BUILD Strtcar's 1986 Mustang Convertible

[DEEZUZ]

What's that thing weigh 97 lbs?

 

[strtcar]

What's that thing weigh 97 lbs?

Something like that, its not the actual taking the trans down that's the bitch, its all the other misc bs you have to remove, then get to the bellhousing bolts, once all thats down, dropping it down with a jack takes 2 mins.

 

[strtcar]

Glad this part is done, on to cleaning and figuring out what the heck all this wiring & vacuum hose is.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

If you were going to just yank the engine you should have probably done it as a unit honestly. Something like that it's almost always easier to yank both.

 

[strtcar]

If you were going to just yank the engine you should have probably done it as a unit honestly. Something like that it's almost always easier to yank both.

I thought about that but honestly once all the stuff was pulled off the the trans it was easy to just pull it out and not deal with the crazy angles pulling them together.

 

[Pro Stock John]

LS time

 

[strtcar]

LS time

I'm so deep into all the ford stuff I've have collected over the last 6yrs I'm not sure if I want to change directions now. I'm probably being dumb and lazy because I don't want to learn another platform.

 

[FESTER665]

LS time

 

[LikeABauce302]

LS swaps are boring. Do something stupid like a big turbo 4G63 swap.

 

[strtcar]

Trying to talk myself out of smoothing the engine bay.

 

[LikeABauce302]

Trying to talk myself out of smoothing the engine bay.

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Buying premade panels like the ones from Scott Rod simplify the job a lot.

 

[BOTTLEFED]

seeing that makes me forget how much crap is actually under the hood of these.

 

[strtcar]

Nothing to see here, just removing harness and figuring out what I need to keep.

 

[FESTER665]

Buying premade panels like the ones from Scott Rod simplify the job a lot.

The body shop that smoothed my engine bay used my scotts panels and they came out great....

 

[strtcar]

And I thought SF connector install sucked.....

 

[Five-0]

Building a moonshine rig? Just runs and drives and no lights or anything else.

 

[strtcar]

Started cleaning up an old 8.8 rear I had laying in the garage for 8yrs. Removed the quad shock brackets, going to have to blasted, welded, and powder coated.

 

[strtcar]

Over the weekend I did a big garage clean-out, moved the car over to the other side for the "winter build season". Over the winter I'd like to get the following completed:
1) Remove interior and install new heater core, ac evap, manual pedal box.
2) Build 8.8
3) Replace the entire front and rear suspension along with new brake lines
4) Install hydroboost
5) Paint engine bay

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

So uh...you're swapping a Buick 3.8 in this aren't you?

 

[strtcar]

So uh...you're swapping a Buick 3.8 in this aren't you?

I just took the junker 3.8 out.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

..... so you're putting in the Buick 3.8/3800 then? Ford did such a poor job of copying buick for their 3.8

 

[strtcar]

..... so you're putting in the Buick 3.8/3800 then? Ford did such a poor job of copying buick for their 3.8

naa unfortunately I'm building a 347

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Pussy

Its okay though a lot of people are afraid of true power..... just as long as you got rid of that piss poor 3.8 copycat pos

 

[strtcar]

Just when I thought it couldn't get any worst.....it did. What a PITA.

 

[strtcar]

Well an unexpected purchase occurred today. Got a great deal on a slightly used stock block 331, Scat rods & crank, racetec pistons (10:1). It's basically the same thing I would have done to the 347 I planned on building for 1/3 the price. Selling the Anderson n41 to Five-0 and going to go with custom cam from FTI.