68 Mustang Progress

[kmcanally]

Thanks for the links...I told you my air cleaner hit the hood with the 1" carb spacer installed...so today I bought this 1/2" carb spacer on eBay

[Fast68back]

Sweet! To bad you had to buy all that other stuff just to get the carb spacer...... Your not gonne leave it purple are ya?
BTW- what are the specs on your engine (who built it)? My current engine is basically stock, thinking of going with a 331 or 347 crate motor with ARP aluminum heads, maybe add a paxton later (sooner if I hit the lotto tonight). Oh yeah, Ron told me your is "pretty strong" with a grin....

[kmcanally]

For now it will stay purple...The main reason I selected this over say a NOS or Edelbrock one was the perimeter injection plate design http://www.zex.com/Base/Video/ZEXPlate_WEB.wmv ...pretty cool (pun intended).

I built the motor. It is a 68 302 block bored .030 and machined by Reher-Morrison racing engines in Arlington, stock crank and rods with SPS rod bolts, forged TRW 12.5:1 pistons that yield about 11:1 compressions with 64cc chambers, Crower solid roller cam with 244 deg duration @ .050 and .540" lift, out of the box Edelbrock RPM heads with the 2.02 intakes, Edelbrock Victor Jr. Intake, and a Quick Fuel 650 carb.

This motor will never see more than a 100 or maybe 150 shot. Although the cam makes good power up to almost 7k rpm I will keep a 6k limit chip in the MSD box to try and enhance durability with the basically stock short block.

I have a 74 351W block in the garage that I plan on building into a 427 stroker. Ultimately I would like to build an blown aftermarket block based big inch Windsor that can really take the boost...reliably.
In the meantime I will play with the nitrous...at the next Dallas Mustang Parts open house (should be sometime in the fall) I am going to put it on the chassis dyno and see what it will do both NA and sprayed with a 100 shot.

[kmcanally]

Oh yeah, Ron told me your is "pretty strong" with a grin....

I am sure he felt obligated to "test" it...

[Fast68back]

You picked it up a day early and I missed it! Went by at lunch to check out the finished product and it wasnt there! I did get to see some progress on my hood though!

[Fast68back]

Meant to attach photos to the last post..

[kmcanally]

You picked it up a day early and I missed it! Went by at lunch to check out the finished product and it wasnt there! I did get to see some progress on my hood though!

sorry...he finished a day earlier than expected, and of course I was johnny-on-the-spot with the trailer ready to pick it up and bring it home! Last night I installed the gas cap, tail lights and bumpers, and then spent the rest of the night digging buffing compound out of every crevice on the car. If you like you are more than welcome to come over to my house (Lewisville) and check it out...plus I would like to meet you as well.

[kmcanally]

Meant to attach photos to the last post..

That is going to be nice...and will fit 100 times greater than any glass hood.

[Fast68back]

Kevin,
I may take you up on that. I'll probably be up in Lewisville Sat afternoon/evening if your around, Thinking about checking out the NTMC show at the cracker barrel off 35.

The hood worked out really good, the one big dent on the hood was right in the section he cut out for the scoop. Ron is also not opening the holes in the front of the scoop as much as most hoods to keep it stronger and avoid cracking.

[kmcanally]

I will not be around Saturday...we leave Saturday morning for a weeks vacation in Lake Tahoe.

[Fast68back]

Drop me a note when you get back and we'll work something out. Enjoy the vacation!

Did you have anything rechromed? I'm thinking about having my door handles and back up lights done rather than by repro stuff. You know of any good shops?

[kmcanally]

I had my vent window and rear quarter window frames rechromed by a company called Show & Go plating in Richardson.

[kmcanally]

Well it's back home...and I have reinstalled the back bumper, lights and gas cap...I also replaced the 1" carb spacer with the 1/2" nitrous plate so I could close the hood all the way. Going to be on vacation with the family for the next week...after I return I will install the door handles and the rest of the trim before finishing the nitrous install. Then its off to the Yellow Rose All Ford Show in Ft. Worth in August.

[Fast68back]

Looks like you have the window trim on there as well. How did it turn out after the polisher worked on them?

[kmcanally]

Polisher did a good job...I had Ron put it on before I brought it home.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

That is one of the nicest '68 Mustangs I've ever seen. Post some more pics if you can .

[DJ Mabe]

Looks amazing!!!!!!!!! It good to see somehting other than a Camaro get some attention on these boards.

[kmcanally]

Thanks for the compliments...I will post some more pics once I get the rest of the trim back on.

[bobbaganoosh]

Car looks killer!! It looks like in some of your pics you have the deep dish fr500's on the back. Did they not quite fit right? Hope to see it in person at the Yellow Rose.

Aaron

[kmcanally]

I just got back from a weeks vacation...thanks for all the kind comments...I hope to spend some time working on it tomorrow...

I tried to run the deep dish 18x10 295/35 combo but it rubbed a little bit on the inside and out...so it was either raise it up or go smaller. I chose smaller and am real happy with it...seems to look more "balanced" with the smaller setup in the back.