My 68 Cougar Pro-Touring / Resto-Mod Project

[Chev Korbin]

Oh man! It's really gettin good now!... I'm-a make some popcorn

[langleylad]

Moving forward , ordered parts from Ford , Vintage Air , Wilwood , and West Coast Classic Cougar in the last couple of days .

[langleylad]

I'm fabing up air conditioning vents for the lower corners of the dash .



Holley EFI will handle the engine management.

[langleylad]

I've been working under the dash lately installing the Vintage Air A/C unit and the Holley Dominator EFI ECM . Plus I fabed up a mount for the GM DBW pedal .
Next up is mounting the American Autowire fuse panel .

[boostedtorino]

nice other than the unimaginative LS drivetrain.....what a waste

[xsboost90]

i think the project is awesome no matter what some troll thinks! Keep up the good work!

[Godbolt]

i think the project is awesome no matter what some troll thinks! Keep up the good work!

Totally agree. Ignore the hate. Great work.

[langleylad]

nice other than the unimaginative LS drivetrain.....what a waste

hahahahahahaha ! what ever

thanks guys

[andrewb70]

Andrew

[langleylad]

You can see where I'm going with this .

[windows]

Looking good. I really like what you're doing with this project. When you bought the motor, did the DBW come with it, or did you buy the system separately? If you bought it separately, where did you get it and how reasonable was the price?

[Chev Korbin]

Yes! Dash is going to be so cool. I have always wanted to see that done in the cougar. Lots of pictures!

[langleylad]

Looking good. I really like what you're doing with this project. When you bought the motor, did the DBW come with it, or did you buy the system separately? If you bought it separately, where did you get it and how reasonable was the price?

Thank you , I bought it separately , I bought the new GM throttle body on ebay , cheap . The Holley Dominator EFI can handle DBW.

[langleylad]

Yes! Dash is going to be so cool. I have always wanted to see that done in the cougar. Lots of pictures!

I think it will look great . The Cougar dash is just plain ugly IMO , plus the Cougar dash pad is approx. $500 compared to the Mustang pad at approx. $190. . I planned on redoing the dash anyhow as it was a bit on the rough side . The Mustang dash is a lot better looking .

[Peanut1959]

Loving this build! Subscribed.

[windows]

Thank you , I bought it separately , I bought the new GM throttle body on ebay , cheap . The Holley Dominator EFI can handle DBW.

Thanks Langleylad. I also bought a dbw throttle body on ebay for cheep, but the price for the TAC module wasn't so cheep. BTW, are you in the north or south? I'm in south Langley.

[andrewb70]

Thanks Langleylad. I also bought a dbw throttle body on ebay for cheep, but the price for the TAC module wasn't so cheep. BTW, are you in the north or south? I'm in south Langley.

The Holley Dominator ECU doesn't need a TAC module and uses Gen IV throttle pedals.

Andrew

[langleylad]

As Andrew said no TAC required with the Holley Dominator, I'm in the City .

[langleylad]

I bolted the engine & trans back in this weekend so that I could figure out where to cut out two 2 1/4" holes in my smoothed firewall . One for the engine harness and one for the trans & DBW harnesses. I've also come to the realization that these Kooks headers hang to low for my liking . Even after I went to all the work of modifying them to clear the steering shaft , they're just not going to work . It was a gamble from the start that they would work , sometimes you just have to bite the bullet . At least they'll look good hanging on the shop wall , I'm looking at a pair of shorty/mid length units that should do the trick (fingers crossed .... again).

[andrewb70]

Hooker is coming out with some new stainless mid-length headers for 68-72 a-bodies. They may do the trick!



Andrew