67 GT500 build

[BigRed]

It LIVES! got the car running tonight. I didn't have the coolant hoses or the throttle cable hooked up so I couldn't drive it. However it sounds real strong, the throttle response is ridiculous! Its so snappy. Ill tie up the loose ends tomorrow or the next day and hopefully get it out for a ride, no hood of course haha

[BigRed]

Been really busy the past few days working on underhood stuff.

First up was the mil spec engine harness. That took 3 days just to make. However the end result was well worth it. Sorry for the dark pictures.

main harness


intake air temp and the throttle position sensor were run under the manifold.



map sensor and oxygen sensor wiring


coil, coolant temp and oil press sensors


The injector harness required the most work, because I want to keep the whole bay free from wiring in addition to keeping the fuel injection as stealth as possible I decided to turn the injectors around so that the clips were on the inside. However this created clearance problems with the center 4 injectors, the solution......honda civic injector clips which were smaller. I also was having problems with the injector clips hitting the wiring. So that was solved with a normal 3/4 carb spacer which also fixed my clearance problems with my distributor. This allowed me to run the harness along the side of the fuel rail, which makes the harness nearly invisible once the air cleaner is on.



Next up was the fuel system. I converted it all to 6AN. Originally I wanted to use nickel plated push lock fittings, however due to lack of angle selection I went with Mr gasket shadow fittings which Im very happy with.

first off the fuel pressure regulator.(also notice the hole where the old engine harness came out.)



and the lines


Normally I see everyone run the crossover hose right in front of the distributor which looked tacky and stuck out like a sore thumb to me, So I ran mine behind it instead.



Last up was the Heater hoses, On every old mustang/ small block ford I've seen people always just lay heater hoses right over the valve cover which again looks horrible. So I converted it to 10AN also using the same fittings/ hose as the fuel system. Ive never seen this done before.



The final result is a clean clutter free engine bay. Everything still has to be buttoned down but here's what it will look like when its done.

[Mr Ganja]

got the intake manifold bolted down and sealed up, and test fitted the valve covers, just waiting on some ARP hardware for them then they can get bolted down as well. now I can start doing wiring, making fuel lines, set up the throttle cable, and do a bunch of other misc stuff.

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[BigRed]

got the intake manifold bolted down and sealed up, and test fitted the valve covers, just waiting on some ARP hardware for them then they can get bolted down as well. now I can start doing wiring, making fuel lines, set up the throttle cable, and do a bunch of other misc stuff.

[kaidotech]

\OP your car is badass and you should keep up the good work building it. Id be interested in seeing what it ran on a dyno, or the drag strip when you are finished.

[D&W]

Dude there isn't a certain criteria for any cars anywhere including this site, it's about what the owner wants and people can like it or not. It's because of people like you that these "scenes" even exist and the sentence I highlighted above is THE defnition of gay imo. WTF.

I agree with this guy. I am a car guy and have enjoyed watching this thread. If no-one cared, people would not open/read and comment on it and the guy would leave, but ppl are interested in this amazing build so hey, let it be dude

[johnnykash]

fuuuuuuuuuuu!

[Mark Ostrowski]

nope I Built the car myself.

50+ page build thread
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums...ld-thread.html

OH. MY. GOD. I go ape. shit. over these. it was a toss-up between building my own eleanor rep, or building my own M3 GTR rep when i was picking out my first car. fuck. I almost bought a 67'..twice. son of b*#ch yours is gorgeous, that will be my second car you can hold me to it, except I don't think I'm gonna make an exact replica, i just like the lines on the eleanor kit, mine will prob turn out more like this:



and yes i do realize i am speaking entirely in hypotheticals..

anyway, sorry to thread-jack OP, read the build tread as well and can totally vouch for the "if you want a car, build it" mentality once again beatiful car, and more importantly props for doing it yourself

[BigRed]

got that hideous ford manifold on and did the mock up with the new setup. It actually fits great but there are a couple small things that need to be addressed but thats to be expected.

[kramerbuccs24]

ewwwwww

[slwrthnu]

blow up the turd u drove home tonight...jk.

[BigRed]

haven't gotten a chance to tear the motor apart because of working 55+ hours a week but I did manage to make it to a couple shows over the past few weeks. Tom( 69clark) tagged along to both as well.

lia auto show we both were chosen for the top 25 out of 300+ cars.I was told that my car also received the most peoples choice votes that day as well.





the next week we both attended the New York Mustang Breast cancer cure show. This was my third year attending and was a great time. Tom brought home 2nd place in the fox class and I got best of show.

some pics from that

[lilcraigford]

Really excited to see the motor come together. Your last few updates have been great!

[blowntwofive]

I will say you sir have built a masterpiece man thank you for providing me with quality reading material for the last 2 days i read the intire 58 pages man and its an amazing build you should be proud of yourself man what you have accomplished is 90perc of our dreams at the age of 50 after retirement soo i give you a very big thumbsup i have a softspot for fastbacks aswell as mk2s man i love the style of both but i will say that a couple of the ending pics the pass front fender the gt500 logo doesnt look straight with the door sticker aswell maybe its the picture but other than that man its stunning

[BigRed]

thats gonna run so much better and it gonna look 100x better,and that intake tube lookes silly

wait till i get the new motor in it this winter