and tune - my buddy asks why I always put it in gear before romping on it from a roll on the street, instead of letting it downshift. I explain that the trans takes FOREVER to downshift, and to demonstrate, stomp on it in drive. Well, this time it downshifted hard and fast - and boom, bang, clang, the input shaft snapped.

It actually didn't blow right on the downshift, surprisingly. It downshifted from 5-2, ran out 2, upshifted into 3rd, ran out 3rd, then blew on the 3-4 upshift.

The trans had been acting funny at the track, too, to be honest with you. I suspect I may have twisted the splines or something at the track, then weakened it further on the WOT downshift, then it finally snapped on the 3-4 upshift. Pure speculation though.

 

[Jason09GT]

After it blew...did you look at him all serious like and say "that's why I downshift it first"?

 

[Swarzkopf]

LOL - I think I said something like 'there went my bottom end' - when I realized the engine sounded fine and wasn't clanking, I gingerly hit the gas pedal and realized it was free revving. I'm so paranoid about the stock rods that I just assumed that it was an engine failure at first.

 

[Swarzkopf]

Back on the road....I know it's a terrible pic and the car is filthy. Don't care, just glad to be driving it again.