More Go Than Show - New Edge Content

[pantsoffstanceoff]

not being a critic or anything but wont the "exhaust anti theft system" cause an extreme rattle? lol or maybe more info on how its run so i dont make myself look like an ass

[Belvader]

i love the work that your doing on this !

[wickedsnake00]

what is all that wiring even for ? Looks like a bunch of outdated stereo equipment. I could be wrong ? More videos of the SC whine please . LOL

I think some of it originally went to a subwoofer. Lots of it, I don't even know. I've cleaned so many random wires that weren't even attached to anything out it isn't funny.

Sad thing is I know some of it must have been for the underglow kit that was on it at one point. This thing was a pretty bad rice-stang a few owners ago. It somehow completed the evolution from stock, to rice-stang, to junkyard heap bracket racer, to Cobra swapped demon.

Wish I could figure out how to get the videos embedded though. Once the weather breaks I promise all kinds of blower whine and exhaust snarl. Unfortunately we got 2" of snow and 1/2" of ice overnight, so it won't be anytime soon.

Loving this man. A re-spray, new headlights, and the wheels polished up and she would be set!

My best friend had a 99gt and that was one of the funnest cars I have ever been in. Had eibachs all around and some saleen 18x9's, god that thing handled like a beast.

Oh BTW get some wheels and tires or at least some big tires on the dodge!

There's a guy an hour from here I'm talking to about some 03 Cobra headlights. I will be thrilled to put those in.

Re-spray would be nice, but after colorsanding/buffing it should be presentable once again.

When everything is said and done it should be a blast to drive. The new drivetrain puts a bolt on 2v to shame. The Cobra IRS also makes for improved handling compared to the SRA cars. I used to love throwing it into twisting turns or on ramps just because it would gobble up tight turns like nothing. ...and they say Mustangs can't turn.

As far as the wheels for the truck, in time. I've got too many projects going on. I have to wrap this up, still have a Cutlass to restore, and the truck will be getting deletes first. I already got the tuner, delete pipe and EGR delete are on the way.

For this weekend if I knock out the heater core and get new headlights I will be thrilled. Bushings/tires in March/April and then it is fun time.

[brsteinbach]

Loving this man. A re-spray, new headlights, and the wheels polished up and she would be set!

My best friend had a 99gt and that was one of the funnest cars I have ever been in. Had eibachs all around and some saleen 18x9's, god that thing handled like a beast.

Oh BTW get some wheels and tires or at least some big tires on the dodge!

[SD202]

what is all that wiring even for ? Looks like a bunch of outdated stereo equipment. I could be wrong ? More videos of the SC whine please . LOL

[wickedsnake00]

Well based on recent events it looks like someone needs to improve the reputation of Mustangs on here. Not all of us are running swaybarless, confederate flag painted, and cut control arms. Oh well, I like a challenge.

Lately I've been slacking. Too damn cold to be out there doing much.

I did make some desperately needed progress on the trunk last weekend though. Cleaned it up quite a bit from what it originally was. Pulled some wires, re-ran others, re-routed some, and installed some home made P-clips to hold it all together. I also tucked my dual FPDM harness and fuel pump relay away.

Before:

After:

About half what was removed:


Since there's no trunk interior, I'm contemplating spraying it with the retro trunk paint. It's a textured black paint with blue flecks they used on most of the old muscle cars. I certainly liked it on my Cutlass.

Next big milestones:
Need to replace the heater core. Should be done in March.
Order Full Tilt Boogie bushing kit for the rear. Probably March, install around April, depending on weather.
Get new tires. Probably April, or whenever the weather breaks.

I'm also on the hunt for new headlights. Not much luck on that front.

[kittenpuncher]

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jezuz who trys to steal an exhaust people these days no respect.

[wickedsnake00]

Still can't get that video to embed. Damn.

Well I realized how bad all that extra POR15 looks on the engine bay, so I took care of that.



Much better engine bay.

Next up on the hit list is I should be getting a set of OEM headlights relatively soon.

Otherwise much effort has been spent on the truck.

Washed:


And the beginning to my improvised anti-theft system-


3/8" chain welded to the DPF and DOC. They want a challenge they got it.

[wickedsnake00]

Well I can see I've slacked off quite a bit. Winter has slowed down my motivation a bit, and I had myself a nice long vacation back home.

I did get around to some smaller touches that have been neglected though.

Front end got a radiator shroud fabricated, COP covers painted red, finally got a foglight bezel for the passenger side, and finally got a pony emblem.



Still looking for stock headlights.

I also bled the brakes. That turned into a fiasco. Snapped the bleeder on the passenger front. Had to drill/tap it, put in a brass insert, epoxy it, then re-bleed everything. While I was doing that I found this-


Not cool. The upper control arm bushing is trashed. (I'm sure that had nothing to do with the 550ft-lb of torque going through it) Looks like a FTB bushing kit is next up on the order list.

Meanwhile the next small project will be cleaning up this mess of a trunk from the PO. Only one wire in this shot is from me, and I've already removed ~25' worth of wire.


And the turbo build might be put on the backburner for awhile. Might start work on the Cutlass. Not to mention I'll be dropping some cash on a tuner and deletes for the truck after some ******* tried to steal my exhaust while I was at work. He managed to take half of it apart and break one line but didn't get to make off with the goods. I noticed it by the massive exhaust leak he created.

[rice4life]

<3
Nice

[DomStance]

Glad to see another Indiana guy with a mustang! Heck of a build! What drag strip do/will you go to??

[Chuckdee]

nice update man!

[wickedsnake00]

I notice I'm way behind in updates.

The radiator was disassembled and cleaned thoroughly. I re-installed it and it seems to be working beautifully. No more overheating.

Here's some pictures I snapped about a month or so ago.









Needless to say, they got a terrible reception in the showroom.

Even though 99% here think it's a POS, it's living up to it's build thread title.
Clicky here for video >>>


It also did a good job laying down these, while rolling in 2nd gear-


Lots of little goodies to be thrown on in the next few weeks. It's more a challenge of time than anything else at this point, what with prepping the truck for winter, and prepping the Neon for sale.

[wickedsnake00]

Well, one step forward, two steps back.

I go to show off the car with the new paint, and after a few pulls the reservoir burps some coolant, which thanks to the heat extractor vents sprays all over my windshield. Uh oh. I limp her back home as I watch the coolant temp gauge climb.

So now I've torn apart the cooling system again trying to determine why it keeps running hot, and hoping like hell it isn't a head gasket. I thought I would have been fine since I replaced the cap and stat (stat was definitely bad), and I knew a few guys who were running swaps on the stock GT radiator.

Well it turns out the stat I have is a pretty crummy aftermarket, as was the one before it.
Not only that, but I realize the guys that are doing fine with their stock radiators are only making low 400's, and are both using 170deg aftermarket stats. Meanwhile I'm pushing close to 550 thanks to my cams, full exhaust/LT's, and ported/pullied blower, so that old radiator that was designed to cool a 260hp engine is probably getting its ass kicked.

Add to that my heater core is bypassed (blew out shortly after the new engine, probably due to the head cooling mod) so there's even less heat rejection.

I also noticed after the last run the top of my radiator was hot, but not the bottom. I pulled it, and dumped a pretty good share of this stuff out the bottom-

Took it to a shop, and it flowed well, but the lower half was covered in rust/silica scale. So there's another reason I was losing capacity.

Overall it's a 260hp radiator with no heater core, a lousy stat, filled with crap, and partially blocked by a huge dual pass heat exhanger for the blower. At that point I would have been lucky if it cooled the original 260hp engine let alone the mess in there now.

I'm going to give it a try with no stat and the fan locked on high with the cleaned radiator to see how it behaves. It the temperature stays reasonable, I may not have to take the heads off. Then I'll just get a new Cobra or aluminum dual pass radiator and call it a day.

If I do have to tear the heads off, I figure I might as well get some work done while I'm at it. You know, in between the fetal position and crying. I figure I'll send the heads off to get ported, as well as consider her down for the season, and get down to the real business.

Here's the test fit I did while I tore the radiator out-


The worst part is that if this head gasket is blown, it probably was blown when I bought it since I put less than 50mi on it since I've had it. The seller assured me it was fine, but I'm starting to think I may have gotten hosed. I just wish I would have known so I could have done it while I had it blown apart on a stand for cams.

She never fails to plague me, that's for sure...

[Isuzupickup]

I'm another Ford fanboy, this is awesome! I don't know much on the subject of twin charging. I saw the turbo in the thread like "wait, it's supercharged already..." and then I was like "Oh helll no!" Get those other rims on man, it's gonna change the car entirely.