🔧 BUILD LikeABauce302's 427 SBF Twin Turbo Build. 404 Error: LS Content Not Found

[01Cobra]

Had a good view of this car at GLD.

 

[LikeABauce302]

Well that escalated quickly

 

[01Cobra]

Gif getting use this week.

 

[LikeABauce302]

Gif getting use this week.

Just wait until you get the invoice for Cobra half shaft replacement.

 

[GLADIATOR]

 

[LikeABauce302]

 

[LikeABauce302]

I'm finally getting started on swapping the new engine into the car. This past weekend I removed the trans and started taking things apart in the engine bay. At this point the engine is just being held in place by two bolts. I'll remove the hood and lift the engine out sometime this week. Once the engine is out, there is a small spot of rust on the passenger side frame rail that I want to fix before it gets any worse. It's just one spot about the size of a quarter where I noticed the paint bubbling.

I also began prepping the 427 for installation. I mocked up the headers and front motor plate. It's a tight squeeze, but the headers clear. I need to open up the water pump holes in the motor plate because they are slightly smaller than the ports on my Meziere electric water pump. I'll come up with a solution for that next weekend.

Now that the transmission is out, I will be sending it out to have the bell housing cut off and replaced with one that is SFI certified. I also need to order a new torque converter. I'll be figuring that out this week.

Here are some progress pics

 

[greasy]

God damn this thing is going to be a MONSTER!

 

[LikeABauce302]

I'm really hoping to have this car moving under it's own power this year. I'm going to try to do as much of the turbo fab as I can, but may end up calling in some help to finish welding the piping so I don't end up with a leaky mess.

My fuel system should be here within the next week and I just ordered an intercooler from CG fab. With most of the parts on hand now, I will be making progress pretty quickly.

 

[01bluesnake]

Coming along really nice, good work!

 

[BOTTLEFED]

Yes!!! I like where this is going!

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

f'n awesome !

 

[IDAFC21]

 

[stock-t-bird]

nice work matt...car has come a looooonnng waayyy

 

[Jeffs FRC]

So this is how shit gets done when you don’t have kids! What engine management do you run?

 

[LikeABauce302]

So this is how shit gets done when you don’t have kids! What engine management do you run?

It certainly does make it a little easier to work on the car without having kids lol. I have a Holley EFI HP system. It's been in the car for a few seasons. I purposely learned how to use it on the cheaper engine before I melt down one I care about.

 

[LikeABauce302]

Christmas came! I have some work to do now. I need to get this stuff on the car because I'm running out of room. I have parts scattered everywhere across the garage at the moment.

 

[IDAFC21]

Just look at those welds!

 

[LikeABauce302]

These parts are way too nice for my car ?. I'm excited to start putting everything together. I'll be in the garage tonight getting some work done.

 

[greasy]

Works of art! Looks sick!

 

[LikeABauce302]

Did a little more work this weekend. I finally pulled the old engine out. In typical fox body fashion I found a little bit of rust at the bottom of the passenger side shock tower.

There was a small spot where the paint was bubbling. I took a punch and hammer and gave it a couple whacks to see if it was solid, but sure enough it punched right through. I couldn't get any before pics because I quickly grabbed the cutoff wheel and went to town . Luckily it was pretty minor and I was able to find clean metal without too much cutting. I'll pick up some steel plate tomorrow and weld it back up before next weekend.

"Old" engine that had less than 1,000 street miles and maybe 25 quarter mile passes on it .

Typical fox body feature

After some cutting, I found clean metal and it's almost ready to be welded back together.

 

[greasy]

It is called weight reduction!

 

[EmersonHart13]

Loving the constant updates on IG! Keep up the good work!

 

[LikeABauce302]

It is called weight reduction!

I thought about sticking an LED light in there and covering the hole with Lexan

 

[LikeABauce302]

Finally making some progress on the car again. A few weeks ago I ran into a road block while test fitting the engine. I couldn't get the engine down as low as I wanted, due to oil pan clearance issues with the K-member and steering rack. Since I'm mounting the engine to the body with plates, I was just going to space the K-member down and call it a day. As I removed my ancient AJE K-member, I decided to just sell it and order a new one from Team Z with matching A-arms. Like everything else currently, I had to wait for the new stuff to arrive. Fortunately it was only 4 weeks. I think the powder coater was backed up.

Here is a pic of the first test fit of the new engine. Header clearance is a little tight, but it fits like a glove.

Then out came the engine again and now the K-member.

While the engine was back on the stand and my hands were tied waiting for suspension parts, I figured now was a good time to install my Motion Raceworks billet valve covers and coil brackets

Now fast forward to this past weekend when my new K-member and A-arms arrived. Yesterday I spent all afternoon in the garage and got the front end mostly put back together. The steering shaft doesn't reach now, but I think that will be an easy fix.

New K-member and A-arms installed, plus new Viking Crusader front coilovers and rear shocks installed. Ignore the ugly engine bay. Once I'm done with fab work, I'm going to pull the engine back out and paint it.

And while I was motivated and making quick progress, I went ahead and hung my BBRC fuel tank and Magnafuel 750 pump.

This weekend I'm going to try to get the engine back in it so I can figure out how and where to mount turbos.