Project Crowdmower : Ford Chassis, Chevy Motor, and Nissan Transmission

[laextreme5]

Guys, its fucking hot.

Last weekend I went out to work on the car, and just couldn't. It was sweltering. It doesn't help in the afternoon my garage is just beat on by the sun. I ended up running to Home Depot and picking up a saw to cut up the wood to make some stands. Other than that I did som mocking up on the water pump (sold the mezeire) and figuring out the alt. placement.


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Also was able to take som epics of the Solar eclipse today while at work. We only got 75% coverage here in New Orleans. Was still pretty neat regardless.




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[LCG]

fuck both of you

lol

[190Evan]

lmao

[laextreme5]

It's ok. I think some people spell it like that on purpose... you know what they say, tomato, tomato - alternator, alternater

Fuck both of you

[nishy]

It was a late night ok. you're the third person to point that out.

It's ok. I think some people spell it like that on purpose... you know what they say, tomato, tomato - alternator, alternater

[laextreme5]

altenater

It was a late night ok. you're the third person to point that out.

[190Evan]

altenater

[laextreme5]

Was able to get a decent bit of work done the other night.

Started out by pulling the front lower control arms off. The wheels I previously posted about were in trade for these. I was planning on getting adjustable ones anyway so it worked out well. With the arms pulled I started with running the rest of the signal wires. With everything I've added in I've just about used up every available wire. The harness size continues to grow and grow.


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Also had another part come in. Some in the Facebook group LS Mustangs is good friends with one of the guys over at FCS fab, and got together and designed a catch can setup to fit in the space between the firewall and strut tower. It was originally designed for a fox body, but with some minor trimming it will easily work in my new edge.


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With the new part mocked up it was back to running wires. As I've been going along I've been writing down on my tape list what needs to be done wiring wise. Happy to say that list is MUCH shorter now. Running all the wires is nearing completion. Im pretty much to the point where I need to buy more parts before I can make any more progress wiring wise.


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[laextreme5]

In the auto industry, we refer to that as the AGS system. "Active Grille Shutter". Almost all new Fords and Lincolns will have some rendition of this same idea. IMO, from a FE perspective, it isn't as effective as it sounds. For performance, it might be more useful.

Yup,work with them nearly everyday. Im an Estimator and body technician. And i agree, i cant see this being extremely effective on 50-80 mph zones its used in. But 140+ there will absolutely be a benefit. One im hoping will help me reach my 200mph 1/2 mile goal.

[I_Haz.:R32]

Alright. Large update from the past week.

I also picked up a "new" air shutter off a 17 crv. By new I mean we ordered a new one at work for a car and we only needed the shroud. Good news is we were about to throw it away and I had the grand Idea to make this build even more complicated and added it to the mustang.

If your not familiar with how these work, basically they are added to the front grill area, and above a certain speed they are activated and close, reducing the air going through the front end and reducing colling of the rad and condensor. They usually only come on on the interstate so cooling performance really isn't affected much. There are also a multitude of supercars that use similar systems. Pagani, Ferrari, Lamborghini etc. as a active aero system to add/decrease downforce/drag for more cornering force. I intend to use it in the front upper grill opening on my front bumper in the scenario that honda uses it. To cut off a flow of air to through the front end to reduce lift, improver areo, and reduce drag. Obviously mine will be triggered at a much higher MPH than theirs, but its the same principle.

In the auto industry, we refer to that as the AGS system. "Active Grille Shutter". Almost all new Fords and Lincolns will have some rendition of this same idea. IMO, from a FE perspective, it isn't as effective as it sounds. For performance, it might be more useful.

[190Evan]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201663844510?ul_noapp=true

....here's the magic

[laextreme5]

Alright. Large update from the past week.

First few new things. Made a list etc. Picked up some wire, need more wire. Everytime I read another section again of my MS3Pro manual I find another inout/output I want to add. Im here in it now I may as well add in every option I may want in the future as I don't want to tear my harness apart just to add in something in the future I didn't need at the time. I also picked up a "new" air shutter off a 17 crv. By new I mean we ordered a new one at work for a car and we only needed the shroud. Good news is we were about to throw it away and I had the grand Idea to make this build even more complicated and added it to the mustang.

If your not familiar with how these work, basically they are added to the front grill area, and above a certain speed they are activated and close, reducing the air going through the front end and reducing colling of the rad and condensor. They usually only come on on the interstate so cooling performance really isn't affected much. There are also a multitude of supercars that use similar systems. Pagani, Ferrari, Lamborghini etc. as a active aero system to add/decrease downforce/drag for more cornering force. I intend to use it in the front upper grill opening on my front bumper in the scenario that honda uses it. To cut off a flow of air to through the front end to reduce lift, improver areo, and reduce drag. Obviously mine will be triggered at a much higher MPH than theirs, but its the same principle.


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Next I started on the dash to take a break from wiring a bit. I knew I was deleting the ac system, airbags etc to reduce weight. But I also wanted to see how much weight I could drop from the dash assembly. I knew I wouldn't be able to match the 6-10lb carbon skin replacements as I needed to leave in the crossbar for the steering column to bolt to. But I could remove all the radio, ac ducts, some bracing, airbags, and unused wiring etc to save some more weight.



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Alright, back to the main wiring. When id last left off id finished running all the signal wires. Or so I thought. (see list in first few images, which has been added to even more as typing this post haha)Picked up by starting to add in the sensor ground wires and 12v power wires, as well as the coil pack wiring. I started out running all the wires ad realized after adding them all in, there is ALOT more signal and 12c wires, which I will combining multiple wires into less so as less weight, less complexity, and fewer terminals needed on the firewall connection. SO far everything is running pretty smoothly. Ive changed a few routing of some wires but nothing major that required a major overhaul or entire restart.


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[tjayc94]

Looks good man! But I just want to say that I miss the 240 lol

[laextreme5]

Ah I'm jealous, wiring harness building is fun. Where the harness comes through the fire wall make sure you leave a small amount of slack for a grommet, you WILL need one there.

Ill be using a mil-spec style connector at the firewall.

[190Evan]

Ah I'm jealous, wiring harness building is fun. Where the harness comes through the fire wall make sure you leave a small amount of slack for a grommet, you WILL need one there.