Taxman's 07 GT Convertible build thread

[BlackWidowStang]

Damn, sucks dude. Good luck.

 

[Johnf78]

That sucks. Good luck with the tear down.

 

[BruceH]

Well might have killed it today. Lost power on the freeway and there's no oil pressure. Gonna pull it apart this weekend and see what we can find out. Wish me luck.

I take it a restart didn't work?

 

[Taxman]

I take it a restart didn't work?

It started, but has low oil pressure (meaning none) and a bad sound from the driver's side cam cover area. Friend said that could be the lifters making noise cuz there's no oil. Thinking that maybe the oil pump gears broke... I don't have a clue. Just gonna start trying to figure it out. First things first, hoping there's no metal in the oil.

 

[BlackWidowStang]

Were you running billet gears? I know you beefed up the internals a bit.

 

[Taxman]

Were you running billet gears? I know you beefed up the internals a bit.

No I wasn't.

 

[Taxman]

Doesn't look like there's damage to the internals, so I'm going to go ahead and repair it. I'm also going to take the next steps in my build. I've got some Hot Rod cams on the way. I'll be installing a 75 shot of Nitrous, battery relocation, WOT box, power pipe, and switching to a blow thru set up... and of course, billet oil pump gears in a GT500 oil pump.

 

[BadPiggy]

Doesn't look like there's damage to the internals, so I'm going to go ahead and repair it. I'm also going to take the next steps in my build. I've got some Hot Rod cams on the way. I'll be installing a 75 shot of Nitrous, battery relocation, WOT box, power pipe, and switching to a blow thru set up... and of course, billet oil pump gears in a GT500 oil pump.

Atta boy on the oil pump/gears.

 

[Dillon Dollar]

That's one hell of an engine

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[Taxman]

That's one hell of an engine

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I hope so. Jury is still out on whether it has any issues.

 

[Dillon Dollar]

I hope it's okay

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[Taxman]

I hope it's okay

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Me too, but if it's not I'm gonna sell the car.

 

[Taxman]

So I finally made myself get out there and start working on it in earnest. Pulled the supercharger off today.





I'm figuring if I can get a little done every day or two, I'll have this back up and running strong soon.

 

[Scott]

Jaye, you are almost as bad as me, you let it sit for 4 months before starting the tear down. Hope is is nothing serious, good luck!

 

[Taxman]

Jaye, you are almost as bad as me, you let it sit for 4 months before starting the tear down. Hope is is nothing serious, good luck!

Man I was just busy with my new house. Every free moment I had went to fixing things up around here. I'll get it done soon. I'm on it now.

 

[Scott]

Man I was just busy with my new house. Every free moment I had went to fixing things up around here. I'll get it done soon. I'm on it now.

I hear you, I am retired but between the honey-do-list and arthritis there never seems to be much time to work on the car!

 

[GallopingFord]

Good luck Jaye - sorry about the problems you've had but I'm sure you'll get it back up and running!

 

[Doug M]

Yeah, good luck Jaye!
It will definitely be worth it. Gonna be a bad machine!

 

[mustang1200]

If you ever need a hand let me know. I've had mine apart a few times so I'm very fairly familiar. HAHA.

 

[Dark_horse]

Good luck buddy...