TwinTorino

[SVTforme]

Finally time to put the car through its paces. This past weekend was the Motorstate Challenge at Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, MI. Had a great time out on the weekend. Did not push the car overly hard the first time out - just wanted to make sure everything worked as planned and started tuning all of the suspension components. ABS is still not functional - hope to have that turned on soon as it will make a big difference at the track. No heating issues or suspension issues which was great as it was quite hot out. Overall very happy how it worked. Couple more times out to the track and we should be much faster.

Special thanks to all of the sponsors for putting this event on. It was very well organized. Definitely going to do the cruise the night before and the autocross a day later next year. No more leaving before 5am to get to the track again. Met a lot of great people from this forum too.





Didn't break anything on the car.. unfortunately the same can't be said about the truck. Halfway to the track (3.5 hour drive) the trailer hitch decided to pull itself through the frame rails. Made a loud bang and when we went to take a look - this is what we saw. No real fix for this on the go - pulled the Torino off the trailer and drove it the rest of the way. Also had to play it safe at the track since there was no ride home now if something broke. Ended up putting 300 miles more on the car than planned.



Couple of pictures taken by Lane Automotive. Maybe this is why front spoilers have stiffeners . Need to add that to the t-do list. Special thanks to Torino420 for the Camaro spoiler idea.






Lots more pictures located at this site.

http://www.motorstate.com/photoGallery.htm

Ultra rare 4 pod cluster.. supposedly the only one every made . Almost have it done and ready for the new gauges. Should have them done shortly which will be nice - as I am tired of staring through the Dash pad to barely be able to see the stock Mustang GT gauge cluster.

[boostedtorino]

awesome build man im gonna have to take a few notes to use on my build love the car

[Rick K]

looks like it was a lot of fun Craig

Whew, I'm glad the trailer was ok though

[migg400]

Very nice build to follow. looks like all of the dedication and hard work definitely paid off!!

[Evoix]

AWESOME....
Love the old fairlanes!

[SVTforme]

OK.. been a while since I have posted anything on here. Have been very busy in general, but have had some time to play around with the Torino.

The dash cluster is finally complete. It took 10x more time than planned, but came out exactly how I envisioned it. Only thing left it so stick the stock Torino needle centers on the Mustang ones to make it look more original. Most expensive part was the 2004 Mustang Cobra cluster ($100) and everything else was pretty cheap - just required a lot of custom fabrication.

This is how it looks in the end and also what is inside:

[SVTforme]

And the final product:

The dash illuminates as soon as you turn the key on. The backlighting actually works great in the day since the Torino gauges are recessed in the dash and they are even better at night. Each needle has a dedicated LED to light them up. All of the dummy lights on the Mustang are on this dash (check engine, traction control, ABS, etc) and come on with the LED's shown above.





Stock cluster for reference:


Track season is starting up shortly.. so time to get everything ready to go once again. Have started into the trim emblems etc, but have not put anything on the car as of yet.

[CruizinKev]

woah nice cluster! good work!

[85coupe50]

woah nice cluster! good work!

What he said!

[snopro]

any work done on the second car yet?

[Evoix]

any work done on the second car yet?

This.
Can´t wait to see another fairlane
Oh and Nice gauges.

[SVTforme]

Thanks guys..

Work has been progressing on the second car, mostly to do with items that don't require the car to be in the shop (engine, trans, offline fab etc.). Since this car is mine.. I have no reason to push to get things done faster as I'm enjoying driving it as is . Need my parter in crime to step up the game on his build to get things moving along faster, plus we also need more garage space. Have a couple of other projects on the go which keeps car #2 moving along slowly. It will go much faster once under way.. just need to get to that point.

[SVTforme]

Also added a smaller pulley to the supercharger. Supposed to add 15-20hp.. nothing huge but i'll take it. Should be a bit more for me since I am running a larger throttle body than stock and other mods.

[linkstar69]

This is one of the most creative builds I've seen on this or any other forum.

[migg400]

Just Beautiful!!

[ramlinman]

i love this project

[johnnysrx]

any updates???

[Dave B]

Such an awesome car! I've been following along for some time now, on the website. Plus I think I saw you up here in London last summer.

[Dalamar]

Great Work Craig!
I really like how your gauges turned out, nicely done sir!

[onestopcustoms]

Hello Craig, beautiful write up. Question about the Cibie lights... are these HID?