66 mustang, tci, coyote, t56

[tigerracer]

Hi all, I finally got some time to start posting the build of this 1966 Mustang coupe. The car will have TCI suspension front and rear, Ford Motorsport Coyote crate motor and a T56 Magnum. I'm starting this post a little late in the build, so I'll bring you up to date. Body and all other sheet metal was chemically stripped, most of the bodywork is done, body is in primer, interior and trunk have been painted. The TCI front crossmember is welded in place and all the rear suspension parts that are bolted to the undercarriage have been fitted.Coyote engine was a recent customer change so we are going a little backwards.

Dales Restorations
San Bernardino, Ca

[JBCO]

Looks awesome and sounds like a sweet build. Did you guys order the T-56 Magnum yet? I was thinking of possibly going that route also.

Good luck with the project

[jr4452]

Looks like a great foundation to start with! I'm working on a 65 coupe, wont be as extreme as your project, but I'm looking forward to watching yours progress and snagging ideas from you!

[tigerracer]

Time to start fitting the Coyote motor and T56 Magnum which was purchased from American Powertrain. The plan for this install was to get the engine as far back and down as reasonably practical to help overcome the forward weight bias that all mustangs have. Upon initial fitment of the engine we had to notch the TCI crossmember for oil pan clearance and decided to take out the stock firewall. We also had to cut the top of the trans tunnel in order to get the correct driveline angle.

Dales Restorations
San Bernardino, Ca

[craigs73]

nice looking start gonna be a fun ride

[*ryno*]

did you use the coyote tci x member/kit or just a std one?

[Dalamar]

sub frame looks great, and I love the cyotee motor, it pulls at all RPM's
any plans for the boss IM"?

[tigerracer]

Hi Ryno, its the std TCI crossmember as the build was originally for a 302 engine. No plan for the boss IM, at the moment.
This build changes often.

Dale

[tigerracer]

The motor mounts are TCI, I believe they are for 4.6 and 5.4 engines, they move the motor back and down in comparison to the coyote mounts. Sal if your reading correct me if I'm wrong. As for the trans mount, I decided to make part of TCI frame connector/torque arm mount do double duty since the tubing TCI uses is stout enough and it was there. Since the cylinder heads on the coyote are huge, it was impossible to fit any std master cylinder and since I like my master cylinders and reservoirs in the engine compartment, not inside the car, I decided to use a wilwood pedal assy with the 75 series master cylinders which are about 3.5" long. Heres some pics of the motor and trans mounts, firewall and pedal assy.

Dales Restorations
San Bernardino, Ca

[Chad-1stGen]

Looks great!! That thing is going to be a beast!

[csx4766]

Real nice project. I like your wilwood pedal assembly.

[dougnugent1]

Wow this project is very cool. You are doing a great job.

[85coupe50]

very nice!

[MichaelUser]

Very cool Dale. Nice to see you here. You bought my buddy's Tiger that was a one owner car, back 4-5 years ago. Mark P is his name.
Where did you get the car stripped?

Thanks

[tigerracer]

Hi MichaelUser, Hemming Sport and Exotic Car did a 6 page article on that Tiger, it will be in the April issue. Say hi to Mark

[Throttle]

Very Cool..

[tigerracer]

The car was chemically stripped at a company in Santa Ana, called Strip Clean

[tigerracer]

I fabricated a support structure for the Wilwood pedal assy, tying into the factory mounting under the dash. Next I located and installed the gas pedal assy supplied with the coyote motor. I started to fit the Ididit steering column and I learned I had an oh ****! When I first measured for the brake pedal assy, I had the pedals stradling the column, but then I started allowing bfor the gas pedal assy which is huge. I ended up moving the brake pedal assy over to accomodate the gas pedal and forgot about the steering column. Well I like to play with my mill, so I ended up machining a custom brake pedal
.

[LowFast]

^ Sweet pedal, almost to nice to hide up under the dash.

[GrabberGT]

Im curious about your plans for exhaust. You haven't left any room for a crossover/x-pipe. I have the same problem with my TCI torque arm.