I guess the guys at WeldingWeb will have to come to this thread to see any video of the Daddywagon. I seem to have lost access to my thread on there Haha!
I have been driving this swap for around 2 weeks now. I am already beating the crap out of it. I have no idea what the vitals are. Fuel pressure, oil pressure, coolant temp, etc are all a mystery! Haha! The only thing working is the tach and the engine light and the engine light isn’t tied to oil pressure at all! I have been trying to put together a follow up video but I am running into technical difficulties with my camera equipment. I have a question for the fuel injected crowd... What fuel pressure regulator? and what fuel pressure? I just have the stock Ford piece on there now, but cold start and cold idle could use some help. Once it’s warm and running I can idle all day long.
That sounds like that last episode of Roadkill with the Disgustang. They have no gauges....and Finnegan made the comment that too many road trips are ruined by looking at the gauges. Just drive it till it runs out of gas, overheats, or locks up! haha. Before it does any of those, have an awesome time!
1985 GT, Sunroof, 5 Lug, Rear Discs, 01 Graphite Bullets, 88 forged piston shortblock, 2.02/1.60 Alum heads, Weiand Stealth, Holley C950 TBI, BBK Long tubes
Just a thought, but upping my LPH on my fuel pump made a huge difference in my car's cold start.
Brad
'79 Mercury Zephyr ES 5.0L GT40 EFI, T-5
'17 Ford Focus ST
'14 Ford Fusion SE Manual
Love the Daddywagon! Glad to see you getting to drive and enjoy it.
What do you think of the IRS now, after putting some miles on it?
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I love it. I am intentionally breaking the rear loose when I leave lights and business driveways all the time. Last night in the rain I did as well. I mention this because it doesn’t take much to get it back. It feels controlled if that makes any sense. But this could be a combination of things. Longer wheelbase, tires, etc. There is a right hand sweeper for the on ramp to I 95 and I push the speeds higher each time on my am commute, weather and conditions permitting. Peeling out in a straight line yields wheel hop on some occasions. On a side note my whole car is lowered a lot! I was told the rear springs were off of a stock 04 cobra coupe. I checked the part number stickers that were wrapped on them and confirmed. Up front are b or c springs I can’t remember which. The handling is great in my opinion. It is firm, but it is not rock hard. There is still a good amount of compression travel available. If I get a chance I am gonna road course track it. I will video of course when I do. My whole car is lowered around 2 inches evenly all the way around and I didn’t really mean to do it!
I was just watching a youtube video on a turbo coupe with a cobra irs and he makes mention of 3/4” spacers which would explain my car being so low. I guess there is a difference in the depth of the upper spring perch depending on the vehicle model.
Low is good as long as you aren't dragging important stuff off the bottom of your car!! We need some power slide videos of it now!
1985 GT, Sunroof, 5 Lug, Rear Discs, 01 Graphite Bullets, 88 forged piston shortblock, 2.02/1.60 Alum heads, Weiand Stealth, Holley C950 TBI, BBK Long tubes
in car? or from outside of the car?
Both...coming and going too!
1985 GT, Sunroof, 5 Lug, Rear Discs, 01 Graphite Bullets, 88 forged piston shortblock, 2.02/1.60 Alum heads, Weiand Stealth, Holley C950 TBI, BBK Long tubes
On my commute home today I tried to keep up with a Hellcat Challenger. Wish I had my camera hooked up, even though traffic was moderately heavy and there was no real room to play I got to open it up a little bit.
That's a bummer, man. I feel your pain though. Seems like i can only drive mine a few times before I've found something still broken or newly broken.
Brad
'79 Mercury Zephyr ES 5.0L GT40 EFI, T-5
'17 Ford Focus ST
'14 Ford Fusion SE Manual
Mechanic in a can! Bars Leak! LOL
1985 GT, Sunroof, 5 Lug, Rear Discs, 01 Graphite Bullets, 88 forged piston shortblock, 2.02/1.60 Alum heads, Weiand Stealth, Holley C950 TBI, BBK Long tubes
https://youtu.be/BViKKO3qb8o
A little clip of a sunday afternoon drive.
A little more fair start would have made for a pretty close matchup
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"Trigger" - 86 Mustang GT - Black with red interior. 5.0 T5 built as Z. Original motor ~1/2 million miles. 18 yr daily, 10 a toy
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1989 Mustang LX Sport 5.0 AOD white/tan black top. Once I ran this one down I caught a wife.
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Haha! Yeah! We’re both spinning off the line. He’s got me though. I still have the long rod 351w build waiting in the wings. Which may or may not get me a little more power... we’ll see.
That's a good feeling!
Brad
'79 Mercury Zephyr ES 5.0L GT40 EFI, T-5
'17 Ford Focus ST
'14 Ford Fusion SE Manual
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