are LT's possible????

[93PGT]

has anyone done mac LT's on a 96 mustang gt without dropping the K member. if so, then please tell me how. the car is raised, the engine is tilted. i dont know how they can fit. it looked like the pass. side would fit better from the top, but i think i just messed up my a/c. I am stuck. i am also doing this by myself. so you are the only people i can turn to. i am going crazy. :wall:

 

[93PGT]

the passenger side hits the starter. how do i get around it? and on the driver side, does the header go around the steering shaft or sqeeze on the inside?

 

[93PGT]

the stock manifolds are out, the long tubes just need to go in. help!!!!!!! please

 

[xsoutherngun89x]

most of the members that have done this arent on right now and prolly wont be till a little later. JR can help alot, he knows what he is talking about when it comes to these cars, realityGT just did the swap so he might be of some use...hmmm.... I think Steven has done it before. be patient, they will be in here before too long

 

[93PGT]

i am trying to be patient is just that i work 5-11:30ish just about everyday

 

[scarface]

just drop the K.. You will spend less time dropping it than you will fighting them in any other way. It is possible by yourself, ive dont it 5 times on the garage floor by myself.

 

[MustangMatt96GT]

just drop the K.. You will spend less time dropping it than you will fighting them in any other way. It is possible by yourself, ive dont it 5 times on the garage floor by myself.

Ive done it now three times... just drop the Kmember...

 

[93PGT]

ok, i have read about dropping the k member. but one problem is how can i support the engine? i dont have a cherry picker

 

[93PGT]

is there no other way? if i have to, them i dont have a choice. wont i have to get the whole front end alined? just give me some tips on dropping the K. and how can i hold the engine up?

 

[MustangMatt96GT]

i used some blcoks of wood on the oil pan, infact i have done thatt many times. Just make sure it has some surface area, to distrube the wieght

 

[Jrgunn5150]

ok, i have read about dropping the k member. but one problem is how can i support the engine? i dont have a cherry picker

You can do like Matt said, or run a bar or pipe acrossed the tower and chain it up. The K doesn't need to come like, out, just down a few inches. It'll take you a few hours, but it's a few hours of just simple easy loosening bolts, rather than fighting, lol.

 

[93PGT]

ok, i guess i have to drop the k member down. i hope i dont ruin anything. will i have to disconnect any brake lines or p/s lines? i am honestly scared to do this. :dunno: but i am going to have to figure this stuff out eventually

and just because i dont want to create another thread- what is this cam tool that keep hearing about? i am going to attempt the pi cams soon and want to gather the tools now

 

[Jrgunn5150]

If you just lower the K, you don't need to unhook brake lines, unbolt the rack from the K and sing it forward, and your powersteering lines can stay put as well.

The cam tool holds the chains, so you don't have to reset the timing.

 

[93PGT]

so could i just support the engine, and leave my struts and actual suspension hooked up. then with a jack under the K,unbolt it and just lower it down enough? and would i have to unbolt the p/s rack?




and the cam tool- could i rent it from auto zone? or where do i buy it?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

so could i just support the engine, and leave my struts and actual suspension hooked up. then with a jack under the K,unbolt it and just lower it down enough? and would i have to unbolt the p/s rack?




and the cam tool- could i rent it from auto zone? or where do i buy it?

Yes, you got it, that's how I did it.

The cam tool, is an OTC tool, you gotta find it on ebay, the corral, or find someone willing to rent you there's. Anderson Ford makes one as well, but I've heard is very prone to bending.

 

[SRT Handz]

when you hold the motor up with a floor jack, jack off the bell housing instead of the oil pan. :boink:

 

[reivaxtorres]

so could i just support the engine, and leave my struts and actual suspension hooked up. then with a jack under the K,unbolt it and just lower it down enough? and would i have to unbolt the p/s rack?




and the cam tool- could i rent it from auto zone? or where do i buy it?

Yes, you got it, that's how I did it.

The cam tool, is an OTC tool, you gotta find it on ebay, the corral, or find someone willing to rent you there's. Anderson Ford makes one as well, but I've heard is very prone to bending.

yeah, you could also try contacting some of your local Ford Dealers to see if any of them sell tools, and i dont mean tools like screw driver kits or whatever. call the service department and tell them that you are looking for a cam tool and if they sell it. i think out of the 7 or so local dealerships (home and work) only one of them sold it, but they were asking a bit more than Randy could get it for me.

if all else fails, contact randy over on www.modularmisfits.com, he's the one i bought my cam tool from.

 

[reivaxtorres]

when you hold the motor up with a floor jack, jack off the bell housing instead of the oil pan. :boink:

a great way to overstress the bellhousing bolts......... :wall:

 

[93PGT]

is the k member only held in by 8 bolts? so i take out the motor mount bolts (1 per side)then unbolt the p/s and swing it foward. and so i take out those "8" bolts with the k supported and it will drop down as i let it. the engine will aready supported by the oil pan w/ a block of wood and jack. so do i got it down now? tell me thanks any tips

 

[MustangMatt96GT]

yes that woul make it come donw.