US Soldier(stang 98)
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looking good bro. this is an awsome car
Latest progress. Pics...
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OnyxCobra
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lol that vid is total crap!
Some problems today, but got the wheel wells in... lock lugs off the back... and a bunch of other small ****.
Chris did the oil change before i arrived there was a little metal in there... the short block only had 6k miles on it before i put it in... and the oil pan had some shavings in it from who i bought it from i cleaned them the best i could but there was probably some small stuff still there.
Going to change it in a few hundred miles to be sure...
On the way home i was following chris when little fireballs started dripping from the car. I had him pull over and it turns out a vac line was resting on the header and burning up...
Cut line shorter and reconnected to fix it and we went for a cruise.
put about 40 miles on the car... car still goes nice part throttle i try not to get on it because it will pop here and there. The car is loud and i dont like it... We were next to a cop and i thought he was going to pull us over... MY leg is hurting from driving a cable clutch again... used to the focus' mushy pedal.
Still need to get the QH back to tune it.
Cold start ups also are rough... Once its warm the car runs great...
Idles at AFR's about 16
Cruises in the mid to low 15's
Chris takes good photos:
Chris did the oil change before i arrived there was a little metal in there... the short block only had 6k miles on it before i put it in... and the oil pan had some shavings in it from who i bought it from i cleaned them the best i could but there was probably some small stuff still there.
Going to change it in a few hundred miles to be sure...
On the way home i was following chris when little fireballs started dripping from the car. I had him pull over and it turns out a vac line was resting on the header and burning up...
Cut line shorter and reconnected to fix it and we went for a cruise.
put about 40 miles on the car... car still goes nice part throttle i try not to get on it because it will pop here and there. The car is loud and i dont like it... We were next to a cop and i thought he was going to pull us over... MY leg is hurting from driving a cable clutch again... used to the focus' mushy pedal.
Still need to get the QH back to tune it.
Cold start ups also are rough... Once its warm the car runs great...
Idles at AFR's about 16
Cruises in the mid to low 15's
Chris takes good photos:
greenscobie86
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Glad to hear you got it up and running... Nice progress...
Some scares and some progress today...
Went to the library with my girlfriend this morning and while trying to look for books on custom interior and fiberglass work i spied an old "The best of HOT ROD magazine vol 6"
I open it up and flip though and what do you know... TFS / KPI hiports... a head with BASICALLY NO data online for.
So i start reading...
Hmmm looks familiar:
Cut away views show huge ports...
Flow data...
Dyno data:
Then i read uses 1/2'' head bolts... must retap block... SO i panic... knowing that i used stock 7/16'' bolts... and i sort of remembered some sort of washers... so i started looking and couldn't find anything showing that i did the right thing.
So i panicked some more and went to work on the car with chris.
By the time i got there chris had already had the inside of the car apart and the vert top cylinder in.
So he finished refilling the system and the top works like new!
Then we got it on the lift and since chris noticed the day before that the rear brake lines were a little iffy i came prepared to make some new lines... Little did i know chris being the nice guy had bought rear soft lines for me and wont tell me what he paid...
I had my SS line from my front kit still sitting...
As you can see rusty crap:
So i ran to autozone and bought a 6ft of 3/16'' lines... came back and started bending... Chris finished up and we moved on to the line lock up front.
We finished up with the line lock and bled the brakes and now there is no leaks and the system is solid!
So since we still have a little time chris rebalanced the front tires since the car has been sitting and we washed and vac'd out the car again.
Chris drove it back to his house and the brakes work nicely!
SO i start panicing about the head bolt issue and find a pic of the heads after they were just rebuilt..
Looks like the spacers are there to me... So chris went out to look only to find.... some green under the head bolt... (the spacers are on the bottom bolts!)
Upon reading i guess i needed to put rtv on the bolts because they go in to the water jackets... BLAH
Went to the library with my girlfriend this morning and while trying to look for books on custom interior and fiberglass work i spied an old "The best of HOT ROD magazine vol 6"
I open it up and flip though and what do you know... TFS / KPI hiports... a head with BASICALLY NO data online for.
So i start reading...
Hmmm looks familiar:
Cut away views show huge ports...
Flow data...
Dyno data:
Then i read uses 1/2'' head bolts... must retap block... SO i panic... knowing that i used stock 7/16'' bolts... and i sort of remembered some sort of washers... so i started looking and couldn't find anything showing that i did the right thing.
So i panicked some more and went to work on the car with chris.
By the time i got there chris had already had the inside of the car apart and the vert top cylinder in.
So he finished refilling the system and the top works like new!
Then we got it on the lift and since chris noticed the day before that the rear brake lines were a little iffy i came prepared to make some new lines... Little did i know chris being the nice guy had bought rear soft lines for me and wont tell me what he paid...
I had my SS line from my front kit still sitting...
As you can see rusty crap:
So i ran to autozone and bought a 6ft of 3/16'' lines... came back and started bending... Chris finished up and we moved on to the line lock up front.
We finished up with the line lock and bled the brakes and now there is no leaks and the system is solid!
So since we still have a little time chris rebalanced the front tires since the car has been sitting and we washed and vac'd out the car again.
Chris drove it back to his house and the brakes work nicely!
SO i start panicing about the head bolt issue and find a pic of the heads after they were just rebuilt..
Looks like the spacers are there to me... So chris went out to look only to find.... some green under the head bolt... (the spacers are on the bottom bolts!)
Upon reading i guess i needed to put rtv on the bolts because they go in to the water jackets... BLAH
white98stang
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looks like youre coming along man. Good Job on that engine bay!
Little more since i never update on this forum....
Finished the H pipe... Few exhaust pics and videos...
VIDEOS:
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/?action=view¤t=DSCF2039.mp4
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/?action=view¤t=DSCF2040.mp4
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/?action=view¤t=DSCF2041.mp4
Top is off... Windshield is out... Area is primered and windshield is ready to go in..
At $17 a can this stuff is well worth the $$$$
Sprayed once and got some fish eye:
Cleaned with thinner and gave a second coat:
Chris finished welding the tubes:
Finished the H pipe... Few exhaust pics and videos...
VIDEOS:
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/?action=view¤t=DSCF2039.mp4
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/?action=view¤t=DSCF2040.mp4
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/blindfoldedhope/?action=view¤t=DSCF2041.mp4
Top is off... Windshield is out... Area is primered and windshield is ready to go in..
At $17 a can this stuff is well worth the $$$$
Sprayed once and got some fish eye:
Cleaned with thinner and gave a second coat:
Chris finished welding the tubes:
98v6er
Active Member
Looks great, nice progress.
GT Rob
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Sick looken ride very clean engine bay
greenscobie86
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Coming along jsut great!
bottlefed97
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Very nice!
