tonights list of things I can take of the list body mounted battery box / cables battery hyd clutch ( PAIN IN THE *** ) brakes 1/2 bled ( 4 hours of chasing leaks ) steering completed throttle pedal bracket, cable, and pedal Also, had to feed the grinder a bit more tonight. Not too bad though. No ER for me. Tomorrow is a full on garage day.. If all goes well, we will be lighting the beast
Just fired it up. Have a radiator leak and some other minor issues. Still need to wire head and tail lights. I will post video as soon as it's done uploading
Congrats, it's a runner. I see you and Eddie driving together at the next get together and scaring all the birds out of town. Nice job, You have a lot tobe proud of. BTW, those are not proper safty shoes for the garage.
Just read start to finish, what a great way to fill in a nightshift. Cant wait to get home so I can watch the Youtube video, that thing is awesome by picture to add sound will be great. You have done some amazing work, So what is next for the sedan?
test drive in about 2 hours. Need to time engine and fix a huge radiator leak. Will post video later tonight
Got the leak fixed ( had to make a new elbow ) Took her to around the block and to the gas station ( timing is WAYY Off ) This is a FUN Car. VID to come
First ride around the block. Bad video and engine is running wayy off timing, but you guys get the just of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3O-gq8iq1s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GspXiaPp_Ng http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBGbztrBerM Next video will be of it running better and a NASTY BURNOUT
Thanks man I finished all wiring tonight. This bad boy now has a fuel gauge, high AND low beams, brake lights, and a line lock. The hunt dist / mag look alike is giving us nothing but trouble, so were heading out to Rancho to have them take a look at it. Tomorrow night... SMOKEY BURNOUTS and first car show
Well today we added some additional coolant lines and loaded the lines with springs to prevent kinking ( POCHOPS idea ), finished some floor work, bled the brakes a bit more, wrapped the headers up, and pretty much finished all the little ****. We took it out for a pretty good drive, ( still running a bit on the warm side ) and delivered it to POPCHOP's house. While out driving we stopped by a buddies house who had some serious BBQ going on, so we ate, drank, and looked over his builds he had going. This will pretty much close this build out, unless I get some vid of a SMOKEY burnout. I am including a vidoe of the header wrap breakin and a few pics. List of shiat still to do - windshield - DS patch panel - front panhard ( bad death wobble ) As KIP would say " PEACE OUT" and CYA at M***\ Oh, and let me say this....... BLOWN ENGINES and LIGHT WEIGHT CARS are FAST AS FAWK
Cool build, man. Another A Sedan hits the road! How long was the header wrap break in time? How long until it stopped smoking? I will be putting some on my new exhaust system soon and am curious how much it's going to smoke.
OK, just finishing up some of the small stuff Grill shell holes DS Patch Panel Windshield Shifter Storage box DS lower kick panel See you guys at midnight m*** for it's first show Reminder to involve you kids as much as you can.Even when u think they can't help. ( my 4 year old son helped me put a blast cabinet together over the weekend )
I chopped a 32 shell 5" and now cant find a rad to fit? what did you use and does it keep the motor cool?
Alum V8 Mustang. The rad sits infront of the axle though, not on top (if you look close, you can see the rad just poking out the bottom of the shell ) It keeps this motor at 200* ( if you roddin it though it will climb up to 230* real quick )
Have you drove the car much yet? I'm going to run a Mustang(4 row) rad in my 28 pickup with a blown SBC but was worried it wouldn't be enough? Are you using the trans cooler built into the rad also?
Hey man I’ve been checking out your post I have this car now it’s alot different than it was in your build.. it’s in Ohio soon to be in Tennessee
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