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--Past Updates-- November 26, 2005...Fourced is now no longer in my possession. At noon today the new owner arrived to pick it up and it to it's new home south of Atlanta. I hope he enjoys it as much as I did. November 8, 2005...The car known as "Fourced" is now sold. A fellow from Georgia is flying down Thanksgiving weekend to come pick it up and drive it home. I will leave the Fourced page up for reference reasons. I hate to see it go, it was my first car and the vehicle that got me into this whole 2.3 scene. It's given me alot of joy in the 6 years I've owned it. I will soon be adding a page for my most recently acquired 86 SVO. October 9, 2005...Well, I added a Front Mount Intercooler Tubing setup as well as my header downpipe (2 versions) to my online store today. I also added another type of header package deal, as well as a few more options for the full exhaust systems. Looks like the next products to be available will be a Merkur exhaust system, 3" Mustang tailpipes, and a "bolt on" Front Mount Intercooler kit that will support 600+hp. Stay Tuned!!! September 28, 2005...I've got a Mustang/Turbo Coupe Front Mount Intercooler kit coming in 3-4 weeks. It should be ~1/2 the price of any other kit ever offered. I sold the 85 Merkur last week so I think I may part out the red one now. I'm not sure yet though. September 21, 2005...I've got a ton of new products coming to my online store soon. I've already added 3 Mustang/TC exhaust systems. On Friday I will have my new header downpipe available. In the next 2 weeks I'll have two different Intercooler tubing setups available, as well as 3 different styles of 2.5" Mustang tailpipes. In another 3-4 weeks I'll have 3" Mustang tailpipes available...followed by 3" Turbo Coupe tailpipes. August 30, 2005...Well, I now own www.stinger-performance.com This site will still be available at the "old" address but is now on the new domain as well. The Stinger Performance section will become the new addresses main page (as opposed to this one). It will still be available at the old address as well for people that already have it bookmarked, please update your bookmarks though. August 23, 2005...I added the Turbo Joe Billet Fuel Rail to my Stinger Performance page today. You guys that are doing custom engine builds should definately look into picking up one of these rails. They are Sick!!! August 22, 2005...I gave my Stinger Performance page a makeover today. I added a shopping cart which will allow you to purchase items directly off the site without emailing me now. I also added a few items, changed some prices, and made some other small changes. Let me know if you see any errors. Also, school starts back up today. This is my last year before I graduate as an official Mechanical Engineer. August 10, 2005...I still haven't got a damn thing accomplished on any of my cars this summer. All I've done for myself is ride my Banshee and work on other peoples dirt bikes, atv's, and other crap. I have managed to greatly reduce my work load though as I've got a much better system set up for building the exhaust systems and downpipes I sell. That should give me much more time to deal with my own cars and such. July 6, 2005...I got the 86 SVO home and sorted through most of the parts that came with it. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet. I have decided I don't need 3 turbo Mustangs though so I've put the 91 LX up for sale... June 30, 2005...I added another horse to the stable today...I bought an 86 SVO from a fellow enthusiast. I'm going to pick it up tomorrow. I'm sure you'll hear all about it in the future. I don't really know what my plan for it is at the moment. I may make it my new daily driver, may sell it, who knows. Fortunately, it comes with enough spare parts to get my 85 SVO down the drag strip this summer. May 26, 2005...I've been way too busy with the online store, schoo, and everything else to even mess with any of my projects. My Banshee lost spark and still isn't fixed 4 weeks later, my RM125 isn't running right for the 3rd week now, my SVO is still sitting with no 1st gear, and the LX has 3 or 4 minor issues I've needed to address for months now. I also still need to convert the SVO to Mass-Air, build my water injection system, and hook up the nitrous. I also need to locate an 8.8" rear for the SVO before I can use my slicks. Hopefully things will straighten themselves out pretty soon. April 7, 2005...It seems like my turbofords are getting ignored...I haven't messed with them (except driving the 91) for months now. Still trying to find time to rebuild the trans in the SVO and build a water injection setup for it. March 5, 2005...I've been slacking on here lately I guess. I bought a new hotrod that I will be debuting on here sometime in the future...Other than that, I've been too busy with school to mess with too much stuff. I've got a whole pile of things to do and no time to do it. Currently I need to rebuild the trans in Fourced and the SVO, get keys made for the Merkurs and my new hotrod, build a few exhaust systems, put a new header gasket on the SVO, and build the water injection setup for the SVO. I also need to finish wiring the nitrous kit. One of these days I'll find the time... February 6, 2005...I've decided this semester schedule is brutal and I haven't been able to get shit done for myself or anyone else in about a month now. Hopefully it will ease up a bit as the semester progresses. Beyond that, I don't have much when it comes to updates...
January 17, 2005...The
Spring 2005 semester is underway for me and I'm trying to get used to the
new schedule. Looks like I'm going to be pretty busy this
semester. I've been spending alot of time lately helping my buddy
totally rebuild Plumb
Boost'd,
the budget turbo buildup is no longer "budget". After we
complete it, I'll get back to working on my cars...first on the agenda is
to replace the trans in the SVO, then convert it over to mass-air.
If that works well, I'll do the same to my 91 LX.
November 26, 2004...I've been messing with the VAF transfer function on the SVO trying to get a plug and play .bin file for blow-thru vam guys...I've got it pretty much dialed in now. I badly need to replace the driver's side motor mount in the LX...it's completely broke and has caused the throttle to stick a few times now by jamming it against the hood...too much power I guess...haha. November 13, 2004...I got the smaller slicks installed on the SVO and they fit much better...Got the big NPR IC installed in the LX and I no longer have detonation problems (about time). It appears that my detonation and headgasket problems are gone, I'm not sure exactly what I did to fix them. I'll assume it was the old injectors I was running. November 3, 2004...Well, I never made it back to the track with the SVO...matter of fact I've never tuned it since putting in the 46lb injectors. I had a small NPR IC in the 91 LX for about a week but then I removed it because I traded the IC and tubing for the Large NPR IC. I'll have it installed in a few weeks and will finally be able to enjoy driving the car again. I also picked up some smaller slicks for the SVO as the first set I bought ended up way wider than planned...should have pics of them installed soon.
October 25, 2004...Made
another trip to the track on the 16th...made 5 good runs and then blew
another headgasket. This is really starting to piss me off as I've
pushed my other cars much harder than this with no HG problems...I've got
it back together after doing a few things that will hopefully fix the
headgasket problems. Looks like the track is open again on the 30th
and I'd like to take a trip down there for one last time...I've got to try
to get the SVO dialed in though before I drive down there though.
It's a real PITA to blow a HG 45 miles from home with no trailer to drag
it home. September 29, 2004...I blew the headgasket on the SVO. I have a feeling it started leaking a few weeks before it blew which is what was causing my detonation problems. I'm going to replace the leaky injector it had, replace the valve springs, and throw in a Ranger Roller cam I have laying here. I'll also throw an adjustable cam sprocket on to fine tune the power band. Hopefully I will see a small improvement over the old worn out cam that was in it. The plan is to have it back up and running in time to run at the track on the 9th. September 12, 2004...I managed to take the SVO to the track on Friday night. I was running some 215-60-16 tires that will spin for miles so I knew the ET wouldn't be great...I was looking for a good mph though. I ran a best of 14.11 @ 103.8mph. I raced a mint condition 70 Chevelle with a 454, auto trans, stall converter, and slicks. I'm not sure on engine mods but it damn sure wasn't stock. He ran a 13.99 @ 101.1mph. I was running him down at the end of the track...that felt good to do it with an engine 1/4 the size. September 4, 2004...Well, I got the bigger fuel pump and new filter installed on the SVO and it's running pretty good. The trans appears to be working better now as well so maybe I'll use it for a while. It appears to be trapping about 100mph in the 1/4 now at 17psi...still need to play with the base fuel map to lean it out as well as unhook the knock sensor. I'm not going to do that until I get a muffler on it though so I can hear if it starts detonating. August 22, 2004...What the hell is wrong with all these T5's all the sudden? Now my SVO trans is grinding into second if I speed shift...does fine in regular driving. My 91's trans is ALSO having problems...it feels like all the synchros are just plain worn out...I guess that's to be expected, it's got over 200,000 miles on it now. I've got all the parts to fix the SVO now...new high flow intank pump, two fuel filters (to replace the inline pump), and a pump hanger to install the intank with. Now I just need to drop the tank and swap the stuff out. Hopefully I can get it done before SRCA dragstrip runs again. August 9, 2004...I figured out what was wrong with my SVO trans, fixed it, and swapped it in. It's working great. I started tuning the fuel maps via my EEC Tuner and couldn't get it to richen up over 4300 rpm. It was running WAY lean. I found out my fuel pressure was dropping to 43psi under boost so I need a bigger fuel pump. I've got one on order, should be here sometime this week. July 18, 2004...I turned 22 on July 14th...one of these days I'm gonna have to grow up. I finally got my T5 installed in the SVO and the 3rd gear synchro is screwed...I'm going to have to pull it out and throw a new synchro pack in it. I removed the Volvo IC from the 91 because I sold the IC tubing and have a small NPR IC to throw back in it after I build some new tubing.
July 5, 2004...I'm
still waiting for my trans to arrive. It was supposed to be shipped
more than a week ago and it's still not shipped yet. My 91's
alternator somehow broke a piece of plastic off inside itself and ripped
the wire off the rotor...had to fix that this weekend. Other than
that, I'm waiting for the SVO to get back on the road so I can pull the
head off the 91 and swap it with a stock one I have laying here.
May 22, 2004...I'm finally done with finals so maybe my projects will start rolling a bit quicker now. I just got my OHC valve spring tool so I can install new springs on the 91. I still need to get the SVO's exhaust and downpipe fabbed up. I also have to do the IC tubing. I picked up the rubber hose for it today though.
May 12, 2004...I
went to the track last weekend and ran slower (way slower) than last year
which confirmed that I'm way down on power. I ordered some new valve
springs though and I think that will fix the problem (and give me the
approx. 100hp I'm missing right now). I got the Header and hybrid
turbo installed on the SVO last weekend as well. I need to finish
the exhaust, intercooler tubing, new radiator, and blow-thru vam setup and
then fire it up. Hopefully I'll get most of that done this weekend.
February 24, 2004...I
started gathering the last few parts I need to install my nitrous kit.
I've got a WOT switch that should arrive towards the end of the week.
After that I'll install it with a 50hp shot and see how it feels.
I'm still waiting for my Mass Air meter to show up. Once it does
I'll get to work on the conversion. June 11, 2003...Long time no see...I didn't have access to my computer for the last month while I was at home rebuilding my engine and such. I'm back and better than ever now. Hmm...where to start? I rebuilt the engine and installed two new pistons. It's back together and running great. While it was down I got my 5.0 front disc brakes, 8.8" trac loc rear with rear disc brakes, UPR Shifter, A/F Gauge, LA3 Computer, Flowed Injectors, Fuel Pressure Guage, as well as finally figured out what was causing my inability to scan codes and the warm hard start problem. The computer fixed both of these problems. I also discovered a small issue with my turbo swap wiring. I grounded pin 49 and now the a/f gauge works correctly and the gas mileage has improved. I also updated the swap page to show this change. I had to replace the front seal in the 8.8" rear because it was leaking badly. The passenger side wheel bearing is also on the way out so it will get replaced soon. Other than that, all is well. The car is running better than ever even though it's only 230 miles into the break in period. I'm running more vacuum than ever before, have no oil leaks, no blowby under boost, no problems whatsoever. May 14, 2003...My Hybrid Turbo and the 150hp Nitrous Kit arrived this weekend. Those two things along with the Tuner and GN IC should make for a nasty combination. I tore my engine down yesterday and discovered a lifted ring land. I guess that explains why I was having trouble with blowby. I'll have it back together in 2-3 weeks. You can see pics of my head work, turbo, nitrous, and bad piston HERE. May 9, 2003...Well I bought an EEC Tuner and GN Intercooler on ebay today. I guess I'll have to get them installed one of these days as well. I've now got a whole list of things I've bought but not installed (Hybrid Turbo, 5.0 discs, 8.8" rear with discs, upper & lower control arms, EEC Tuner, GN IC...). I ought to have a few ponies left in all those mods. May 8, 2003...Damn what happened here? I guess I've been too busy to update! Anyways, I've been selling hybrid turbos for the last week and that's kept me pretty busy. I also managed to pull my head, do a 3 angle valve job, install new valve seals, check the pistons/rings, and put it all back together this weekend. Too bad it didn't fix my problem. I'm going home this weekend to pull the engine and inspect it. I think I've got a problem with one of the pistons or rings. I've getting excessive blowby. April 30, 2003...I made it to the track...had a horrible night. I had horrible detonation problems and couldn't raise the boost over 16psi...actually it would detonate with less than that. I did manage a 14.8@93mph with a 2.27 60' time even with all the issues. Worst thing is I think I may have scewed up a piston or something...it appears I have low compression in one cylinder now. Oh well, whatcha gonna do? April 24, 2003...I plan to go to the track this weekend. I'm gonna do all I can to get some respectable times with my little one legger rear end. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully I can trap over 95mph @ 18psi. I don't know if it will happen though. April 20, 2003...I did some page swapping today. The Project 2.3T section is now just for my 91 turbo hatch and the new 2.3 Tech Articles page contains all the turbo swap, tranny swap, and all the other tech articles. All the addresses are still the same. I think this made the site a bit more user friendly. April 17, 2003...The address has now changed to http://projecthp.ford23.com. Please update your favorites. I can't promise how long the old addresses will work. April 15, 2003...I'm gonna be in Lawrence over the weekend and plan to meet up with some fellow Stangnet/Turboford guys to do a little runnin' around...should be a good time. There will be a few video cameras there so we should get some movies from it as well. I'll be sure to post them on here when available. April 11, 2003...I'm going to Wichita this weekend to visit my girlfriend...I hope I find a few good cars to run while I'm down there. Maybe I can come home with a little cash. The track down there is open this weekend but I don't think I'll have time to run there. I'm looking at picking up a set of circle track slicks to use as drag slicks...they are only about 20 bucks so it's hard to pass up giving them a shot. April 8, 2003...For whatever reason I keep forgetting to update this thing...I guess it's because there hasn't been much to update about. I raced a turbo Eclipse pushing 20psi Friday...I walked him to 65mph...it was pretty cool though...he thought I had a blown 5.0. I added a kill list to my Project 2.3T Page the other day...I guess I need to go add the Eclipse to the list. March 29, 2003...Sales of the downpipes and exhaust systems I made is going good, I'll have to make another round of them in the coming weeks. Not much new this week...I'm looking at buying a few things...namely an EEC Tuner and some tubular upper and lower control arms. Other than that I don't know much...I'm just waiting to school to finish up for the year...I'm getting sick of this shit. March 24, 2003...As you can tell, I haven't updated for a few weeks...this is because I was on spring break and didn't have access to my computer that has all my website info on it...it's not like you missed anything anyway. So I went riding on the sand dunes over break, made some downpipes and exhaust systems for some people on Stangnet, and tinkered with a few other things...overall it wasn't too bad. I took my car for a couple high speed runs this weekend...one up to 140...it was still pulling hard when I backed off the throttle...then today I ran up to 150...It was still pulling hard at only 15psi but I got a bad vibration at 5400rpm in 5th gear and backed off the throttle...I'll bounce it off the rev limiter sooner or later (165mph). March 10, 2003...Well next week is spring break. I'm gonna head to Little Sahara in Oklahoma and ride my dirtbike on the dunes for a few days. After that I suppose I'll port a few exhaust manifolds and hopefully make some downpipes as well. Oh, I raced an 03 Mach 1 today too...you can read about it HERE. All I've got to say is I'm proud of my little 4 banger :) March 3, 2003...So I fixed my exhaust leaks and made some other minor modifications this weekend. Overall it was a huge help with the "feel" of the car. You can read all about it HERE. I also added a poem in Writings On The Wall that is a little tribute you my Father who passed away in September. February 25, 2003...I'm sorry the site was down all day today. The server was down because the ISP people were being asses. It's back up now (obviously) and shouldn't have any more of those problems...this is the first time it ever happened because of the server. I may make a domain change in the next year or so...I'll hopefully give you plenty of advanced warning so you can update your favorites before the official change over. February 23, 2003...I fixed the dead links on the video page last night as well as added the Tech Articles page. I will try to add more articles as I find time (and more ideas on what to add). Other than that I don't know much... February 21, 2003...I bought another turbo today...that's the 4th one in the last 5 months. I bought this one as a money making proposition...it's a 57 trim hybrid. I'm gonna install it on my car as soon as it arrives...don't know what I'll do after that. On another note, one of the guys I went to high school went just got a 2003 Mustang Mach 1...I guess it was a graduation present of sorts...anyways, I went for a ride in it...he hit 150mph twice while I was in the car...it only had 176 miles on it. So much for the break-in period. Needless to say it's a great car, pulls hard...I think I've got a chance of outrunning him though...we'll see sometime in the next few weeks. Muscle Mustang & Fast Fords magazine got a bone stock one to run 13.1 in the quarter so we'll see how mine compares. February 15, 2003...I added the Video Section today, There are about 170 megs of 2.3T videos there. I hope it silents some of the doubters of the potential of the 2.3T power plant. I'll have a video compilation of my car uploaded within the next few weeks. It ought to increase my site hits as well. I'll continually add videos from my collection of 10+gb's of Videos I've compiled over the last few years. I also optimized the site for 1024x768 pixel screen resolution since 48% of the viewers are using that resolution as opposed to 36% using the old 800x600 resolution. I hope you like the updates. February 13, 2003...I changed the order of the pages in the sidebar menu the other day, I think it's in a little better order of importance now. I noticed I'm #2 on the Stangnet Top 100 Mustang Sites today...I'm pretty stoked about that. You can vote for me by clicking on the little icon to the left. Other than that, I don't have much to say...still doin' my thing, whatever that is. February 8, 2003...Don't have much to say this week. Nothing exciting to report. I've gotta make a trip to Salina Sunday for my niece's birthday party. I might do a little filming tonight, need to get my video completed so I can upload it to this site for all of you to download. February 3, 2003...Is it February already? Man, time flies...well I've got my turbo installed again...seems to work as planned. My new blow off valve works extremely well. I also welded up so new intercooler tubing since my old setup had a tendency to blow apart at high boost levels. You can see pics of the BOV and IC tubing HERE. I also finally got the video of my car on my computer...now I just need to edit it and then upload it on here so you can see it. I think I'm going to get some more footage pretty soon though. We'll see. January 29, 2003...I don't have much to add this week...I still plan to go home and install my turbo this weekend. I did order a Bailey EVO Blow Off Valve this week...I was sick of messing with the POS plastic valves. I'll have a better update coming next week...after I get the turbo and BOV installed. January 21, 2003...My turbo arrived at home on Friday...I haven't been home yet though so I haven't seen it yet. I don't want to install it until I find out why they keep blowing. Other than that I don't know much...I'm just chillin'. January 14, 2003...Well I've got my car running without a turbo right now until my new one arrives...it's a damn slug right now. Other than that I'm heading back to school tomorrow...gonna go to the Thunder Nationals and then Daryl Starbird's car show next weekend...should be fun. January 7, 2003...What a crazy week I've had...first I saw a Mustang SVO in person for the first time of my life...turns out someone I know bought one thinking it was just a regular Mustang. Then right after going for a ride in it I got in my car and blew my turbo...not on purpose of course. It was still under warranty so I should have another one being shipped to me free of charge. It unfortunately won't be a hybrid though...just a stock T3. Either way, I'll get back on the road ASAP. January 3, 2003...Holy Shit...it's '03 already...I went and rode my dirt bike because it's been so nice lately...I caught some pretty good air jumping some 30' tabletops and such...I ran my car through a measured 1320 feet again after fixing my wastegate and ran right at 100mph @ 18psi...this is good for mid 13's. I spun the tires clear through 1st and 2nd gear on this run...if I can get my launch down I may be able to pull high 12's next spring...if not I'll keep cranking up the boost until I do. If I can find some real cheap used 8" slicks I'm gonna buy them to run at the track. I've got a guy that has a late 60's Nova with a 383 Stroker that wants to race me...he has given me shit from day one about hopping up a 4 banger...he always said to drop a V8 in if I wanna go fast. He won't tell me how fast his car is but I know the last two motors he had in it weren't screamers (454 and 350) so I think I can hang with him...he doesn't seem overly confident or anxious to race me...that tells me he thinks I can hang as well. I don't know much else except I got my semester grades back...I got an A, 2 B's, and a D...not too bad I suppose...my GPA went up a bit so that's a bonus. December 27, 2002...I'm enjoying my Christmas break so I didn't update last week. I've got my Kirban Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator installed and adjusted and got my injector leak fixed. Tomorrow I'm going to fix my exhaust so it will quit rattling at well as fix my wastegate actuator...then I'll get full boost at 3 grand instead of 4500 revs. I will probably put my 14" winter tires on as well...it snowed today so it's time to get the 17" aluminums out of the salt and snow. December 18, 2002...I've got 2 finals down now (Speech, Engineering Materials)...one tonight (Calculus II) and then one Friday morning (Engineering Physics I) left then I'm outta here. I've got my pcv valve now, got all the other stuff I need to install...now I just need to get home to install all the goodies...sure as hell hope it runs better when I'm done...power is a good thing. December 16, 2002...Geez...I almost forgot to update this week. This is the beginning of Finals week here at KSU...I've got a whole list of things to do over Christmas break. I'm going to wire the relay module back into my harness, do an Injector swap, AFPR install, A/F Gauge install, Exhaust work, Pinion Snubber install, Rebuild my IC tubing, PCV Valve install, Front end alignment, and adjust the wastegate actuator arm length. Other than that I don't know much else...besides that I've got one final down and 3 to go. December 9, 2002...I got rid of my faulty Bosch bypass valve and replaced it with a larger 2G DSM unit...I'll upgrade to a 1G DSM unit in a few weeks...Now I can finally turn the boost up above 13psi...my old bypass valve would leak off pressure if I tried to go above 13psi. I'll crank it up to 15-16psi in the next few days. December 2, 2002...Thanksgiving break is over...I managed to get about 9 minutes of video of my car sliding around corners, accelerating, revving, cruising around, and making a high speed drive by. I also recorded some sound clips of the exhaust and with the cutout unhooked. I hope to have the video edited and uploaded on here within the next few weeks...The camera doesn't upload video images directly to a PC so I'm still trying to figure out how to get it on my computer. I'm also having a funny little progressive boost situation...I think I need to re-torque my manifold. I also just learned that my poems "Full Of Fear" and "Under Her Clothes" are finalists in the Famous Poets Int'l Poetry Contest (winners pending) and will be published in "Today's Famous Poems - On the Wings of Pegasus". I suppose that's pretty cool...it'll be even cooler if one of them wins (cash prize;) November 26, 2002...I'm going home today...won't be back to school till Sunday night. I hope to get a few minor details squared away with the turbo to get everything running perfect. I uncorked the exhaust cutout today so it was running without a muffler...damn that thing is loud...I forget how loud it really is until I uncork it. Well anyway, I don't know if I'll update the site while I'm gone so you may not hear much until the beginning of December. November 21, 2002...The boost is now turned up to 15psi...it runs pretty damn strong...I haven't found any Mustangs or Camaro's to run against since I cranked it up though. Boost seems to come on almost as early as it did before...right around 3k. I've still got a few small issues I need to work out. The idle is a bit rough yet...adjusting the TPS and cleaning the IAC should cure that. I'm also not convinced my bypass valve is functioning correctly anymore...I get a "flutter" when I get off the gas after a high boost run. Also, I've got a set of 11" front discs with 73mm Calipers on the way. I'll install them with my 8.8" trac-loc w/discs at the same time. Four wheel disc brakes baby! November 20, 2002...I got the bypass valve plumbed back into the intake and went for a drive. I had the boost turned to 9.5psi and a 2000 Camaro Z28 pulled up beside me...we ran from a 10mph roll to 55mph and he only pulled 3/4 car length on me...He said "that 5.0 runs good...whatcha do to it?" He about shit when I told him it was a 4 banger with the boost turned down. I ran him again from a 15mph roll through 1st and 2nd gear and then let off right after shifting to 3rd...he never pulled on me one bit. I'd hate to think what I would have done to him with 15+psi. November 19, 2002...I've been looking for the correct one way spring valve to hook up my bypass valve as a blow-off...I haven't found one that satisfied me yet so I'm going to plumb it back into the intake this afternoon and turn the boost up to 12psi...then in a few more days I'll got to 15psi. It runs about 83mph in the 1/4 mile @ 8psi...it ran 95mph with crappy launch with the old T3 boosting 21psi. I should be able to equal that with 15-16psi with the new hybrid. We'll see ;) November 18, 2002...I've got the Stang back on the road. The boost is turned down to 8-9psi so I can make sure everything is gonna be ready to rock. Once I'm confident in it...I'll start crankin' up the boost. November 14, 2002...If any of you had trouble accessing my site in the last few weeks it's because my host "dreamstation" had deleted my site for some reason. I had to re-register with them to get my address back and then make the forwarding pages so you could use the old addresses to get here. Anyways...I've got my hybrid turbo all cleaned up and looking good. It's almost ready to install. With any luck I will install it this weekend. November 7, 2002...I decided to order a rebuilt T3 cartridge because I couldn't find the time to build my own. It really wasn't much more expensive so it's no big deal. It should be here next Wednesday so with any luck I'll have the T4 compressor and wheel installed as well as the .63 A/R turbine housing on and ready to go by the following weekend, at which time I can install it. I will then install my Kirban Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator and Air/Fuel Ratio Gauge. That should be all I need to do for a while (cross my fingers). Oh, also the tranny swap page has been totally rewritten...it's the best it's ever been now. November 3, 2002...I finally got my old blown turbo removed and pulled the exhaust housing off if it as well as the new T4 turbo. I hope to get them bolted together in hybrid form and get the shaft balanced this week. If that all goes as planned I'll have it up and running next weekend. It will be 7 weeks since it's been on the road come next weekend. It's time to get it rollin'. October 26, 2002...I got the tranny swap page back up today. It took me about 3 hours to create it. I hope some of the tips and tricks I threw into it will make the swap easier for those of you that plan to use it. Anyways...I figured out my turbo is a T04B V-trim. This isn't the best one out there but it should get the job done. Only problem now is that the turbo can make more power than my fuel system can handle. Now I need to get an air-fuel gauge and bigger injectors if I want to turn up the boost to make much more than 300hp at the wheels. What a horrible situation to be in. :) October 25, 2002...I went ahead and updated my links page, you can see it HERE...initial praise from the Stangnet crowd says: "I am impressed. One hell of a webpage. Very professional and clean. I like it", "Wow! You must have turbo-itus real bad! lol You pratically have every link known about the subject! Pretty cool!!!", "That's great, lots of good info there all in one place, thanks! I'll definately be visiting your list in the next few months as my engine comes together", and "Good Grief Stinger! I'm impressed! WOW! Let me pause a second and think of a better way to say it...I'm amazed, I'm digging it, I'm looking forward to reading through each link, I give it a 5 star, it's groovy, it's a great ALL collective resource, nice work"...I guess that means it's a success. Next thing to do is to change the name of the page and redo the links... October 24, 2002...I'm thinking of updating my links page with all my links I have saved up from when I was researching the turbo swap and other info about my turbo project, I've got at least 30 pages that have some extremely helpful info for those of you that want to know about it. I would also be useful when newbies come onto Stangnet asking the same questions over and over...I can just point them to my links and say "you've got a lot to learn Daniel son". I've got a few pics of my new bike posted on there as well...they can be seen HERE. I'll get some better pics after I add some graphics to it and get it cleaned up. October 23, 2002...I'm back from Vegas...it was a blast, I've never been around so many beautiful women in my entire life. I kept the spending to a minimum so I'm not totally broke now. I took about 110 pics but I don't know if they will end up on here...I don't really have time to mess with it right now. In other news, my turbo should be here the end of this week or early next week. I still don't know if I'll be able to use it or if I'll have to sell it and look for something else. I'm so busy moving my dad's stuff and dealing with legalities and such that I don't know when I'll get my blown turbo yanked off, the hybrid made, and then find the time to install it. My Tranny Swap page is temporarily down while I right up a new version with different pics and more information, this time the credit for the article won't go to the other "unnamed" website that I stated I got the previous info from. They didn't like it so I'm gonna redo it with all the info I learned when I did the swap. October 17, 2002...I'm heading off to Las Vegas Friday...my mom is getting re-married. I've got to make myself a fake ID tomorrow so I can gamble though...I'm sure it will be a blast. I'm going trail riding Friday morning and Sunday afternoon on my my new bike...I rode it about 5 hours last weekend, until I poked a hole in the rear tire tube. I'm going to fix that here in a few hours. My T4 turbo still hasn't arrived, it's been almost 3 weeks now. If it ever arrives then maybe the turbo 4 will be back on the road with even more power than before. Oh, one more thing...I added another poem to the Writings On The Wall page...hope you like it. October 11, 2002...It's official...I now own a 95 KTM 250SX dirt bike. It's a sweet ride and I got an even sweeter deal...I couldn't pass it up. I'll go for my first ride tomorrow when I get it home. It's running a little fat from what I hear so I'll have to re-jet the carb before I do too much riding though...minor details. On another note...why don't girls have hobbies? I mean seriously, what do they do when they are bored? What do they talk about...do they have deep discussions with their friends? From what I've gathered...they don't know what they do! OK, off my soapbox I step. October 8, 2002...I just noticed that people who have my pages saved as favorites or are going to pages with the specific address are not seeing the new site...they are still getting the old information...they are also not showing up on my counter unless they access the pages this way. I've got some work to do before this stuff works right...of course I have to find out how to fix it first. October 7, 2002...The turbo and intercooler for Plumb Boost'd showed up today...everything looks good. I'm going to look at a 95 KTM 250 SX dirtbike tomorrow...I may just come home with a bike. I sent off the money for my new turbo today...I should have it in about a week...then I have to create a hybrid by putting the two turbos into one...maybe she'll be back on the road in a month or so. September 30, 2002...My Father died Saturday...he was 46 years old. I will be going home mid week for the funeral and such... September 25, 2002...I got my overboost problem fixed and the 4 banger was screamin'...I'd say mid 13's aren't out of reach in this form. Bad news is the turbo decided that it was only gonna run 170,000 miles...it blew about 10 miles after I fixed the overboosting. I've got a bigger T4 on the way...I'm gonna make a hybrid turbo out of it. September 22, 2002...I've got all the files changed over to the new server and goland switched the links over to link off his server...everything appears to be working correctly. Email me HERE if you find any dead links or pics that don't load. Notice I've added the Plumb Boost'd and For Sale pages.
September 20, 2002...I've
located a server to host my site on...it's goland55 from Stangnet...he
offered to host me for free so I couldn't resist...There will be no more
annoying pop-up adds or advertisements on here. There will be some
changes coming up very soon: I'm going to be switching over all the files
for the site to the new server as well as adding a few more sections.
I've already got a For Sale section completed and ready to add as well as
an introduction to my newest project... Plumb Boost'd...Stay tuned to
details...you will never believe what it is. September 15,2002...I went to Worlds of Fun yesterday...it was hella cool. I've finally got my engine broke in...I still can't romp on it too hard because my actuator is stuck and overboosts. I will fix it next time I go home...probably next weekend. I also moved the past updates to there own page HERE. September 9, 2002...IT RUNS!!! I finally got my car running right after the turbo swap. I drove it to school today and have about 230 miles on it now. I'm still having an overboost problem but overall it's running right. It's definately quick now. September 5, 2002...I got my car running last weekend, it's still not right though, I'm most likely gonna go home and see what I can do this weekend. I did get my exhaust welded up though, sounds good. Other than that, I've been busy as hell...in other news...I'm going to the SCCA Nationals in Topeka next week. August 28, 2002...I'd have to say the Freshman crop of females is better than ever this year...gonna be fun. I'm going home Thursday evening to work on my car. I don't have class Monday so I should have enough time to get it going. Other than that all I can say is my classes suck...I'll be lucky to pass 3 of them... August 25, 2002...I've been a school for a few days now. Our room is a mess...we need to get some angle iron and lumber so we can setup our room. If you haven't noticed yet...I added a new turbo swap page HERE. Check it out, it's still under construction though. August 22, 2002...Well I got the boost gauge installed, bolted the new driveshaft in and tried to start it up. The dam thing is dead...no fuel pressure, no spark...nothing. I tried for a few days to trace the problem and wasn't successful. I'm leaving for school tomorrow so I won't get to work on it again till next weekend. August 20, 2002...I've been working on my new turbo swap page the last few nights. I don't have the pictures uploaded yet but the page can be seen HERE. Other than that I started building my exhaust today. My boost gauge arrived today so I will install it tomorrow as well. August 18, 2002...I drove my car the other day...I have the boost turned down to 10 psi and was short shifting at 3500 but I couldn't believe the power...this thing is gonna be faster than I ever imagined...I have since ripped the tranny out though...I'm having clutch problems and my driveshaft was too short. I should have it back together by wednesday of next week. August 11, 2002...I started the new turbo engine the other day...it ran well but I have some bugs to work out of it. I installed the IC tubing today. I am having issues with the clutch as well as a few other things. You can see the latest pics of my progress HERE August 5, 2002...Man I've been busy this last week. I've got the engine and tranny in my car finally. I also completed the wiring today. I found some mistakes in my turbo swap info as well as some tips for the tranny swap that I need to update. I should have the car running by the end of the week. You can see some pics of my engine HERE and it installed HERE. Hmmm, I just heard that Linzi wrecked her car...she's ok...the car is dead though. July 29, 2002...I've got the head, cam cover, exhaust and intake manifolds, and turbo bolted onto the motor. I also painted the engine block and polished the intake. Looks sweet. July 24, 2002...Well I've spent the last few days porting my upper and lower intakes as well as my exhaust manifold and throttle body. Some of the early pics (before they were complete) can be seen HERE. Today I think I will tear the head off my old motor so I can use the cam in my turbo motor, maybe I'll find something else to do instead though. :) July 19, 2002...I now have a lightweight car. I removed the engine, transmission, driveshaft, fuel tank, radiator, ac condensor, driver's seat, steering wheel column, and brake pedal assembly. I also relocated the speedo cable and mounted the clutch cable. I'm waiting for my clutch adjuster to come in before I start reassembling the pedals. If I'm lucky I'll be done by early August. I won't start updating the turbo swap page until the swap is complete. You can see pics of my car in it's torn apart state HERE and HERE. They are posted on the Stangnet Forums as you can see. July 14, 2002...Well it's my birthday today, gonna celebrate it by ripping the engine out of my car...not much else goin' on, just compiling pics of the turbo swap so I can upload them onto hear when I'm done. July 5, 2002...I honed my turbo block yesterday, I hope to get the pistons re-ringed and installed today, maybe the crankshaft as well. I updated the info on my Project 2.3T page today. Not much else to say, hope everyone had a good time on the 4th. June 27, 2002...I changed a bunch of minor things on the site today, added some info to the Turbo Swap page as well. Have a good day :) June 23, 2002...Damn, I kinda skipped out on updating last week...must have been cause I didn't have much to say...I'm still compiling parts for my turbo swap, only need the clutch, exhaust manifold, and some exhaust components. Don't know much else, just doin' the summer thing... June 14, 2002...Ms Jackson's been around more lately. She always makes my day a little more worthwhile. My ex GF emailed me today too, she tried to call me a few times this week, she didn't say what she wanted to talk about. I ordered most of the parts needed for the turbo swap today. They should all be in next week. The rest of the stuff needed will be picked up locally. I've got some salvage yard surfing to do before I have all the stuff compiled. Oh, I also added another poem "It Don't Phase Me" to the Writings On The Wall page. June 12, 2002...I was on KSN News out of Wichita today. I sent them some pics of the hail we had today, it was reported to be baseball size, the one I picked up was more like a softball. We also got 2.55 inches of rain in 45 minutes, flooded us pretty good. Fortunately my car was inside and nothing really got damaged. Other than that I'm still working on the turbo swap. I plan to do a thorough write up upon completion of the project. June 5, 2002...I spent the last 2 days pulling the turbo motor out of the Turbo Coupe. I'm going to rebuild it and put install new seals and gaskets before I attempt the swap into my Mustang. I'm so stoked right now! June 1, 2002...I went to the lake today, the water is still pretty damn chilly. I took another swim about ten tonight...it was still chilly :) Went to a party tonight too, took a few girls for a little cruise after the party...it was a fun night ;) May 29, 2002...I made it back from Indy, it was a blast but I'm too tired to go on about it :( I'll try to post some pics of the event by the end of the week...been pretty busy lately though. May 24, 2002...I'm heading to Indianapolis in a few hours. This is supposed to be the fastest and most talented field to ever race at the Indy 500. It should be great. Number one qualifier averaged over 231 miles per hour! I'll post some pictures when I get back on Monday. Aufvedersehn! May 20, 2002...Over the last few days I've been finishing up my strut tower brace (finally). I've got it smoothed, primed, painted, and installed now. I added titles to most of the pics on here yesterday. I've heard a lot of people tell me they liked the "what's wrong with this picture?" link that's posted above. You ought to check it out ;) I just got done creating the How To, Turbo Swap, and Charts & Info pages for my 2.3T section. That took a good 3 hours! May 18, 2002...Well, I'm done with finals week. I'm now home for the summer. I'm going to the Indy 500 next weekend, then I'll get my summer started. I plan to work for a few weeks and build up a little cash and then I'll take few weeks off to swap in my turbo. May 14, 2002...Tonight added pictures of my artwork on the Accomplishments page as well added another poem to the Writings On The Wall page. May 13, 2002...Well I ended up going to Little Sahara this weekend instead. It didn't go so well: my bike blew up after about an hour and the wind was blowing so hard that I got sandblasted all weekend. Not to mention that I had to sleep in the cold rain. Other than that, I took my first final today...got an 86% on it giving me a 101% for a final grade. May 8, 2002...Didn't have time to update anything last week. I was busy building my new computer. It is awesome to say the least. I'll try to get some pics of it up this week. I also plan to add pictures of my artwork sometime in the next few weeks. Finals are next weekend, I'm not real thrilled about that. My last final is on Wednesday. I should be home for the summer by the end of the week. I might be taking my motorcycle to Little Sahara the weekend after finals. April 30, 2002...Added news flash (see above). This is wrong on so many levels. I can't understand why their panties had any importance at the dance. Also added the Rumor Has It... link. Check it out...it's pretty funny. Just click open when the window pops up. April 29, 2002...Went
home last weekend. Took some pictures at the High School Prom.
Also Finished welding my Strut Tower Brace. Now it just needs paint.
I added the
Accomplishments page and added
All I Want to the Writings On The Wall page. April 21, 2002...I'm back from autocrossing. They put me in a different class this time. They decided I was too far away from stock to be in the F Stock class. Now I'm in the Street Touring Open class. I got third place this time. I was somewhat surprised to see that I was running within 1.5 seconds of a 98 Mustang Cobra that has 3 times the power. April 18, 2002...Well, I'm heading home. I've got to race again this weekend. I'm hoping to build my strut tower brace on Friday. Oh, and I just figured out that I'm going to the Indianapolis 500 for free next month!! Thanks to a very generous person. Oh, one more thing I just saw...I got a very intriguing entry in my guest book yesterday. April 14, 2002...I went to Lawrence today and installed a car stereo. On my way home I got a flat and ended up airing up my tire 4 times to drive 65 miles. Oh, and I think I did good on my Calc test. 'Bout Time! April 9, 2002...I've got two tests this Thursday...probably won't update again till next week. I made a few updates today, added some more things I wrote a few months back to the bottom of my Writings On The Wall page. Looks like I'm going to have to start deleting my old updates...this page is getting a little long. April 2, 2002...I didn't update anything today, just thought I'd check out how many hits I got. Didn't get fooled yesterday, don't know how I managed that? I've got two tests on Thursday so I guess I better get goin'. Mar. 30, 2002...I added a new page today (actually it is 3 a.m. Sunday) it's my Writings On The Wall page. You can probably guess what influenced this page :( Mar. 25, 2002...I'm back from Spring Break. Just got done racing in the SCCA Solo II Series yesterday. I ended up winning my class! I posted the pics in the Daily Driver and Pictures section. I also added these two links into the Cool Stuff section: WEEEEEE!!!! & Insanity Test & Create A Face Check 'em out! Mar. 17, 2002...Well I'm on spring break now, it's about time! I half ass polished my wheels today. They turned out pretty good. I am preparing to race in Salina next weekend so I'm getting ready for that. Sounds like I'm gonna have my own little cheering section. Mar. 14, 2002...I just got back from taking a Calc test. I bombed it. Can't say I'm real happy right now. On the other hand I'm done with classes now so I can go home... Mar. 10, 2002...I just got done talking to Linzi or IM for like 2 hours...Why's she have to be so damn sweet? I just realized I need to get some pics of Ms. Jackson on here...hmm...I decided this weekend that I better get on the ball in order to have my car ready to race on the 23rd of this month...I've still got sub-frames and strut tower braces to make and new tires to install! Mar. 7, 2002...I just got back from watching a free viewing of "All About The Benjamins" in the student Union. I'd give it a rating of 8. Made some changes to the site again and added 8 pics from my little niece's birthday party. I also changes some of the info on the daily driver page. Mar. 3, 2002...Had a kegger in my dorm last night...I was up till after 4 am. Posted about 25 pics of the party in the Dorm Life section today. Feb. 28, 2002...I
decided my sidebar was kind of plain so I drew up some flames and added
them to the bottom of the sidebar. Feb. 21, 2002...I finally figured out how to get all my pictures to download correctly...the are now viewable. Feb. 17, 2002...I've updated this site at least ten times in the last few days...workin' out the bugs and stuff I guess. Feb. 10, 2002...I uploaded this website and made it available for viewing today. I've been working on it for about a month.
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