Green car

[Snorky]

Well.. I have a thread for red car.. so I decided I should open one up for green car. Green car I bought some 12 years ago, bone stock with 22k miles on it out of Ohio.

The car evolved as most cars do and here we are today. Car blew a head gasket so the engine was pulled and now im in the process of reassembly. This car has been a basket case ever since going turbo 8 years ago.



Anyway. Here's some progress. New Ford oem gaskets on my freshly decked heads. Reinstalled the turbo cams



Even though I'm excited to get it back together, it almost pains me having to put this turbo kit back on again since I no longer race the car. Had the kit up for sale or trade 4 months and didn't get much attention for it. 1 person offered a ported cobra tork tek kit and one person I tried working out a deal for had a vortech v2 TI trim, but that one fell through. Anyway. Here's the mod list on the car

Suspension
UPR tubular K member
Upr tubular A arms
MM coil over kit in front on koni yellows
MM cc plates
MM XD LCAs
MM HD TQ arm
MM Phb
MM TA springs
Eibach rear sway bar
No. Upper lcas, no quad shocks.

Drive train
Mcleod steel flywheel
Mcleod rst clutch
Stock tr 3650 LOL
Mgw shifter with comfort handle
Ford racing aluminum drive shaft
8.8 with welded tubes
Gt500 track lock
31 spline strange axles
3.27 gears (went from 3.27 to 3.73 to 4.10 to 3.55 and now back to 3.27.. full circle)

Brakes
Cobra calipers/rotors front
Gt slotted in rear
Stainless lines all around.

Interior
Mach 1 seats
Simco classic gages,
Triple pillar pod with aem wideband, oil pressure and vacuum boost reverse glow with dimmer box.

Fuel
On3 cobra tank/hat with twin on3 300 lph pumps
Cobra level sender.
10 AN feed to dual 8s
8 an return.
Holley regulator
DivisionX rails
60lb injectors.
Alkycontrol 2.5 gallon trunk mounted meth kit.

Engine
Mmr 4.75 stroker bottom end, Manley rods, mmr by manley pistons 17cc with PI valve reliefs roughly 9.5:1
MHS stage 2 ported heads
Single groove manley +1mm valves
#125 springs
Mhs stage 2 turbo cams.
P51 intake manifold
Professional products throttle body
Summit sfi balancer
J2fab alternator
Battery relocated to trunk

Induction
On3 turbo kit with Vee band flanges replaced. Headers milled
3" ball and sockets for down pipe/mid pip junctions. Whole thing ceramic coated wrapped and sprayed with high temp silicon spray.
Tial 50mm bov
Tial 44mm wastegate
Grimmspeed manual boost controller
Turbonetics 7575 hpc turbo .96 AR
10 an drain
Turbosmart oil pressure regulator 4an feed 4an return to pan.
Oil filter relocation kit 10 an in fender.
Custom Y pipe and bassani catback for the torque arm and panhard bar.
Probably a bunch of other stuff I can't remember

Body
99/01 cobra bumper
Trufiber a42 hood "saleen E hood"
03/04 cobra mirrors
35th anniversary LE side skirts
03/04 mach 1 sail panels
99/01 cobra tail lights
Awaiting install of a 3 piece saleen wing.
Staggered 17x9 17x10 black saleens
255/35/17 federal rs ss tires in front
315/35/17 toyo r888 original in rear

Anyway. I'll post more of this as it goes. Hopefully the project will come to a close soon.

 

[Musturd]

Damn haven’t seen a p51 intake in a long time

 

[Snorky]

Damn haven’t seen a p51 intake in a long time

It is a comically large intake

 

[Musturd]

Yes they’re not small by any means . The last fox lake p51 intake I seen was on here too . Probably over 10 years ago was a white and in poor shape but had a blower

 

[Snorky]

Yes they’re not small by any means . The last fox lake p51 intake I seen was on here too . Probably over 10 years ago was a white and in poor shape but had a blower

Thinking about recoating or painting mine a different color scheme. Not super happy with the gloss black. I painted my timing cover and valve covers gold last time I had the engine out. So if I redo it.. nows the time. Just don't know what color if I am to change it up

 

[garrittpwl]

Thinking about recoating or painting mine a different color scheme. Not super happy with the gloss black. I painted my timing cover and valve covers gold last time I had the engine out. So if I redo it.. nows the time. Just don't know what color if I am to change it up

You're gonna sell it to me when you go kenne bell

 

[Snorky]

You're gonna sell it to me when you go kenne bell

Would solve all of your back pressure issues and make your car wayyy faster. But your compression will seriously limit your boost levels unless you're on E85 and squirting some straight methy meth.

 

[garrittpwl]

Would solve all of your back pressure issues and make your car wayyy faster. But your compression will seriously limit your boost levels unless you're on E85 and squirting some straight methy meth.

I'm on the corn juice already

 

[Snorky]

I'm on the corn juice already

Meth and that turbo.. let it eaattttt

 

[Snorky]

Painted the timing and valve covers satin black, engine is timed and is ready to be buttoned up.

Then I can start the reassembly process

 

[RAU03MACH]

nice hope to see it running soon

 

[Snorky]

Well since I am getting to the point of saying fuck this with the red car being at the paint shop And the guy keep screwing me over by not painting it. I'm considering picking it up and doing it myself. So this means I need a place to store the naked red car. Since Noone has shown any serious interest in the turbo kit. Back together everything goes.

I painted the valve covers and timing cover satin black. As well as the water pu.p and tensioner. Reassembled and timed the top end with the freshly decked heads.

Wrapped the drivers header IN DEI titanium(last pipe to be wrapped pre turbo) and sprayed it with dei high temp silicone coating.

Put the car up on jack stands outside. And dropped thr K member,A arms/knuckles/steering rack.

Put the headers on, and transferred it to the k member on dollies. Added the flywheel/clutch/tranny, then started dressing the engine to completion.

Added my super cool meth ring.


Added the hotside and turbo system.


Added the wiring harness.. tucked enough for you?

 

[Snorky]

Duct Taped the nozzle of my new super exciting shop vac to the down pipe and set it to the blow function. Then proceeded to spray all of the Vee bands, t4 flange and header flanges with windex. Unfortunately... the passenger header leaked like I didn't even put a gasket in there... which i had an mls in there..

The drivers was substantially better but still had a leak

Pulled everything off and am now waiting for a free Saturday at work do I can fix these stupid things once and for all. But that's looking like it will be 2-3 Saturdays out. Then I go on vacation so in reality I won't have e them all back on to test till August. such a bummer. So that puts the whole grab red car plan on the serious back seat.. another summer without a reliable mustang to drive. Been like 8 in a row. So.. nothing new? Anyway. New mls cometic header gaskets arrived so we wait...

 

[Snorky]

Well. I was going to skip a leak down test out of Supreme confidence and faith(impatience) but my better judgment. But decided to perform one for peace of kind... yeah! Good thing I did. Yeah
.


The numbers on the right that are 2-3 percent higher are the more accurate numbers. So I took it back apart and pulled the drivers head and started lapping the exhaust valves. Fixed 2 of them. Have to work on cyl 4 exhaust more to lap a little more on and found intake valve 1 and 2 are leaking horribly. So those need to be lapped as well. My scamazon chuck came apart so I have to wait for a new chuck to arrive that will go on the valve and clear the cam tower.

Props to Garrit for motivating me to lap the valves.

 

[Daryl]

Well.. I have a thread for red car.. so I decided I should open one up for green car. Green car I bought some 12 years ago, bone stock with 22k miles on it out of Ohio.

The car evolved as most cars do and here we are today. Car blew a head gasket so the engine was pulled and now im in the process of reassembly. This car has been a basket case ever since going turbo 8 years ago.

View attachment 32044

Anyway. Here's some progress. New Ford oem gaskets on my freshly decked heads. Reinstalled the turbo cams

View attachment 32045

Even though I'm excited to get it back together, it almost pains me having to put this turbo kit back on again since I no longer race the car. Had the kit up for sale or trade 4 months and didn't get much attention for it. 1 person offered a ported cobra tork tek kit and one person I tried working out a deal for had a vortech v2 TI trim, but that one fell through. Anyway. Here's the mod list on the car

Suspension
UPR tubular K member
Upr tubular A arms
MM coil over kit in front on koni yellows
MM cc plates
MM XD LCAs
MM HD TQ arm
MM Phb
MM TA springs
Eibach rear sway bar
No. Upper lcas, no quad shocks.

Drive train
Mcleod steel flywheel
Mcleod rst clutch
Stock tr 3650 LOL
Mgw shifter with comfort handle
Ford racing aluminum drive shaft
8.8 with welded tubes
Gt500 track lock
31 spline strange axles
3.27 gears (went from 3.27 to 3.73 to 4.10 to 3.55 and now back to 3.27.. full circle)

Brakes
Cobra calipers/rotors front
Gt slotted in rear
Stainless lines all around.

Interior
Mach 1 seats
Simco classic gages,
Triple pillar pod with aem wideband, oil pressure and vacuum boost reverse glow with dimmer box.

Fuel
On3 cobra tank/hat with twin on3 300 lph pumps
Cobra level sender.
10 AN feed to dual 8s
8 an return.
Holley regulator
DivisionX rails
60lb injectors.
Alkycontrol 2.5 gallon trunk mounted meth kit.

Engine
Mmr 4.75 stroker bottom end, Manley rods, mmr by manley pistons 17cc with PI valve reliefs roughly 9.5:1
MHS stage 2 ported heads
Single groove manley +1mm valves
#125 springs
Mhs stage 2 turbo cams.
P51 intake manifold
Professional products throttle body
Summit sfi balancer
J2fab alternator
Battery relocated to trunk

Induction
On3 turbo kit with Vee band flanges replaced. Headers milled
3" ball and sockets for down pipe/mid pip junctions. Whole thing ceramic coated wrapped and sprayed with high temp silicon spray.
Tial 50mm bov
Tial 44mm wastegate
Grimmspeed manual boost controller
Turbonetics 7575 hpc turbo .96 AR
10 an drain
Turbosmart oil pressure regulator 4an feed 4an return to pan.
Oil filter relocation kit 10 an in fender.
Custom Y pipe and bassani catback for the torque arm and panhard bar.
Probably a bunch of other stuff I can't remember

Body
99/01 cobra bumper
Trufiber a42 hood "saleen E hood"
03/04 cobra mirrors
35th anniversary LE side skirts
03/04 mach 1 sail panels
99/01 cobra tail lights
Awaiting install of a 3 piece saleen wing.
Staggered 17x9 17x10 black saleens
255/35/17 federal rs ss tires in front
315/35/17 toyo r888 original in rear

Anyway. I'll post more of this as it goes. Hopefully the project will come to a close soon.

Yowzah! That’s an impressive list. Was the car “green with envy” because Big Red was getting all the attention? Sounds like that’s about to change!

 

[Akurma]

Are those just shaved valve covers? they look sooo good! What fittings did you use to convert the PCV holes to AN?

 

[Snorky]

Are those just shaved valve covers? they look sooo good! What fittings did you use to convert the PCV holes to AN?

Shaved oem valve covers, lightly used an angle grinder on the bulk and a Drexel around the filler neck. Then lightly sand smooth. Use a good adhesion promoter. A few coats of filler primer. Can smooth further if needed. Then a sealer primer and a top coat. If you go gloss you will need to put in a lot of extra work making it smooth and flat, satin will hide a lot of imperfections.

I will take a glance at where I purchased those and let you know. I ended up opening the drivers side hole and used a similar grommet to the passenger pcv to hold the push in adapters.

Earls performance part numbers
LS0038ERL 8 an
LS0039ERL 10 an

Yowzah! That’s an impressive list. Was the car “green with envy” because Big Red was getting all the attention? Sounds like that’s about to change!

That's pretty funny. Yeah I need to give the green car love and just finish up what needs to be done and tune it. Then iron out some suspension clunks, add the saleen 3 piece wing and do some paint correction. Maybe paint some 18" saleen wheels hypercoat or black chrome. Found the only manufacturer for hypercoat and black chrome paints.

 

[Snorky]

Decided today would be a green car day today. Poor thing is feeling neglected. Pulled the drivers head. Leaking a bit out if all 4 exhaust valves.. that stinks.. cleaned them up and did a light hand lap. Still leak some. Balls... not surprised so hopefully I can bring them to the machine shop this week.

Next I decided to tackle and take round 2 fitting the saleen 3 piece spoiler.
Then I spent over an hour fitting the passenger ger side burn. And when I mean fitting I mean shaving it down with a flap wheel on an angle grinder. Pain in the ass. But it fits now. Voila! Spent about an. Hour on the drivers side butbits not finished yet.another day.


A good day for installing a controversial looking wing.

 

[96blak54]

I have yet to find a pi exhaust valve that did not leak closed on the seat and the seat and valve sealing surface not look like hammered dog$hit.

 

[Snorky]

I have yet to find a pi exhaust valve that did not leak closed on the seat and the seat and valve sealing surface not look like hammered dog$hit.

Riddle me this. I flip the head upside down. Fill the chambers with washer fluid and nothing comes through. But if I blow compressed air directly at the valve I see it bubbling. The valves are manleys and are pitted from well.. probably sitting for so long after having the thing shot down with gas and methanol. And I mean like 7 years of nearly no use. The leak down failed. Only other option is rering the bottom end