My Project officially begun

[A05C]

Well the 80 mustang i bought a few weeks ago has finally started to get parts collected over the last few weeks. Friday afternoon i picked up a 5.0HO motor and AOD trans for a good price. Then After another run to jegs yesterday we got the rest of the parts to put the shortblock together (as a rebuild using stock pistons/rods)
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not bad for a whole nights work. We started out tearing the motor apart to a bare block, then cleaned it up and started putting things together with driving to jegs and back in columbus. so it was a long day but well worth it. next week i'll be ordering more parts and getting the trans parts hopefully and getting it put in the car at least.

[Greg Seibert]

Great looking project.
You'll love the B 303s idle......rump-rump time.

[A05C]

I'll be running:
edelbrock victor jr intake
holly 600 DP
B303
Ported heads/port and gasket matched
crower valve springs
double roller
flow tech long tubes
E7 block (molly rings and clevite 77 bearings) on stock pistons and rods
C4 with some internal parts

in the next few weeks I'll be finishing up the drive train and transmission and rear end
then I'll finish the fuel and ignition system.

i only have time to work on the car on the weekend (work full time mornings and go to school full time at night). hopefully this coming weekend we'll get the 4cyl out of the car and get the engine bay prepped for the new engine.

[89notch]

What did the motor come out of? It doesnt really matter but the pistons look like the 5.0 truck Non-ho pistons. The only difference is the Dish pistons and non-HO camshaft so you should be good to go

[A05C]

the motor is an E7TE which is a truck motor.

the guy i got it from said it came out of a lincoln or something he wasent sure. it came apart very easily and wasent in bad shape for being as old as it was.
the pistons are flat tops, and the new heads are HO heads that i got for a cheap price (same thing with the fairbanks 3000stall)

[americanricer87]

It's coming together nice Andrew, can't wait to see it on the road.

[A05C]

hopefully it'll rain this weekend and i wont have to work the track (was in jegs this past weekend instead of working OOPS lol)
then we can get the 4cyl out and prep the engine bay for the new motor and get someof the C4 parts ordered (flex plate, shifter,valve body, possibly shift servo and planetary)
then if i have money i'll get the pushrods, radiator, water pump, hoses and a fan

[A05C]

**Update***

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got the old motor out and the new motor is about ready to go in. gotta finish up a few little things then prep the engine bay for the new motor. then its in and get the trans ready by going through it and making sure its good. but fuel system is going to be ordered friday along with a cat back exhaust and a shifter hopefully. then it'll be in indefinately.

i still need the little stuff like oil,coolant,hoses, misc other stuff. and a rear end lol

[ibstrokin]

Nice progress, congrats

[A05C]

i need more money lol

[PonymanfiveO]

wow you guys work fast! Your blurry in every pic. lol


cool project!

[A05C]

haha thats what happens when you give your friend your camera that when you use no flash you practically HAVE to use a tripod... the clear pics were taken by myself.

[A05C]

and im not the one working on the motor.. im the tall skinny kid with glasses lol

i have the dark blue coat on with the lighter grey coat on under it.. (i get cold easy.. lol)

[Evil_Capri]

Great progress and nice build!

[A05C]

thanks for the compliments. hopefully soon i'll get the fuel sys, rearend, drivetrain all situated and i can get started on the initial startup. i'll be making a video that goes on streetfire.net

if anyone wants to check out my videos on streetfire (im sure some of you might have seen some of them before) videos.streetfire.net/uploaded/andrew05c.htm

[A05C]

update 5-9-08
Got majority of the fuel system today.. i still need some fittings and line then its all going to be started to be put in the car.
also put the slicks on the car for a look at what its going to look like soon

[A05C]

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[A05C]

update 5-9-08
Got majority of the fuel system today.. i still need some fittings and line then its all going to be started to be put in the car.
also put the slicks on the car for a look at what its going to look like soon

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[Gearhead]

Nice work, talk about a sleeper !!!

[A05C]

the only thing i dont want to have to do is put a cowl hood on it.. but i think there will be some clearence issues with the intake manifold and carb. if i have to i'll do the 86-93 front end but for now i'll just try and find a way to get away with the oem hood. hopefully today we'll get the motor set in the car and the new fuel cell in and start all the plumbing. should be an interesting day. b/c the owner of the shop (friend of mine) is putting suspension on his camaro and we might take it to the drag strip today.

but if anyone is interested in coming out and helping... we're working out in ada ohio which is about 30 min from lima. if someone needs directions or wants to come out and visit my cell number is 419-204-2234 i can get you directions to the shop or at least to a familer road then to ada where the shop isnt hard to find.

[ibstrokin]

If you need to, you can always use 3/4" drop motor mounts

[A05C]

i've got the jegs solid mounts in there. we got the motor intoday and got the fuel cell in place and a few other little things.

[Crucial]

you could always put spacers between the hood and the hinges ...would get much out of it and it will just look like the hood isnt adjusted properly

[A05C]

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[americanricer87]

Damn you didn't waist any time this weekend did you andrew, I'll have to check it out sometime this week.

[A05C]

we've gotta get stuff done cause i really only have 2 days to work on it a week. im excited for next week bc i'll have the rest of the fuel fittings and line and we can get all that done. and bill's picking up my rearend and radiator so we can get the radiator in and new water pump and everything in the front. then get the new rear end in and the driveshaft and the trans rebuilt so both engine and trans have practically 0 miles on both of them :D

[A05C]

i havent done an update in over a week, so here it goes.

got the new rearend, new radiator, water pump, hoses... the usual front end stuff.. got the C4 rebuilt yesterday with the PA Racing valve body and new clutches and steels. fuel system is fully plumbed from front to back, just got to wire the pump. got the ignition box installed yesterday and wired up (no pic (forgot to do that )). have to get a new flex plate (got the 157 tooth instead of the 164 (oops))
once i get the new flex plate this weekend the trans will go in and driveshaft. then hopefully it'll be just about ready to start up and possibly drive
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[Xowner]

why didnt you put motor and trans in together?

[A05C]

i had a reason... but i cant remember off the top of my head, but i do know that the C4 was in good condition but needed clutches. so we just got the motor in first since we didnt have the trans done yet. but after i get to jegs this weekend and exchange the flexplates the trans will be goin in and finish up the rest of the little things and hopefully start it

[A05C]

*update*
after another run to cbus to jegs...
got the trans in last night along with the drive shaft and everything else buttoned up and the engine primed and everythign.


as we went to start it.... the starter we thought was good... was junk..

so today..

we got more trans fluid in the trans and got the new starter in. after that we went and turned the engine over a few times and finally hooked the fuel pump up and put fuel to the motor and started it up WOOT!!!

after getting everything else done we went out and took it down the road after getting it to idle and run decent. came back and tightend up the band in the trans really quick and went out again. this time a friend of mine with his LS1 car went with us and followed.

we got the hit and it took him to well over 90 to catch us.. at one point we were pulling away slowly but he came around us on the top end. (all this after we got the rings seated of course (and in a safer area so if something happend nothing that bad would happen))
but needless to say.. i took some video with my camera today, and when i get home from work i'll put together a short video and post it up for everone to see.

[A05C]

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here's the video of the car on how it sits right now.

[PKFIRE]

This project is looking very good and being done in a timely manor is awesome. Are you planning to do any more work to it?

[A05C]

yea, im hopeufully picking up a set or making a set of subframe connectors,welding in the cage i have, a gear in the 8.8 rearend i have sitting at my friends shop with axles and a spool.

i want to see how far i can get with the factory 4 cyl suspension.

then down the road im strongly considering building a boss blocked 347 or 331 and throwing some nitrous at it. but thats down the road a couple miles. if i didnt have to worry about health insurance or child support lol

[A05C]

latest update..
i haddent taken pics of the car in a while.

so i picked up new wheels, kirkey seat, 3.73 gear w/ 31 spline axles, and got a pic of the new motor project for the winter.

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[ibstrokin]

That shifter looks interesting, I've never seen one, cool though.

[A05C]

its a hurst pro matic 2 w/o the covers on it ( have to notch to fit around the parking brake) and still have to get it comfortable with the seat in there