TwinTorino

[Bryce]

What if you added a droop limiter instead of that helper spring?

[John Wright]

Sweet! It's good to see progress.....

BTW, Is there any way to retain the spring @ full droop with a flexible cable or something or maybe limit the droop so that the spring can't ever come out if you should get that end of the car too light for some reason? I like your idea and that works good on coil overs, but this arrangement makes me nervous that the spring might slip off the seat.

[chunger]

Good Times, Craig. Keep up the excellent work!

[bonecrrusher]

Vorschlag - they also make LS1 V8 swap parts into e36 bmw chassis - at least thats where I know them from...

Rear suspension setup is looking kick ass!

[droptop73]

Drag cars use travel limiters on the front suspension. Some are cable and some are chain.

[Bryce]

I have a cable limiter on the front of my falcon as well as my drag mustang.

[cobragt]

Awesome build! You check out that cowl real well? They tend to rot out just as much as the Mustang one do.http://images54.fotki.com/v1592/photos/4/44146/4148856/PB070007-vi.jpg

[cobragt]

http://images54.fotki.com/v1592/phot...B070007-vi.jpg

[SVTforme]

Thanks for all the comments!

What if you added a droop limiter instead of that helper spring?

I thought about it.. but decided to just run with the stock Mustang rebound travel. The springs actually package in quite nicely - better than expected.

Sweet! It's good to see progress.....

BTW, Is there any way to retain the spring @ full droop with a flexible cable or something or maybe limit the droop so that the spring can't ever come out if you should get that end of the car too light for some reason? I like your idea and that works good on coil overs, but this arrangement makes me nervous that the spring might slip off the seat.

Believe it or not - you can't get the spring out of there even if you wanted to. To install the springs, you need to remove the lower shock bolt to get into full droop as the shocks limit the travel. With the shock attached - you can pull on the springs as hard as you want and they will not come out (that is the first thing I tried). Otherwise I would have been too paranoid .

Vorschlag - they also make LS1 V8 swap parts into e36 bmw chassis - at least thats where I know them from...

Rear suspension setup is looking kick ass!

Yup - same guys. These are actually parts that were made for the rear IRS from an E36 in non coil-over applications. Looks like they need to start marketing them in the Torino section on their site .

Awesome build! You check out that cowl real well? They tend to rot out just as much as the Mustang one do.http://images54.fotki.com/v1592/photos/4/44146/4148856/PB070007-vi.jpg

Cowls are actually in really good shape on both cars as they are from down south.

[cobragt]

Thanks for all the comments!



I thought about it.. but decided to just run with the stock Mustang rebound travel. The springs actually package in quite nicely - better than expected.



Believe it or not - you can't get the spring out of there even if you wanted to. To install the springs, you need to remove the lower shock bolt to get into full droop as the shocks limit the travel. With the shock attached - you can pull on the springs as hard as you want and they will not come out (that is the first thing I tried). Otherwise I would have been too paranoid .



Yup - same guys. These are actually parts that were made for the rear IRS from an E36 in non coil-over applications. Looks like they need to start marketing them in the Torino section on their site .



Cowls are actually in really good shape on both cars as they are from down south.

Even the used one we got from here in Georgia still had problems, If you have the time I'd still take the top off and P O R the inside. That would at least keep it from starting to leak latter on. Always better to be safe than sorry.

[SVTforme]

Did not get a whole lot done over the holidays since I was out of town.. but did manage to get some things done the past couple of days.

Here's the concept for reinforcing the floors. This will allow stock buckets to be bolted into the car - and the brackets shown will allow the Sparcos to be bolted in at the correct height. Figured this would work much better than the after thought that was used to accomadate buckets on a stock vehicle.

Have the driver's side seat supports basically done.. so can now finish welding the floors in for good. Have the pass side almost done too. Designed the setup so the stock buckets would still work.. even though they will likely never make it back into the car again. It's nice to be able to sit in the car for a change. Getting closer to driving by the day..

[Bryce]

Nice solidworks design.

[SVTforme]

Thanks! It's amazing how far the CAD packages have come over the past decade. Before it would take more time than it is worth to whip something like this up. Now you can make the model and have a sweet rendering in less than 10 min and be ready to make parts. You obviously know this all too well .

[Bjkadron]

Very nice! I hadn't thought about doing the seat mounts like that. But it is a good idea.

I too am a big fan of CAD. Solidworks is saving me a bunch of money!

[SVTforme]

One step closer.. driver's side rear floor is now trimmed and tacked in place. Lots of welding to do on the car still that is for sure.

[SVTforme]

Scored a pair of used Cobra IRS Konis for car #2. Fresh rebuild on these with zero miles. Came with shock dyno sheets too which was a bonus. With car #1 getting closer to an operational state by the day, we are trying to get everything in hand to be able to dive into the next one.

Moving onto the fuel system - we decided to run a 2003/2004 Cobra fuel pump assembly. This is a unique 2003/2004 only setup that comes with dual pumps to provide additional fuel with the supercharged application. Since they cost a fortune new, we opted to go the used route as usual. We decided to run a returnless system like the stock vehicle. This system uses an FPDM (Fuel Pump Driver Module) to duty cycle the fuel pumps to target a desired fuel pressure which is measured by the computer at the fuel rail. Alternatively, we could have run a return system with a pressure regulator, but we opted to use what came with the Mustang originally.

As for fuel tank - for now we will use a stock 68/69 Torino tank. We will weld in a flange on the top front center area to allow this fuel pump module to bolt right in. We will build a reservoir/baffle setup at the base of the tank similar to what is in a newer Mustang to help prevent fuel starvation. Float rod will be a custom one using a stainless welding rod to take the shape of the Torino tank into consideration.

[wellis77]

Solidworks is saving me a bunch of money!

Not having Solidworks is costing me some time, but hopefully not too much coin.

This build is looking great. Nice work on the seat mounts.

[SVTforme]

Got the rear pass side floor tacked into place. Now moving onto the trans tunnel. First step was transitioning the Mustang firewall to the Torino hump. Almost have that roughed in - just need to trim all the pieces. Next comes the 4-speed tunnel. We decided to just make our own, and integrate it into the hump. Unfortunately the T56 shifter base is too large to work with a stock shifter bezel, so we need to go with something slightly larger.. although not by much. Time to order up some carpet and shift bezel/boot.

Also need to make up a custom shifter handle and knob. We will more than likely go with a cueball style black shifter with the 6-speed pattern on it. Alternatively we may make up our own 68 style knob, but with the 6-speed pattern in it.

[SVTforme]

Was digging through summer pictures.. and forgot about this one. Needed some inspiration with all the snow on the ground. This was at Gingerman Raceway in the summer. Special thanks to Yancy Johns for letting us get behind the wheel of the Fairlane!

[Rick K]

guys are really picking up the pace. Wish I could spend more time on my 67 fastback project,but working on this fox mustang and this other guy bugs me to help him out in his barn. Keep up the updates,saves gas on Torino Tuesdays