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New SHO owner in Kentucky

Started by chessboxer, August 09, 2013, 09:16:30 AM

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chessboxer

Thanks everyone, I had no idea that the color combination was this rare.

To answer a couple of questions I was in the Army but am resigning my commission now (Made it to Captain) and focusing on a civilian career after 9 years.  Additionally, I am from a small place called Waynesburg, KY which is in Lincoln County Kentucky, but am in Lexington now.  I lived in DC for 3 years before I deployed this last time.

Anyway, thanks for the warm welcome.  I got the Stage4+ tune going and I absolutely love it.  I had my kids this weekend and didn't get a chance to find a private course to try it out on fully, but just accelerating feels awesome now.
2010 SHO | Livernois Stage 4+ Tune | 3-Bar map | 160 T-stat | Airaid CAI | Megan racing Coilovers | EBC Stage 5 Superstreet Brake Kit | 20" Niche Targa Rims on 255/45/20 BFG Sport Comp 2s | Livernois MyCal Touch Screen Tuner/Display

jomc111

2009 mazdaspeed 3 Garrett GT3076R//HKS SQV3 blowoff valave//Autotech internals//Pauter rods//CP pistons// ACT 6 puck clutch// Lightened Flywheel//PG tubular manifold//Corksport downpipe// Streetunit racepipe// Greddy Ti-C catback//HKS type 0 Turbo Timer// Manual boost controller// Eibach pro-kit// Koni FSD dampers// JDM yellow fog overlays// COBB short throw shifter// oil filter conversion // BSD //
Parted out - sold
2010 sho -stock -sold
2014 focus st

Drewstang

Welcome to the forums and thank you for your service. I'm just up the road in Louisville and very much into Mustangs, nice Mach you have there.
2010 SHO PP- Ingot Silver and Bone Stock for now

chessboxer

So,  I made this post a few years ago and the car got a Livernois MyCal and Air Raid intake.

The modding bug finally caught up to me (extended warranty is over!) and car is getting Megan Racing Coilovers and the EBC Stage 5 Superstreet Brake kit installed today.  If it stops raining I will be adding a 3 bar map, changing my plugs, and adding a 160 tstat and installing the Stage 4+ tune.

I got a set of 20" Niche Targa's on 255/45/20 BFG Sport Comp 2s for it as well.  Intend to be more active and take some pics and keep modding.

Also, car has run on the Stage 3 tune for 3 years now and around 35k miles and been great.  I love it as much today as I did when I posted this 3 years ago!
2010 SHO | Livernois Stage 4+ Tune | 3-Bar map | 160 T-stat | Airaid CAI | Megan racing Coilovers | EBC Stage 5 Superstreet Brake Kit | 20" Niche Targa Rims on 255/45/20 BFG Sport Comp 2s | Livernois MyCal Touch Screen Tuner/Display

ZSHO

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Welcome Back Chessboxer and glad to have you on board and please add your signature with all the above mentioned mod's and pic's are definitely a must in these parts of town,lol  thanks.  Z  :)


2013 Performance Package SHO| Livernois Custom Methanol Tune|3-Bar Map|Reische-170-Stat|Full Race Tial-10psi BOV in Black|PPE-Gloss Black Hot Pipes|EPP Dual Intake in Gloss Black|PPE Catted DP|Corsa Sport Cat Back Exhaust|H&R Sport-Springs|CFM Performance Billet Valve Cover Breather In Gloss Black|Llumar 20%Ceramic window Tint|MSD Ignition Coils in Black|Extreme Roof Spoiler|Redline Fluids all around|Gearhead Intercooler|First-SHO With Direct Port Alky-VP-M1-100%-Methanol Injection|LMS-Custom-Dyno-Tuned @ 415whp-465wtq| Best Trap Speed of 115.54 mph|

SHOdded

Nice to see your time away has been productive, chessboxer.  As Z "advised" we heavily favor pictorials on this site, and How Tos, and time slips, and ... :D
2007 Ford Edge SEL, Powerstop F/R Brake Kit, TXT LED 6000K Lo & Hi Beams, W16W LED Reverse Bulbs, 3BSpec 2.5w Map Lights, 5W Cree rear dome lights, 5W Cree cargo light, DTBL LED Taillights

If tuned:  Take note of the strategy code as you return to stock (including 3 bar MAP to 2 bar MAP) -> take car in & get it serviced -> check strategy code when you get car back -> have tuner update your tune if the strategy code has changed -> reload tune -> ENJOY!

chessboxer

Thanks everyone!  Waiting on an extended warranty that I never used was painful.

I'll get my signature modded and will break out my ancient camera (D40, woo!) to take some pics.  I had a DIY turbo frankenstein 93 Accord and used to work for Haltech in Lexington, KY, so I love some DIYs.

This was her.  300+ hp on an Evo 3 Big 16g and F22b/F22a/H23/DSM frankenstein engine tuned on a Haltech Platinum Sport 2000 with a Racepak IQ3 dash (that was my tech support area back in the day).






Looking forward to being around and learning more.
 
2010 SHO | Livernois Stage 4+ Tune | 3-Bar map | 160 T-stat | Airaid CAI | Megan racing Coilovers | EBC Stage 5 Superstreet Brake Kit | 20" Niche Targa Rims on 255/45/20 BFG Sport Comp 2s | Livernois MyCal Touch Screen Tuner/Display

SHOdded

Sweet gauge cluster!  Paint original or custom?  Looks very clean.  CF/fiberglass hood?  Any timeslips?
2007 Ford Edge SEL, Powerstop F/R Brake Kit, TXT LED 6000K Lo & Hi Beams, W16W LED Reverse Bulbs, 3BSpec 2.5w Map Lights, 5W Cree rear dome lights, 5W Cree cargo light, DTBL LED Taillights

If tuned:  Take note of the strategy code as you return to stock (including 3 bar MAP to 2 bar MAP) -> take car in & get it serviced -> check strategy code when you get car back -> have tuner update your tune if the strategy code has changed -> reload tune -> ENJOY!

chessboxer

Thanks!  That was back around 2009-2010 and was the original paint.  I like having a clean car!  Hood and trunk were CF.  I had it running open dump for a long time and it sounded like a tractor, haha.  Big cam and the turbo and the exhaust turned at 90 degrees under the car.  No emissions in KY is great.

Sadly, no time slips.  I took it once to the track before the engine swap and tune at Haltech and had trouble keeping my IC piping connected and never got a good run.  After it was the way it looked in those pictures I got an offer on a trade towards a new Civic Si and had moved to Virginia where it would never have passed emissions, so I traded it.  I still regret doing so to this day.  It was a silly FWD honda but I loved it.  My brother and I took it from N/A to turbo.  You could take the DSM manifold, redrill a hole and mount it to the old F22A in the 90-93 honda.  It was a low CR engine stock (8.8:1 I think?), iron block, and had a pretty good flowing non-vtec head and responded surprisingly well to boost.  The kid I traded it to ended up slamming it to the ground, denting the custom dp and exhaust and blowing it up.  I almost got it back until I saw what he had done to it.  I wept.  I still weep for her.

Full mod list on it was:

Engine Modifications
F22B DOHC Block, Pistons, Rods, Crank
F22A SOHC Head (9.3:1 CR)
Balance Shaft Belt Removed
Haltech Platinum Sport 2000 Full standalone PNP EMS
Haltech Boost Control Solenoid
Ported Evo III Big 16g
Tial 38mm External Wastegate
Tial 50 mm BOV
Evo 9 560cc Injectors
ACT HA3-XTR6 6 Puck clutch
36"x12"x3.5" Bar and plate FMIC
H23 Intake Manifold and Throttle Body with Butterflies removed
Haltech Dual Channel Wideband (integrated into ecu)
Delta 272 Cam
NGK BKR7E plugs
A/c Removed
2g dsm manifold ported
EGR delete
3" Custom Downpipe
3" Full Exhaust
Magnaflow Muffler
walbro 255 lph fuel pump
Catch Can
DEI Header wrapping on Exhaust Manifold
3 bar map sensor
Civic Half Radiator
DIY Front Motor Mount Replacement
Paint Matched Valve Cover
Haltech Electronic Fuel Pressure Sensor (integrated into ecu)
Haltech Electronic Oil Pressure Sensor (integrated into ecu)
Internal Coil Distributor


Exterior/Lighting
Seibon Carbon Fiber Hood
Carbon Fiber Trunk
Carbon Fiber Mugen Style Front Lip
Amber Corner lights
Amber Bumper lights
Red and Clear Taillights
90-91 Grill
Yellow High Beams
20% Tint
Blackhoused Headlights
10000k HID's
Black EX mirrors
Window Visors


Interior:
A Clean Stock Gray
Short shifter
IQ3 Dash
Aftermarket Steering wheel



Suspension/Wheels/Brakes
Black 17" Stern Beasts Rims with Paint Matched Lip
Falken ziex 912 225/45/17 Tires
Front and Rear Strut Tower Bar
Lower Tie Bar
C-Pillar bar
Axxis Ultimate Brake Pads
Function and Form Type II Full Coilovers

Electronics
Racepak IQ3 Datalogger Dash
Haltech Platinum Sport 2000 ECU
Haltech Dual Channel Wideband
Haltech Fuel and Oil Pressure sensors integrated into ecu
2010 SHO | Livernois Stage 4+ Tune | 3-Bar map | 160 T-stat | Airaid CAI | Megan racing Coilovers | EBC Stage 5 Superstreet Brake Kit | 20" Niche Targa Rims on 255/45/20 BFG Sport Comp 2s | Livernois MyCal Touch Screen Tuner/Display

SHOdded

Okay ... if your intention was to make my head spin, you succeeded :thumb:  Original paint ... very cool!  Did they not make an LSD for the trans at the time?  That of course would have made the silly FWD not quite so silly ;)  Was going to use a Walbro 255 lph in my 1992 SHO build, just never got around to it, stuck with the 190 since I was happy without supercharging.  Built block and lightweight flywheel meant I had to put in the LSD, no option.  Fun to drive, but your build is pretty sweet!  Makes me anticipate what all is in the SHO's future :beer:
2007 Ford Edge SEL, Powerstop F/R Brake Kit, TXT LED 6000K Lo & Hi Beams, W16W LED Reverse Bulbs, 3BSpec 2.5w Map Lights, 5W Cree rear dome lights, 5W Cree cargo light, DTBL LED Taillights

If tuned:  Take note of the strategy code as you return to stock (including 3 bar MAP to 2 bar MAP) -> take car in & get it serviced -> check strategy code when you get car back -> have tuner update your tune if the strategy code has changed -> reload tune -> ENJOY!

peppelepugh

if you ever want to go for a stroll up north and shoot some roller pics on the highway, let me know! I'm only up in cincinnati and i'd love to check your SHO out!!!!
2011 Kona Blue SHO non-PP: MDesign Carbon Fiber CAI, All interior lights LEDs, LED Puddles, and LED Reverse.

EBC Stage 4 Brake kit, 170* T-stat, 3-Bar MAP, NGK Plugs, PPE Catless-DPs and Tune by Torrie!

chessboxer

My brother lives up in the middle of nowhere in northern Kentucky, I believe its a small town called Mentor or California, KY.  It's about 20 minutes south on the AA highway once you get off the interstate (275? I can't remember the name of it) so I may hit you up when I visit him next.  He works for RJ Corman or Norfolk Southern and has a pretty beastly turbo diesel dually dodge.
2010 SHO | Livernois Stage 4+ Tune | 3-Bar map | 160 T-stat | Airaid CAI | Megan racing Coilovers | EBC Stage 5 Superstreet Brake Kit | 20" Niche Targa Rims on 255/45/20 BFG Sport Comp 2s | Livernois MyCal Touch Screen Tuner/Display