64.5 Mustang resto-mod

[Godbolt]

Very nice! Looks like you are stiffening up that unibody too.

As for the front valance, Rons $5000 build thread might give you some ideas? It's hard making those decisions. I went back and forth and round and round. The only thing I knew for sure was that I didn't want the "Eleanor" look.

[xsboost90]

finished up some paint work on a buddys car today and got over to my motor and started cleaning up things. Installed the phase limiter in the timing gear and put the chain and tensioner together. Dropped the push rods in and torqued everything down. Time to start prepping the motor for paint! This week- work on roll cage and prep motor for paint then assemble.

[Ls1velle]

Looking Good. I did a LS1 into my wifes 66 coupe, by far the best choice i could have made. Fitment was easy and its light. The car is awesome to drive.

[Ls1velle]

https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...ng-Coupe/page3 heres a link to my build. Feel free to ask questions.

[Josh@Ridetech]

Nice, I'll be following this one! Keep up the good work!

[Dave B]

Such a cool car, I'm dying for a coupe..but I'm outta room. As a Ford guy, I can't deny the potential of a LS motor, they are pretty sweet for the cost of them. I'll be following along.

[xsboost90]

thanks for the compliments- now that these projects are slowing down i can hopefully update more frequently. -my first choice in motors was a crate 331- my machine shop said buy a 351w so i bought one of those. It was so heavy and to get the power i wanted, quite expensive. I looked at coyote motors but the cost of the motor/trans/front suspension change and the space that thing takes up made me think real hard about it. I decided to do the Anthony Jones Engineering strut front suspension with an LS motor that i am fairly familiar with already. Plus i like being different and giving people something to talk about. I get bored seeing the same SBF in every mustang also.

[xsboost90]

got some real work done tonite. My cousin came over and we measured and trimmed the hoop for the six point rollbar and i made some serious 3/8" plates to set it on. Welded the plates and hoop in place, then i worked on the rear down bars, cutting out portions of the rear package tray till they fit right. Getting the angles right on the rear was a pain but i managed to get them both equal from the taillights and welded in the rear plates, down bars and all the connections. Still need to work on the forward lower bars but i have varied opinions on how they should go, so i'll save that for another day. Also have a harness bar to put in but thats an easy one.

Ordered some blue eurethane spray paint 2k for the motor in Grabber blue and one can of clearcoat 2k. Have to start cleaning things up and epoxy coat everything then the motor is getting all sprayed and put back together. Cant wait!

[xsboost90]

well ive been going back and forth with the motor color for over two years now. Said and done, i decided to go with my first choice, Grabber blue. Its not a ford motor but i think its a great color and it'll make the old chev motor feel more at home in the car. This was also similar to the color the stock motor would have been (260 v8). Ordered up some eurethane spray paint and a can of 2k eurethane clear. Etch primered all the bare metal and sprayed this stuff right over that. Hopefully it adheres well but ive had pretty good luck with this method in the past. The intake and some other things will prob. go charcoal or cast coat and then some black/silver details. Alternator is getting sprayed as well! I like it so far, prob. spray the fabricated valve cover coil covers in this blue as well with some kind of sticker - maybe FORD RACING 6.0? too cheesy? probably.

[Protour_Pinto]

You are 100% correct on the engine color, I think some FORD script on the Valve covers or mimic the Cobra offerings down to a faux aircleaner mounted on top.

[xsboost90]

haha i thought about a fake air cleaner but my strut bar and intake may be in the way. I dont want to go too far in the way of faking anything but a "tribute to originality" is always nice. I'll have to look at the oe motor pics some more on the interwebs and see what i can do. I thought about painting my polished coil/valve cover covers wrinkle black and taping up some lines on them like the 428 ford covers....mmmm

[xsboost90]

started doing some engine assembly tonite. This thing has been down so long im dying to get it back together. Put the timing cover, cam sensors, oil pan on, valve covers and valley pan. I had to figure out how the coils go back on because originally i was going to remote mount them and took everything apart. Luckily i figured it out and then i wanted to make sure the fabricated covers i bought would fit over the truck coils. took some grinding, cutting, filing and tweaking but i managed to get them on, straight and fitting around the truck coils pretty well. Good thing these are getting painted cuz i scratched the hell out of the polished surfaces. Now on to the front of the motor....water pump is just sitting on for fitment- still gets painted- i made some alternator drop brackets but i didnt like the spacers i had in there to true the belt up so i cut those off and im going to make some heavy duty pieces to replace that. Once everything is fit i'll get painted and made pretty for sure. I wanted the alternator very low in the car- out of the way and lower center of gravity. Not many aftermarket brackets for the truck motor and very costly-plus very large- so i figured i would give it a try. Oil cooler lines almost fit perfect just need to tweak them down slightly around the bottom of the alternator but no biggie.

So what do you think on color here? Im thinking paint the polished covers blue- some kind of little logo or script on there- then paint the intake either cast coat, aluminum coat, or graphite metallic. Under the hood is painted black so it needs some color in there.

[Godbolt]

I think the covers look good polished.

Some logo/ decals here you might like?

http://store.cobraautomotive.com/val...427-pent-roof/

http://store.cobraautomotive.com/dec...-baldy-chrome/

Anyway, it's looking really good.

[xsboost90]

that would be pretty cool...maybe make them with the 364ci and the birds....

[Crestronwizard]

Nice to see some updates! Keep at it

[xsboost90]

So I'm still painting the covers blue, but I looked at those valve covers Godbolt posted and got an idea. I emailed my vinyl guy and this is what we came up with. Whatyathink?

[xsboost90]

Got em sanded primed and painted today. Can't wait for these stickers to arrive!!

[Godbolt]

So I'm still painting the covers blue, but I looked at those valve covers Godbolt posted and got an idea. I emailed my vinyl guy and this is what we came up with. Whatyathink?

Very cool!

[xsboost90]

Got the covers on. Stickers this week

[68fury]

Really diggin this build. Happy to see someone else as crazy as me! I actually decided to do an ls swap on my mopar haha