Blue My Mind, 1972 Ford Maverick

[wiedemab]

Looks like a good time to min-tub, not sure if that was in the plan, but there appears to be some room to move the inner wheelwell in to the frame rail.

Nice project BTW - I love Mavericks!

[aussiebj]

yes mini tub it.. if you do you will be able to get a 315 under there...heres mine with a 17 x 11 with a 315x 35x 17

[HotRod47]

yes mini tub it.. if you do you will be able to get a 315 under there...heres mine with a 17 x 11 with a 315x 35x 17

Ok, so how exactly did you do that? Looking at my car, even if I mini tubbed it I wouldn't be able to get any bigger tire in there because of the rear spring placement. What else did you do to the suspension? If you have more pics of it please post them or email to me? That would be greatly appreciated!!

I love the look.

[jaybee]

Hard to imagine when I was a stupid teenager we used to make fun of those. Of course in those days original muscle cars with relatively low mileage were available cheap. Turns out these have great potential. I always did like the looks of them, even Dad's 74 with the small 6 and 3 on the tree.

[aussiebj]

I got rid of the leaf springs and fabbed up a 94 model mustang setup using off the shelf performance parts for a 94 mustang..it became a tri angluated 4 link set up with coil overs ..and it wasnt that expensive just the mounts took time ..i am also fabbing up the same setup on the 69 fastback i am building you can see pics of that on here its a little more involved as i built my own chassis....but you will get the idea....if you want to go the easy way just buy an 8.8 rear end out of a 94/95 mustang(of course you will have to narrow it)as it will come with disc brakes and the mounting points already set up on the rear ..just center it under the car and mount up the control arms then you will know where the front mounts will be located.....

[cl08]

First off nice little mavrick. My buddy is going to be doing one soon (he hopes).

But may I ask, why such a tiny cam? I had one in my 92 fox and hated it. Of course I like a huge radical cam, but I did not like the performance of it at all. I had every bolt on to match it as well (5.0 performer upper and lower, 24 lb injectors and mass, z-T5, 3.73 etc...). But I guess the stock E7's could have killed it too. Just curious on the little cam.

Sweet ride though & will be watching

[wiedemab]

I ran a B-Cam in my '89 and really liked it. My car was stick shift though. Just as a reference, my motor had the following specs -

• Stock block bored and honed w/ torque plates to 306ci (.030" over)
• Align honed
• Deck square w/ BHJ fixture
• Reconditioned stock rods
• SpeedPro Forged Pistons
• Fully Balanced rotating assembly
• Edelbrock Performer RPM Aluminum Heads machined to achieve 10:1
• ARP fasteners thoughout
• Melling Oil standard volume oil pump
• Cloyes true-roller timing chain
• 1.6 Ratio 7/16" Stud Mount Roller Rocker Arms
• Motorsports B303 Camshaft
• Pioneer SFI Balancer
• Edelbrock Performer Upper and Lower Intake Manifold
• Edelbrock 70mm Throttle body and EGR Plate
• C&L 76mm MAF - purple sample tube
• Walbro 155lph
• Motorsports 30lb/hr fuel injectors
• BBK lonk tube Headers
• Custom crossover pipe w/ Wideband O2 Bung
• 2 Chamber Flowmaster Mufflers

Here is what it made on both the engine dyno and chassis dyno.

The engine dyno runs were with a Holley 750.

These pulls were done when I had the SCT chip tuned. Not great numbers by any stretch, but for a motor that made 230hp at the crank stock, It though for the investment it did OK. It had a nice flat torque curve and was fun on the street. It ran low to mid 13's on street tires.

[HotRod47]

First off nice little mavrick. My buddy is going to be doing one soon (he hopes).

But may I ask, why such a tiny cam? I had one in my 92 fox and hated it. Of course I like a huge radical cam, but I did not like the performance of it at all. I had every bolt on to match it as well (5.0 performer upper and lower, 24 lb injectors and mass, z-T5, 3.73 etc...). But I guess the stock E7's could have killed it too. Just curious on the little cam.

Sweet ride though & will be watching

I have been a Chevy guy all my life. I love the Ford body styles, but always ran an SBC in them. This car is my first all Ford car. I am learning as I go. My brother in law built a Factory Five Cobra last year. I am going by the specs he put in his 302. I love the way his sounds and runs. He is running the E cam without any concerns or problems. I will put it in and if I decide I don't like it I will swap it out later on. My cars are all distance drivers, not racers. We think nothing of jumping in our hot rod and driving it 13 hours to Columbus for the GoodGuys show. I think it will be fine. If not, I will change it.

[Ratty 46]

I've been a ford guy for a long time ..... I've had a 428 SJC Torino, a Falcon Sprint & am now cutting on my 46 ford coupe .... and I've always wanted a "grabber".

Great start & looking good. I'm in on this thread ....

Ratty 46

[Chevrolaine]

Cool! Not one you see everyday, that's for sure!

[cl08]

I have been a Chevy guy all my life.

I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT!!!!!!!

I have always liked mustangs, mavericks, & galaxies though. I have built several SBC S10's with my cusin, couple of turd gen camaro's, lots of c-10s 62-87.

I had a T5 in my 92 lx. AND yes E303 is a very good mechanically sound little cam without any mods to your valvetrain. It just was not enough grunt for my taste. Just rmember there is always a bigger stall converter and run some 3.23's or a gear vendor. Then you can have your cake and eat it too.

Oddly enough I sold that lx to my next door neighbor who turned it into a Factory Five Cobra as well. He has been working on it for about 2 years its in the go-cart stage/ body work. He stroked it to a 347 with a fat nasty Windsor cam too. He also fitted a dual in/ oulet X style dynomax muffler in front of the engine. It sounds totally different than any other Cobra. Take a look if you like.

http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/radtexas/

I clowned him hard about buying Cobra R's.

[wiedemab]

think[/I] it will be fine. If not, I will change it.

I"m sure the E-Cam will be fine. I was just trying to give you an idea of the hp you might expect. If you make it to Columbus, I'll have to look you up. I'm only a few hours from there and go every year.

Keep up the good work!

[HotRod47]

I"m sure the E-Cam will be fine. I was just trying to give you an idea of the hp you might expect. If you make it to Columbus, I'll have to look you up. I'm only a few hours from there and go every year.

Keep up the good work!

I will have to remember that. We went in 2008. I am planning another trip in 2011. Can't go this coming year. This is a pic of my 47 that we take everywhere. It has been a very fun car. Who knows, by 2011 I hope to take both cars!! That would be fun.

[Ratty 46]

The '47 looks kick ass. If the Mav comes out anywhere near as well .... you'll have a winner.



Ratty 46

[HotRod47]

The '47 looks kick ass. If the Mav comes out anywhere near as well .... you'll have a winner.

Ratty 46

Thanks for the compliment! The 47 is a great car, we love it.

Between yesterday and this morning I got the underside of the car all painted. I finished up the prep work and masked everything off. Wrapped plastic around the garage as well. I didn't want everything turning black.

I sprayed 2 coats of PPG's DP90LF epoxy. I let that sit over night, then this morning I went out and used 3M heavy body seam sealer and sealed up a bunch of seams that the factory should have. 30 minutes later I sprayed 2 coats of PPG's HSP-2128bk. It is a polyurathane primer that is in their "light industrial" line. Awesome stuff. It will dry to a rock hard, semi gloss finish. This will be the final finish. It does not need to be top coated. I know restoration shops that use this on suspension parts and radiator supports for a final finish.

I can't wait to let it cure up and get it off the rotissorie!

[HotRod47]

Just trying to post up a bigger file from Photobucket.






Hey it worked

[streetrod77]

nice car, I'm building a 77 comet. I have mini tub my car also. You can relocate the front leaf spring mounts inward alone with the sbocks and run a 295 or 305 rear tire.

[fodobaggins]

any progress on this thing lately?

[fordsbyjay]

Looking good!

[HotRod47]

I sent a bunch of parts off to the sand blaster to get rid of nearly 40 years of crud. Blast
Techniques in South Windsor, Ct. did a great job for me. Included in the parts
bin was all the rear leaf springs. I took them all apart and had them blast the leaves individually.
The shock plates, two mount to the bottom of the springs and two mount to the bottom of the
car. I also threw in the front radiator support braces. These parts along with the rear end itself
went the same chassis black as I painted the bottom of the car. I painted the oil pan, timing
cover and harmonic balancer a gloss black. I am painting the engine black because I have not
chosen a color for the car and don't want anything to clash. I love having access to a spray booth!!

I spent several hours in the garage last weekend with my brother in law putting the 5.0 302 together.
By days end we had the crank, pistons, cam, timing chain and the heads assembled. I
painted the block and heads yesterday. Now that the timing cover and oil pan are painted
we can assemble those parts as well as the water pump. I still need to figure out what I am
going to do to the intake as far as a finish. I don't know whether to paint, or send them out
and have them coated, like an HPC coating? Still up in the air with that one.

Time to do a side job that pays so I can have some Maverick money! No more palying with the Maverick
for a bit. Now in the shop I have a 50ish Chevy pick up cab that I need to get done for a friend.

Glenn