New Toys

[Bob Barker]

I love coming home to find the UPS truck has come by earlier than expected. It's like a quicky before work!


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Got my FMIC, 38mm wastegate longer braided oil feed/return lines and tubular header today, waiting on the turbo back exhaust and tubing for the FMIC and I can hopefully put the SVO together this weekend! YAAYY!!!

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This car is such a joy to drive. I actually enjoy it more than I ever did the Mach 1. Hopefully soon I'll get it registered and painted and enjoy it again.

[Ldub]

I love coming home to find the UPS truck has come by earlier than expected. It's like a quicky before work!


http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p127/jonbradley_photos/racing/001.jpg.

They left stuff on your WALL...:confused:

[Bob Barker]

Ha!

[samneil2000]

What's the power output going to be when you get that force-fed motor put back together?

[Bob Barker]

With a newer model CPU and larger injectors and some minor tuning the factory turbo will max out around 300rwhp. With a stand alone fuel system and MS2 and larger turbo and head work it will climb close to 500 at the wheels. But I don't have much interest in doing all the work needed for that. It's got a great list of upgrades already and is a decent car the way it sits. I'm hoping for high 12's with the new parts and weight reduction.

[samneil2000]

I believe there will be a new crop of turbo motors for folks to play with in the near future. I know Ford is about to release a 2.0 turbo four that will be the base engine in several vehicles. I'm sure other manufacturers will be doing similar. Then all we need is programmers and let the fun begin.

That car of yours sounds like a blast. The 5.0 stang has been done a bazillion different ways. It's cool to see something different.

[Bob Barker]

Well the SVO is a factory turbo 2.3. That's one of the reasons I got it, different from the majority. Same reason for the Mach 1 I had to sell, it was a very rare car and collectable, but wasn't near as fun to drive as this one! When I first bought it I was figuring to do some minor cosmetic repairs and upgrades and sell it for a small profit, then I got some time to drive it (23miles one way to work on freeways) in Houston and found out how much fun it was to drive. Then found a vehicross and decided I wanted one of those and had to choose between mustangs. SVO won in a landslide!

[Bob Barker]

I don't know if anyone here is following my little build, or even cares much, but here's a little update on some of the stuff I've been able to complete, and some of the problems I've come across so far. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get around the problems please share!


gettin' into it all!
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Old down pipe and stock manifold coming out
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New 3" DP waiting for me to make some room under the car for it!
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Think it'll flow better? hope so!
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Ran into a small problem mounting the header. This little booger won't line up through the header flange, I think because the primary is in the way. I'm waiting for a PM back from the manufacturer to see if this is a common problem and how to fix. I want to grind on the primary a little but that sounds kinda sketcy to me. Thin metal an all that noise...
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[Bob Barker]

I made a lot of progress tonight, but not ready to run yet. Hoped I would be posting a vid of exhaust but not this time. All the bolts in the header/turbo flange/oil drain tubes area all seem to be in the way of each other. I need to cut one of the t3 flange bolts shorter so I can tighten down the oil drain line, have to take out the other 3 bolts so the housing can rotate the compressor side away from the top of this bolt to make room for a wrench.

Then there is a problem with the coolant lines that run into and out of the fire wall for the heater core behind the dash, they are rubber lines and now rest on that huge *** down pipe. I started loosening them to get them off and measure for some steel braided line for replacement and managed to pop one of the lines out of the core and now it won't stay in there, so I'm thinking about bypassing that, it would also clean up the engine bay a little with two less hoses running through it, and I won't neet to worry about the DP melting or overheating coolant as it passes through those lines. Now I just have to figure out what runs where and what I can plug and what is necessary...

It's a real pain but I'm enjoying it so far. Had to cut the hangar hook for the stock down pipe off because it was too long to pull out of the rubber it was in. I'll be needing to weld that back on in position with the new pipe if I'm ever going to run any tail pipe and muffler.

Also the factory wastegate (internal) mounted to the turbine housing and that part was used as a flange to hold the housing to the wheel, and I have to cut a part of that off to use as a flange now to hold the housing on!

lots of pain in the butt stuff... wish I had a better shop and more tools!!!

I was telling Terrah how jealous I am of a guys garage with the sexy 10.5 car on another forum and she went out and got me some lights. It's no professional job, but my redneck engineering hasn't caused any electrical fires yet and it really lights things up, now I can keep the garage door closed all the time and still be able to see and not get carried away by mosquitos! Plus I just propped the door open and now it's air conditioned!

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[Bob Barker]

Here's what I got so far with the header and down pipe. I still haven't figured out how to assemble the wastegate, but haven't really set down to look at those parts yet either!
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Here's a couple pictures of the interference with the electric fans.
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All help is really appreciated! I'm giddy waiting for the thing to fire up so I can hear that massive exhaust!

[Triathlete]

Is that a Scott Addict in the background?:bwgy:

[Bob Barker]

If it sounds like I was talking to someone else, I was. These posts were originally on another forum for mustangs like mine.

[Bob Barker]

Is that a Scott Addict in the background?:bwgy:

sadly no... I couldn't afford the addict at the time I bought that. But it is a brand new Scott CR1 Team full carbon with a Shimano 105 groupo. It's a basic bike that's pretty nice for someone who's brand new to the cycling world. My other bike is a Specialized Stump Jumper.

[WormGod]

Thinking this would have been more fun.

http://www.customcrateengines.com/images/engines/articles/ford/427-crate/ford-427-crate-engine-01.jpg

Only worked with a handful of custom 427s in my lifetime and they are GEMS.

Of course, I don't think you can get a crate UNDER around $8k, heh.

[Bob Barker]

That's a sexeh engine. But I kind of like the underdog thing I got going!

[samneil2000]

Yeah, I like the whole making more with less thing of a turbo 4. I'm ready for you to get the kinks out and fire it up.
Looks like you'll need to cut that pipe and shorten it up and run it under the water line to clear the fans, but I dunno...

Good luck, and hurry up. :bgwb:

[Bob Barker]

The manufacturer suggested I return it and get a pipe made for a different car that has a connection in the middle of that pipe and is a bit shorter. But it will cost me $50 to get that pipe, when I can just get the shop where I work to cut out a couple inches of length and weld the pipe back together.

Other than that it's just finding time and energy to get it finished now!

[Bob Barker]

It's ALIIIVE! I know it's not road ready, but getting closer and closer.

YouTube - Picture (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nRoEYpcLaw)

I hope the audio works... can't hear anything on this work computer.

[Cobrajet]

Oh, YEAH, the audio WORKS! Just about blew out my computer speakers! My cat ran away!!! :yesy:

[Bob Barker]

LoL!

Glad to hear the noise is doing some good then:D

It's about that loud in person too. My dogs flipped when I got it started the first time.

[Bob Barker]

I've been working on it, just not much that can be seen. Took out a lot of the excess wiring from the passenger compartment, engine bay and so on. Removed all the stuff that would make this car any sort of luxurious like the window's, electric door lock and mechanisms, window tracks and motor, glass, all speakers and the CD player head unit, all related wiring, and had my first attempt at shaved door handles/locks. I'm deffinantly on the track to make this car a rat rod. I'm excited now since I have made up my mind on a direction to take the car in.


Started by cutting the slots out where the door handle went
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Then I used this super cheap metal mesh stuff from Bondo, along with some body filler to fill in the hole.
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Did the same with the hole for the antenna and the driers side door of course
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and went ahead and make a quick pass with some cheap-o primer to cover the raw metal
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More progress to come. I'm gonna start searching for a door popper that will work on the hatch so I can smooth that key hole out as well.

[vt_maverick]

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Thought this was a VX rear speaker at first glance...

[Bob Barker]

I can see the resemblance!


I got a lot more done, primered the whole car yesterday and the inside of the drivers door and the door jamb on that side as well. I have to order the real paint soon and maybe I'll be able to find a key less door popper that I can use on the trunk.

[Bob Barker]

I have been working like a turtle on this, but at least it's a constant slow pace! Only really have a few hours each weekend to get much done with it.

I did get the new ECU ordered and will be assembled this weekend and shipped soon after. This thing is really neat, it's going to run on speed density so I can toss that crap VAM, and has a feature called VE Live autotuning, where I enter basic values and then turn on the VE Live function and take off down the road. The comp will automatically make adjustments to get the air/fuel ratio to where it needs to be. I can also run any size injectors I want, and any time I make a major change, like new head or big cam or turbo I just change a few tables to richen it up a little, turn on VE Live and head on down the road. Takes only a few seconds of running at each RPM level for the comp to "fix" it!

I also made this at work!

Moved the 2 gauges from the pillar to where the radio used to be. I started with a shiny, nicely cut 8"x3" piece of stainless I found at scrap at work. Turned into this with a plasma cutter, hammer, and some drimmel cut off wheel scars! I LOVE the way it looks!

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I plan to leave the 3rd hole empty as I don't really need another gauge in there, and I really like the way it looks unfinished and raw!

[VXjunky]

tore up from the floor up....
beat up from the street up.......

[Bob Barker]

U tryin to say my car looks cracked out?!?

[ZEUS]

HAHA! Looks like a Joe Dirt Rape Hatchback! :D

[Bob Barker]

Ha! You've been sitting on that one for a while, huh?

[PK]

Dash insert sorta matches the ultra fine finish on the steering wheel spokes.

Gotta go with the theme.

PK

[Bob Barker]

Now yer seein what I'm seein!

[ZEUS]

HAHAHA actually no, that was the first time I had seen this thread and the stars just happened to align with the perfect amount of whiskey! :bgwo: Is you gunna put a cote of gray primer on it an a call it good? :p

Diggin the smoothed doors; how did you affix the mesh to the backside?
Ha! You've been sitting on that one for a while, huh?

[ZEUS]

Hey Bob, here is your thread... I found it by searching for "rape" HAHA!

[Bob Barker]

bwaahahahaha!

Perfect!

[Bob Barker]

Diggin the smoothed doors; how did you affix the mesh to the backside?

I never answered this...

The mesh was tacky with a wax paper cover to be removed before applying. I dind't trust that so I first stuck it on, got the contour I wanted and then bondo'd the back side/inside of the door. Let that set and applied the bondo to the outside of the door. So it's kinda sandwiched in there. Hope it holds!