1998 Mustang Build - Look what I got! 2/28/13

[ogre]

Getting much closer

good lawd! that is beautiful!

 

[foofinator]

Thanks!

Just 4 more weeks till the dyno! (final exams).

It's ready to go, and I'm chomping at the bits.

My Cobra is also ready. Fuck school

Edit: Oh yeah, and I had a computer fan fail in my server machine. I'll need to fix that before the majority of these pictures will even work.

 

[foofinator]

First time moving under its own power. Excuse the dust, I have not washed the car in weeks.

 

[forcefedhatch]

Looks awesome.. What's all needed to swap that eaton onto the 96-98's I'm giving my oldest son the turbo car, so now I want to build an eaton m112 powered 4.6 for my youngest son, and then I'm gonna do a v6 sn95 with the eaton m90 for my daughter lol...

But a complete parts list would be killer!


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[bonestock3.8DTH]

Wow that thing looks killer that supercharger just looks so right and at home between those shock towers.

 

[foofinator]

Thanks guys!

As far as the parts list.. Look up 'IMAPIG''s bullitt or TobyNT's saleen build threads. They have entire lists. If you can't find it, I'll post it up tomorrow or so!

They do a much better job than I ever could. I can tell you about SN95 specific stuff you will need though.

1. You will need the single bolt tensioner timing cover.
2. You need an extra idler
3. Also PI headswap
4. A provision for the two coolant temp sensors
5. Coil on Plug conversion

Not too bad for 3 months of dust! Now I just have to get it to the dyno after finals (3 weeks). She will be running E85.

My secret plan if the legal internship goes through is to purchase a 4.0 whipple! That way it can match my Cobra (with the 3.4)

 

[foofinator]

Sitting at home in Dallas waiting for me.. And the daily driver suburban while ALL THREE MUSTANGS are down..

The silver one needing a tune
The yellow one being in Dallas
The black one needs a new axle

 

[foofinator]

Because I am a whore for 'free' garage banners, I need to find 100 bucks in shit to buy from American Muscle!

 

[JerZeyStangz]

Wow, had no idea you were on here foofinator. I saw your svtp thread before your build thread , but im happy now ! What a killer car, the TTK cars are by far one of my favorite, and the bracketry looks top notch on the TTK cars.

 

[foofinator]

Thanks man!

I had a weak moment tonight.

I installed the third (!) headunit in the car. The first one I had wouldn't do bluetooth streaming. Bought a pricey (for me) kenwood. It was blue and drove me nuts. Bought another one tonight that will do GREEN. I can't stand to have all the different colored lights in my face. The look is way more important to me than the sound quality lol. Now the interior all matches. I ditched the dynotune gauge idea, it is getting on my nerves. I put a dynotune boost gauge in my Cobra and the numbers swing around so much you can't tell what the hell is going on.

Upgraded the autometer ultralights with LED's (best thing I can find to replace the now out of production Lunars -- why autometer, why?)

In addition, while spending too much money on shit I really don't need, I replaced the cooling fan in the server and the website is back up!

Also, ordered:

(1) shorty antenna
(2) Splice in sequential tail light kit
(3) Coolant temperature gauge

Now to go to O'Reilly's and get a motorcraft battery to replace that stupid yellow one. I can't wait to get this car down to Dallas for the tune!

 

[foofinator]

Parts came in and I am working a deal on a 'crab claw' 95 mustang spoiler with LED third brake light.

 

[justinschmidt1]

Cool ass build man! Should be a quick car!

What stall speed do you plan on running with that blower anyway?

 

[foofinator]

Not sure, for now, whatever is in it. I think it's a 2,500 stall. It's been awhile since it was installed. LOL.

Various pics from the small updates during finals.

Some gauges and the intercooler pump.

Thermostat housing

New motorcraft battery

What's on the way!!

2 finals down, 3 to go.

Hope RioSnake (I think this is his handle) Does not mind me mimicking his SICK Red Cobra..

That's the plan.

 

[bonestock3.8DTH]

Dude your car is seriously killer I love it, its great Ill trade you a kidney for it after you finish it.

 

[foofinator]

Thanks for the compliment bud. You make me jelly with your fresh paint. This bucket has '98 paint on it. When it was my sister's car it got keyed by some ****** the second day she had it. Looks like my parents sent it to freaking Maaco (even though they went to a Ford dealership.

Updates!

Old ugly purple radio..

Interior finally getting closer to where I want it.. All green! All that's left is to wire in the coolant and boost gauge lights (going to make a new harness to clean up all the wiring under there. Also, I'm going with red corbeau three point harnesses (just for looks really). The interior needs a splash of red to go with the theme.

Been dieing to install these..

Here it was with just one installed VIDEO




Oh yeah, since I'm sick as hell of the stock Tach not working.. I ordered a *SMALL* monster tach. Going to do the UPR mount. Since I don't have an ass ton of gauges in the driver area, it shouldn't look too bad and will give it a racey look anyway.

 

[foofinator]

Refinished the Nitrous bottle last night.

 

[Steve-Oh]

Refinished the Nitrous bottle last night.

Dewd... I think that's pretty sweet lol!

 

[Ferocious]

Thats a pretty clever way to wrap a bottle lol. And where did you get your sequentials?

 

[foofinator]

Sequentials are splice in from American Muscle.

So all that's left before the dyno is to redo the wiring for the gauges and install the minimonster tach. Hopefully tuned within 2 weeks and finally driving.

Tonight I finished the coolant system, and installed the ECT sensor.

 

[foofinator]

I am pretty stoked. Tach arrived, and it's the perfect size. Installed my autometer LED into it and the mount will be here tomorrow.

Last final tomorrow at 9:00 AM, then I can finish out the work on the car. I also ordered a custom plate "BULL3T" and LED license plate lights.

Really for my own benefit here the list is..

1. Construct a harness for the interior gauges and nitrous switches (this shit is everywhere right now as it has been installed bit by bit)
2. Install mini-monster tach
3. Figure out a way to disengage the factory tach (it sticks and pisses me off)
4. Clean up the inside of the car and buff the outside
5. Start her up and make sure that the thermostat is going to open up
6. Change the plugs
7. Schedule the dyno time!
8. Take lots of pictures of the pretty much finished project