1966 Coup 4.6 4V Swap updated 7/17/11

[uncltrvlnmatt]

1966 Coup 4.6 4V Swap updated 7/17/11

Figured I would start a new thread since the old one was lost. For those of you who don't know I am installing a 2003 Mach1 engine into my 1966 Mustang Coup. I will be useing the engine, trans, and rear. I will eventually be installing an Eaton on top.

This is what the car looked like before the restoration process began.

This is what the car looked like at the beginning of the 4.6 install.

Installing the Mustang 2 front end from Rod and Custom Motor Sports.

Shock towers removed.

New crossmember installed.

Upper and lower control arms, coil overs, and rack and pinion steering installed.

Rotors and steering shaft installed.

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

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The Donor car.

Removing the monster.

Stripping the donor car.

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

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Fitting the Mach engine into the Coup.

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

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The engine has now been pulled back out of the car and is on its stand. We have some minor repairs to do inside the engine bay with the frame rails. My welder has seen how it s going to sit and is ready to weld in the motor mounts when we get the minor repairs done.

 

[duh09]

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Hurry up already! Jeez, I'm gonna die before you ever get done. lmao

Still one of the coolest projects on the site.
I love old cars.

 

[CC'S95GT]

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i was wondering about the progress. that car is going to be insane

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

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I had to take a brake from doing anything due to buying a house and prepping my old house for a renter. I now have a tenant in the house and I am getting back into the groove of getting it done. It turned out to be about a 4 month layoff.

 

[duh09]

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Something I've been wondering, are you gonna keep the shaker hood scoop?

 

[bigjohnson4.6gt]

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Something I've been wondering, are you gonna keep the shaker hood scoop?

same here

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

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That has been under discussion from the begining. We have talked about it(me and my dad). My dad wants to use it. I want the Eaton. It is my car and I will make the final choice. As of right now it is still up in the air. I don't want to cut the hood then go with the Eaton. But the Eaton will not be going on right away, I have about 80% of the parts for the Eaton install. But right now my main concern is getting it up and running.

But to answer the question, most likely yes.

 

[duh09]

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Eaton > Hood scoop.

But I'm not gonna lie, a shaker scoop would be bad on that car.

 

[bigjohnson4.6gt]

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alot of guys who run the eaton on machs will still have the scoop just non functional, so if you want you could have both?

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

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alot of guys who run the eaton on machs will still have the scoop just non functional, so if you want you could have both?

That would depend on how high the engine sits in the engine bay.

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

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I spoke to my welder today. I have a tentative date of next sunday to start welding in the engine mounts. Todat I made the sway bar spacers and installed them. I also installed the right rear window track, window, window regulator and window fuzzies. It is not much but very time consuming, considering I had to figure out how it goes together because it was removed 20 years ago. But all forward progress is good.

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

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Yesturday I cut out the old frame rail pieces and fitted the new pieces into place. My welder is supposed to come on wednesday and weld them into place.

Here is a pic of the window installed from last week.

Frame repairs, we were originally going to just do a quick patch. But then I decided to replace the bad section. The rails were inexpensive at about $35.00 each so it was a better choice, it will look so much better.

I could not replace the complete frame rail due to having the sub frame connectors already welded into place. So I just cut out the bad section and fitted the new section into place. I left the good section of the old rail inplace so the car will have a double frame rail for about 4 inches where the unibody comes together.

The new section fitted into place on the left side.

Right side.

 

[5.Woahhh]

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I want this to be done ASAP!

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

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I want this to be done ASAP!

Hoping to be done in the late spring, early summer. The Pa. Mustang Club has a big show at the end of July. I want to be there.

 

[LaserRedSVT96]

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nice job thus far! i cant wait to see it completed.

 

[CC'S95GT]

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hey i just noticed you have a gadsen flag on the wall in you garage. uber cool. i have the current navy jack

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

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Did some fabricating yesturday, working on the trans mounts. It is not going to be the pain in the ass I thought it was going to be. It will mount up right behind the original crossmember. We are going to weld in a 2x4 channel just behind the original. Here is what it will look like.

Here is the shifter mounted to the trans. In this pic the trans is in 3rd gear and I have about a quarter inch of clearance between the floor and the shifter. I can move the engine back atleast another inch for better clearance. But I will probably only move it back another quarter inch, if at all.