WHOO HOO! 500 miles and counting! DUW!

**Killercanary** · 06-12-2007, 04:04 AM

Well, I officially topped 500 miles on the new combo tonight (6-11-07). It fired up on 5-31-07 and here it is less than 2 weeks later and I've hit the 500 mile mark. I took the car for a ride tonight to put some miles on it and I took my camera along for the ride. Here's a few pics, I'm liking my hood and front bumper more and more now. Now that I have the initial 500 break-in miles on it, I can start making some full throttle runs. I need to get some tail pipes put on the car and then hit the dyno to check the AF ratio. I bumped the fuel pressure by 4lbs when I put this combo together, but I don't know if its enough yet or not... time will tell.

And here's a pic from a local show/cruise in that I attended with Troy. (Yeahloh95). And yes, that is a Simpson car seat in the back seat. Much to my delight and surprise, my daughter seems to like riding in the car!

**gmkillr** · 06-12-2007, 06:32 AM

Does this mean that you'll be at the steel valley supernationals racing??

Car looks great buddy!!

Glad to hear Trinity likes the car!!

**yeahloh95** · 06-12-2007, 06:58 AM

nice pics i think i know where you took them at

**scott5** · 06-12-2007, 07:41 AM

nice pics.. those car seats are awesome

**JETHRO** · 06-12-2007, 08:49 AM

Paul , ther definitely needs to be more pics of the drivers side.

**Stangzrule** · 06-12-2007, 09:18 AM

Good looking vert.

**shawnsvtcobra** · 06-12-2007, 10:27 AM

lOOKING GOOD Paul.

**coralcoupe1993** · 06-12-2007, 10:45 AM

Nice!

**Killercanary** · 06-12-2007, 11:32 AM

Thanks everyone!

Originally Posted by gmkillr

Does this mean that you'll be at the steel valley supernationals racing??

Car looks great buddy!!

Glad to hear Trinity likes the car!!

No Rob, I will not be racing. If I do any racing this year it will not be until the fall. I've learned my lesson to avoid racing early in the year. I just want to enjoy driving the car again and make sure all of the bugs are worked out. I haven't even gone full throttle yet, so who knows how it will behave? I hope to get it on the dyno soon to see where the AF and such is. I may buy a wideband first though as I'd rather have a thousand or so miles on it before I throw it on the dyno.

Troy- I went where you told me and they said I had to get a pass in order to access the docks so I left and went home. I have to go back though as I got there a little too late and the sun had gone behind the mountains. I never did see a pull off on the mountain that you mentioned.

Steve- LOL! I thought the same thing when I came homne and looked at the pictures. I was in a hurry and never thought about it.

**BoneCrusher** · 06-12-2007, 12:41 PM

Man Paul that is seriously one of the nicest and well done mustangs I've seen in a while, inside and out. It's easy to go overboard but you nailed it with your car just enough but not too much.

That baby seat is f'n awesome!

**yeahloh95** · 06-12-2007, 01:14 PM

PAUL I KNEW THE FIRST PIC WAS AT THE CHURCH BUT , WHERE WAS THE ONE TAKEN BY THE WATER ?HOW MANY MORE SIDE BY SIDES DO YOU HAVE OF OUR CARS ?ITS GREAT TO COMPARE THE DIFFERENCES

**mlowry1260** · 06-12-2007, 07:19 PM

Congrats Paul! I didn't know you got it running.

Got any under hood shots?

If you are doing a wideband standalone, I'd make sure to get one like the Innovate LM-1 unit so you can also log rpm. There may be others with that feature now.

**95riosnake** · 06-12-2007, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by mlowry1260

Congrats Paul! I didn't know you got it running.

Got any under hood shots?

If you are doing a wideband standalone, I'd make sure to get one like the Innovate LM-1 unit so you can also log rpm. There may be others with that feature now.

From Carlisle...

**Killercanary** · 06-13-2007, 12:47 AM

Mike- Thanks man, that means a lot! Its not quite done the way I want it yet, but I'm getting there.

Troy- That is near Lake Raystown done near the Resort/James Creek Launch site.

Originally Posted by mlowry1260

Congrats Paul! I didn't know you got it running.

Got any under hood shots?

If you are doing a wideband standalone, I'd make sure to get one like the Innovate LM-1 unit so you can also log rpm. There may be others with that feature now.

Mark, I got it running on 5-31-07. With a whopping 4 miles on the new setup I put it on the trailer and took it to the Carlisle All Ford Nats. Once in Carlisle I drove it around while I was there, then I trailered it back to bedford, unloaded it and drove it home. Since then I have been driving it any chance I can. I've had some idle issues, but I thinbk my IAC was just stuck. Now with 500+miles on it, I plan to see just what happens when the go pedal is matted to the floor.

I upped my base FP to 50lbs tonight as I pulled a plug and it wasn't brown enough for my liking. I really want to feel what this thing is going to do when I go WOT and let it pull into the upper RPM range, but I know better than to do it until I get the tune checked. I don't know what to do about the wideband, but I will be putting up a new thread on that soon.

Here is a current underhood pic:

**gmkillr** · 06-13-2007, 12:53 AM

Looks good Paul!
Are you atleast coming & hanging at the car show, watch racing & maybe throw it on the dyno there??

**Viper_ed** · 06-13-2007, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by mlowry1260

If you are doing a wideband standalone, I'd make sure to get one like the Innovate LM-1 unit so you can also log rpm. There may be others with that feature now.

Paul,

I just put a Dynojet Wide Band Commander in the Cobra and it works great, plus I picked it up used for $200 shipped and the 2-1/8" gauge is included with it.

**Killercanary** · 06-14-2007, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by yeahloh95

HOW MANY MORE SIDE BY SIDES DO YOU HAVE OF OUR CARS ?ITS GREAT TO COMPARE THE DIFFERENCES

Here's all that I have:

**turbostang3.8L** · 06-14-2007, 04:34 AM

very nice

**v6mustang01** · 06-14-2007, 12:04 PM

Very nice Paul. All that hard work really paid off. You waited awhile but im sure its been well worth the reward to have a car that looks that great and will move down the highway!