You will find a project history here. New entries are at the top, so for chronological overview, read the last entry first and work your way up.


Phase two of The Crazy Psycho Bitch Project preliminary results coming July 24th 2009.

In the spring of 09 I got bitten by the mod bug again and began to formulate a new project and direction for the Bad Wolf. This is the story of ...


July 2009

Although my intention was to fix a known weakness in the drive train, this ended up being an after the fact fix. It was long planned I would get rid of the T5 in favor of a stronger transmission. Last month I finally bought a TR3650 out of my Ford service managers GT and picked up an adapter kit from J-Stang on the mustangcollective.com. During the July 11th Test and Tune, I was lowering my shift points to find that sweet spot that would put me back into my torque peak. On the 4th run of the day I decided to try to shift at my shift light. It was set very low (due to my confusion or incorrect instructions) and would light up at 4950 RPM.

Shifting milliseconds after the light put me at about 5100-5150 RPM. The 1-2 shift was the most amazing on track shift I've ever had. It put me right back into the 460 lbs ft torque peak and put a good revolution on the drag radials. The 2-3 shift, a little further after the light; maybe 5250 RPM, blew apart the T5. lol

The car has been at Ford waiting on a few more parts since the 11th. I dropped everything off today (July 17th). 

• Install adapter and tr3650 transmission
• Install new support arm on MGW short throw shifter
• Install new drive shaft
• Install new polly Motor Mounts

This last set of mods ties up the TCPB project and then it's off to the Mongillo Motors rental at LVD on the 24th of July to start the dial in process again. I'm not predicting any specific ET, but I'd like to see something south of 12.5s
It will be interesting to see how much of a difference the tr3650 makes.



April 2009

The third annual Buckeye Brawl showed just how ill the Wolf was. The best time I could get out of the car was on the street tune @ 8PSI... and that was a pitiful 13.94 @ 101 MPH,The Wolf needed a doctor.

A haunting problem fixed... sort of.

At the end of the 07 season I began experiencing some driveability  issues at idle and cruise. Some of it was related to a fuel pump TSB, which I fixed by replacing the pump assembly. The rest  may be related to an ECU problem.

Took the car to Ford - This is not your local Ford Service Department...

This department has built a crew that will do ANYTHING to a Ford even beyond FRPP installs and possibly even other brads of cars.

Find and fix the problem(s):

• O2 sensors were sluggish
• Intake gasket was deformed - likely from the factory
• Injectors were cleaned, new seals, reinstalled
• Nissan 909 Valve springs installed - yes you read that correctly. Anything past 9 PSI on these cars results in valve float. The 909s up the seat pressure by about 15 PSI; maybe more, and no more float.

Cleanup of the existing setup:

Before the car could be put on the rollers at Jannetty Racing, I w anted to address a few minor  things on the car. I had made some changes and I kind of hacked things together temporarily and never got around to cleaning them up. I have done most of the work on the car myself and could have done this as well, but I was really strapped for time, and this was the easier way out.

• Fix the turbo feed line - new AN fitting
• Fix braided turbo drain line between the scavenge pump and oil pan - new AN fitting
• Fix a leak in the power steering reservoir
• Fabricate new intake; air cleaner to turbo
• Relocate wideband O2 sensor bung to after the turbo
• Install 60# injectors

A WOT tune with a proven BASE on a DYNO.

We strapped the Wolf down on the dyno to  tune the air/fuel for WOT after Ted configured a new base file. Ted scaled the tune for the #3 setting on a Diablo MAF.ia extender. We used a GT500 MAF curve scaled to my intake, made some minor A/F and timing adjustments and did a base line run with the True Boost set to 7 PSI.
312 HP / 365 TQ.

After upping the boost to 12 PSI the Wolf laid down 370 horse power and 447 lb feet of torque. The A/F was right on 11.8 so Ted added a bit more fuel and we upped the boost to 13 PSI. The car did not like the added fuel all and we actually lost power, only putting down 365 HP and 440 TQ despite the increas in boost.

After removing a bit of fuel and setting the WOT timing to 11, decreasing to 9 as the car passes 5000 RPM, Ted made a few more pulls.

Final numbers @ 13.4 PSI were 384 / 460 - Very Nice. IAT's stayed around the 65* range on a 59* day. Not too bad at all.


June 13th 2009

Lebanon Vally Dragway: Best of 12.817 @ 108 MPH. I'd say phase 1 was a success. Look for the video in the mutimedia section via the link at the top of the page.

Jenna