1966 Mustang Street/track Build

[Dalpilot]

Great work man. I love seeing another project coming along.

[rhurley]

I wish I had made a little fireball brace like you did. Smart idea, since the firewall flexes like crazy with manual brakes.

Have you tried working with NiCopp brake lines? you may never use anything else, ever again.

Which MC are you using?

Andrew

I wish i could take credit..... but these guys started it. Vintage class legends. http://haneperformance.com/Firewall-Brace.html


No i have heard they are the way to go. I bought a pre bent kit for the front and rear and had some small sections of tube laying around. I may clean it up down the road and go with them.....

Stockish master for now. Havnt decided what direction i want to go there....

[rhurley]

Starting to think about wheels....... Another guy on here got these.

http://s7d4.scene7.com/is/image/Turn5/33782G05?$enlarged810x608$




They are a good deal.

[rhurley]

Subframe connectors are in.


Fuel lines are run.

Starting wiring this week.







Standalone




Pulled the hood off for until the car is done'

[rhurley]

Wiring.......


Fuse block mounted.










Standalone harness hole




Harness




Ill mount the ecu, standalone fuseblock, and relays all behind the glovebox.

[rhurley]

One last thing i forgot to do on the motor.

Changing from rear sump to front sump, the dipstick doesnt work. Had to pull the pan, the one piece pan gasket was leaking anyway.

drilled the timing cover.

[Z06killinSBF]

I guess I'll feed my harness through the same location haha

[rhurley]

I guess I'll feed my harness through the same location haha

easy as long as there is no heater or blower anymore

[rhurley]

The tranny and bellhousing were absolutely caked in grease.

Took about a gallon of simple green and several hours to get them fresh














The pilot bearing was bad and needed to come out. I broke a harbor freight tool trying. so i went with the trusty bread and punch trick.














New flywheel and clutch.

Trying to find a missing transmission bolt and it will be in on saturday.

[MSTSFabbed]

I thought for sure that was a typo. BREAD and punch trick?? Do explain!

[yachtgoat]

I've never seen bread, but i have used grease. stuff the hole with bread, or grease, find whatever fits the hole snuggly and grab a hammer. then use the power of science to drive the pilot bearing out. pretty standard shade tree stuff.

[wfo guy]

You might consider changing the rear main seal while you're there.

[rhurley]

I thought for sure that was a typo. BREAD and punch trick?? Do explain!

Basically you fill the cavity with bread until you cant fit anymore, use something the same diameter as the inside( i used a large bolt and had to shave it down) pound it until the bread is conpressed, add more bread.

Bread can only be compressed so much before it will start pushing what ever is easiest out.

[rhurley]

I've never seen bread, but i have used grease. stuff the hole with bread, or grease, find whatever fits the hole snuggly and grab a hammer. then use the power of science to drive the pilot bearing out. pretty standard shade tree stuff.

I have tried grease, with no luck. it makes a major mess too......

With grease the punch tool has to be exact, otherwise it squirts out. bread is more forgiving on the tools you may have to use

[rhurley]

You might consider changing the rear main seal while you're there.

Im guessing you're referring the rtv on the back...... hahah.

I built the whole motor new. so it has a new rear main, but i cannot for the life of me make the back of the pan not leak, so a little bit of RTV solves the problem.

[rhurley]

dropped the motor in last night.












Way more room in there than i expected.

[Z06killinSBF]

It will fill up, these cars have tight engine bays

[GT408]

Keep up the good work! Looking forward to more pictures!

[rhurley]

Got a new house under contract so i am trying to do what i can while i have a little time.


Got Mid length headers in, and they fit perfect. Will get them coasted after i fired it up. to test.








Got March Alt. bracket and idler bracket. Without these the belt routing on the water pump was the wrong direction.

[rhurley]

Got the Column mounted








Also hooked up the cable clutch. It obnoxious, and swings way forward. I'll likely got to a hydraulic set up.








Been getting as much wiring as i can, Bolted the upper intake in.








Just to get it out of the garage, i threw the radiator in as well.