RogerC

Opened my oil pump up. Wanted to see if it was still good. Looks like something got between the housing and the gears gouging them. You can barely feel it but I'll replace the pump while I have the engine apart.

I bought a Scott Drake switch (C9ZZ-17A553-V2) off ebay from Ohio Mustang Supply back in April. Other listings. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_id=276413494430&_nkw=Scott Drake C9ZZ-17A553-V2 Variable Wiper Switch&_sis=1

Slight diversion from the 69, Added front spoiler and rear spoiler wicker bill to DD.

I talked to the machinist a few days back. I'm going to try and drop off my block next Friday. He's going to sonic check it, clean it, do a complete eval and determine what all needs done.

Your 5K limit is sensible. If you were to rebuild and take care of the vulnerabilities it would probably be good to around 5.5K - 6K. Though the engine was designed to run at 7K in 4V form, the vulnerabilities make that risky. Rod bolts are good but the nuts are the failure point. If you're running stock valves, those are ticking time bombs. The oil system has some issues also. As D0ZX said the cam and heads are going to limit any useable power up high anyhow.

In the process of making my own copies of the RM style. Had the pieces laser cut at work. I can't recall where I got the cad files from. I overlooked that the bolt holes were line on line and had to open them slightly with the drill press.

Been checking in every day. I want to post a couple of pics once I'm able to again.

See ben's post (bswor) between my posts. He's working on it. http://1969stang.com/forum/index.php?/topic/220009-bandwidth-issue/page/3/#comments

Got my polycarbonate quarter windows yesterday. They'll be fixed in place and not moveable. Made by Plastics 4 Performance in the UK. They were pretty pricey to ship to the states but I think they're worth it. I tried making my own with 1/4 inch plexiglass but it didn't turn out well. They look well made and accurate. Direct link worked to load the pic.

Excellent, Thank you Ben. I don't think others have noticed yet.

What happened? Back up before the first of the month.

Can the forums, individually or enmasse, be locked, locking all threads and preventing creation of any new threads. I would be ok having everything locked till the issues can be addressed. It might also stop the russian bots completely. I would think the site wouldn't get shutdown but everything would still be viewable. Would that work?

I did some clean up work on my block. hit a couple of areas on the outside with a flap wheel to smooth off casting flash and a couple of sharp corners. Hit the lifter valley with the dremel, chamfered the oil drain holes and cleaned up the hole letting oil onto the distributor gear. I need to go talk to the machinist about prepping the block for the build next.

I'm seeing pics of 70 verts both smooth and with the line behind the wheel opening. The smooth version looks to have a shorter line from the B pillar aft.

I'll just say I had the hood fly up on my 68 once upon a time. It was not a fun time. I will be using Ford torsion clip pins on my 69. I bought them several years ago for just under $50. Pretty sure they're up around $80 now though. The Ford ones have a reinforcing plate for the bottom side. As far as air cleaners go, I can't comment other than I used a velocity stack previously with the short boss cobrajet scoop, all with a cleveland engine.