stangme428

looking great!!! cant wait to see the finish!

well... a big woo hoo! shout out to everyone on this site for the encouragement, motivation, and inspiration .. i know this isn't much, but after a 4+ year build with ups and downs and still more to go.. it was nice to meet other mustangers, judges and enthusiasts after being out of the loop for a long while... and getting any recognition at all was great!! she aint perfect... and she aint a show car... but she is mine... :punk:

nice... should be a fun ride!!

you are correct.... it is very loud with the 3" exhaust.... i have installed eastwood sound deadening (like dynamat) over the two layers of lizard skin in the back seat area.. also installed eastwood inside the doors on the passenger facing side.. inside outer side has lizard skin ... ill apply more sound deadening material as i have time... currently my passenger side mirror vibrates so much inside the mirror housing... sounds bad.. lol.. gotta figure that out... looks like in my paint job and mods at Mustang Masters my driver side remote mirror was replaced with a standard sport mirror... oh well.. i wanted to do the electronic mirror mod anyway ...

while at the exhaust shop and the car up on the lift... i talked through routing the exhaust over the axle and around the tank etc .. while oval piping may work.. its very tight.. and the original used a cast aluminum 2" piece... consensus was that if i went to an aftermarket fuel cell .. $$$ that we could work the 3" oval piping around the fuel cell with a custom piece behind the center exhaust ... exhaust shop was against stepping down from 3" > 2".. which i agree so for a while i will be running the dumps before the axle....

thanks mike65 remaining items: like it ever ends.... front end alignment sonoco 100 octane!! reverse switch on T56 install correct fuel gauge install audio system install LED rear tail lights install LED backup lights cant wait to have the front end aligned so i can get it on the road and hit a few gears.... :thumbup:

ill need to go back and look at my order, but i have a 3 row champion radiator and it does not center within the top clamp/rubber grommets .. i had to slide it over a bit towards the driver side to clear the strut rod support .. but so far its cooling great ... doesn't get over 180 degrees at idle for an extended amount of time... haven't driven it more than a 100 yards yet...

very interesting.... keep us posted on your build progress... and any other Coyote or mustang parts... :thumbup:

ok... lots of work... sleep deprivation...AMP energy drink... and... WE MADE IT!! .... with no sleep Friday night and maybe 7 hours total the last 72 hours before the show... we pulled out of the driveway with the glove box and the passenger side cubby not installed... at 6am Saturday morning.... designated a driver and slept for the 3.x hour drive from JAX to Orlando ... adjusted the tie rods while on the trailer ... pulled off the trailer at Magic Kingdom parking lot and drove it into the speedway via the tunnel and hit registration at 9:25 am... registration ended at 10 am... we took home Bronze in our class with a cool Mustangs at the Mickyard Mickey trophy.. which was totally amazing and not at all expected... amazing cars at this show!! the judges did an amazing job and accommodated all cars no matter what the situation... they judged my car at the Hess station outside of the track on Sunday.... due to not being able to drive it over to the host hotel for judging with several others that remained to be judged .... my strut rods were loose and we had no tools... oops forgot to tighten... glad we made it into the speedway... anyway.. back home now... catching up on sleep... pics of the now black interior (was nugget gold) and more to follow... good times... great support from family and friends.. i think we had 20+ family and friends turn the show into a Disney vacation... :thumbup:

looks nice... i like the color combo... something you never see...

wow... those look amazing...!!!:clap:

ok-- sleep deprivation can be fun... lol ... lots of progress... new custom 3" exhaust by smittys exhaust middleburg florida AAW wiring completed million other items... the last week.. ill update after more sleep she needs a bath, alignment and door locks too... installed the tag... almost didn't get the tag due to a forum member on other forums (is it latamud) uses the same name for his car / avatar etc .. but it was available.. and while some will say "its not really a boss" this is true but its my Boss.. :punk: seems the NEW power brake booster sourced local is bad, so no go for driving more than a 100 yards etc.. im contacting MCA judge at the mickyard to see if i can trailer the car and if i can rent a trailer to get it to Mustangs at the Mickyard ... no worries if i cant.. its gonna be a great show with family and friends.. the 3" exhaust with X pipe using in house sourced mufflers based on Magnaflow design ... they ended up fabricating collectors all the way back to the dumps at the axles... great work, very impressed with the craftsmanship and quality of work from Smitty's Exhaust .. hydraulic clutch is working great, its tuff with the new kevlar/kevlar clutch at the moment.. the power and quick rev this engine has is crazy... we have built a monster... the interior door panels, dash pad, misc items needs to be installed... much time was spent troubleshooting the brake system to determine if the brake booster was defective... brakes bled a hundred times, master cylinder bled etc.. the brake pedal is normal and strong but stays where it ends and you have to use your foot to bring it back up ... getting familiar with the T56 is fun, still need to trim more carpet away from the shifter opening... but fun stuff.. thanks for all of the motivation from this site.... some great projects are going on !!! first crank after 3" exhaust with X pipe... need to tighten the loose alternator belt video of my buddy Andy's first drive after our 4 year build in his garage...

thanks everyone.... scheduled with Smitty's Exhaust and welding this week... 3" all the way back... they will also research what is needed to complete the center exhaust.. great conversation with those guys.. they are excited to work on the 69 ... :clap:

looking good... great progress!!:thumbup:

Magnaflow ... 3" i head to the exhaust shop the next day or so to see what they can do fast... i don't think i have time to order a 3" stainless X pipe kit and have it installed in the next few days.. and also have time to work the bugs out of the car etc.. so i have a recommendation of a local shop in Jacksonville that, depending on conversation, will probably do a quick setup with some dumps at the axle for now... ill know my choices when i talk to them.

a quick video of startup ... more to follow... worked most of the day saturday and fired the engine at 2AM ... :sleep1: ... now its time to tune her .... sooo.. its now almost 5am and time for bed.. thanks for all the motivation from this site!!! oh yeah... Action Machine 3.5" aluminum drive shaft 1350 trans yoke and 1350/1310 hybrid at the pinion.... is installed, gauges are working after grounds resolved, flushed block and installed evans coolant.. installed fan relay kit and fuel pump relay,.... ill think of more that was done after i sleep... :punk: amsoil ATF installed in T56 oil changed lokar throttle cable installed dual fan controller installed and wired with wetherpak connectors fuel pump relay installed evans coolant flush and coolant installed fuel sending unit installed

woo hoo - more progress key milestone -- for me anyway... the drive shaft will be delivered today, 8/23/13. **slow cranking problem resolved** we knew something was binding / hitting, so we did process of elimination until we determined the problem. we picked up a transmission jack from harbor freight .. highly recommended!!! worth every penny of 140.00... we removed the tranny combination at the least 5 times, very efficient time with the transmission jack.. link to video we removed the starter and spaced it out.. didnt really resolve the problem.. but starter face was hitting flywheel -- still cranking slow. removed starter and unbolted bell housing / t56 from block - turned engine over by hand no problem bolted bell housing and clutch up to block - turned over by hand no problem removed clutch and bolted t56 and bell housing to block - binding determined that the t56 vinput shaft was too long and removed .15" off of input shaft- mated t56 to bell housing - turned by hand no binding removed bell housing and t56, installed clutch and mated bell housing back to block with t56 - turned by hand no binding now back to our regularly scheduled programming.... baby steps to resume.. we worked every night this week for a couple of hours, picking off the items on the to do list.... several parts / bolts runs etc.. hope to fire the engine on Saturday 8/24/13.....:thumbup: buening asked a question a good while back ... "did you shorten the T56 input shaft".. remembering that post sped up the troubleshooting..!!:thumbup: also, AAW support has been amazing, i needed two more tail light housings each side for the Shelby rear tail light setup... they shipped them out very quick and added them to an existing order for my T56 harness connectors.. as well as resolving questions i had regarding the fuel pump relay trigger and turn signal indicator harness questions..

hmmm... interesting... i like the Shelby rear with the Shelby mesh insert, i did the same on my coupe.. to each their own.. that's whats fun about this hobby... as for the interior... the interior is different i like the seats (are they TMI) and i like the console and the interior color -- is that the brick red of the 2012 Mustang.. but maybe with a different exterior color,.. just me.. but its not mine sooo... wondering if they changed ext colors during the project, door panels are toooo busy for me... as for the stance... i dunno seems very low and builds on the pro-touring theme... but maybe its on air and raises a bit to ride out.... interesting build... cool to see something different.. it would rip my build to shreds .. lol --- yup its on air ride

nice shop and nice cars too... this is actually Hurricane Performance which is across from Tuners Inc. Hurricane does the mechanical and Tuners does the programming etc its a work area so no worries.... see if you can find all of the project cars in the pic... old school and new school..

have not ruled out more binding at the starter, also need to make sure the T56 is not engaged some way... the new yellow top was charged and we topped it off with a charge over night last night.. we shall see how tonight goes.. with the new ground... it "sounds" stronger when turning over... we will prime the oil up to the heads with the oil changed out.. get it ready to start etc.. we also have another yellow top from the land cruiser we can swap in for testing..

headed to Tuners Inc this afternoon in Organge Park to checkout the turbo build, shope and other cars... looks like they have a nice 66 and early Shelby Cobra they are working on.... :drool:

the two 12" fans with my Champion Radiator purchase ... im using a generic relay kit to control the fans with input from the Vintage Air switch and thermostat switch at the radiator... :thumbup:

so i picked up a 5.0 coyote motor from a friend thats installing a Aluminator low compression crate motor along with a hellion twin turbo setup for his 2011 GT ... cant wait to build a project around it... looks like it will live in an 89 GT convert ... would love to save up and do a Factory 5 kit ... MKIV or Daytona coupe...:drool: also may use the same shop Tuners Inc in Orange Park Forida, with help on engine / chassis tuning and alignment of my TCP rack setup if we cant get it dialed in... :thumbup: --update - Tuners inc will tune my 69 project but not alignment etc, i have a recommendation of a local shop in JAX that i will check into for alignment as well as a exhaust shop that can bend 3" stainless etc.

looking good!!! progress! progress!! progress!!!:thumbup:

fays2 progress - test fit the modified fays2 .. looks like it will work perfect!! without changing any routing of fuel lines .. basically the passenger side was extended to create a halo around the sleeper tank AN fittings, the fays2 arms also clear without any issues... :thumbup: also purchased 2 gauge welding cable $$ to run from the battery GND to the firewall and then to the head/block. the engine turns over faster, but still not like a stock turn over etc.. still slow.. we changed the oil.. one of the steps anyway, pump up the oil to the heads with a drill.. and will see how it goes tonight... getting closer... baby steps.. :punk: