Mustang Project Pillar Pod P.28
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Topic: Mustang Project Pillar Pod P.28
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Subject: Mustang Project Pillar Pod P.28
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 3:24pm
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We ll since a few have shown some interest I will make an update. Well that and the fact that I'm running out of kickn' cheddar pringles, which are amazing by the way. And in another threat kickin said he was wanting to hear a little more in depth. Alright so we have the 1979 Cobra that had the turbo 4 banger that we are replacing with a built 302. Now for the update. Since I lasted posted pics of the engine block etc. we have gotten a lot done. We have yanked the turbo 4 banger and trans, plan to have the other 302 and T-5 trans from it yanked by the end of tonight. We have a rusted out 87 GT for a donor car. We will pick some parts off the engine that we need and use the trans. We have also dropped off the rear end to have the new gear put in, and dropped off the 91 block we're building to have the cylinders freshened up for the new rings. The piston rings and all new bearings should be in today. We have cleaned up the block, took it to the car wash sprayed it down wire wheeled some and just cleaned them. It should be back from the machine shop by Friday? Maybe then I'll get some pics. Mod details: We had planned on aluminum heads and what not but decided to go the cheaper route for now. We got a set of GT-40P heads. We will be doing our own porting and what not to them to increase flow. Get rid of the smog humps and do some gasket matching. We have a MSD ignition box and some other little stuff. We're going carbed on the motor, all mechanical none of the wiring to deal with that comes with EFI. Obviously exhaust will be done, it will be cammed, We're thinking about an http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB2DkjIAFn8 - F303 cam. As time goes on we will continue to add parts. I know I'm forgetting some stuff but you get the point. We just want a cool fast street car that might see the strip a few times, but it's for the street. Not the strip. Now for some pics, I'll add pics as stuff comes in. Maybe later tonight when we pull the other drivetrain. Turbocharged 4 banger being pulled.  Another  Motor and trans.  Heres the turbo  Open space  Took this one today, no motor trans or gas tank  The 1987 GT as it sits right now.  The 87's motor, just a little more unbolting and it's ready to go.  This is good enough for the moment. Comments/Questions go for it. ------------- 
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Posted By: Susan Storm
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 3:27pm
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Impressive project. ------------- "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 3:28pm
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When does it hit the streets? Any estimate?
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 3:29pm
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.357 Magnum wrote:Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 3:35pm
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Crappy mustangs are crappy mustangs.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 3:35pm
We're hoping to have it done by June. Our school is doing the instructor bracket drag race at Milan drag way I think it's April 15. Students are allowed to bring their cars to run if they like and I would love to have the stang done for that but I don't know that will happen. But it will be done for Woodward for sure. My dad really wants to do Woodward. Roll Tide: You'd really lol at a close up of the drives side window. The dudes daughter who was driving the car put a Felix the cat sticker on the window, it that white thing in the corner. When we went to look at the car I was like is that a Felix the cat in the window ? And my dads like looks that way... -------------
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 4:45pm
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good to see the suspension is still in good shape...
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 4:48pm
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Nice project. Do you plan on doing any body work to the car?
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 4:51pm
Yup, it's actually been tough coated and is better condition than a lot of Foxes. On the drivers door at the bottom you can see the peeling. The yellow isn't rust though, that's where some genius thought it would be funny to run over the freshly painted road line.... It's not to bad though. A little on each door and the wheel wells. Nothing to serious. -------------
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 4:55pm
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What are you gonna do with the 87?
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 4:59pm
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Very cool project .357 now on to me needing that turbo'd 4 banger for my truck. Wanna hook a brother up?
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 5:04pm
Take what we need then scrap it. The yard will come pick it up for free and they can have the thing. Kickin: We're selling the engine. Got it to run on starting fluid. Never really tried on gas, pretty sure it has a sticking valve or something of the likes though. -------------
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 5:14pm
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PM me .357 also what state do you live in?
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 5:41pm
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Well, we're going to start pulling the engine and trans on the 87. After that we might go buy a carb. We're looking at the Holley 4 bbl 670 Street Avenger. I'll try and get pics as we go.
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Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 6:42pm
| Wouldnt pulling the engine be easier if you took the trans off first? |
Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 6:51pm
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Not a fan of stangs, but nice little project.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 10:05pm
Nope, it's easier to just unbolt everything, lift the engine a little and pull everything out at once. The uploader is being stupid but I got pics I'll post in a minute. -------------
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 10:17pm
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Alright I got the thing to load finally. We got the drivetrain pulled out of the 87 tonight. But didn't have enough time to run up and get the carb. We will get that in the next couple of days. A bolt on the bottom of the car was rounded off so we hammered the next smaller size socket on to get it off, so the nut was wedged in the socket. I got a old screwdriver we use for prying/hitting crap that we don't want to use a chisel on. Well I hit the screw driver and hit it good. Managed to pinch my hand in between the screwdriver handle and the socket. Resulting in extreme pain and massive blood blister. I took this soon after, it's a good bit bigger now. I've never had a blood blister this bad before. It sucks big time. Can't wash hands without pain and odd feeling do to abnormal lump in hand...  Starting the pull.  Getting there.  Almost out.  Here it is on a cart we made to wheel stuff around.  I'll get pics of the other stuff as soon as we get it. -------------
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Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 10:19pm
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Pop that blood blister dude, it will feel 10x better. Just take a sharp knife, poke a hole over the sink and it will relieve all that pressure and won't even hurt tomorrow. It's only going to get bigger within the next feww hours and hurt more, popping them is def. the best way to go.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 10:21pm
I usually don't pop them because they usually aren't above the skin. I was considering a sewing needle and putting a little hole in it. But thats a lot of loose flesh to deal with once the bloods gone 
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Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 1:21am
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Quit being a girl and pop it.
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Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 1:32am
Personal preferance. Ive always found it easier to seperate them.... |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 9:55am
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Take a small sewing needle with a bit of thread on the end of it. Pull the needle all the way through the blister so that you've got some thread sticking on either side of the blister. It'll give the blood something to drain to without leaving anything open for infections. Then, just pull or cut out the thread when every thing's settled out. Nice project by the way. Impressive. ------------- ? |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 10:34am
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Be a man and just amputate the entire hand.
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Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 11:05am
Screw that, do the whole arm. |
Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 11:54am
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 12:31pm
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 1:59pm
| Please use some engine cleaner on that thing before dropping it in. That thing looks nasty. |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 2:44pm
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We're not dropping that one in. Just taking some parts. We have a block out of a 91 mustang thats nice and clean. Thats what we're building up.
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 2:52pm
Actually that can lead to Infection and Gangrene. It's best to allow it to heal on it's own. ------------- 
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 2:54pm
boil thread first, that'll keep infection and gangrene out of the equasion. A step I should have thought about first.  ------------- ? |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 2:57pm
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Well I'm just letting it go.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 10:36am
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Alright, we got the carb last night so here it is. Holley 4bbl 670 street avenger.    Here it is sitting atop our intake, which is an Edelbrock Air Gap.  And heres one I took of our GT-40P heads.  We will start putting the engine back together somewhat soon. -------------
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 10:46am
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If you pop that blister im telling you right now it wont stop bleeding for like 5 days. Happened to me had to even go to the hospital to get it cauterized. Ruined my favorite shirt too. ------------- 
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 10:49am
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Blister thing is over people lol. I'm just letting it go, it's already starting to go down so it all good. -------------
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Posted By: Roweazie
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 12:31pm
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Nice project bro. (me jealous) its gonna be bad ass. Are you slapping a bigger turbo? ------------- 
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 12:36pm
Nope, eventually we might get the AFR heads, if we still want more maybe a stroker kit. But for now we're just building up the 302 and doing the cam, home ported heads etc. -------------
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Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 12:49pm
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That carb looks mean, nice project.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 12:55pm
How about the side with the choke, this one has the electronic choke.  -------------
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 1:19pm
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I need to fix my electronic choke on my truck, it is no longer working so starting in the winter take like half an hour.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 1:53pm
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Might be a bad wire. The chokes just a coil that contracts in the cold and chokes it. As it warms up the coil heats and expands.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 7:32pm
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My dad and I were talking. Someone in our town has a trans with low miles and hurst. We might pick it up and use the 87 as a spare.
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Posted By: Cyberdemon
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 2:57pm
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cool i have the same engine lift except its yellow. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 4:23pm
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Alright, hopefully the block will be back from the machine shop tomorrow. I'll be sure to put up some pics. We've decided on an E-303 cam instead of the F. Should also have some pics of the intake up soon since we have been clear coating it. We got the head bolts and connecting rod bolts ect. as well and the rest of bearings should hopefully be in tomorrow. Will also put those pics up as well.
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 4:27pm
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You guys are moving pretty quick on this project.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 4:37pm
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Yup. We want it to be done by this summer and next month is April so springs no so far away. (thank god)
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 8:21pm
Alright here's the intake. We put some high temp clear coat on it to hopefully help it stay somewhat clean since it's going to get a little dirty being under the carb.   And we took the turbo off the engine.  -------------
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Posted By: Project Irene
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 8:34pm
You have the engine out. Tore apart. Go ahead and drop a nice 347 stroker rotating assembly in that thing. They can be had for well under a grand and you know you'll be wanting all that extra power after she's been running a few months  .
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Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 10:55pm
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If you don't mind my asking, how much does a project like this cost? You don't need to answer with specifics I'm just curious as to what it would be in general to restore a car like this. ------------- 
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Posted By: ultimatetrooper
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 12:07am
It starts off as a "lets make it better than stock" but turns into a more than a couple thousand dollar investment. My 66 mustang turned into a $5000 cruiser that needed a few parts into a $5000 parts later nothing visually has changed, my car looks the same want-to-be drag car. :) Awesome pics of the build. I just got my 306 back from the machine shop. I guess I'll post pics of that install when the time comes. ------------- 
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 2:43pm
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All in all this thing will end up costing under $3500 I would think. We got the car for $1,000. Then it just adds up in parts. If you have the know how and ability to do this kind of stuff it can be an easy fun way to make a cheap fast car.
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 2:54pm
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fox bodies can be had cheap and theres not much to them. if you play your cards right you can get a mid/late 80s-early 90s v8 car with a nice body (no rust) for free then just rebuild the engine and tranny.
mustangs have a little more room under the hood but firebirds and camaros can be had just as cheap. and they dont look like a fox body
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 3:02pm
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Yea, we're using the windshield off the 87 and might be selling the back quarter windows.
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 3:28pm
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There aren't any good trannies in my town.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 3:35pm
It's funny because you're saying trannies in a car related thread so it's like a transmission but you really mean a transvestite. As in a he/she. -------------
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 4:01pm
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Well, off to pick up the block. I'll be sure to post pics later. Maybe some other stuff as well.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 7:08pm
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Alright, I'm back. The block looks good. We were also going to pick up the other trans tonight but the guys not home. So here's some pics of stuff. Here's a couple of the block,   Some bearings,  The head/connecting rod bolts and stuff.  We got a freeze plug kit today,  Here's our Holly racing fuel pump, sucker can pump a whole lotta gas, as well as regulator.  Our MSD Ignition Box,  Our MSD Coil,  And our MSD Distributor,   We're getting awfully close to starting the rebuild. Can't wait. We still need to order a cam though. -------------
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 7:27pm
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I would love to take on a project like this. Looks like a lot of fun. Only problem is I don't access to the equipment (that I know of). I don't know a damn about cars either. I've been wanting to pick up a car. Maybe I'll start looking around.... ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 7:40pm
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Yea. If you know someone who can do this or help you out it'd be something to think about. That or look for your dream car. Keep it around or in storage until you're a little older and able to put time into it and work on it then. We're moving along pretty quick compared to what a lot of people go though. Theres so many updates because we do stuff just about everyday. But it should slow down a little now. I'll post up pics as the engine is put back together. We might also start on some body work soon. Which I will have pics of as well.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 09 March 2008 at 2:08pm
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Alrighty, haven't been updating as much so heres some stuff, We got the cam yesterday. We went with the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUE8HwUYvic - E303 Cam . We have since gotten another trans that has a hurst shifter on it. And we've been getting the pistons ready, doing freeze plugs ect. So heres some pics. The E303     Trans off the 87 after we took it to the car wash and cleaned it up.  Painted oil pan and valve covers,   The 87 302 on our other stand  -------------
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 09 March 2008 at 5:38pm
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Looks like you've made some decent progress.
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 09 March 2008 at 7:26pm
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I would love to fix up an older Mustang, like from the early 70s. My dad has a 1972 Yellow Pontiac Luxary LeMans. Its a GTO style. I swear, its almost exactly like a GTO, except it has every option and a smaller engine, well not small. Its still really fast, he has some aftermarket parts in it, but, I guess small compared to a high performance GTO. He use to race it, only has like 30k miles or something like that, almost no rust and just a small radiator problem or something like that. Ive only riden in it 4 times my whole life, almost 17 years. He keeps it under covers and up on some type of lining in the garage. I would love to actually fix it up even more with my dad. It even still has the new car smell in it. Leather, "premium sound" from when it was made. Heater or Air, whatever it has I dont remember. Wood grain dash. Beautiful. I would even take my Uncle's '78 Grand Prix with under 20k miles on it, but has a HORRIBLE Red interior, I would love to know if anyone really likes red interior. I envy you. I would love to do that. I dont think my dad would let me touch his Pontiac though ------------- 
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 09 March 2008 at 9:23pm
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Drained the oil from the 87 tonight and took the headers off. Wire wheeled the gasket surfaces on the 91 block. Next we will put in the new freeze plugs, wash out the cylinders, put the cam in and crankshaft and pistons and what not. It should all start coming together now. MeanMan, your dads car sounds to nice to hack at. Need something less valuable. -------------
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Posted By: thebuickguy
Date Posted: 10 March 2008 at 7:51am
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Not gonna try and jerry rig that turbo on to your 302
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 10 March 2008 at 2:47pm
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Nah, it's a little turbo.
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 10 March 2008 at 3:26pm
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i might have missed the post but what rear gear are you looking at running? ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 10 March 2008 at 3:42pm
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We had a new gear put in the rear end. It's a 3.73 now.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 8:57pm
Here's another little update for those of you who are interested. We have gotten the new rings on the pistons and the pistons back in the block. Really the hardest parts over now and everything else should just kind of come together. My dad put a real small hole in one of the water jackets on one of the heads. So we will have that welded then we will sell them as ported heads. So we will be going with Aluminum Racing heads after all.  Here's some pics I took real quick. Sorry if quality is off, they're cell pics.  My dad was counting bolt holes I think.  And the other side.  -------------
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Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:20pm
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looking suave. What kind of cost total are you looking at? I've been thinking about doing a factoryfive.com kit car using an old mustang GT as the donar car, but I know I'll end up spending about 20,000 in the long run |
Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:25pm
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2 bolt mains?
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:29pm
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 30 March 2008 at 10:29pm
Got the new timing chain and the sprockets for it on, the timing chain cover, and the water pump. Along with the harmonic balancer. -------------
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Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 12:44am
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It really is coming along dude, very very nice work. I'm in the process of either buying an old Impala or something in the same class of big V-8 cruiser. ------------- Gamertag: Kataklysm999
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 2:43pm
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Blocks ready for painting. Should do that tonight. I'll post pics.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 8:47pm
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 8:51pm
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 9:12pm
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That last pic was right after the last coat which is why it looks so wet/glossy.
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 9:19pm
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u want my C4? ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 9:29pm
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lol sure, we have two T-5's. But I have a feeling we might need a Tremec. We will be making over 400 Hp with the AFR heads.
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 10:32pm
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I want an engine like that in my truck lol.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 10:33pm
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I bet you do lol. 400 + Hp, hell I want one in my truck. I can't wait to get the tape/paper off the engine to see how it looks. We decided not to paint the water pump since it's silver and we kind of liked the thought of how it would look with the blue block.
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 10:35pm
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LOL, I have a hard enough time turning the truck with my little 4 banger. No power steering FTL. ------------- <Sig violation, Section 1> |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 10:49pm
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Turning vehicles that have broken power steering = PITA
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 01 April 2008 at 1:15pm
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lol, youd LOVE my 454 in my chevelle. how much HP/Torque you goin for? ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 01 April 2008 at 2:39pm
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Well, now with the heads, at least 400-ish. We will probably be a little over 400. And with our other mods, it will be a torque beast.
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 01 April 2008 at 8:02pm
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thats not a bad goal, it should be a beast. our 454 has 515hp and 451 foot lbs torque. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 01 April 2008 at 9:01pm
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Yea, we will most likely end up having to go with 31 spline axles and a 5-lug conversion to handle the power.
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 01 April 2008 at 9:20pm
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ya we had to switch to the 5 lugs. our axels have been ok so far, its only a matter of time though. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 01 April 2008 at 10:06pm
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I just found out I am going to the junkyard this weekend, so I will hopefully be able to pick up 2 "new" doors for my truck, and a gauge cluster with a tach. I am also hoping to hunt down a new gas tank, and the power steering pump to convert my truck over.
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 22 April 2008 at 10:46pm
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A little update since it's been a while. We had thoughts of selling the car for a newer cleaner one. But then decided against that. We are now on the body work. We have patched some stuff with fiberglass and bondo ect. We put the replacement door skin on the drivers door where it was rusting. That came out really nice. I welded it up. I'll get some pics up tomorrow. -------------
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 23 April 2008 at 3:45pm
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 9:36pm
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Alrighty, another little update. We ordered heads and sub frame connectors today. For the heads we went with AFR Aluminum racing heads. CNC machined and everything, really nice stuff. http://www.airflowresearch.com/165sbf_strp.php - Heres a link They cost like $1,500. We got them for about $1,400. I'll make sure to get pics when they arrive.  Now that we have heads this thing should start to fly back together.-------------
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 9:53pm
| What do you plan to do with paint? Putting so much time into it wouldn't be right to just leaving it with such a beat up paint job. |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 9:56pm
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We will have it painted. Just a cheaper paint job. Nothing to fancy right now.
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Posted By: Savage93fvss
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 11:21pm
| How much do you have in it as of right now. And how much do you think will be in it when it's done. (Well I know things like this are never....done.) |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 11:23pm
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As of now I'm not sure we have sold /bought a lot so it's still pretty low. I still say it should be under $5,000 when finished.
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Posted By: Savage93fvss
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 11:33pm
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Wow, that's not bad at all. Is that including the price of the car to start with? Any idea on the man hours invested? |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 24 April 2008 at 11:53pm
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Not bad at all.
Are you making it look good on the outside too? ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 12:31am
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 25 April 2008 at 2:59pm
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It won't be a rustang when we are done with it. It's really not bad compared to a lot of other Fox Body mustangs. We also got some wheels. The ones on the car right now are 14" and will just roast off so we got some 15" 10 hole rims.  Heres some random pic off the net of them on a car,  -------------
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