6 Days at Heffner Performance.
- Thread starter ChipBeck
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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
Owner
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
As a cheap Yankee, I like that a lot!
Happy New year!!!
Paul
Beach-GT
GT Owner
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.
Input
Beach,
Great questions. I don't know the answers but perhaps Jason or someone else will chime in.
Chip
Beach,
Great questions. I don't know the answers but perhaps Jason or someone else will chime in.
Chip
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).
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
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
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pe2unia
GT
Congratulations Chip:thumbsup As you get more time to drive your improved gal please let everyone know how the experience goes:banana
STORMCAT
GT
Cool !! Jason's the best !! Thanks for Sharing.. :thumbsup
Note to self : Don't race Chip !! :biggrin
Note to self : Don't race Chip !! :biggrin
Apollo
GT Owner
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!
Congratulations Chip!
ByeEnzo
GT
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
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
Yea, I got one...too
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.
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!
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....)
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.
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!
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....)
Chip,
This thread provides a wealth of information and causes one to do some serious thinking! Decisions....decisions.
Rocky
This thread provides a wealth of information and causes one to do some serious thinking! Decisions....decisions.
Rocky
skyrex
FORD GT OWNER
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
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
GT Owner
Gallardo TT
Black,
Several Gallardos in attendance during my week at Heffner. Here's a few photos of them. Enjoy.
Chip
Black,
Several Gallardos in attendance during my week at Heffner. Here's a few photos of them. Enjoy.
Chip
