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started to gut the coupe

tkeinia

tkeinia

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i started to gut the coupe, will try to post some pics of progress as it goes, so far my list of parts are

trickflow upper and lower, i painted it black with red letters.
ford racing vavle covers black with red letters.
tokiko(sp) 5 way drag struts
lakewood 50/50s drag shocks
drag launch springs
mega bite sr adj lowers
sotex adj uppers
mac rear end support cover
xcam
tfs stage 1 cam, not sure which i will use
solid motor mounts
v8 T5
powerstroke disel turbo
intercooler
1996 front spindles
5 lug 28spline rear axle
moroso 3 in studs for front and rear
LT headers
Hpipe
1998 cobra wheels
1990 5.0 and all of the wiring harness
alumanim(sp) radiator
eletric fan
gauge dash pod with a 5 in svo tac
msd 6al
auto computer
8.8 rear
v8 brake booster, but thinking of going manuel. not sure

i think thats all.

now to start to remove the dash this coming weekend and scrape out the material on the floor boards and takeing out the ac stuff plus the unused wires.

i am painting the interior black.
 
orange395w

orange395w

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There are really not many wires that you can take out that will make a difference under the dash. Unless you are an electrician I would just leave them in and zip tie them up. I took out some stuff and now I have issues with my dash lights and when the car is off with the key out the dome light would stay on! LOL..

Also The sound deadening came up relatively easy in mine with a hammer and chisel. Took about 1 hour and 20 minutes to do the whole car.

On the cams I would use the TFS cam it will match your intake better and the alphabet cams are way outdated and they pretty much suck. Personally I would sell both and go with a custom cam from Flowtechinduction.com or camshaft innovations. They are worth their weight in gold!

If you can find some stock V8 springs from a fox or SN95 they will work better than the drag launch springs.

Good luck with the project and keep us posted with pics.

Bobby
 
tkeinia

tkeinia

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i have stock v8 springs from the vert and i have the springs from the 4cy coupe, so then i should use the stock v8 convertable springs instead of the drag springs?
 
tkeinia

tkeinia

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i still havent started, i am going to a dyno day and maybe to the races for the night, should start sunday and will try to post some pics of the empty car.
 
VP_07SRT8

VP_07SRT8

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rgr doger looking fwd to the pics orange's pics were cool when he started his
 
Foxman

Foxman

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hey can you do me a HUGE favor... I see your car is a manual trans.. can you measure the hole in the floor left to right and top to bottom for me... im converting mine from a auto to a 5 speed and was wondering if i was going to have to cut the hole bigger for the 5 speed shifter to come through?
 
Foxman

Foxman

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did you gt a chance to measure.. i think the two are the same but not 100 percent sure!
 
tkeinia

tkeinia

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sorry, i just got home from work and in the morning i had the contrator come give estimates on some home repair. i can do it when i get home from school.
 
tkeinia

tkeinia

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ok, i measured and i got just over 7 inchs top to bottom and 6 inchs side to side.*




good luck on the build. you are really flying, i am going very slowly.

*disclamer.. all measurments are very close but not perfect.
 
tkeinia

tkeinia

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very slow, have not had much time to work on it. busy with work and school, but have put in the rear deck cover and brake light, look good now that its painted black and no longer red.
 
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