Akurma
Active Member
Hi everyone, Name is Alex I was recommended to come over to this forum from some members of the ModdedMustangs forum. I have a 1999 Mustang GT and a 1965 coupe with a 289 2bbl auto that you can read about if you'd like, warning the 99Gt thread is long lol. Maybe I'll create a thread about the 65 as well.
Anyway I plan to use this thread to update, post questions and ask for feedback as I build my 99 2v. Currently in the process of swapping in a built Teksid block 2v with a P1SC-2 and doing some strut tower rust repair. So stick around for the journey!
Carrying over some recent posts from the other forum to get the ball rolling
After pushing off the project I finally got the time to pull the ol' 218,000 mile 2v motor in my car, I was also somewhat forced to pull it as the rust on my driver side strut tower is a safety concern
. Pulled it out yesterday and my god I didn't realize how dirty my engine bay really was!
My plan was to do this last week but I hit a bit of a snag with the UPR tubular K-member i order a few years back. I ordered it on a black Friday sale with intent to install it soon, obviously that didn't happen, so the box sat in the garage for a long time. Fast forward to last week when i went to assemble the control arms. The first issue I ran into was the bushings for the control arms themselves. They are slightly different lengths and nowhere in the instructions does UPR say this. So i installed them thinking they are all the same. the picture below will show they are not and i didn't notice until i went to bolt the arm to the K-member. No biggie, pushed the bushings out and fixed it. Then I found my second issue. The passenger side control arm fit perfectly... the driver side arm on the other hand did not fit at all. After spending some time thinking I had the wrong arm on the wrong side or that I messed up the bushings. I broke out the tape measure and turns out the driver side control arm has the bushing tubes welding on incorrectly, the bigger tube was welded to where to smaller one was suppose to go and vice versa.
Called UPR, got an actual person explained the issue, they asked me to email them some photos, they agreed with the issue and told me to send the arms back to them and they will send replacement ones out no charge. Honestly impressed with that as like I said above, I bought this kit a few years ago. So good on UPR! Only downside was that they didn't have any black arms available so told me they would send silver, it looks kinda weird but not like most people will see the underside of my car anyway. New arms arrived, had a few chips/scratches on the one arm but again, I was just grateful that they helped me out and its under the car so im not that worried. More importantly the silver arms fit like a glove!
While i waited for the replacement control arms to arrive I got started on removing the wiring harness, labeling everything i possible could in order to make it as easy as possible when hooking up the built 2v. I also removed the intake manifold so that i could pull the motor. I am going to reuse the stock manifold on my built 2v so I figured i'll take it off now. After that it was a piece of cake.. well besides that top passenger trans bolt and that top start bolt... if ya know ya know
. With the trans disconnected and backed off the dowel pins, it was time to finally remove the 2v after nearly 21 years. Honestly it lived a good life and would probably keep on trucking if i didn't have to remove it because of the rust.
I will be updating this a bit more frequently now that i got the ball rolling, I am a lot more active on Instagram so if you want to see more pictures of this or any of my other projects or ask me questions feel free to do so over there!
Anyway I plan to use this thread to update, post questions and ask for feedback as I build my 99 2v. Currently in the process of swapping in a built Teksid block 2v with a P1SC-2 and doing some strut tower rust repair. So stick around for the journey!
Carrying over some recent posts from the other forum to get the ball rolling
After pushing off the project I finally got the time to pull the ol' 218,000 mile 2v motor in my car, I was also somewhat forced to pull it as the rust on my driver side strut tower is a safety concern
. Pulled it out yesterday and my god I didn't realize how dirty my engine bay really was!My plan was to do this last week but I hit a bit of a snag with the UPR tubular K-member i order a few years back. I ordered it on a black Friday sale with intent to install it soon, obviously that didn't happen, so the box sat in the garage for a long time. Fast forward to last week when i went to assemble the control arms. The first issue I ran into was the bushings for the control arms themselves. They are slightly different lengths and nowhere in the instructions does UPR say this. So i installed them thinking they are all the same. the picture below will show they are not and i didn't notice until i went to bolt the arm to the K-member. No biggie, pushed the bushings out and fixed it. Then I found my second issue. The passenger side control arm fit perfectly... the driver side arm on the other hand did not fit at all. After spending some time thinking I had the wrong arm on the wrong side or that I messed up the bushings. I broke out the tape measure and turns out the driver side control arm has the bushing tubes welding on incorrectly, the bigger tube was welded to where to smaller one was suppose to go and vice versa.
Called UPR, got an actual person explained the issue, they asked me to email them some photos, they agreed with the issue and told me to send the arms back to them and they will send replacement ones out no charge. Honestly impressed with that as like I said above, I bought this kit a few years ago. So good on UPR! Only downside was that they didn't have any black arms available so told me they would send silver, it looks kinda weird but not like most people will see the underside of my car anyway. New arms arrived, had a few chips/scratches on the one arm but again, I was just grateful that they helped me out and its under the car so im not that worried. More importantly the silver arms fit like a glove!
While i waited for the replacement control arms to arrive I got started on removing the wiring harness, labeling everything i possible could in order to make it as easy as possible when hooking up the built 2v. I also removed the intake manifold so that i could pull the motor. I am going to reuse the stock manifold on my built 2v so I figured i'll take it off now. After that it was a piece of cake.. well besides that top passenger trans bolt and that top start bolt... if ya know ya know
. With the trans disconnected and backed off the dowel pins, it was time to finally remove the 2v after nearly 21 years. Honestly it lived a good life and would probably keep on trucking if i didn't have to remove it because of the rust.I will be updating this a bit more frequently now that i got the ball rolling, I am a lot more active on Instagram so if you want to see more pictures of this or any of my other projects or ask me questions feel free to do so over there!
