Paul's Fox Body Restoration Build (Updated 11.29.14 - We Have Fuel Pressure)

Musturd · Nov 28, 2012

What stuff did you use on the pannels . SEM ? They don't even sell the good stuff here in Canada I had to get all mine from across the border. I tried some local stuff it came out so shiney,I'm glad I tested it on a g body interior piece lol. The home stretch is coming now I interior assembly. Are you hoping to have it out for next season

Paul · Nov 29, 2012

Musturd said:
What stuff did you use on the pannels . SEM ? They don't even sell the good stuff here in Canada I had to get all mine from across the border. I tried some local stuff it came out so shiney,I'm glad I tested it on a g body interior piece lol. The home stretch is coming now I interior assembly. Are you hoping to have it out for next season

Yep. SEM interior paint. Landau black is the correct color. You can order the correct paint and supplies from NPD. I got them local because we have a big automotive paint supply place. I don't know when it will run. I stopped making predictions a very long time ago.

5ptSlow said:
Paul,

since you've practically taken your entire engine apart...how long do you think it would take to rip the motor out, take it apart, clean the parts, and assemble it back together?

My buddy has done something similar but it took him two weeks at about 2hrs a day average.

I haven't taken "practically" the entire engine apart... I took the entire engine apart. I built the motor myself. To do what I did required hundreds of hours of sanding, powdercoating, measuring, test fitting, and general agony.

Musturd said:
Yea I think I added about 65 lbs or so but the car lost weight places coilovers control arms k member blah blah. My coupe weighs in at 2900 with me in it on my bogarts at the strip

I wouldn't believe that unless I saw it. I've only seen two cars that light, and they were completely gutted racecar Pre-86 Capris with nothing in them.

belber095 said:
coming along nicely paul. better hope that table full a screws doesn't fall over though

My bench is 3 meters long and weighs about 400 pounds, so I think I'll be alright.

Paul.

Musturd · Nov 29, 2012

Lol I will gladly take a pic on the scale. This coming season with me inside the car. I must have one of the lightest sn95's around if 2900 lbs is hard to believe with a fox coupe. My sn95 weighed 3050 with me in it partially gutted no rear seat spare tire etc.

greenscobie86 · Nov 29, 2012

Nice to see this thread making traction again. Really makes me wanna go out and do the exact same thing as you. Buy a new 5.0 and rebuild my Cobra in the same fashion on the side. But I'm a tightwad and keep saving all my money so it wont happen lol....

Paul · Nov 29, 2012

I certainly wouldn't be able to do this a few years ago. Now I have a really good job and it's more difficult to find the time/motivation to work on the car than it is to find money to buy parts.

Paul.

g36 monkey · Nov 29, 2012

Wish I was in that boat ;p

Paul · Nov 29, 2012

It's one of the benefits of being 32 instead of 22.

Paul.

g36 monkey · Nov 30, 2012

True. Well, if you need someone to take a wheel barrow of cash from you. I'll make the drive, don't even worry ;p

Paul · Nov 30, 2012

Had a few wins today, and some frustration.

I got my newly-powdercoated battery box installed, hopefully for the last time. I also flipped the kill switch upside down and hooked it back up so it's "Push Off" now which Croke and Todd said is required by NHRA. It looks really nice now. Big thanks to Adam for the ton of crap that I had coated.

I was cleaning up and looming the wiring behind the dash and in the engine bay for all the gauges.

I hooked up:
- Oil pressure sender
- Water temp sender
- Boost/Vacuum sender, and mounted it to the firewall
- OEM Engine Coolant Temp
- OEM Air Charge Temp
- Had fuel pressure sender hooked up to the FPR, but...

...I have my Aeromotive pressure regulator mounted directly to the back of the passenger rail. It worked great on the Unicorn. However, with the stock heater hardlines in place on the lower intake, and the rubber hoses that hook them up to the heater core, there's just too much crap in the way and I can't make it all fit. I drove all the way to Loper's to get a -6AN straight, but that didn't help. I'm going to have to reconfigure some stuff and mount the FPR remotely someplace else. Perhaps the back of the passenger strut tower. Of course ,this means another trip to Loper's for a -10AN ORB to -8AN male flare. :|

I also got the visors installed. I got the mounts powdercoated satin black so they look great. And I finished installing the headliner trim. It looks great.

I'm going to keep plugging away on the motor tomorrow to get the fuel system hooked back up. I'll also try to get some more engine wiring connected. If all goes well, maybe I'll grease the window guides and install the door panels.

Oh, and my passenger rear brake line is leaking fluid. :|

Paul.

got5.0 · Nov 30, 2012

Paul's gay. Handz for life.

I know you're just trying to be funny but please keep your bullsh*t to a minimum.

-white95

95riosnake · Nov 30, 2012

The car is lookin great Paul, I love the attention to detail with all the new interior pieces.

g36 monkey · Dec 1, 2012

The brake should be pretty easy. I was showing people pictures of your car today. Everyone is just drooling at how clean your undercarriage is. Everything on this car is so pristine, I love it.

MustangChris · Dec 1, 2012

damn. slow n steady wins the race...

Paul · Dec 2, 2012

I didn't work on the car too much yesterday and today, but I did some stuff...

Here's pics of the completed headliner and sun visors. The trim is now complete around the roof. All of it was painted so it all looks nice and new.

I had the visor holders coated satin black so they blend in.

Battery Box completed pics. Looks much better black.

Got the fuel system buttoned up. This was kind of a chore because stuff wasn't fitting where I wanted it to. I still may have to move it depending on how the air inlet fits, but at least it's to the point where it can be pressure tested for leaks. The wires for the fuel pressure gauge will need to be lengthened to reach it.

Here's some pics from last weekend when Croke was wiring up the Croke Dash. Because of the complexity of all the LED lighting and the Nexus Gauges that all need to be networked together, it took about ten hours.

Now I'm trying to put all the wires in loom, generally clean it up and organize it, and install the cluster.

My rear seat delete and rear package tray should be here from LRS this week. I'm looking forward to getting that because once that's installed, I can put in the console, the harness bar, and the seats, which will make a huge difference in how the interior looks.

More to come...

Paul.