Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Post Info TOPIC: Found a manual GT with a whipple on it and I think I'm in over my head
Ava Brown

Date:
Found a manual GT with a whipple on it and I think I'm in over my head
Permalink   
 


Scrolling through Instagram marketplace at 1am and I came across a 2017 Mustang GT in grabber blue with a full Whipple supercharger kit and long tube headers and the guy is asking way less than I thought a built car like that would go for which immediately set off alarm bells but also made my heart race because the dyno sheet he sent shows almost 700 horsepower to the wheels and that's just absurd for something I'd be using to get groceries in Motor City. The seller claims it was tuned by a reputable shop and has never given him any trouble but he's also the third owner and the Carfax shows the car was originally from Sharjah before it came to Dubai and I've heard enough stories about shoddy aftermarket work and blown motors to know that a forced induction Mustang in this region can either be a perfectly sorted monster or a ticking time bomb with a questionable fuel pump and a sketchy tune. I found some Mustang Pre Purchase Inspection Experts Dubai online that actually specialize in modified cars and can do a compression test and check the air fuel ratios under load to see if the tune is safe for this climate and honestly I think I'd be insane to even consider buying this thing without having them go over it first. Anyone here bought a modified Coyote in this city and actually had it survive more than one summer without ventilating the block?



__________________
Hela Wilding

Date:
Permalink   
 

700 wheel horsepower on a Whipple Mustang listed way below market from a third owner with Sharjah origins is three separate red flags in one sentence. Any one of those alone would justify an inspection, all three together make it non negotiable before you even consider a test drive.



__________________
Hella Wilkes

Date:
Permalink   
 

Air fuel ratio check under load is the single most important data point on any modified Coyote in this climate. A tune that was calibrated for somewhere with different fuel quality or ambient temperatures and never updated for UAE conditions can look fine at idle and destroy bearings under full boost within months.



__________________
Helle Willard

Date:
Permalink   
 

Dyno sheet from the seller proving 700 horsepower tells you nothing about whether the tune is safe, just that the car made that number on one particular day. What matters is whether the air fuel ratios were in a safe range across the entire power curve and whether the fuel pump can sustain that output consistently in 45 degree heat.



__________________
Hellen Willcocks

Date:
Permalink   
 

Long tube headers on a supercharged Coyote in daily use in Dubai heat creates heat soak conditions that stock cooling systems struggle with significantly. A specialist inspection should specifically check coolant temps under load and whether any heat management upgrades were included with the build.



__________________
Hena Willett

Date:
Permalink   
 

Modified Coyotes that survive summers here are almost always ones where the builder thought about fuel system capacity, heat management, and tune calibration for this specific climate rather than just chasing maximum horsepower numbers. Finding out which category this one falls into before purchasing is exactly what that inspection is for.



__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.




Yioun.com | Contrucción the seed power supply chile
Hecho con <3 en Santiago, República de Chile | Op por Ky The Sky Dragon 'Opus hanim'