DubbsFaris Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Okay, so am I happy with my GT350? Well, yeah, of course I am! I love this car- more than any other I have ever owned. It is the king of performance and you get that straight out of the parking lot at Shelby. I didnt have the luxury of having the driveshaft, short throw shifter, and new Watts when I took delivery of mine. In fact, even the cooling package was not quite ready when I got mine, so that, along with the rear brakes will be on a very short list of plans I have with my GT350. But then something happened down at a naval base reserve airport a couple weeks ago. The Texas Mile is a big draw for Shelbys, mainly GT500s. I really dont hold any hope to beat the big 5.4 on a 1 mile drag race, and frankly, Im skeptical of the body design of the GT350 holding up under 150mph+ resistances to the hood and rear fascias in particular. So I just took my car down there to visit and watch my friends do runs. This car is a track car for me. But then a friendly face appeared at my door when I got there. It was none other than Jon Lund, and I was happy to see him as always. Jon is a legend, and if he tells me what my limits are, I tend to take it as the gospel. He looked over my car and asked me if I would be interested in the Cam file for my tune which utilizes the trackey BOSS setting for the cams, which makes the car idle incredibly menacing, and with a simple download into the tune, my car now sounds like a full on race car at idle. Its instant gratification if there ever is such a thing. Then Jon told me about Lethal's 5.0 with the 624 Whipple breaking into the 9s on the 1/4. He then said, " You know, all it would take for you to do that with this car is a smaller pulley, and a different CAI". Hmmm, fast forward one week, and I now have my new pulley and CAI , and although Jon is busy catching up from his trip to Texas, he is going to tune my car tomorrow after the pulley and cai swap. Im pretty excited about it. I dont expect to turn 9s in my car mind you, but I should be easily in the low 10s. We will do a pre install dyno, and I should see 537hp, 429 torque like last time, but I want to make sure since I changed my gears to 3.55s. Then we will do the new tune and do another dyno run to see the differences. I am told to expect 12 lbs boost on the new pulley, and Jon said we will want to keep the RWHP under 575 for safety of the 5.0, but 40 more RWHP should be a nice addition. I am actually going to get 2 tunes, and have a daily tune that will keep my car at the current "624 stock output", and then the full monty tune for trips to the drags only. I will also modify the cam file to just run under the full tune. That way I will know just by the sound of my idle which tune I am running. ***Keep in mind, I will never try to run this much boost under a road course setting, and wouldn't recommend it to anyone else either.*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J&DGT500 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 12 pounds of boost, most of what I read back when I had a new 5.0 on order before taking the plunge on the GT500 was the rods get a bit squirrelly over 9psi. How much testing have they done running boost that high and does it make you nervous at all? In any case, can't wait to hear what the results are, keep us up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glhs107 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Wow! Any chance of u recording this? Would be great to see and hear the car with the new tune. Good for you and can't wait to learn about the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I will record this and post a nice little write up! You will either hear pure music, or a loud clank and rattle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangSal500 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 i heard the cam file tune on warrens car the other day, i was just as giggly as a girl at a justin beiber concert, it sounds amazingly badass, i've been able to drive and ride in warren's car and its a beast plain and simple and these new additions will have me at his house to go for another spin! but man that sound at idle is wicked tough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J&DGT500 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Anybody know what the computers in the 2011 cars are capable of, can launch control be added to either the 5.0 or the GT500? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glhs107 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Warren can u tell us moe about the cam file tune? Do you know if you will achieve additional power/performance? Can folks in the northeast get this tune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 i heard the cam file tune on warrens car the other day, i was just as giggly as a girl at a justin beiber concert, it sounds amazingly badass, i've been able to drive and ride in warren's car and its a beast plain and simple and these new additions will have me at his house to go for another spin! but man that sound at idle is wicked tough! any time my friend! Anybody know what the computers in the 2011 cars are capable of, can launch control be added to either the 5.0 or the GT500? I have wondered that myself! I would also really like the 180mph speedo from the BOSS as well! Warren can u tell us moe about the cam file tune? Do you know if you will achieve additional power/performance? Can folks in the northeast get this tune? It stricktly advances the timing to give that blurble blurble idle sound...no performance mod, but as luck has it, Jon Lund lives in PA, and he can send you the file to add to your tune, although you will probably need a SCT III tuner, a Jon Lund tune, and the balls to back up that sound! For information, visit lundracing.com or email him directly at sales@lundracing.com The file ONLY works with the 5.0 platform though....not any other platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glhs107 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Thank you Warren. Hope to see and hear the 350 with that tune in some of your future posts. Looking forward to hearing about the final results of your latest mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT5687 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I will be keeping a VERY close eye on this thread! Good luck! I'm just now becoming aware of the legend that is Jon Lund. I've got a tune coming from him/Lethal for the big hunk of metal I just received in the garage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Okay, Drum roll- Keep in mind this is on a Mustang Dyno, not a dynojet. 588rwhp 470torque 10.2 lbs boost My base pull in October straight from the museum was 8.7 lbs boost 499rwhp 400torque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT5687 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 WOW... and that was just from a pulley, CAI and tune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 wow, congrats Warren,....those are some great numbers....... :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J&DGT500 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Wow is right, any video so we can hear how this beast sounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I did take video, and I will post that and pics of the dyno sheets when I get home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I did take video, and I will post that and pics of the dyno sheets when I get home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Okay, Drum roll- Keep in mind this is on a Mustang Dyno, not a dynojet. 588rwhp 470torque 10.2 lbs boost My base pull in October straight from the museum was 8.7 lbs boost 499rwhp 400torque These are some great numbers Warren.......congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EL SHELBY Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Warren, forgive me I'm a little lost. Where did John do the tune and dyno run? PA or here in Texas? I only ask because I would like to have mine tuned and if John down here then I'll track him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Here are my dyno sheets This one is todays final- gt350r1.pdf This one is the same with a comparison of the first baseline pull from right after I picked it up. (the dotted line) gt350r2.pdf gt350r1.pdf gt350r2.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportscars Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Jon did the tune here in Texas at the Texas Mile weekend before last. Warren had the car dyno'd at Maximum Velocity Performance here in San Antonio. The owner Tracy works a lot with Jon and can get you any kind of tune you want. I have to say that the "cam" tune is amazing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowShelby Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Very nice Warren! Were you able to do another baseline pre-pulley? I was tempted to head there in the afternoon yesterday since it was nice out. I wanted to see if I picked up any ponies form my new Shelby 3" exhaust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Yes, my baseline from last October was 497 hp 400 torque Then I simply added Jon Lund's tune and a driveshaft and my pull went 537 hp 429 torque This time we have added the CAI and pulley, and jon lund's newest tune for 588 hp 470 torque I must also state that I have dropped to 3.55s to get a friendlier range on road racing, but they did not do a pull after the gear change, so that may slightly drop my 1/4 mile time, but I think it will help as I needed 4th gear to get me a little higher speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Damn iPhone double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 I will also add that the pulley change may not have been necessary. The CAI by itself is unbelievable. The sound from the supercharger is mad max loud now. I really missed the whine of my gt500, but this is even better than how that sounded now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT5687 Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 So is this "cam tune" specific to the 5.0L or the supercharger? Either way, it sounds like Jon has a gold mine ahead! I wonder if there is ANYTHING similar he could do with the 3v 4.6L? Your description of that sound is giving me goosebumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 It is strictly a 5.0 setting. Basically, it is the same parameters the red trackey changes on the cam timing for that sound. But on a Borla 3" exhaust? It sounds like Im driving a 4 wheeled Harley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glhs107 Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Warren any chance of a video of your exhaust with the new tune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 No video of the car at idle yet...I will put that up tonight...just a dyno run for you... http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=829911354085&comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 hmm, if you arent my facebook friend, you may not be able to see the video...should I post it somewhere else? At 2.5meg, I cant post directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT5687 Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 hmm, if you arent my facebook friend, you may not be able to see the video...should I post it somewhere else? At 2.5meg, I cant post directly. Youtube maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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