Project 9 second Barbie

[KenB]

Time to do some upgrades to my daily driver. The goal for this year is a 9 second daily driver. For NMRA Competition Sondra Leslie is going to be behind the wheels so that's where the name comes from.

For 2010 a Livernois Racing Engines 5.0L Stroker shortblock will be added to the Livernois Stage III heads already on the car. Circle D Specialties will be handling putting all that power to the transmission with one of their industry leading torque converters. BC Automotive will be responsible for making the 5r55 transmission live with all of that power and of course Fore Precision Works will be providing the fuel system components necessary to keep everything in one piece. I've also decided to try and make a cog setup for the supercharger with some Procharger pulleys I have laying around. Toward the end of the year probably a little spray to get it into the 9's for sure.

Here how it will look with all the sponsor stickers on it, which will be removable since I drive it just about everyday.
http://www.modulardepot.com/mdsuperstang.jpg

Been waiting for most of the parts to get here to minimize downtime since this is my daily driver. Got word that the converter is shipping this week so thanks to Rich and Adam at the shop, the tranny was pulled today and Rich is driving it out to BC Automotive for the rebuild.

Tomorrow I will start on getting the engine out.

Not sure if the cog setup will be ready for Bradenton but once the engine is out on the stand we will at least get an idea of what needs to get done. Most likely it will be in the high 10's in Bradenton and we will chip away all year from there.

It went 10.74 last year with her driving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVP9V0OqK8w

Project 9 second Barbie is officially underway!

I'll be posting pics as we progress.

[KenB]

Adam and Rich doing the work while I take a picture

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4323188435_d4cca7d119.jpg


Old Converter. For Sale if anyone is interested
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4323933322_0bc2488b88.jpg

[k062693w]

COOL !!! :bigthumb

[KenB]

Here is a pic of Sondra. Most likely at the track she will be in front of you so you probably won't get a good look.

http://www.modulardepot.com/sondra.jpg

You just got beat by Barbie! lol

[kennebellcobra]

Looks like a cool project! I wouldn't have a problem seeing her from the back. Lol

[87stangbbb]

^^^agreed

[cstreu1026]

Pretty cool. I'm anxious to see what Darrin can do with a 5R55. A 5 speed auto with a brake would be pretty sweet.

[KenB]

Pretty cool. I'm anxious to see what Darrin can do with a 5R55. A 5 speed auto with a brake would be pretty sweet.

There won't be a brake. It's not legal for the class and I'm not sure you can even do it with the 5r55.

[12seclx]

Looks like a cool project! I wouldn't have a problem seeing her from the back. Lol

Me neither!!!.....:bigthumb

[stocknotch]

Now I know why Kenb kept sniffing the seat at the track when they were there testing...he told me it was part of the tuning process, lol. She is pretty FUKN HAWT!!

[firestang70]

Look forward to seeing the car run.

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

That's awesome Ken. It's always nice to see the ladies get into racing (i won't bother with the leg humping since that's been well covered already lol). That's also probably the first cowl hood i've seen for the '05+ that i like...who makes it?

[DeckerEnt]

This should be a nice build!!! Good luck!!

[KenB]

That's awesome Ken. It's always nice to see the ladies get into racing (i won't bother with the leg humping since that's been well covered already lol). That's also probably the first cowl hood i've seen for the '05+ that i like...who makes it?

That's the Steeda hood. Anyone interested we just recently became a Steeda Distributor.

[bbfstanger]

fast and hot very good combo.
oh and the mustang dont look bad either lol!

[331TwistedWedge]

well hellooooooooo barbie ..............

[DeckerEnt]

Ken had to have known that posting a pic like that was going to get a few cat calls. LOL

[pegasus]

Here is a pic of Sondra. Most likely at the track she will be in front of you so you probably won't get a good look.

http://www.modulardepot.com/sondra.jpg

You just got beat by Barbie! lol

im more of a ass man any way:bigthumb

[cobra429boss]

ha ha ,,,, Ken and barbies mustang LOL

[cstreu1026]

There won't be a brake. It's not legal for the class and I'm not sure you can even do it with the 5r55.

It would still be cool if they developed one. I'm converting to an automatic and a 5 speed would be pretty cool to have.

[draggin50]

Leg humping!! Thats awesome! Nice car by the way!

[sean]

shouldn't this be your ride? lol

[KenB]

It would still be cool if they developed one. I'm converting to an automatic and a 5 speed would be pretty cool to have.

Not sure exactly what is possible but the 5r55 does not have a valvebody. Also, you can only make it so strong, once you get to a certain power level most people ditch it. So I'm not sure you will see anyone put in the effort.



Here are the cog pullies I'm going to try and use for my blower.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4326232424_19a50b0553.jpg

[plated]

cool car ken,i seen it a few months ago you were pumping gas at udf by your place and fell in love with the car,and i hated that blue but yours flowed together very nicely with the wheels ride heighth:bigthumb i just bought a twin to yours:cool2: now if i could only get it to run like yours:D your's changed my mind on that color made it one of my favorite colors on them.now get that thing in the nines for her:bigthumb and some more pics

[RIXXX93GT]

Did she used to race another Mod Depot car in NMRA a few years ago?

[KenB]

cool car ken,i seen it a few months ago you were pumping gas at udf by your place and fell in love with the car,and i hated that blue but yours flowed together very nicely with the wheels ride heighth:bigthumb i just bought a twin to yours:cool2: now if i could only get it to run like yours:D your's changed my mind on that color made it one of my favorite colors on them.now get that thing in the nines for her:bigthumb and some more pics


Thanks for the compliments. The addition of the Steeda bumper and new grill really set the car off for me. I love it. And everyone knows I have a thing for black cars.


Did she used to race another Mod Depot car in NMRA a few years ago?

No, she never made a pass down the track in anything until Bowling Green of 2009. MD has never had a women driver before.

[87stangbbb]

do you have any more pics of her?

[KenB]

do you have any more pics of her?

Yes why?

[cobrajoe]

do you have any more pics of her?


Yes why?

Post em' LOL!

[87stangbbb]

would like to see them

[KenB]

Well I'll leave that up to hear. But she's on facebook so I'm sure if you guys look her up she'll be your friend on there.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4349451490_e0a58322f0_o.jpg

Engine is out and disassembled. I was pretty amazed at how nice the shortblocked looked. Zero signs of any issues.


Also got the new torque converter from Circle D today! What a sweet looking piece.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4348704275_12fa4f9fa5_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2766/4349452370_b6e1e29935_o.jpg


Next up is to install the heads and cams on the new shortblock and get that back in the car. Also will start stripping out the interior for the roll bar install coming up early next week!

[Walter]

Looks good Ken.

[98stangv6]

Can't wait to see it run. Watched her make her first pass at Bowling Green, she definitely is not afraid to stay in it. :bigthumb

[cobrajoe]

Well I'll leave that up to hear. But she's on facebook so I'm sure if you guys look her up she'll be your friend on there.


Yup!:bigthumb

[KenB]

She's ready! Big thanks to Adam and Matt for getting it together in time.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2802/4402680068_d56cf992be.jpg


We are loaded up and on our way

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/4404688802_e043699857.jpg

[foxtrot]

Whats she gonna run????

[Yellowstang]

and where?

[RACEME]

and where?
Bradenton florida NMRA race

[tdm309]

Good luck to all the Mod Depot cars this weekend.

[cobrajoe]

Good luck to all the Mod Depot cars this weekend.

X2:bigthumb

[KenB]

It was a crazy weekend for us. Since we just put the car back together I decided to take the car down the track for the first pass to check it out. I'm glad I did. Once I got 200 or so feet out, the car started to sway and then went into a violent sway. People said the rear tire almost came off the ground. Got the car back to the pits and really couldn't find anything wrong.

After swapping out a bunch of parts we couldn't find it. So decided to swap out the tires. Went to the 275 Goodyear. That was the fix. Looks like the 325 has too thin of a sidewall for how big it is for my heavy car.

Sondra had no time in the car because of this and is new to racing in general so we weren't expecting much. She has the routine down, just needs time in the car to practice on the tree.

Still had a best of 10.71 and 128 mph with the same boost as last year and less compression. Should have a little more boost for Atco. We are going to try and hit the track just about every weekened practicing and once that happens I think she'll do very good.

[gtbadboy]

Sweat Ken