6 Days at Heffner Performance.

[standj]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup
Happy New Year
John

 

[Hydra GT]

WOW! That is a work of art. Thanks for taking the time to share the pictures and story. Very nicely done. Enjoy the New Year

 

[pauleddy]

Well said, Chip. Enjoyed meeting up with you at Jason Heffner's, seeing the work-of-art, which is now your car and showing you my FGT, which has many of the same sort of "improvements" you've decided on that Jason and other Forum Members, such as Shadowman, have contributed to an already fantastic automobile. People continue to marvel at the "value-for-money" aspect of our cars, how they are more than capable of out-performing the expensive foreign Super Cars...and servicing our cars cost beau coupe less!
As a cheap Yankee, I like that a lot!
Happy New year!!!
Paul

 

[Beach-GT]

Specracer,

The turbochargers are water cooled and so they have stainless steel oil lines and water lines running to them. Fittings were installed in the oil pan that attach to the oil return lines from the turbochargers.

Chip

Is there a separate pump for the water? Where does the oil input come from?

I have not seen an installation quite like this. Looks very well done.

Enjoy.

 

[ChipBeck]

Input

Is there a separate pump for the water? Where does the oil input come from?
I have not seen an installation quite like this. Looks very well done.

Beach,

Great questions. I don't know the answers but perhaps Jason or someone else will chime in.

Chip

 

[nota4re]

Is there a separate pump for the water? Where does the oil input come from?

In the GT, there are two choices for providing the water cooling - either the GT's "normal" engine water cooling system or the unique intercooler pump & cooling system that the GT employs. I believe Jason selected to use the intercooler pump and OEM heat exhanger.

Regarding the oil, a "traditional" tap-in point is the OEM location of the oil pressure sending unit. Using a T-fitting here will usually supply sufficient oil and pressure to the turbo(s).

 

[ChipBeck]

Throttle Bodies.

Gentlemen,

While assembling parts prior to the build of my car, Jason asked me if I wanted him to use the Accufab throttle body. I fired back with the two obligatory questions. 1. What is the performance gain? 2. How much does it cost?

Answers: 1. Almost no performance gain according to our dyno testing with our twin turbo installation. 2. It costs $650.

Uh.......OK. :confused

So I guess nobody buys that right?

Jason responded, "Actually, pretty much everybody buys it."

:confused :confused :confused

Then he continued, "Because it looks much better. The factory throttle body is pretty efficient but it looks kinda rough."

So I went out to my garage and actually looked at my stock throttle body.

Yeah, I'm going to have to go with the Accufab TB. A real steal at $650! :willy

Chip

 

[Jason's Auto Spa]

Very cool thread Chip, thanks for sharing all of the pictures.

 

[dbk]

Mine made 837 on that dyno. Dick. :lol

Looks sweet! Glad it was a fun trip!

 

[pe2unia]

Congratulations Chip:thumbsup As you get more time to drive your improved gal please let everyone know how the experience goes:banana

 

[Empty Pockets]

So I went out to my garage and actually looked at my stock throttle body.

Yeah, I'm going to have to go with the Accufab TB. A real steal at $650! :willy

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl!!!!!!!!!!

 

[STORMCAT]

Cool !! Jason's the best !! Thanks for Sharing.. :thumbsup
Note to self : Don't race Chip !! :biggrin

 

[Apollo]

OH MAN!!! What you have done was my original, and is still my ultimate goal when I bought my GT. I would have done it from the start if not for the California rules. Great story and could not happen to a more fitting GT owner, except me of course...:wink
Congratulations Chip!

 

[ByeEnzo]

Chip,

Thanks for the detailed photos of the install. Congrats on the upgrade. :cheers Damn, now you got me thinking about converting my white car. Spirit and I may have to coordinate a hauler out to FLA for our cars in 2010. Enjoy your car in good health. Happy New Year.

AC

 

[Indy GT]

Chip, thanks for the great write-up and excellent pictures of your new transformed GT. It really tells a story, and the install looks as professional as I would expect from Jason's team and for that matter the Ford team had they decided to give us a TT setup. Thanks for dropping the $ to give us the pictorial experience. I look forward to seeing it perform at Las Vegas!

Being the technical junky that Frank likes to point out, a little emphasis on a few items Chip and Jason talk to on the TT conversion.

I asked Jason how important the headers were to the performance of his turbo system. He told me they probably weren't that important but that aesthetics and purity demanded their inclusion. The entire system just looks more proper with those beautiful stainless steel headers.

Chip

Don't get me wrong here, I am a big fan of stainless steel headers. They look great and give the engine a "tubular resonance" which just sounds mean. Typically alterations to getting the air/fuel mixture INTO and OUT OF the engine are where the most performance gains can be had for "relatively" low cost. But on our FGT as has been pointed out by Jason and verified through my own Ford sources, the GT engine team gave us OE manifolds which flow without out restrictions or significant backpressure. Thus one's choice to install headers is really only for asthetics and will not give you any more significant power. But it sure looks great!

Gentlemen,

While assembling parts prior to the build of my car, Jason asked me if I wanted him to use the Accufab throttle body. I fired back with the two obligatory questions. 1. What is the performance gain? 2. How much does it cost?

Answers: 1. Almost no performance gain according to our dyno testing with our twin turbo installation. 2. It costs $650.

Uh.......OK.

So I guess nobody buys that right?

Jason responded, "Actually, pretty much everybody buys it."



Then he continued, "Because it looks much better. The factory throttle body is pretty efficient but it looks kinda rough."

So I went out to my garage and actually looked at my stock throttle body.

Yeah, I'm going to have to go with the Accufab TB. A real steal at $650!

Chip
Chip

Same goes for our throttle body. Other than the asthetics of a polished exterior which I agree wholehartedly it looks great, the OE unit flows air just fine thank you. And even flows air at mass flow rates fed by twin turbos significantly higher than was ever envisioned in the OE configuration. Sure, you can make it LOOK better externally, but the internal flow attributes are optimized for what our 5.4 needs and then some.

Again all this points to is the original Ford designers on the team did a great job of giving us all the PERFORMANCE they could under the weight/cost/durabulity constraints imposed on the car by FoMoCo. The team did it right and gave us one heck of a car for what we paid.

(But feel free to write a check to make yours look better through your glasses....)

 

[theseeker]

Chip,

This thread provides a wealth of information and causes one to do some serious thinking! Decisions....decisions.

Rocky

 

[skyrex]

Congrats!!! The car looks great.........and now I am going to look up registering my car in Nevada as my first step towards a TT.

Excuse me a moment......:bang:bang:bang...........stop going on the Forum, it always costs you money......:bang:bang:bang............

Oh well, at least I have a registration option open so I can eventually succumb to the TT insanity! :cheers

 

[JBG]

Great post and excellent pics Chip. I can't wait to see your latest upgrade in person.
John

 

[Black GT]

Going to send my Gallardo for the full twin set up. I am excited! Hopefully 900 at the wheels on pump. We will see

 

[ChipBeck]

Gallardo TT

Going to send my Gallardo for the full twin set up. I am excited! Hopefully 900 at the wheels on pump. We will see.

Black,

Several Gallardos in attendance during my week at Heffner. Here's a few photos of them. Enjoy.

Chip