TwinTorino

[SVTforme]

Fittings came from Tallon Hydraulics. Tons of other places make them (Aeroquip, Russell, etc), but Tallon one of the few companies who makes a -6 fitting for the return line. I found Tallon has the best package price overall. Search on Ebay for hydroboost fitting. Note that for the high pressure supply to the rack, you will need to use a Ford Teflon washer for it to seal (assuming you are starting with a Mustang Hydroboost).

Only thing I would suggest before ordering is checking the thread on your return line. We ordered 2 sets only to find that one of our Hydraboost units had left hand thread on the return for some reason, when the other had right hand thread.

[Wesley J]

Thanks a bunch for the info!

Love the twins, great work.

[geomerc]

Hey Craig, Do you know how much difference there is between where the old towers were and the new towers are? I am contemplating the same thing only using t-bird parts as I have them available.

Thanks
George

[geomerc]

Hey Craig, Do you know how much difference there is between where the old towers were and where the new towers are? I am contemplating the same thing only using t-bird parts as I have them available.

Thanks
George

[SVTforme]

Hey Craig, Do you know how much difference there is between where the old towers were and where the new towers are? I am contemplating the same thing only using t-bird parts as I have them available.

Thanks
George

We were not able to hit our caster camber targets with the stock shock towers, plus the height of the towers did not woork with the travel of the struts we are using. For car #2, we may just cut the tops off the towers and make up our own to suit.. as this will save a lot of fabrication time.

Depends on what your goals are for the car. Just be careful with the T-bird stuff (depends what year), as performance parts are harder to find and are more expensive than their Mustang counterparts.

[SVTforme]

Been working a lot on the car lately.. mostly in the form of welding, so there is not as much to see as of late. Finished the balance of the welding on the subframe connectors in the rear and moved onto the rear suspension and wheel tubs. Should have that done in the next couple of weeks.

Finally gave the exhaust some attention. Decided to just run an "off the shelf" 2003/2004 Cobra system, and will add length where necessary, and modify the outlets so you can't see them. Found a used 2004 Cobra cat-back stainless Magnaflow system with only 1600 miles on it for only $200 shipped, and it even came with an extra set of flowmasters. Not sure why it was so cheap, but I didn't ask questions there. Have the forwards x-pipe section on it's way, so we may have an exhaust system in the car soon enough.

[SVTforme]

Since we plan on having the car up and running in the next month.. time to take care of the smaller things. Worked on getting the parts together for the remote battery setup. We were going to make our own battery mount, but for the time it takes, we decided to just go with a DSE mount for a 34/78 optima. To connect the dots, we are using 2 gauge Quickcar cable and side mount location on the battery.



Driver's side floors have been welded and smoothed out. Pass side is close behind and just need to be ground down smooth. Sure is nice to be able to do this with the car sideways on the rotisserie. Nearly done everything under the car now. Also in the process of of putting the rear seat support back in. It is hard to see in the picture, but we added a recessed area in the seat supports right beside the frame connectors where the brake/fuel lines will clip into on each side.

[coolwelder62]

This is a very cool build.Can't wait to see more.Scott M.

[HectorM52]

I need more pics so I can figure out where that last one is!

[RS_Customs]

I need more pics so I can figure out where that last one is!

Looks like the bottom of the passenger front seat pan. Can see a good shot from post #294.

It's looking good!

Robert

[SVTforme]

Yeah.. pictures now tend to defy gravity with the rotisserie on the scene. Since it is finally nice out, will have the roll the car outside and attack it with the SLR and post up some higher quality pics.

Moving right along, got the Magnaflow offroad X-pipe yesterday. Looks great and saves a ton of time trying to piece together straight sections and bends. As soon as the car comes off the rotisserie, the powertrain will go back in and exhaust will go on. Also got some straight 2.5" SS pipe to make the Magnaflow system work since the Torino is longer than a Mustang.

Moved onto the e-brake system. Went back and forth on whether to go on the floor in the pedal area, or in the console area. Since the car is clearly not going the stock route, function wins. Since we are not running consoles in the cars, and want a nice area for the dead pedal to go, it makes the most sense beside the driver. Besides, it makes e-brake drifting much easier . Cables are aftermarket pieces for a 2004 Mustang with IRS.

We now have June in our sights for a cruise around the block..

[chunger]

Moved onto the e-brake system. Went back and forth on whether to go on the floor in the pedal area, or in the console area. Since the car is clearly not going the stock route, function wins. Since we are not running consoles in the cars, and want a nice area for the dead pedal to go, it makes the most sense beside the driver. Besides, it makes e-brake drifting much easier . Cables are aftermarket pieces for a 2004 Mustang with IRS.

Making progress!

Just so I'm clear - is that ebrake handle setup also out of a 2004 Mustang?

[SVTforme]

Sorry - forgot to mention that. It is from a 2001 Mustang GT. I am hoping all we have to do it lengthen the single cable coming off the handle to adapt to the Torino. The two cables that go to the brake calipers connect directly to the end of the single cable which makes things nice and simple.

[SVTforme]

Almost there..

Have most of the underbody final welded (pass side shown from underneath car). Was a bunch of rust on the front crossmember under the rad - so we just cut it out. Will replace with 3"x2" steel section which will fit perfectly - the nice thing is it only needs to be cut to length and can be welded in. No sense in spending lots of time on spot repair since the suspension points that use the underside of this are long gone anyway.

Also found an Earls oil cooler, Bosch intercooler pump and Spicer 1350 series u-joints on Ebay in the last few weeks. Just need to get a Speedway 36" 1.25" OD splined sway bar for the front and the major purchases for this car will be close to complete.

[chunger]

Craig, great work - as usual!

Two questions:

1 - Looks like there's getting to be lots of surface rust - how will you remove it? Scruff & prime/seal?

2. What's a intercooler pump used for?

[SVTforme]

For now it will get a quick scuff and Rustoleum or something along those lines keep it from getting worse. Will drive the car like that for a while to shake the thing down, then eventually when time comes to paint it will get sandblasted or dipped and repainted with a good coat of paint.

It is simply used to pump coolant (seperate intercooler circuit) through the intercooler inside the intake manifold down a smaller radiator located in front of the main radiator. Intercooler pump itself has been used on every Ford supercharged/intercooled application as of late except for the Ford GT (Shelby, Lightning, Terminator, etc).

[SVTforme]

Have not posted in a while.. but getting lots done behind the scenes.

Have the rear wheel wells, shock mounts and spring mounts completed. Pictures shown is with the car upside down. Not much else to do in this area until final paint goes on. Moving onto the front of the car, the new radiator crossmember is welded in for good, and more or less complete (and also shown upside down. Just need to make up a mount to pick up the hood latch support. Only thing left to do under the car now is bend up the 2 rear brake lines and a fuel line.

Figured since the car will hopefully be up and running soon, it was time to finish up the fuel system. We made a fuel sump up out of stainless using a 2003/2004 Cobra tank as reference. We still need to add the supply tube and air vent, otherwise it is ready to go in the tank.

Once the lines are done, the car will be put back on its suspension, and the powertrain will go in for the last time for a while, as it is time to get thing thing on the road.

[Ripped]

I wish, I'd have had your fabrication, and welding skills, before I started mine!

Nice work. Can't wait to see her rolling...

[SVTforme]

Have not posted in a while.. likely because we have been too busy working on the car. We have the fuel tank almost ready to bolt in, just need to weld on a modern filler neck/cap. The pump reservoir has been welded to the standard Torino gas tank to mimic the setup on a 2004 Mustang Cobra.

Brake system is for the most part complete, as all the necessary lines are bent up and attached to the car. Since we are running a 4-channel ABS system, we had to run two separate line to the rear. Once the car is back on the ground, only thing to do now is bleed them.

Splined swaybars arrived this week from Speedway - very nice parts. Looks like we are very close to having all the parts we need to complete 1 car - finally.

[Wesley J]

Looking great as always. Did you order the speedway stuff from them direct or get it up here? Looks ideal for me.

Thanks,

Wes