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Serious question, but is there a benefit to adding a roll cage before you do much of anything else?
To me , (no where near a mechanic) it appears it would get in the way.. |
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Serious question, but is there a benefit to adding a roll cage before you do much of anything else? To me , (no where near a mechanic) it appears it would get in the way.. View Quote Cage is the most time intensive project. Main reason we did the cage first was because we had to strip the car and repair the bad floor pan. While the interior was stripped we took the opportunity to do the cage. A somewhat secondary reason was to save shop space so the interior wasn't sitting around in the way as this is a working truck repair shop that we do our projects in. ![]() The engine and trans install with be fairly straight forward. Although we will need to remove the interior again in the future in order to cut and modify the trans tunnel to fit the 4l80e. |
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Boost the 5.3 or do the 6.0 N/A or sell them both and buy a Coyote and call it good.
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Woohoo.
Time to start building the wire harness and FI computer. Lots of irons in the fire. ![]() Trying to get 4 cars ready for race season. ![]() |
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Fox's are best mustang.
back in the day I played with a 90 notch with a junkyard set up using IHI twins. went 10.80s but the thing was a heap. |
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Smart choice with the LS.
Now join the 21st century & add turbos.... |
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Re read the first post. ![]() It will be getting a pretty biggun. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Smart choice with the LS. Now join the 21st century & add turbos.... Re read the first post. ![]() It will be getting a pretty biggun. ![]() Sweet! My bad Bro! What are you thinkin? Stock 5.3's do real nice with 68-72mm. FYI, built my first turbo stang back in '99. |
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Very cool. I had an '89 GT 5 speed. Fun car. That thing is going to fly with a turboed LS motor in it.
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I have such admiration for people that undertake projects like this. I would never have the patience.
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Goodn, you certainly build some cool chit!
I'm down in Aberdeen, I think you made mention you're in Oakes or the area? I'll have to bring my 78 Fairmont box top up, I stuck a wrecked 98 Cobra under it, ABS, cruise, dash, whole shebang being a Fox it was actually pretty straight forward, but the wheels were a bitch, I found a set of Japanese Weds 17x8.25" and 17x8.5" 3 piece mesh wheels, they JUST clear with 245s all the way around. It's only 305hp, but it's a good time. ![]() Not sure if I'm going to build it or just stick turbos on my 70 396 Chevelle. Looking forward to seeing this one done! Good job. |
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Goodn, you certainly build some cool chit! I'm down in Aberdeen, I think you made mention you're in Oakes or the area? I'll have to bring my 78 Fairmont box top up, I stuck a wrecked 98 Cobra under it, ABS, cruise, dash, whole shebang being a Fox it was actually pretty straight forward, but the wheels were a bitch, I found a set of Japanese Weds 17x8.25" and 17x8.5" 3 piece mesh wheels, they JUST clear with 245s all the way around. It's only 305hp, but it's a good time. ![]() Not sure if I'm going to build it or just stick turbos on my 70 396 Chevelle. Looking forward to seeing this one done! Good job. View Quote Thank you. I am merely involved in building some cool shit. LOL There is four of us that work together to make these neat toys to play with. If that gets narrowed down more there is 3 of us that do a lot of the grunt work and one that does the programming and machining. ![]() I an near Fargo. You may have seen the Oakes area mentioned in the 60 f100 thread. Right out of the shop it was driven to the Oakes area for a shakedown run. |
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Lots of stuff is still in the air yet. I think it will be somewhere in the area of an 85 to 87 mm turbo. We have a few options for turbos. ![]() ![]() http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/goodnbuzzd/MISC/Mustangturbo_zps80a44e67.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Smart choice with the LS. Now join the 21st century & add turbos.... Re read the first post. ![]() It will be getting a pretty biggun. ![]() Sweet! My bad Bro! What are you thinkin? Stock 5.3's do real nice with 68-72mm. FYI, built my first turbo stang back in '99. Lots of stuff is still in the air yet. I think it will be somewhere in the area of an 85 to 87 mm turbo. We have a few options for turbos. ![]() ![]() http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/goodnbuzzd/MISC/Mustangturbo_zps80a44e67.jpg What is in it for Converter? Ya runnin a brake? Stock bottom end? Stock cam? Looking to push ~80lb/min @ 25psi or so? |
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What is in it for Converter? Ya runnin a brake? Stock bottom end? Stock cam? Looking to push ~80lb/min @ 25psi or so? View Quote Unsure on the specifics of the converter. It is out of a buddys race car. he was doing 9 second passes with it. No brake. Stock bottom with ARP hardware. Stock top with ARP hardware. Stock cam as of now. Probably run 4-8 lbs of boost to start. This is just a budget project we are helping a buddy with. He doesn't want to spend a huge amount. Hence the reason for the cam and torque converter being donated to him. ![]() |
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Very, very nice
![]() I should have my lx coupe wrapped up soon too, HCI , 4:10's., the usual lol. |
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Just giving a morning bump for the day crew to see if there is still some interest in the build.
![]() We are not far from buttoning this one up and starting on my 2000 Mustang. She will be getting a full new tubular K-member, shortened rear end, New TKO 600 5 speed transmission, auto to manual swap and a turboed 4.6 32 valve Modular motor bored to 5.0 and built for approx 900 horse. ![]() |
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Serious question, but is there a benefit to adding a roll cage before you do much of anything else? To me , (no where near a mechanic) it appears it would get in the way.. View Quote I was a Mustang guy for a while. Then I figured out that, for the same money, I could just go buy a Corvette, so I did. Anyways; Mustangs need some serious structural stiffening help if they are going to be driven hard. The cage helps with that but there are also sub-frame connectors that should be welded in underneath also. Didn't see those posted. And the sheet metal "torque box" that the rear axle control arms attach to also has to be welded up solid or the spot welds will tear out. And this: the Chevy 6.0 is a great engine but why not a Ford Coyote engine? |
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Good project, nice color. I built a swapped 93 notch 2.3 turbo. Added a 5 speed and upgraded all the suspension to GT spec. Super fun car. Mine was reef blue. http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l148/supercobrajet/93%20notch/000_0254.jpg http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l148/supercobrajet/93%20notch/100_4207-1.jpg View Quote I have never understood how a male could drive a car that's painted that color. |
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Good project, nice color. I built a swapped 93 notch 2.3 turbo. Added a 5 speed and upgraded all the suspension to GT spec. Super fun car. Mine was reef blue. http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l148/supercobrajet/93%20notch/000_0254.jpg http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l148/supercobrajet/93%20notch/100_4207-1.jpg View Quote I like that color. Did you do the 5 speed swap yourself? If so did you like laying upside down with your head in the floorboard for like an hour? Lol. My 5 speed swap went excellent til I had to do the stupid pedal assembly. |
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Notchbacks are my favorite. I wanted a notch but found a sreaming deal on my 97 Cobra instead.
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I'm doing a 4r70w swap on my87.
It's setting in the shop. Got all of the parts to make it work, but haven't had the time to do it, it's in my MIL shop. |
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Fucking winning!
Just finished up my LS swap a few months back into my DD. So much fun fucking with people who think it's just a bucket truck. Keep the post coming |
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