Congrats! It's great to see the car mobile isn't it?
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Congrats! It's great to see the car mobile isn't it?
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83 5.0 GT. Quicker than it looks! 10:1 (or just over) 306, Motorsport a332 cam, 140A alt, t5 conv, 8.8 w/ 3.27's, Edel rpm, alum rad, very worked e7's, Holley SA carb, etc... SOLD IT!!!!
Now an 1981 Granada! 9.5:1 .040 over 302, Edel E-street heads, 268 cam, T5, 8.8 with 3.55, plus all the stiffening goodies, all control arms, lowered, alum shaft, x-pipe with Outlaws, FiTech FI system...
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"
Thanks! Yes it isOriginally Posted by richpet
79 Zephyr, 4.6L 4v/4r70w swap, with team z front and rear suspension, 8.8 and upgraded brakes and coil overs. Running Holley Terminator X Max.
Fairmont FTW!!!
Mike
My '78 Fairmont build - http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...539-78-Big-Red
Mines a Zephyr but Fairmonts are cool too
Thanks for the kind words
79 Zephyr, 4.6L 4v/4r70w swap, with team z front and rear suspension, 8.8 and upgraded brakes and coil overs. Running Holley Terminator X Max.
Car developed a power steering fluid leak. Weird part is if i drove the car fluid level would stay up. Let it sit, fluid level went down. Was finally able to trace it to the steering rack itself. Input shaft seal, looks like.
I ordered a seal kit, but decided to buy a new rack anyways. I have never gone into a rack and pinion, i'll try and rebuild (or have rebuilt) the original rack for a spare. So the car is down until the new rack comes on Friday. Kind of a bummer but will be glad to not leak PS fluid anymore.
Also seeing some signs of a rear main seal leak. I replaced the rear main seal when i built the motor, has very low miles on it. I'll tackle that in the spring.
79 Zephyr, 4.6L 4v/4r70w swap, with team z front and rear suspension, 8.8 and upgraded brakes and coil overs. Running Holley Terminator X Max.
Original steering rack or from a later model Mustang?
'89 XR-7 5 Speed
'95 SC 5 Speed
'91 Crown Vic P72 351W
'97 Thunderbird
'85 Ford LTD Squire
The rack that is leaking is the original one that came with the car. Stock Fox. New one coming Friday is stock Fox as well.
I know there are more modern racks with upgrades but i would rather use a Fox rack.
79 Zephyr, 4.6L 4v/4r70w swap, with team z front and rear suspension, 8.8 and upgraded brakes and coil overs. Running Holley Terminator X Max.
Just some updates-
New rack went in fine, getting it centered was a pain in the ass. But it does not seem to be leaking anymore, the steering is much smoother now so that's good.
Ended up running into coolant temp issues, elec water pump relay was not working correctly. Replaced relay with new and now that is working so that is good.
After that, the elec fan stopped working, controller finally died. I used that fan controller because i already had it, it was already wired, and it worked. Until it didn't. I had planned on eventually using the holley to run the elec fan eventually, but this forced my hand.
wired up the holley to run the elec fan and it seems to be running great now.
Really happy with the way the car is running/driving. It still needs some fine tuning which i am working on learning the holley system but i gotta say i am happy with the holley term x max thus far. The car is super fun to drive.
79 Zephyr, 4.6L 4v/4r70w swap, with team z front and rear suspension, 8.8 and upgraded brakes and coil overs. Running Holley Terminator X Max.
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