67 Roush Supercharged Coyote Mustang

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I started this project with a car that i bought off of ebay two years ago, which was originally from the unique Performance auction. It came with a VIN, unlike some of the cars, so that was appealing. At first i thought i would build it as an Eleanor clone, but over time, i changed my mind and decided to do more of a Shelbanor theme. After i did some research on the car, i found that it came from my home town before it was purchased by unique performance and i actually tracked down the previous owner through facebook.





First step was to install the Total Control Products rear end with 9" third member and Fab 9 housing
















Total Control Products subframe connectors

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Step 2 was cutting out the shock towers and installing the TCI front end.

I payed a shop to do this work and unfortunately, they got a little too torch happy cutting out the towers.





The shop claims it took them 42 hours to prep and weld in the front end, this did not include cutting out the shock towers. at 45.00 per hour, that was a painful bill and one i did not expect. The front end quickly went from affordable to not so affordable.

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After that was door alignment. Unique had put skins on original doors and they did not fit well, so the shop added metal to them.





I then decided to have the driprails removed.

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Next i installed the front suspension and attempted to fit the coyote motor, but quickly ran into interference issues with the crossmember and firewall. I brought the car home shortly after because the shop bills were getting way too high.

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Here is one of the problems I ran into with the TCI system and the modular motor. There isn't even enough clearance for an SN95 master cylinder, so I had to go with a custom pedal assembly with a 90 degree booster.



The exhaust manifolds were another problem. I had to cut the flange and reweld it on the driver's side. The passenger side header will need to be completely reworked as two of the tubes hit the frame rail.



The next problem was the transmission and mount. I do not know why TCI insists on designing the engines to sit so high, but they do. Dave stribling mounts do not have this problem, even with a supercharger and t-56 trans, but then your only option is for a strut style front suspension. Apparently the rod and customs front end fits does not experience these problems either, but I have not used them, so I cannot comment myself.
The tunnel needs to be raised almost 2 inches and the firewall needs to be modified to allow the bellhousing to clear and so that it can be removed in the future for clutch changes and other maintenance.



Just slightly off here.



I had to change the oil pan and notch the crossmember for clearance.

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I decided to ditch the upper Eleanor scoops and go with a custom Shelby Scoop, although in hindsight, I probably should have just left them alone.

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I took a long break from the car and then put in about two weeks worth of work last November 2012








I made some custom gussets out of left over metal to support the MTF radiator.

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Here is the trans crossmember after dissection. I had to remove metal and then reweld it to make it work with the TCI set up due to the transmission sitting higher.





Engine installed. I did not have any issues with hood clearance at this point, but I was using a Shelby hood with a scoop.

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Fast forward to June 2013

Then I decided to complicate things and add the Roush Phase 2 625hp Supercharger.





AND slight hood clearance issues!!!



So, I switched back to the Shelby hood and raised the scoop 1-1/4" in the rear and 1" in the front.

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Introduce body work

The lower rockers were fit so poorly that I had to cut them loose and rebond them.

Before



after



I eliminated the lower recesses for the PIAA lamps because I think the Baja lamps look cheesy.





Lower scoops fit and bonded in place





I eliminated the raised area that Unique added for the Lemans cap and fabricated metal to hold a recessed Gen 3 Viper gas cap.





Here is the color I chose for the body. This will be combined with silver super snake stripes.

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I've been working on the hood the last two days.

As i stated previously, i had to raise the hood scoop 1-1/4" to clear the supercharger.

Yesterday I started grafting in material where there were voids at the three connecting points/spears on the front of the scoop. I also cut the rear section loose from the underlying hood surround support.
First step after cutting out the rear ledge of the hood scoop was to make and area that i could bond material and resin to. I used paint stir sticks wrapped in tape to provide a dam to keep the kitty hair filler in place. I had to make the ledge on the back and the sides.

Here is the back ledge i created after the stir sticks were removed.

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I then used fleece and resin to make the new rear piece of fiberglass that will sit under the scoop.
Here is what the hood looks like now that the spears or nostril bones are connected to the top of the scoop again. It's turning out much better than i originally thought it would.

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And this is how the car currently sits. I hope to have it ready for color by September or October at the latest.
Custom upper scoops are finally on the car. I ended up making them non functional and bonded them to the body with 3m panel adhesive.







Raised hood scoop. I have way, way too much time in this hood.

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Im going to need to cut the intake elbow and angle it down for hood clearance. The sensor on the side of the throttle body interferes with the side of the hood beyond the scoop. Hopefully the fab shop up the road can work some magic with their tig welder and make everything fit nicely.

[Auto Rod Technologies]

Nice project.. I like the engine choice.

[Rat Fink]

I'm liking it!

[bmbrzmn101]

Nice project, I am looking forward to updates.

Chris

[craigs73]

sweet ride......i will be following this one

[Jon69RagTop]

Nice job on the car, thanks for taking the time to post the pictures. You've got some skills, what you spent at the shop could have paid for the tools to do it yourself. Hind sit is 20/20 though.

[Jetfixr320]

Nice build, Your obviously talented and not afraid of work. You definitely could have did the IFS install your self. And you probably have figured out by now how to fix your header clearance issue. I had a Issue with fitting Fox body BBK's in my Falcon with the R&C motorsports kit. I notched my rail on the passenger side, then filled it back in. My rails have all been boxed with 10 ga. plate also.

[67cougnut]

looking forward to following this build.

[67speedfreak]

Nice project ! Lookin good !