Refreshing the Snake

[mustangspartan]

When installing my springs i should have looked futher indepth to the process and into more how it effects geometry of the cars front end and the change in pinion angle.

Upr caster camber plates if you go more then a inch these are going to be a wise choice.

PINION ANGLE!!! If you dont know about it read up on it.. Anyone wanting to go lower should understand it before doing it. Its not hard at all and actually asy concept but talk about driveline vibration.

After doing my rearend with everything even after the correction of the pinion angle i still had a slight vibration

Eithe one of two options you have either go get it balanced again or better yet get a aluminum one.. I will have to say the gears,short throw, and this driveshaft sure make it a little more rev happy and your smile huge. There is a noticable difference in the feel of the car maybe not much in the actual get up and go.

 

[miss2slocoupe]

i need that drive shaft and those caster camber plates LOL j/k its coming along nice! and other plans?

 

[mustangspartan]

Yup tearing the engine and tranny out right now. Got trick flow heads tfs1 cam. Pro products street balancer. Ford racing Double timing chain motor mounts. Sct chip tune. 1/2 inch cobra spacer 70 mm tb bbk. Bbk lt and off road x. Sending lower intake to tmoss to be ported today. Ford racing t5 rebuild kit. Egr delete. So next two weeks will be fun have more that I need to post that I didn't yet but the original list for the drive train is all done

 

[miss2slocoupe]

wow! love the plans! you werent kidding when you said refreshing

 

[mustangspartan]

Yeah but like a bumbass i totally overlooked the pedestral mounting dont work on trick flow and do on afr so that little im going to spend on the new rockers could have been for those arf.. OH THE SAME.. Someone hit me lol..

 

[mustangspartan]

Engine In looking all nasty... But still loveable.. No not ok to be a snake and loveable...

Engine and tranny out.. Now time to degrease and send it off to get the door fixed while i go and start the teardown of the engine and tranny..

No project is ever complete without a little bloodshed

 

[miss2slocoupe]

looking good! and man that engine bay issss gross!!!! but its coming along nice

 

[dutch]

Want to see lots o pics of those headlights installed, they look awesome!

 

[mustangspartan]

Ill post what i have i need to take them back off and remount anyways since its going to the shop.


Ok engine is out and starting to come apart and its just sad.. For 95K on a cobra you wouldnt think there was this much crap on it...

Intake off and cleaned being shipped to tmoss Tomorrow start taking the rest of the engine stuff off and then rebuildint the tranny.

So Summit I want to slap you

Great customer service shipped them out when i called..

Also got my pushrods,intake and exhaust gaskets, plus new head bolts

Oh forgot to say new magazine for down time..

 

[mustangspartan]

Did a little cleaing with the pressure washer. Loaded the valley with towels and then taped over.. (kinda crappy but no lower intake to use) work great btw

Came out not to bad at all.. Now more tear down..

Scorpion 1.72 RR STUD MOUNTED GRRRRRRRRRR

Presents from BBK with a nice set of LT and matching Off road X

Covers off and getting ready for removal of the heads. So sad not using those nice cobra RR Live and learn )

Need to get more photos of what i got lol.. Missing a few things. Update tomorrow then

 

[miss2slocoupe]

very nice rocker arms and long tubes!!! the headers will set the car off!

 

[mustangspartan]

Thanks yeah its coming along great now.. Going to rip into the tranny this week and make that beast nice also.. I just hope after this build i will leave it alone for about a yr at least and either buy my viper and then have time to do a nice 408 combo or 396 dont know yet but want it really streetable and still fun to kill corvettes.

 

[mustangspartan]

Trick flow pushrods and head bolts

 

[mustangspartan]

Lots of pictures to add but update is everything has been torn completely down now.. Pulled the pan and number 1 rod cap and didnt like the little bit of wear so i polished her up and grabbed new bearings. Block is now honed and freeze plugs and cam bearings out.. Tue going to put it in the hot tank and wash it up then start assembley. Have the trans apart also looked at the third gear and didnt like the amount of wear on the slider teeth so i called astro perfromance and picked up a new one also picked up cluster gear support.. http://www.astroperformance.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/29/products_id/301 Now lets just hope since everything has been completely done and looked at ill be good for a few yrs.. Not to say im not going to upgrade a few more things like a msd ignition and things like that but the main stuff will be done.. Also car is now done at the body shop. Door was fixed and fresh paint on the rockers and front bummper with a nice 3000 grit wet sand and buff job. Looking new.

 

[Tommy92]

Where'd you get your headlights?

 

[mustangspartan]

Ebay has them on and off. Im going to pick up another set and modify them with i projector fitting and convert to hids. They are nice gives the car a nice look. Usually 100 bucks with shipping and easy to install just make sure to go and seal them up more..

 

[Tommy92]

Sweet, thanks
I loved the dark look but I can't see crap with my smoked headlights. Do you have trouble with visibility at night with those headlights?

 

[mustangspartan]

Not at all they are clear as day. Im also running a little brighter bulb in them but they are just as good as my clear cobras were.

 

[Tommy92]

Awesome, I'll pick one up myself. Thanks!

 

[Mustang Mark]

i think i may have to pick up an aluminum driveshaft, i replaced the u joints in mine and it still has a nasty vibration above 60 mph