Newbie's 95 GT40 Restoration
I started a build about 2 month's ago. I've been using some tech from this site, so I thought I would start a build thread.
I'm starting with a mostly stock 95 GT . It's a black on black 5 speed, with 112k miles. It was in a light collision 4 years ago, and the front end was replaced with a Cobra front end. It was lowered 1.75", and 18" staggered Bullit style wheels were put on. I'm running 245/45 in the front, and 285/35 in the rear. It also came with an original Flowmaster 40 series stainless cat back. The SMOG pump was removed, and an idler pulley was put in but it was not properly deleted. Those were the only mods at the time of purchase.
When I first got it I did a full tune up, Accel coil, and a SR Performance CAI. I cleaned the MAF, and we hooked it up to the scanner. Everything was checking out okay. Not a single code outside the airbag system from the accident. It's running great, but the throttle response, and acceleration is what you would expect out of a stock, high mile engine. Less than spectacular.
The first modding I did was address the front end situation. The car was lowered improperly, and the bumpsteer was fairly scary. We installed SR Performance caster/camber plates, a Steeda bumpsteer kit, Steeda X2 balljoint's, Steeda off-set rack bushings, Energy suspension control arm bushings, Prothane end links, and sway bar bushings, SR spring isolators, and a reman rack unit. Did an alignment. Once the new bushings settle, and the rear suspension goes in we will tweak it a bit. I also went with cheap Monroe struts for now. I will eventually upgrade these to Tokico blue's. The rear passenger caliper was shot, so we replaced both rear calipers. All 4 corners have drilled, and slotted rotors with ceramic pads. A cheap SR Performance shifter was put in. This will be replaced this winter with a Steeda Tri-Ax. The SR is sloppy, and poorly made. That's what I get for trying to save money on a vital part.
I installed 96-98 tail light harnesses, and Raxiom smoked 96-98 tail light's. I tinted out the third brake light, and got smoked side marker reflectors for the rear bumper. I also installed an LED license plate light kit. I know some people would say stick with the 5.0 style lights, but I prefer the vertical light's. I also have a set of Maximum Motorsports full length subframe connector's that are going in next weekend.
I have quite a few part's waiting to go on the car from my original part's order's. The part's pile consist's of a set of SVE tubular upper, and lower control arms, Prothane poly axel bushings, SR spring isolators, 3.73 rear gears with full bearing, and seal kit, GT500 carbon fiber Trac-Loc clutches, shift light, reverse glow gauge kit & full LED kit (can't decide which to use), EGR delete mil eliminator, and plate, a tubular GT40 upper intake, with a 94 Cobra lower, aluminum BBK underdrive pulley's, and new front hubs. I might be forgetting a few things.
I'm pretty sure the only thing that will get done before I take it off the road for the year is the subframe connectors. I need those in for sure, as I plan to fully strip and refinish the underside of the car this winter. The full length's are great for jack stands, and this way they get painted/undercoated with the rest of the vehicle. I'm doing a lot of restoration on this build. I'm after somewhat of a show quality car when I'm done. Not a trophy winner, but something that is clean, and I can be proud of. I have very little rust to deal with, and absolutely no rot so it should be an easy 2-3 week process on the underbody, and engine bay. The whole car will be stripped of it's mechanical's for repair, and modification anyway. While the car is down I will also be rolling the whole interior out with FatMat sound deadening material & spraying the inside of the doors, and anywhere else I can't roll out with boom mat spray
My future plans for the car are as follows. My hp goal is 290-320 rwhp out of a GT40 based build up. I know it's not easy, and some say 300 isn't possible. Well, we will see where I end up eventually.
Induction - Updated 4-25-2016
Polished Tubular upper intake, w/ bore ported to 75mm
Fully ported non EGR Explorer Lower
Stack Racing Polished 75mm Throttle body
Trick Flow 75mm intake adapter elbow
C&L 73mm MAF (calibrated @ 24# with CAI)
Bosch 4 hole 24# injectors
Walbro 190 lph fuel pump kit
BBK fuel pressure regulator w/ gauge
New IAC, PCV, ACT, TPS, coolant sensor, coolant sender, and oil sender.
Heads - Updated 4-25-2016
Flo-Tek 5.0X Aluminum Head 180cc 1.94 & 1.54 valves 58cc Ported & polished with polished chambers.
Trick Flow Stage 1 Cam
Comp High Energy 1.6 roller rockers in 3/8 stud mount
Ford Racing Lifters
Comp Cams Magnum Timing Chain
Trick Flow Valve Covers
Trick Flow 6.100 pushrods
Misc.
BBK Unequal Shorty Headers
Mac Pro Chamber mid pipe
Water pump, oil pump & ARP drive shaft, new distributor
MSD 6AL-2 Ignition box
Moates Quarter Horse
Steeda strut tower brace (going to need intake clearance)
Maximum Motorsports 4 point k member brace
Stage 1 clutch & new OEM Flywheel
New OEM Harmonic Balancer
New HD Motor Mounts
MGW Shifter
Steeda adjustable clutch cable with firewall adjuster
Steeda aluminum clutch quadrant
Lakewood U-joints
Steeda Functional Tail Fin
Roush Heat Extractor Hood
Misc. ARP studs/bolts for assembly
AC Delete running a short belt, no idler in place of the smog or ac
Steeda front sway bar
Steeda adjustable rear sway bar
So that's the build. As soon as the car comes off the road and I can further inspect it I will be ordering more part's, and doing all the disassembly. Once it is taken apart I will start the restoration on the chassis. I'll try to take pic's, and keep posting them as I progress.
I started a build about 2 month's ago. I've been using some tech from this site, so I thought I would start a build thread.
I'm starting with a mostly stock 95 GT . It's a black on black 5 speed, with 112k miles. It was in a light collision 4 years ago, and the front end was replaced with a Cobra front end. It was lowered 1.75", and 18" staggered Bullit style wheels were put on. I'm running 245/45 in the front, and 285/35 in the rear. It also came with an original Flowmaster 40 series stainless cat back. The SMOG pump was removed, and an idler pulley was put in but it was not properly deleted. Those were the only mods at the time of purchase.
When I first got it I did a full tune up, Accel coil, and a SR Performance CAI. I cleaned the MAF, and we hooked it up to the scanner. Everything was checking out okay. Not a single code outside the airbag system from the accident. It's running great, but the throttle response, and acceleration is what you would expect out of a stock, high mile engine. Less than spectacular.
The first modding I did was address the front end situation. The car was lowered improperly, and the bumpsteer was fairly scary. We installed SR Performance caster/camber plates, a Steeda bumpsteer kit, Steeda X2 balljoint's, Steeda off-set rack bushings, Energy suspension control arm bushings, Prothane end links, and sway bar bushings, SR spring isolators, and a reman rack unit. Did an alignment. Once the new bushings settle, and the rear suspension goes in we will tweak it a bit. I also went with cheap Monroe struts for now. I will eventually upgrade these to Tokico blue's. The rear passenger caliper was shot, so we replaced both rear calipers. All 4 corners have drilled, and slotted rotors with ceramic pads. A cheap SR Performance shifter was put in. This will be replaced this winter with a Steeda Tri-Ax. The SR is sloppy, and poorly made. That's what I get for trying to save money on a vital part.
I installed 96-98 tail light harnesses, and Raxiom smoked 96-98 tail light's. I tinted out the third brake light, and got smoked side marker reflectors for the rear bumper. I also installed an LED license plate light kit. I know some people would say stick with the 5.0 style lights, but I prefer the vertical light's. I also have a set of Maximum Motorsports full length subframe connector's that are going in next weekend.
I have quite a few part's waiting to go on the car from my original part's order's. The part's pile consist's of a set of SVE tubular upper, and lower control arms, Prothane poly axel bushings, SR spring isolators, 3.73 rear gears with full bearing, and seal kit, GT500 carbon fiber Trac-Loc clutches, shift light, reverse glow gauge kit & full LED kit (can't decide which to use), EGR delete mil eliminator, and plate, a tubular GT40 upper intake, with a 94 Cobra lower, aluminum BBK underdrive pulley's, and new front hubs. I might be forgetting a few things.
I'm pretty sure the only thing that will get done before I take it off the road for the year is the subframe connectors. I need those in for sure, as I plan to fully strip and refinish the underside of the car this winter. The full length's are great for jack stands, and this way they get painted/undercoated with the rest of the vehicle. I'm doing a lot of restoration on this build. I'm after somewhat of a show quality car when I'm done. Not a trophy winner, but something that is clean, and I can be proud of. I have very little rust to deal with, and absolutely no rot so it should be an easy 2-3 week process on the underbody, and engine bay. The whole car will be stripped of it's mechanical's for repair, and modification anyway. While the car is down I will also be rolling the whole interior out with FatMat sound deadening material & spraying the inside of the doors, and anywhere else I can't roll out with boom mat spray
My future plans for the car are as follows. My hp goal is 290-320 rwhp out of a GT40 based build up. I know it's not easy, and some say 300 isn't possible. Well, we will see where I end up eventually.
Induction - Updated 4-25-2016
Polished Tubular upper intake, w/ bore ported to 75mm
Fully ported non EGR Explorer Lower
Stack Racing Polished 75mm Throttle body
Trick Flow 75mm intake adapter elbow
C&L 73mm MAF (calibrated @ 24# with CAI)
Bosch 4 hole 24# injectors
Walbro 190 lph fuel pump kit
BBK fuel pressure regulator w/ gauge
New IAC, PCV, ACT, TPS, coolant sensor, coolant sender, and oil sender.
Heads - Updated 4-25-2016
Flo-Tek 5.0X Aluminum Head 180cc 1.94 & 1.54 valves 58cc Ported & polished with polished chambers.
Trick Flow Stage 1 Cam
Comp High Energy 1.6 roller rockers in 3/8 stud mount
Ford Racing Lifters
Comp Cams Magnum Timing Chain
Trick Flow Valve Covers
Trick Flow 6.100 pushrods
Misc.
BBK Unequal Shorty Headers
Mac Pro Chamber mid pipe
Water pump, oil pump & ARP drive shaft, new distributor
MSD 6AL-2 Ignition box
Moates Quarter Horse
Steeda strut tower brace (going to need intake clearance)
Maximum Motorsports 4 point k member brace
Stage 1 clutch & new OEM Flywheel
New OEM Harmonic Balancer
New HD Motor Mounts
MGW Shifter
Steeda adjustable clutch cable with firewall adjuster
Steeda aluminum clutch quadrant
Lakewood U-joints
Steeda Functional Tail Fin
Roush Heat Extractor Hood
Misc. ARP studs/bolts for assembly
AC Delete running a short belt, no idler in place of the smog or ac
Steeda front sway bar
Steeda adjustable rear sway bar
So that's the build. As soon as the car comes off the road and I can further inspect it I will be ordering more part's, and doing all the disassembly. Once it is taken apart I will start the restoration on the chassis. I'll try to take pic's, and keep posting them as I progress.