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A little update for those interested...



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Lessons learned:
1) No matter how many places the documentation says there is no oil in the crankcase(at least 7) always check the drain plug first! Thank god for kitty litter!
2) Minor modifications to existing cover may be necessary. -Means you need to own a friggin machine shop to get your existing part to fit.
3) Always check the Internet sites when your local store says "That part has to be specially made by the manufacturer... It'll take at least 10 buisness days to get it here" - The custom part was ordered at 7:30 that night... recieved the UPS Ground shipment at 10:30 the next morning from Summit Racing.
4) Local speed shops aren't intelligent enough to stay open on Sundays. -When the hell do you think people are doing the work on the cars?
5) Ford doesn't cover all modifications necessary to the engine when the documentation says "Modifications required for pre '73 Mustang installations" -In fact, I don't think they even bothered to look at a pre '73 when they wrote up the document!


In all it was a pretty easy install. In fact my wife helped mate up the engine to the tranny! I hope to have it started this Saturday.

Cool! So you heading out for the Woodward Dream Cruise in Aug. to show your project off?

"In fact my wife helped mate up the engine to the tranny!"

So do you expect any little engine/trannies anytime soon?

lol! Once in a while you need a little "Guidance" from the wife

Actually I plan on attending a show at the Silverdome on April 23. Still plenty of work to do!

Looks great, Clutch! Better hurry up, man! It's gonna be hot this weekend.

Nice work Clutch, looks pretty damn good.

Thanks guys!

Yeah, I wish I could have run it yesterday... lots of classics out blowing off the dust. I was following one guy in a 67 Chevelle that kept slowing down to 20mph then lighting them up and capping it off at 50. I was enjoying the show, but I think it was annoying the hell out of the other motorists.

Oh, here is a detail of the motor. (I'm gonna trim the gasket)






The motor is in Cast Iron high temp paint, and the aluminum pieces are High temp clear coat.

Looks like lots of care and attention to detail went into the assembly! It's the expensive way to do it, but the only right one!

Very nice work.

I'm being a lot less meticulous about my track racer, the only purpose is raping it on track anyway Plus, it makes for a good learning experience when I finally get to restore the limited-edition 323i I have stripped down two years ago. I hope to be able to do as fine a job as you seem to be doing

Nice job, that thing is really sweet.

Oh yea, shops close on Sundays because you arent supposed to be working on those days.

*Droools*

bah, american cars

Just kidding, it took a lot of work and effort to get that done, congrats

I demand a video, or atleast an audio clip, when you get ready to fire this baby up!

Top Wop wrote:Oh yea, shops close on Sundays because you arent supposed to be working on those days.

Hey, if I wanted to live in the middle ages, I'd be Amish, and I'd be driving a diffrent kind of Mustang! I firmly believe in the 24 hr society... I want my obscure parts, and I want them NOW!

Doh! Tri, Don't use the "E" word! My wife browses this board sometimes!

Oh, and I hope you had a nice supply of plastic tubs, sandwich bags, and sharpies when you tore that BMW down. This project is only 8 weeks old, and I was very religious about bagging and tagging every bolt and part I removed. (Tip... Mobil 1 does a great job of removing Sharpie ink from plastic bags!) Be sure to degrease your parts prior to bagging.

Oh, and MD, Video will be taken. The startup will be kind of lame because I have to break the motor in. Now the video I produce after 500 miles will be a little different! By the specs, this should be quite a wild ride!

you gonna be able to get the hood down on that air intake? Looks kinda high from those angles.

llClutchll wrote:Oh, and I hope you had a nice supply of plastic tubs, sandwich bags, and sharpies when you tore that BMW down. This project is only 8 weeks old, and I was very religious about bagging and tagging every bolt and part I removed. (Tip... Mobil 1 does a great job of removing Sharpie ink from plastic bags!) Be sure to degrease your parts prior to bagging.

Yep, I did. Those BMWs aren't very complicated and having four of them, they are getting quite familiar to me

My problem is to resist the temptation to compromise in order to keep the budget down. Being a student in Belgium is cheap, but not the kind of cheap you can afford full restos with..

Anyway, good job so far. Keep posting pictures I love seeing them!

Clutch, what kind of exhaust you gonna be putting on?
Something throaty I trust (and stainless)

Clutch! Saaawwweeeeeeett!


... i hate you....



Very nice man. Wish my old car models could have looked that nice. I guess you used a little more than rubber cement, huh?

Tricord wrote:My problem is to resist the temptation to compromise in order to keep the budget down. Being a student in Belgium is cheap, but not the kind of cheap you can afford full restos with..

That's a REALLY hard balance to achieve! I did mine in sections (Your project will never truly be done anyways)

Woody... That's one of those things that has to wait till some more cash comes my way. Right now it's dual Turbo Thrush behind a set of Hooker Competition headers feed by 2 1/2 inch pipes. Believe me, it sounds WAY better than the description sounds. (In fact the muffler shop just about refused to install the mufflers for me!)

When I (inherit/luck out/rob bank) I intend to gather up a full 3" Flowmaster or Magnaflow system (in stainless and powder coat) and install it myself.

One word, WOW ..... ok two words WOW NICE !








<bows head in vain jealosy !

Ace <-- Drooooooooools x2

Flowmasters I hear are the best accross tbe board. I would have put one in my Bonneville but I found out it already had the GM n10.