aboythatskates
Hard-core CEG'er
been here for a while. i most almost everything on NECO, so ill give you guys the short version. lol. ive been through a lot, and neco has the evidence. lol. lots of help from those guys! great community.
i have a 1999 cougar, ive been building it for 4 years, until i totalled it into a ditch at 70 last december. so i decided to buy a shell and swap all my parts over plus more. basically my brand new coilovers were completly shot. i had probably less then 300 miles on them, so i basically had to buy all my suspension components twice.
i decided to put a shiz ton more money into it since im swapping everything to my new shell so heres my current mods list. the new cougar is also the same exact color as the old which was freakin hard to find! and it was also and early return style!
Engine Setup:
- 2004 3.0L taurus engine
- Full oval port swap
Performance Mods:
- complete motor and head rebuild
- PNP heads
- st220 intake manifolds and custom spacer
- #32 injectors
- MSDS Headers
- 2.5" Magnaflow Exhaust (had custom true dual exhaust half made but decided to run single til i get more money to legitly finish the dual)
- 65mm tb
- msds y-pipe ( my true dual setup doesnt have a y pipe,i just welded the damn thing)
- new autolite plugs
- new motorcraft plug wires
- PRT Powersteering delete
Cooling Mods:
- stock radiator and cooling system
Transaxle Mods:
- clutchnet stage 3 disc and PP
- spec 9lb flywheel
- torsen
- 3.8 FD
-rebuilt trans
Suspension mods:
- TZT front endlinks
- front poly swap bar bushings
- koni and spax strut
- ground control coils with technotoy tuning pillow ball mounts
- PRT camber plate conversion
- PRT solid subframe bushings
Tuning Mods:
- #32 injectors (almost maxing out the #24s on stock 3L)
- livewire
- i dyno tuned it myself, twice now on mustang dyno
Brake mods:
- hawk pads
- EBC GD series rotors
- dot 4 fluid
Other mods:
half the rest of the car was rebuild, like new axles, wheel bearings, new rack and pinion, outer tire rod ends, and other stuff, too much to list, basically the only thing left stock is the rear subframe
old numbers 199hp 195tq
last years dyno tuning numbers
221hp and 223tq
between the last tune and this years, i have rebuilt the motor, PNP heads, st220 intake manifolds and spacer made, injectors from #24 to #32, and made my custom true dual exhaust.
the tune isnt 100%, and its not even at 60% but the car put down 236 whp so far, but i hate how it runs, so i cant wait to put it on the dyno again, hoping for 240+
and here are pics
the stance
old bay
new build
my dualzz
new bay
i have a 1999 cougar, ive been building it for 4 years, until i totalled it into a ditch at 70 last december. so i decided to buy a shell and swap all my parts over plus more. basically my brand new coilovers were completly shot. i had probably less then 300 miles on them, so i basically had to buy all my suspension components twice.
i decided to put a shiz ton more money into it since im swapping everything to my new shell so heres my current mods list. the new cougar is also the same exact color as the old which was freakin hard to find! and it was also and early return style!
Engine Setup:
- 2004 3.0L taurus engine
- Full oval port swap
Performance Mods:
- complete motor and head rebuild
- PNP heads
- st220 intake manifolds and custom spacer
- #32 injectors
- MSDS Headers
- 2.5" Magnaflow Exhaust (had custom true dual exhaust half made but decided to run single til i get more money to legitly finish the dual)
- 65mm tb
- msds y-pipe ( my true dual setup doesnt have a y pipe,i just welded the damn thing)
- new autolite plugs
- new motorcraft plug wires
- PRT Powersteering delete
Cooling Mods:
- stock radiator and cooling system
Transaxle Mods:
- clutchnet stage 3 disc and PP
- spec 9lb flywheel
- torsen
- 3.8 FD
-rebuilt trans
Suspension mods:
- TZT front endlinks
- front poly swap bar bushings
- koni and spax strut
- ground control coils with technotoy tuning pillow ball mounts
- PRT camber plate conversion
- PRT solid subframe bushings
Tuning Mods:
- #32 injectors (almost maxing out the #24s on stock 3L)
- livewire
- i dyno tuned it myself, twice now on mustang dyno
Brake mods:
- hawk pads
- EBC GD series rotors
- dot 4 fluid
Other mods:
half the rest of the car was rebuild, like new axles, wheel bearings, new rack and pinion, outer tire rod ends, and other stuff, too much to list, basically the only thing left stock is the rear subframe
old numbers 199hp 195tq
last years dyno tuning numbers
221hp and 223tq
between the last tune and this years, i have rebuilt the motor, PNP heads, st220 intake manifolds and spacer made, injectors from #24 to #32, and made my custom true dual exhaust.
the tune isnt 100%, and its not even at 60% but the car put down 236 whp so far, but i hate how it runs, so i cant wait to put it on the dyno again, hoping for 240+
and here are pics
the stance
old bay
new build
my dualzz
new bay