What I would really like are these. This is a buddy of mine's car. I love these wheels
What I would really like are these. This is a buddy of mine's car. I love these wheels
The 93 Cobra wheels are good looking wheels IMHO. I have liked them since the 93 Cobra was first introduced.
The reproductions fit the 4 eyes well and are relatively inexpensive. I would love a set, but I would have to go in on the group buy that happens every couple of 3 years for the 5 lug versions.
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
See Trey, there's my small dilemma. I'm stuck with my ten hole wheels for about a year. It's the choice of getting the nicer wheels soon and not buying the fuel injection system. I will really need the FI system if I want the car to run.
I'm horribly impatient with what I want for the car.....I will be buying an EXTRA lottery ticker tomorrow, that'll take care of it.
Dave, Trust me I understand the dilemma! I have the same issue right now as you since I am working on two projects also. I am constantly trying to determine what I HAVE to buy right now rather than what I WANT to buy right now to get the cars done. What can be done at a later date and not cause me more work, cost me more money, or require me to tear the car down again!
Honestly I am just relieved to hear that the 10 holes are temporary!
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
Why wait? LMR has them in stock right now.
https://lmr.com/item/WK-1007RSLR5/mu...ver-5-lug-7993
BTW I'm biased to the '93 Cobra wheels too. I have them on my '85!
'85 GT
That thing likes the sun man rock steelies if you had too lol
I've seen many blues but you nailed it very nice work nice talent
Next color for me hands down on the next go-round on next project
Wheels and tires are a lot easier to add at a later date than an EFI set-up, so I think you made a good choice. Still think ten holes are ugly.
I do like the turbines though.
Jess
Previously owned;
1979 Mustang, v6 swapped to EFI 393, custom installed m122 blower, 4r70w trans, Megasquirt II, T-top swaped in.
1990 Mustang, 545 BBF, C-4 with brake, ladder bars.
1983 Mustang, 1984 SVO Mustang
1984 Mustang convertible, v6 swapped to 351
1986 Mustang GT, 1989 Mustang GT convertible
1992 Mustang coupe, 4 swapped to 302
Look what Mike1157 gave me!
I now have my very own little japanese kid!
My blue car will rattle it's t-tops right off
Thanks Mike, you're way too nice to me!
Make sure to add your Coffee Can exhaust tip so you can really fit in!
Cool gesture by Mike1157 and just another reason why I like FEP so much!
Trey
"I Don't build it hoping for your approval! I built it because it meets mine!"
"I've spent most of my money on Mustangs, racing, and women... the rest I just wasted."
Mustangs Past: Too many to remember!
Current Mustangs:
1969 Mach 1
1979 Pace Car now 5.0/5 speed
1982 GT Stalled RestoModification
1984 SVO Still Waiting Restoration
1986 GT Under going Wide Body Conversion Currently
Current Capris:
1981 Capri Roller
1981 Capri Black Magic Roller Basket Case
1982 Capri RS 5.0/4spd T-top Full Restoration Stalled in TX
1984 Capri RS T-top Roller
1983-84 Gloy Racing Trans Am/IMSA Body Parts
93 Cobra wheels are awesome... I have them in my 81 and also have a chrome set that will be installing in my 89 GT Vert....
I can imagine that Kona Blue beauty dressed up with a set of 93 Cobra wheels! Sexy!
Yet what's the latest on this project. I miss seeing the updates and tricks you use to restore parts.
Things are to the point where I need to spend money.
We've been through the longest slow period I've ever been through at work (11 months), and I've been working in a body shop since '77 so I've got at least 40 years now to compare to. Things are finally turning around.
I had to take on a sizeble side job (a '62 Impala resto) just to keep up on bills. That has been sucking away my life for a bit, and probably will for another couple months.
Up until this slow period, I could pretty easily drop $500-$1000 a month on the project. Not so much at the moment though.
But, like I said, work is finally picking back up. So I'll be doing some small crap for the next couple months and then the game should return to the scheduled events.
I will be finishing those ten hole wheels I got for the very next thing. I'm going to strip down the one I've already painted and redo it. So with in the next week I'll start posting pictures of that.
I will also be running out to the yard to get stuff from the engine bay that I intend to re-use and make those things nice.
The Impala really sucks away my time right now, but it's helping me to rebuild the damage caused by the slow down. I work on it three nights a week and every Saturday at the moment.
So, not forgotten, just waiting its turn to be the one worked on.
Sounds like you need to move up here to Omaha Dave. There is a shortage of body shops that have empty parking lots as no one up here seems to know how to drive. Business is booming here.
Seriously though, I hope work picks up for you here soon, you get the Imp done and can start getting back to your ride. I can't wait to see some updates.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
Sucks about the work slowing down for a while. Glad it's picking back up. That's the way it always goes. Just when you're to the point of having to spend money it's not there.
Dang! Almost 2 months and no updates.
Hopefully Dave is just buried in paying work.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
Hey Brock, I seem to be working all of the time these days.
Things will be happening soon though.
I believe I will be changing the way I wanted to do the drivetrain. Tell me what y'all think of this. The yard owner where I found my little beauty has several supercoupe t-birds. He is willing to part one out (the one with a blown head gasket). I'm thinking of putting the engine from the supercoupe into the blue car.....
I know this is a departure from what i've been talking about, but it's a little different and it will provide me with all the power a t-top coupe needs without having to throw in a roll cage.
Im thinking that i'm dragging the old boy out of the yard in about two weeks.
I had to let go of the red car, It's been a year since worked slowed. I can't afford two mustangs that both need time and money. It was, and wasn't tough to choose one. I've put a lot of effort into both, but the blue car needs me more (lol) so I chose that one.
I will get the engine out of the supercoupe as soon as I can. The blown headgasket means nothing to me since I will strip it down anyhow and rebuild it.
Anyhow, there's a brief update.
Last edited by Davedacarpainter; 08-07-2017 at 08:25 PM.
Hey Dave! I'm glad you popped in with an update....good or bad. Glad to hear you are still kicking.
Hate to hear about the red car being sold as that was a beauty, but I fully understand the issue with having 2 projects and not enough time and money. I'm sure the blue car will be that much better and make up for the red car.
I for one like the idea of the 3.8 S/C swap as it is different and can be made to have tons of power, with a bit of a financial investment. One good resource for performance parts is Super Coupe Performance. I have bought some stuff from Bill in the past and he is pretty passionate and knowledgeable about the powerplant.
I would do this swap in something myself, even if it is a bit of a pain to rewire. You can check out Rick's thread as he has been doing this for awhile on his and looks to be he has it pretty well documented on what he has had to do.
http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...ust-a-six-quot
Looking forward to more updates and glad you checked in bud.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
Dave....a 3.8 SC Swap? Nice! Doing something different! I like it!
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
^ He's been Matosky'ed. Your Next .Dave, me and droopie
May you all never recover!
When you get "Matosky'ed" you start off with a brain full of mush, and then end up being sassy enough to use Jesse Jame's Dillon Aero minigun to shoot holes thru the block to fit the non standard roller lifters for a 425 hp boosted engine based on a Junkyard block. Add cement, some Bundy Tubing, and some kind of off the charts internals, and job done.
Your soaring with the Eagles of Scarp Metal, DaCP! Mike M is really the Jessie Hughes of Fox Car Modding, and its rubbing off...
Great engine hiding in the Essex 90.
If you follow through, its very strong, despite what others say. Ford spent a bunch on that MN12 engine, and they would have spent more, but like the 302 Windsor from 1970 to 1981, (hobbled down to 129 to 140 hp) they had other engines that Ford didn't wanna show up, so it got put on the Elephant Tranquilizers. The 4.6 Cammer and the DOKE, um, DOHC, would have looked really SAD if a lowly iron block econo engine would have passed the 300 ponies barrier. If the M90 blower becomes an M112, and the plstktnkr2 mods Rick has done are continued with, that's what you get.
I think its mandatory to have US military back ground to build a non bent 8 right...
The lines from the supercharger and intercooler as so cleaver, but so restrictive, and the charge cooler woefully inadequate, and the M90 really too small compared to what the later Holden Commodore SV6 Supercharged GM 3800 could take. There is a potential 400 hp engine in the Essex 90.
Hot Sixes were a very bad option for Ford...it steals V8 Thunder. Just like all six cylinder engines that shared the engine bay with a Ford V8, they down tuned them, gave them bad pistons, thinwall castings and always, ALWAYS ,added some dumb a$$ screw up to ensure they weren't an HO 5.0 or Romeo 4.6 DOHC.
The Supercharged MN12, it never got the basic V6 improvement hardware even the 305 hp 3.7 Mustang V6 got on a compartive, year for year basis.
I think youre on the right track Davey, it was born that way...A legit, hardcore Henry Bent Six.
Last edited by xctasy; 08-13-2017 at 07:25 AM. Reason: Dave A car painter...not DAVE tHE car painter...
About Respect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bk9WG8KWW0
X's Album http://vb.foureyedpride.com/album.php?albumid=2922
Oz JPS Stang http://www.nzmustang.com/Images/Hist...cecars/jps.htm
4V (A)US Race V8's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqk18A-ibjA
ITZOLD 81 Fox http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...-fun-and-games
6V i6's @ http://www.xecltd.info/?rd=10 ; AWD i6's @ http://www.apetracing.co.nz/
113 mph 84 5.0 at Amaroo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTezv3Pzdls&t=8s
Techno KCM Loop Out: Severed Heads 1m³ Angels 1985 https://youtu.be/Wll6G1KpLqQ
Future Shock https://youtu.be/rDKGkWU0lWQ
Thanks for the encouragement guys.
I've got a friend that's a wiz-bang expert on car computers, specifically for fox bodies. I may be doing a quasi-aftermarket set up. He has me pretty well convinced that the SC computer from the t-bird is ancient crap.
I already have things lined up to port the blower and another for the heads. I've already been drooling over SC Performance's stuff Brock, LOTS of want to buy stuff there. The Hooker headers would be ultra btchin'. $800 though....maybe I can do another side job
I was going to go look at it (and get pictures) yesterday, but the yard owner's grandson had a seizure and he had to watch the rest of the grandkids for his daughter. So, no yard time.
Still hoping to pick up the blue car next week, at the earliest. Maybe as late as the week after.
I'll update as soon as something happens.
About Respect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bk9WG8KWW0
X's Album http://vb.foureyedpride.com/album.php?albumid=2922
Oz JPS Stang http://www.nzmustang.com/Images/Hist...cecars/jps.htm
4V (A)US Race V8's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqk18A-ibjA
ITZOLD 81 Fox http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...-fun-and-games
6V i6's @ http://www.xecltd.info/?rd=10 ; AWD i6's @ http://www.apetracing.co.nz/
113 mph 84 5.0 at Amaroo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTezv3Pzdls&t=8s
Techno KCM Loop Out: Severed Heads 1m³ Angels 1985 https://youtu.be/Wll6G1KpLqQ
Future Shock https://youtu.be/rDKGkWU0lWQ
Oh, and Post Script on the Essex 90 is this...its unique, and Ford benchmarked the 3.8 Buick, but there is not one copied detail.
https://fordsix.com/viewtopic.php?f=...592878#p592878
Originally Posted by xctasy
Drop the EECIV wiring protocol, and Megasquirt it as suggested.
95% of all Ford luxobarge Specialty Coupe engines are designed and run in as automatics.
5 speed gearbox swaps to a well run in automatic car are a risk to the thrust bearing on these engines, but its less of an issue than in, say, a Teskid block 4.6 .
You just have to ensure the T5 transplant keeps the input shaft straight an true, and have someone check the following.
Ford don't have a lot of obvoius witness marks on the stock flywheel, but there is one 80 or 90 thou hole that has to be checked to esnure the flywheel hasn't been over machined. Its easy to have them machined to far down, below the .905" minimum thickness limit from its at birth 0.985". The clutch pressure plate should ideally be balanced as a unit, and the run out on the main shaft checked. There are maximum bottoming out dimensions. If the 1994 was automatic before going manual, sometimes a selective, cumulation of normal production variances results in a shunting of the thrust bearing.
With Fords, the bellhousing sometimes doesn't sit right in the center the way it should, loading up the mainshaft and creating an overload at various postions between the clutch being "in" and "out".
Excuse my spelling on the following two discussions.
Varilux https://fordsix.com/viewtopic.php?f=...588641#p588641
the multi-talented Omini-present Stormin' Norman (both he and I are in two places at the same time, unfaithfull double dippers....
http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...ng-Information
(viewtopic https://fordsix.com/viewtopic.php?f=...583012#p583012 as well)
Fords just require a little more effort to set up, because they use variations on the same part, and 10 years difference can cause some major issues.
1. Most common first checks are the clutch diameter...if its bigger than stock it can hit the bellhousing, Stormin'Normans problem
2. Second is the wear on the main shaft, and the right throw out engagment. Stuff can contact and cause problems.
About Respect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bk9WG8KWW0
X's Album http://vb.foureyedpride.com/album.php?albumid=2922
Oz JPS Stang http://www.nzmustang.com/Images/Hist...cecars/jps.htm
4V (A)US Race V8's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqk18A-ibjA
ITZOLD 81 Fox http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...-fun-and-games
6V i6's @ http://www.xecltd.info/?rd=10 ; AWD i6's @ http://www.apetracing.co.nz/
113 mph 84 5.0 at Amaroo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTezv3Pzdls&t=8s
Techno KCM Loop Out: Severed Heads 1m³ Angels 1985 https://youtu.be/Wll6G1KpLqQ
Future Shock https://youtu.be/rDKGkWU0lWQ
THAT was a big couple of post!
To answer a couple things, My car will get a new flywheel and clutch, no worries there. From what a I understood, I thought the essex was neutrally balanced?
I haven't worked out the details yet of the complete swap, hell, I haven't even seen the engine yet! This will take a little time, which is good, I have more than a little to learn.
Lastly, I thought I looked good with the box......
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