2005 Sonic Blue Mustang GT - New Parts Installed

[Chris B.]

I finally got in contact with the original owner and found out the car has Comp Cams Stage 2 NSR 127200 cams grind number XE261LH-15.5.

Duration: 261/278
Duration @ 0.050": 222/235
Intake valve lift: .450
Exhaust Valve Lift: .450
Lobe Separation Angle: 115.5°

[Chris B.]

I finally was affected by that hurricane from last weekend. I got a flat tire driving over some tree debris in the road that weren't cleaned up yet. I guess this is a sign to get those new wheels and tires I was looking at.

[AJ Hartman]

Hey Chris. Glad to see your incident at NJMP hasn't slowed you down. Let me know if you need a hand with anything on your car. I'm sure I'll see you at an event soon enough.

[Chris B.]

Originally Posted by AJ Hartman

Hey Chris. Glad to see your incident at NJMP hasn't slowed you down. Let me know if you need a hand with anything on your car. I'm sure I'll see you at an event soon enough.

Thanks! I'll be at Pocono on Sunday with NASA. They are running the double infield course.

[AJ Hartman]

yeah thats what I heard. Not in the budget for me to race this weekend. I will be at NJMP at the end of october tho.

[Chris B.]

The car worked great at Pocono today on the double infield course. I figured out what tire pressures the Pilot Sport Cup tires like best and everything kept getting better. It was great passing the Vipers and Corvettes.

I had my brake rotor temps shot in the pits and they were 890 F front and 780 F rear. It looks like the XP-10 and XP-8 pads I'm using will work just fine for those temperatures. The XP-10's on the front will handle 1750 F and the XP-8's will handle 1350 F. I guess I should get the brake cooking ducts on the car soon.

[Chris B.]

I picked up some new muffler's today. The loudmouths will be coming off the car soon.

[Ender81]

Originally Posted by Chris B.

I picked up some new muffler's today. The loudmouths will be coming off the car soon.

[jpalamar]

What mufflers did you pick up?

[Chris B.]

Originally Posted by jpalamar

What mufflers did you pick up?

I got a pair of stock 2006 Mustang GT mufflers. I liked the way the stock mufflers sounded on the 2008 GT with the headers and these sound good too. They are quiet when the car is idling and cruising, but the exhaust is still loud when I floor it. Later on, I may upgrade to some other mufflers, but not something as loud as the loudmouths.

[Chris B.]

Apparently Real Time Attack likes my car. Its in their NJMP event photo behind the civic on their front page now and it was in their Pocono event video even though I never participated in their events.

[John Torres]

Are you racing on Oct 30,2011 with Nasa. If so. Than your in for the Real Time Attack event.

[Chris B.]

Originally Posted by John Torres

Are you racing on Oct 30,2011 with Nasa. If so. Than your in for the Real Time Attack event.

Nope. I won't be there. Also RTA events seem prohibitively expensive compared to time trials with other groups.

[Chris B.]

Originally Posted by John Torres

It's the same price as other run groups. Plus you get media attention that you don't get from other Run groups. The way it works. It's by signing up at a NASA event from hpde2, hpde3, hpde4 and TT drivers can participate. And than pay your one year membership with Real Time attack which is a one year membership. Other events will keep you in the shadow and your name will never be heard. But with real Time Attack your name can get to be know. All of the Real Time Attack driver are getting to be know by many driver's and fans out there. Plus most of them are getting sponsor by other shop and product company and media outlets. So who told you that it's expensive. When you just pay for a Nasa event. And your in with Real Time Attack. You pay only one price to Participate both event, NASA event and Real Time Attack event is one event.

Do you work for Real Time Attack? I can participate in NASA time trials all over the country almsot every wekend of the year without paying any fees to an outside group. At some of the RTA events earlier in the season there was a registration fee to pay to both NASA and also to RTA for the event. Has that changed for the most recent event?

I have won national drag racing events in the past and had sponsorship for those cars I won the events in. The prize money and contingency money I won paid for modifications, and parts upgrades. I also was also testing and developing new parts before they were released. I really don't care if my name is heard or how much publicity I get.

[Chris B.]

Last night, the car hit 50,000 miles while driving on I-78 on the way home from the NYC area.



I'm working on a belly pan to replace the one that the 2005-2008 Mustangs had. I mentioned it in my 2008 GT build thread here:
http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/...1&postcount=98

I'm planing on designing and building my own instead of adapting the 2010 GT parts to fit. If it works well, I'll make a template to make more for others to use on their '05-'09 GT's.

[John Torres]

There was no fee to pay. You just sign in your name for the 3 round. And that's it. I do this for fun. Congratulation on your victory

[Chris B.]

Originally Posted by John Torres

There was no fee to pay. You just sign in your name for the 3 round. And that's it. I do this for fun. Congratulation on your victory

If there was no fee to pay, then why were so many of the driver complaining that they had to pay both a NASA fee and a real time attack fee along with memberships to both groups at the April event?

This really doesn't belong in my build thread, but I'm curious why so many drivers had to lay out all this extra cash and you are saying there is no extra fee.

[Slevin]

Originally Posted by John Torres

That's false clam.

i love false clam

[sean3]

Note to self: if I ever decide to have someone represent my organization on a forum, make sure they can post coherent English.

[Chris B.]

Originally Posted by John Torres

It's sound like you don't like the guy's at http://RealTimeAttack.com Your can't turn one driver into many. And the end of the day he sign up. Plus that was the $50 for the transponder rental and membership all in one price. Which NASA charges $75 for the transponder and $50 for there membership.

Originally Posted by John Torres

I'm here too help drivers get Notices or get sponsor. Plus there was no fee in the April event. Nobody was charge a membership fee in April. Were did you get that. That's false claim. Plus do you think you can compete with the Real Time Attack drivers. Then come on down. And find out if your the best.

Back in April at the event, I talked with several of the drivers participating in the event that I know. All of them said the same thing about how expensive it is. They said that they had to pay both RTA and NASA for event fees and memberships. Some of them didn't show up to Pocono because of the high cost and did time trials with other groups instead.