http://www.lethalgt500.com Check out the progress of our new shop mule, a 2008 Shelby GT500 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:56:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well the time has come. Since we received our GT500 we've had plans to throw the big 3.4L Whipple on it. However, there were several things we wanted to do in preparation of the blower upgrade which included suspension, driveline and cooling modification. Now that all of that is done ... http://www.lethalgt500.com/2008/03/12/lethals-gt500-34l-whipple-installation-kit-with-pics/ As we continue our build of the Lethal GT500 we had a few things that still needed to be addressed. One of them being the weight of the car and second the upcoming installation of the 3.4L Whipple Supercharger. The first item which definitely needed to be addressed was the weight. ... http://www.lethalgt500.com/2008/03/11/bmr-front-suspension-installed-tubular-k-member-a-arms-and-radiatorsway-bar-delete/ After putting the JLT Intake and VMP tune on the car it was time to allow this baby to breath and sound like it should. Although we liked how the stock exhaust had a nice little rumble it was far from how a muscle car should sound. Over the last ... http://www.lethalgt500.com/2008/03/03/full-exhaust-installed-kooks-1-34-headers-and-magnaflow-3-catback-system-wmagnapack-mufflers/ We're real proud of the results we got last night up at Moroso. Derek was driving the car and was blessed with some nice cool air which came trough yesterday afternoon. Not only did we get a change to run our best time but we also had the chance to prove ... http://www.lethalgt500.com/2008/02/28/lethals-gt500-new-best-114212342-stock-pulley-and-gears/ Driveshaft Shop 3.5" Aluminum GT500 Driveshaft Installed! http://www.lethalperformance.com/pages-productinfo/product-17029/fdsh10-a-dss-07-09-gt500-3-1-2-aluminum-one-piece-driveshaft-900hp.html One of the first steps we decided to do to our drivetrain and suspension was install the all new DSS 3.5" aluminum driveshaft. The reason for this is that we intend on making some sick power as well as putting a lot of ... http://www.lethalgt500.com/2008/02/14/driveshaft-shop-35-aluminum-gt500-driveshaft-installed/ The week before we ran our new best Derek somehow missed 2nd gear not once but twice in the same night. Derek didn't notice anything different with the car but for some reason had a hard time finding the gear that night. After that we felt it necessary to ditch ... http://www.lethalgt500.com/2008/01/27/steeda-tri-ax-shifter-installation-with-pictures/ After adding the JLT Carbon Fiber High Flow intake on our GT500 it was time for a tune. In fact when adding any cold air intake on a GT500 a tune is required. The reason for this is the MAF systems on the 05+ Mustangs is very sensitive. If you ... http://www.lethalgt500.com/2008/01/24/lethals-gt500-get-a-vmp-custom-tune/ We had an awesome evening tonight as it was the first Mustang Challenge event of the year. If you guys didn't see Lethal Performance is the main sponsor for the event this year. The Mustang Challenge is monthly bracket race which takes place at Moroso and is seriously a real ... http://www.lethalgt500.com/2008/01/20/lethals-new-best-1171-while-braking-through-the-traps/ Fresh off the press from Jonas and Derek at Moroso Motorsports Park. We're taking another crack at some times just before we start the suspension mods. The car as it stands now has an AFCO Dual Pass Heat Exchanger, PFAB Intercooler Reservoir, Canton Radiator Reservoir, JLT Carbon Fiber Intake, VMP ... http://www.lethalgt500.com/2008/01/17/lethals-gt500-new-best-at-the-track-117311972/ Moving on with the LethalGT500 project car it was time to start removing the restrictive stock intake system. We had already run a 11.90@117 on the stock intake so now it was time to see what the highly regarded and dyno proven JLT Carbon Fiber intake system would do. http://www.lethalperformance.com/pages-productinfo/product-13214/jlt-cai-gt500-07-jlt-2007-plus-shelby-gt500-carbon-fiber-cold-air-intake-kit.html So ... http://www.lethalgt500.com/2008/01/13/jlt-gt500-carbon-fiber-high-flow-intake-installation-with-pictures/