Next I installed the new driver’s side toe board. I didn’t cut quite as much of the old area out as I did on the passenger’s side. I didn’t want to have to remove the steering column, nor deal with making the correct holes in the ...
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After removing the old driver’s side frame rail extension, it was clear a patch was needed for the back of the actual frame rail where it meets the extension. I cut out the old, and made a patch out of 14 ga., forming it on a concrete block with ...
read moreDS inner rocker patches
Just like on the passenger’s side, I had to make a few patches to the inner rocker on the driver’s side. Nothing too drastic, just cut out the areas with a cut off wheel, cut new pieces out of 14 ga. to fit, and welded them in. I ...
read moreDriver’s side destruction
Okay I haven’t been keeping up to date with this. The next several posts will be on stuff that I did a few weeks ago. I’m back at school now, so the car will hopefully be getting finished when I go home for winter break.
I ripped out ...
read moreValve springs again
I’m still trying to figure out this valve spring bit. I looked at the other engine I have that has the stock springs and it looks the coils touch just about as much as mine do in some places. I have no idea if I’m okay with these ...
read moreValve spring coil bind…
I’ve been waiting to do any engine work until I got it in the car, but I decided to go ahead and check to see if things were approximately going to work or not. I took a couple of the lifters that came with the rebuild kit and soaked ...
read morePS rear under seat patch
Since I cut out the floor above the rear torque box when I removed it, I needed to patch the floor. There’s a reproduction piece for it, but it has a tunnel for the parking brake cable, whereas my car has a flat floor with the cable mounted with ...
read morePS seat pan
As I mentioned in my last post, I got the passenger side seat pan basically in place. It seems to be a little too narrow, but it’ll work.
Passenger side seat
pan in place
PS seat pan again Cylinder head volume
I checked the combustion chamber volumes on my new head last night. I picked up a syringe from Petsmart and used a piece of clear plastic from the front of a cd case. The first thing I did was mark the outline of the chamber on the plastic. Then I ...
read moreWith 16 in. wheels
And for the last part of the giant update of tonight, a few days ago I decided to see about what it would look like with 16” wheels. They’re 2000 Mustang wheels and it’s a 255/50/R16 drag radial. They look a lot better than the stock ...
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