🔧 BUILD Five-0’s 86 Notcho

[Mr_Roboto]

Interior looks really good, I think you'll be glad you took the effort in the end.

 

[greasy]

Thanks Jim! Gotta join the foxbody gang ?

I’m trying, get your buddy to sell his white GT! ???????

 

[Five-0]

Interior looks really good, I think you'll be glad you took the effort in the end.

Agreed, it’s a big project, but having a basically restored interior will be really nice.

 

[Five-0]

chipping away at the interior still. Cleaned the carpets. Not perfect, but much cleaner and under some new mats it’ll be just fine. Re-upholstered the rear seats and installed the rear console bracket that was missing. I’m no upholsterer, but I think they came out really nice.

 

[Terminator-Fux]

Saving the original carpet is the way to go. All aftermarket options are shit. Make the interior a nice place to be since where do you spend the most time when you drive the car... I never understood how people can have nice cars but roached interiors. Looks good Jimbo!

 

[Five-0]

Saving the original carpet is the way to go. All aftermarket options are shit. Make the interior a nice place to be since where do you spend the most time when you drive the car... I never understood how people can have nice cars but roached interiors. Looks good Jimbo!

Thanks Smiley! I agree, I want to be comfortable inside and I’m happy with how it’s coming together. My plan is a minty interior, clean engine, nice wheels and leave the exterior.

 

[Five-0]

Got the console in. It’s rock solid now. Also did some filing and notching to get the Holley screen to fit there next to the boost gauge. It now sits where the AFR gauge was since the Holley will show that. New knob too for some bling. The Holley should be getting installed in a few weeks if all goes well.

 

[Five-0]

Finished re-upholstering the front seats. Still working on drilling and re-tapping the broken seat belt bolts and then I can finish up the interior.

 

[HeavyG]

Excited about this build ? ? ?

 

[greasy]

Looking noice Jimbo!!!!

 

[Five-0]

Thanks guys! I’ll keep the updates coming as I pick away at it. Busy week and start of the month is keeping me from working on it.

 

[Five-0]

Put in some work last week and through this weekend. Cut the hole in the fender well to fit the Anderson power pipe so I could put a filter on this thing. Even put some vintage door edge guard around the cut to keep it from getting chewed up more. The downside is I can no longer use the strut tower brace as I had to re-clock the supercharger for the power pipe clearance. I painted a couple things and detailed out the engine bay.

I also finally finished up the interior. Had to drill and tap the 2 front lap belt bolts that sheared off. Added some nice new floor mats to set it off. Still need to re-do the window seals for the doors and replace the missing map pocket. Otherwise it’s “done”

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Nice!

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

By the love of all things holy has there been a replacement for that damn elbow and spacer ring for the Power pipe yet? God I hated that thing.

 

[Five-0]

By the love of all things holy has there been a replacement for that damn elbow and spacer ring for the Power pipe yet? God I hated that thing.

Nope! Same rubber 90 and spacer ring in the fender. I skipped the spacer though and just slapped the filter on the end of it.

 

[Terminator-Fux]

The seats turned out awesome. A good place for your ass for sure. Is that trim molding from 1980?

 

[Five-0]

The seats turned out awesome. A good place for your ass for sure. Is that trim molding from 1980?

Thanks! For a basement re-upholstery job and my first time doing it I think they came out nice.

I found the trim at my dads and said I have the perfect use for it. Very likely from the 80s or early 90s

 

[Five-0]

Period correct. I know what I have!

 

[Five-0]

So the car is together, but not without drama. I took the car out the other week and it died on me within 1/2 a mile. Then the temp spiked immediately. Died another 6 times limping it home with the heat blaring to keep the temps as low as possible.

Did some digging and found air pouring out from the throttle body/spacer. Ordered new gaskets, thermostat and a neat coolant funnel. All that comes in and I start working on it about 10PM on Friday. Find the gasket completely blown out. New gaskets would hardly make a seal with this throttle body and spacer set-up. strtcar saves the day and I buy his Accufab 75MM set-up since he doesn’t need it yet. So I make that round trip Saturday morning.

I start working on it Saturday night and get it bolted up but fighting with the couplers as they technically are a little small for the larger TB. I get it installed finally and then my throttle cable is binding, but I finally get that aligned after some choice words. The car finally runs and stays running! So I use the awesome coolant funnel (best purchase ever) and successfully burp the system of air and no more overheating!

 

[Five-0]

I was finally able to take the car and my boys to a cruise night in it. Still needs some touching up on the tune, but it’s drivable. More updates next week if all goes well.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Epic win on being able to hit the cruise. After the frustrating time I had with throttle bodies doing the TPI on the Astro, I think I'd be ripping someone a new one over that. It's the most frustrating thing in the world because you think stuff should run, but it just doesn't.

 

[greasy]

So the car is together, but not without drama. I took the car out the other week and it died on me within 1/2 a mile. Then the temp spiked immediately. Died another 6 times limping it home with the heat blaring to keep the temps as low as possible.

Did some digging and found air pouring out from the throttle body/spacer. Ordered new gaskets, thermostat and a neat coolant funnel. All that comes in and I start working on it about 10PM on Friday. Find the gasket completely blown out. New gaskets would hardly make a seal with this throttle body and spacer set-up. strtcar saves the day and I buy his Accufab 75MM set-up since he doesn’t need it yet. So I make that round trip Saturday morning.
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I start working on it Saturday night and get it bolted up but fighting with the couplers as they technically are a little small for the larger TB. I get it installed finally and then my throttle cable is binding, but I finally get that aligned after some choice words. The car finally runs and stays running! So I use the awesome coolant funnel (best purchase ever) and successfully burp the system of air and no more overheating!
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I thought that was the funnel, I have the same one!

 

[Five-0]

My sentiment for this car right now

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Did it explode?

 

[The Beast]

My sentiment for this car right now

How much u want send me a pm