Jeepngli's Saleen Racecraft 420S

[Jeepngli]

Just a quick list of the mod's that came with the car and mods that I have done. Nothing crazy, don't wanna blow anything up. I try to do the smaller mods myself. I enjoy tinkering around, but I leave the bigger jobs to the professionals. Love learning about these cars tho.


Quick background:

As Steve Saleen was giving up ownership of Saleen Inc, he had an idea for a more basic Saleen car with less show but still some go. "Racecraft" is Saleen's line of suspension parts which have been around for some time. The Racecraft 420S is an S197 that saleen supercharged, did the suspension on, and just put a few cosmetic goodies. Besides the chin spoiler, no body kits or other stuff that I'm not interested. The car is rated a 420/400 at the crank. Unfortunately, Saleen had some issues which caused the Racecrafts to be very limited. Only 28 of these were made 2008 and only a few more in 2009. Of those 28, there are 6 blues and of those 6 mine is one of a triplet(three identical). So even those Saleen didn't put a "serial" number on the bumber, its pretty unique/rare and they will verify all of that info. Always loved the mustangs in high school and this car is a reward to myself for doing too much school all over the place.


Some Saleen Specs:
· 4.6L SOHC V-8
· Saleen Series VI S/C with Water to Air intercooler
· Horsepower: 420 @ 5800 RPM
· Torque: 400 ft.-lbs. @ 4000 RPM
· 39 lb. fuel injectors
· Racecraft specific rate front and rear coil springs
· Racecraft front struts (N2)
· Racecraft rear shocks (N2)
· Racecraft front sway bar and pivot bushings
· Bridgestone Potenza All-Season Performance Radial Tires
· 18”x9” Front and 18”x10” Rear Aluminum Alloy ‘Torque Blade’ wheels
· Performance cloth seats with Racecraft embroidered headrest
· Stock 3.31 Gears

Those are the factory Saleen Specs. Here's my current Mod list and some pictures:

· MBRP Stinger Style Axle-back Exhaust
· Pypes Offroad X-Pipe
· GT500 Rear Sway Bar
· Saleen Extreme Panhard bar(came off a wreck $80k Extreme car)
· UMI Lower Control Arms with Relocation Brackets (Painted Blue)
· UMI Upper Control Arm (Painted Blue)
· Chicane Front Strut Tower Brace
· UPR Catch Can
· Color-matched Radiator Extensions
· Autometer C2 Boost Gauge(matches pretty close to the racecraft gauges)
· JDM Engineering Intake with Lightning MAF Sensor and larger MAF Housing
· JDM Engineering Tune


Pics:

When I first got the car:

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Engine Shot before the new intake/MAF setup:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2667/3830981536_a4d5c87fcc_b.jpg


Sway Bar Upgrade:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2516/3835807244_0bc5c1fe16_b.jpg


Panhard:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/3833738325_763a7902f2_b.jpg



Good shot of the X-Pipe:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4512394655_5edced03b8_b.jpg


UMI Suspension:

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X-Ray image with current Intake setup:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/4170836574_00357bb08f_b.jpg


Some Asylum Pics:

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And probably my favorite pic so far:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3325/3416803382_a38d061cd1_b.jpg



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On the stock Saleen tune, intake and exhaust, the car made 377/378 WHP/WTQ @ 5lbs on a routinely and properly calibrated dynojet. On Rodeheavers dyno on Saturday, the car made 365/366 uncorrected and 344ish correct(not sure why the correct drop THAT low). That puts me in the 385-395ish range on a dynojet so that seems pretty consistent. The X-pipe should have picked up a few ponies and the JDM tune (being at the same boost) was mainly to fill in the gaps Saleen left. The car feels much stronger with the tune.

I was not the biggest fan of the current A/F. It was a tad higher than I'd like to see. JDM told me it was fine as did Tim, but I will be retuning with Don Lasota when I get my mod priorities in order. I have a 3.6" pulley on my desk (I'm running a 3.8" right now) so thats good for another 2lbs. I plan to do gears and possibly a one piece driveshaft. My wideband comes in this week so hopefully I'll get it on and see where the pulley puts me.

Thats it! Love the car and it always gets compliments where ever I go. Don't care if its slow. Like I tell people:


"Its called RACECRAFT, not RACECAR!"


That normally gets a smile

[94svtcobra]

sick car you have there, n nice numbers

[MBH]

Beautiful car and welcome!! The racecraft package is supposed to be a pretty great handling car right off the shelf isn't it?

I saw those asylum pictures (which are awesome) and guessed you were from WV, saw your other welcome thread and got my answer.

[Jeepngli]

Thanks! And yes, the Racecraft package does handle very well. Between the N2 shocks/struts/springs, front sway bar, and gt500 rear bar the car handles amazing. The relocation brackets take a little bit of that away but in return keep the rear planted nicely. I can stomp on it pretty well with little wheel hop.

[MBH]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, your car must be very fun to drive!! That's about the perfect amount of power for a car that handles really well I imagine as well. Plenty to hustle around with some fast cars, but not so much that you can't use it at your own will

I can stomp on it pretty well with little wheel hop.
lol I'm jealous.... my 03 cobra likes to play hop scotch or something when I go WOT in 1st :redface:

[Jeepngli]

Exactly! Its not a racecar, hehe. Plenty of fun.

I sent you a PM on the UMI stuff. Check it out, its worth it.

[MBH]

Exactly! Its not a racecar, hehe. Plenty of fun.

I sent you a PM on the UMI stuff. Check it out, its worth it.Thank you! PM'ed you back. Wish they offered some IRS stuff :(

[GrabberC-500]

Car looks really good dude. I like the wheels, The silver Complements the wheels IMO

[Jeepngli]

Thanks! Yea people keep telling me to get wheels for it, but I honestly love the "Torque Blade" wheel. Its like an edger torque thrust. So for now they stay.

[GrabberC-500]

Yeah I really Like em. What size are they?

[Jeepngli]

18x9's. Same size rear and front, thats a misprint what I put above.

[97LaserRed]

lol I'm jealous.... my 03 cobra likes to play hop scotch or something when I go WOT in 1st :redface:

:bolt:

[Tom]

Awesome car! It was nice meeting you on Saturday.