2009 Shelby GT500 – C&R Heat Exchanger – Line lock Kit – Aluminum Driveshaft – Subframe Connectors

Hey Everyone. Welcome back to our blog and if this is your first time visiting it, here we try to take photos of some of the cool cars and projects we work on here at the shop. For the last few days we’ve been working on a blue beast. A modified GT500. It’s already got plenty of horsepower, so now it’s time to put it to the ground. We installed a line lock kit to help get the tires warm at the track, a heat exchanger to keep it cool, and aluminum driveshaft to help lighten it up, and subframes to keep it straight. We started off with the line lock and disconnecting the lines at the master. With everything out of the way the solenoid could be installed. With it in place it was time to start plumbing. After all the new lines were in it was time to wire it up. After running the wire and putting the button and switch in a stealth place, it was time to move onto the heat exchanger. Once the bumper is off the old heat exchanger can be removed and new the one installed with new hoses. With that done it was time to wire up the new dual fans. After some minor wiring it was time to put the larger reservoir on. With that out of the way we could burp the system and check for leaks and reinstall the bumper. Now it was time for the subframe connectors. After cleaning the paint off and mocking up the subframes, we had to do some modifications to them to make them fit and work properly. Trick parts, trick problems. But after some light tweaking it was time for welding. The whole installation was done with the vehicle weight on the axles which is very important. With it mocked up we could tig weld these bad boys in. We decided to go with tig welding on these as a new service for stronger and better looking results. Just look at those welds! With those done the aluminum driveshaft was next. After removing the factory driveshaft. The new aluminum driveshaft could be installed along with the loop. With the new driveshaft in place it was time to set the pinion angle. Now the car is ready for the track! Be sure to check back soon for our next project which is a 1998 Mustang GT getting a 3.4L whipple supercharger. This hasn’t been done ever! Stay tuned!