Looks like the blown 347 might not be blown anymore.

[blown347]

Just a little update, this is more or less how the car sits at the moment:

The next step before installing all the suspension is to get the Scott rod fender panels installed so I can smooth and paint the engine bay. Problem is I can't take it anywhere to be welded with no wheels and suspension lol, so I'm at a bit of a sticking point.

Not going to lie, this project is wearing on me. I've done all of it by myself, which makes it hard to be motivated to work on it. And it's the holiday season now, so I can't really be throwing too much money in it at the moment. I'll be deploying in march, and I seriously doubt that it will be even near completion by then.

I'm just determined to finish it with no regrets, so time and patience come with that.

 

[Ford1288]

Sell me your wheels, that will help you! lol

 

[blown347]

Sell me your wheels, that will help you! lol

Lol the ROHs? Not a chance

 

[Mustangcwo]

Hang in there. By the time you return from deploying, you'll be itching to get back to work on the BEAST

 

[blown347]

So im debating on selling off my EFI stuff and carbing the beast.

Pros:
Less money
more power
less weight
less hideous wiring to try and hide

Cons:
Less street friendly
My EFI setup looks bad@$$! lol

Any thoughts?

 

[sdsubzero4]

Keep the EFI

 

[Ford1288]

Talk to Bobby, he knows all about about it.

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[blown347]

Bobby says it's the only way he'd do it lol.

I think I'm going to. I'm also considering a Ron's mechanical fuel injection system, which is the ultimate bracket racing setup. Nothing is more consistent, but they're stupid expensive

 

[blown347]

That and they're pretty ugly. Anodized purple fittings and crap lol.

http://www.ronsfuel.com/terminator.cfm

http://www.ronsfuel.com/flying_toilet.cfm

 

[blown347]

Well I bought a pro systems pro series 4150 1100 Cfm carb. And I built a mini beast in the mean time lol:

 

[sdsubzero4]

That is cool!

 

[blown347]

Look at this beautiful monster!

 

[blown347]

Well not much happening, just little stuff when I've had a little time. Got the interior mostly out, scraped the sound deadener. I didn't weigh it, but feels like about 15 lbs in a Walmart bag.

 

[Emilio Valdez]

thanks for post @blown347

 

[blown347]

Pulled the heater box and all the ducting out today. Jesus that thing is heavy.

*Because race car

Haha

 

[blown347]

 

[blown347]

Well just about everything is out. I began removing all the unnecessary wiring from the chassis harness, as well as the hacked up stereo and security system wiring from the last guy. It's pretty tedious but when I'm done it will be clean, simple and no more searching through the B.S. lol

 

[blown347]

 

[blown347]

Bought a little mig welder and welded up all the holes in the frame rails and shock towers. I'm definitely not a pro but they turned out pretty good. I haven't ground them all smooth yet. Got my cutoff switch installed as well.

 

[Mustangcwo]

Welding doesn't have to be pretty if you have a good grinder!!!!