TwinTorino

[Twentyover]

The nice thing about these are that the bolt right up to the stock headlight buckets. H4's directly replace the original high/low beams and the H1's replace the high beams. The electrical connectors are the same as on the Torino too forth both lights. These lenses are also convex like the originals and not flat like most aftermarket ones so they look kinda stock.

I am running the modern Mustang wiring so I do not currently have any wiring modifications (aside from integrating Torino connectors). Once I upgrade to 100W bulbs I will upgrade the wiring to better wiring suited for the current draw.

I did try the Cibie lights out the other day and they are amazing in comparison. They may not have the modern "bling" like other diamond lens style aftermarket lights, but they will outperform any other lights out there. I will have to take a picture of the beam pattern they make and post it.

I see you sourced the housings form the UK. Were these housings for use in LHD applications, or RHD applications like the UK. You do realize that RHD lenses are cut differently than LHD lenses, and the bulb 'cutoff' of a RHD lense will be higher on the LH side, tending to blind oncoming drivers if used in LHD countries.

[SVTforme]

Man that turned out nice, even with the cheapo paint job. If you can get past the brakes and wheels, could pass for a stocker, til you turn up the noise. I didn't see a part number for those Cibie lights. I would like to run something like that in my 63 falcon. I too want to stay away from the flat lense but want to upgrade to brighter lights. Thanks

They are part number 5.75-HCR for the H4's (low) and 5.75-HR for the H1 (high) for LHD applications. This is for domed lights. If you put an F at the end of the part number you get a flat face. 5.75-HCR-RHD gets you a RHD H4 low beam. High beams are the same for LHD/RHD since you no longer are concerned with cut-off. Note that these are all part numbers for 5.75" lights for quad headlight applications. Part number for the 7" lenses are 7-HCR and 7-HCR-RHD. Shipping from Europe was not cheap, but since we ordered 8 lights for 2 vehicle sets it worked out in the end.

I see you sourced the housings form the UK. Were these housings for use in LHD applications, or RHD applications like the UK. You do realize that RHD lenses are cut differently than LHD lenses, and the bulb 'cutoff' of a RHD lense will be higher on the LH side, tending to blind oncoming drivers if used in LHD countries.

Yup - Cibie makes the same lights in both LHD and RHD so you definitiely need to be careful, especially with the H4's. I did get the LHD variants. This is clear the first time you turn them on and shine them at a wall. They have a very sharp cut-off on the left side, and then to the right things shift upwards.

I found this site has very helpful information and has great pictures.

http://www.clearcorners.com/tech/002/

Low beam left / high beam right with Cibie lenses - note the sharp horizontal line - light goes exactly where it should. This allows you to run bright bulbs around town without blinding anyone. Then when you put on the high beams (all 4 bulbs at once) you can appear like a small spacecraft to oncoming traffic.



Here is why running "fake" HID's is a bad idea. Again low beams on the left, high beams on the right. These are also the same Cibie lenses. By fake I mean using an aftermarket HID bulb in a lens that was not designed for it's light pattern. Sure it looks bright from inside the car, but this is because light scatters everywhere including into the eyes of oncoming traffic. If you look on a standard H4 bulb, there is a reason there is a shield and only allows the light to shine in one direction on the low beams.

[SVTforme]

Not a whole lot of obvious progress to report back although there have been lots of little things done. Have been having too much fun with the car having racked up well over 500km so far with no real issues. Car works great - especially after putting it on the alignment rack. Car is very well behaved and very responsive. I sure enjoy having 6th gear on the highway too. Going to put the smaller pulley on the supercharger this week to wake it up a bit more too.

Heading to an autocross next weekend and then the next big event will be Gingerman next month for the Motorstate Challenge.

[ryeguy2006a]

That is a great picture. Good work. I love your build here. Very unique.

[Ripped]

Yeah I really like your car. I wish that when I did mine, that I would have dusted it in flat black, instead of mismatched grey primer, and guide coat.

I think that I would have driven it, just a little bit longer, that way, and worked all of the kinks out.
It's good that you're driving it. I drove mine 2 years in primer. Really helped get all the bugs out.

[Ratty 46]

I just sat & read the entire 21 pages ... and can only say fantastic vision & delivery.

I had an original '68 GT 428SJC 4 spd. car back in the mid 70's ... and never thought it would even get close to a G machine as yours has.

I'm awstruck ...

R46

[SVTforme]

I appreciate all of the comments!!

Motorstate Challenge is only 4 days away - can't wait!! First track event for the car. Hope to see many of you out there.

[jtm311]

Really nice work...
John

[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?

[linkstar69]

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

[Evoix]

any work done on the second car yet?

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