My 85 TBird Reply #90 – November 18, 2013, 01:22:45 PM Unfortunately nobody has missed anything since the last update. Have not been able to touch it since early spring. Hopefully I can get back to it after the first of the year. Have not lost interest, just have not had the time to work on it after my employee moved on this spring, it took a couple of months for me to find a new employee and am still trying to catch up. Now that I have all my wood cut and in for the shop, the deer hits are rolling in and will keep me really busy for a couple of months. QuoteAerocoupe Not sure how the hell I missed this build thread but wow, what a challenging build and super clean! Darren Thanks! Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #91 – November 22, 2013, 02:15:09 PM Dude loving the build, the car suspension is what I like reading about. The mods and everything look top notch. Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #92 – November 22, 2013, 08:42:23 PM Quote from: bodyman;407009 I have high hopes of driving it this summer. It comes down to funding and ambition. Back when I had all kinds of ambition, I didn't have the funding. Now that funds are not so hard to come up with, I have half the ambition, I am not sure where, or when I lost it, but if anybody runs across it let me know.I was just going back over your build and saw this quote. I laughed out loud because it is SO, so true.Awesome project, man. Keep digging on it. Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #93 – November 22, 2013, 10:09:35 PM Quote from: bodyman;424541Unfortunately nobody has missed anything since the last update. Have not been able to touch it since early spring. Hopefully I can get back to it after the first of the year. Have not lost interest, just have not had the time to work on it after my employee moved on this spring, it took a couple of months for me to find a new employee and am still trying to catch up. Now that I have all my wood cut and in for the shop, the deer hits are rolling in and will keep me really busy for a couple of months. Thanks!I missed your thread too bodyman, just seen it tonight for the first time.. awesome work! I'm looking forward to seeing more. Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #94 – December 22, 2013, 09:28:23 AM Great to see another mod fox swap. I just finished the hydroboost conversion too, only I modded the pedal instead of the mounting plate. I see a lot of the same work but also a lot of great ideas that you did too. Good stuff.http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?18403-88-Cougar-XR7-4-6L-3V-update-12-27-2011-Engine-trans-and-TC-rear-end-inI'm also a little over an hour away, too. If you're ever in Waterloo, stop by. Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #95 – December 22, 2013, 05:08:07 PM Thanks for the link to your build, some how I missed it. Had no idea there was another mod swap going on so close. Does look like a lot of the same work, always like seeing different ways of getting something done. I do get through Waterloo once in a while, would make a good road trip for the bird when I get it done. If you find yourself up here in the middle of nowhere the same goes, stop on by. Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #96 – June 01, 2014, 11:34:49 PM The bird finally has some progress. Made the trip across town to the alignment shop on Friday. With the 3/4" forward offset front lca's and the c/c plates moved rearward as much as possible it ended up at 4.2 degrees caster, just shy of the 4.5 degrees Maximum Motor Sports recommends. Still was able to get 1 degree negative camber, MM recommends .5 negative for street use, so good I am good there. Sat afternoon I pulled the motor and trans back out so I could weld up the strut towers from the modifications and fix a few other issues. Did not get to any of that but have been working on some cold air intake mods. I have never attempted anything like this but so far am pleased with the results. With a fan a few feet in front of the bumper there is good airflow through both outlets. The driver side will only have an outlet for the brakes, unless I can think of something else to aim some air at.One outlet for the air cleaner, one for brake cooling.Covered with 3M 8115 mixed with pulled apart fiber mat. Sanded down after cure, will finish it smooth later.Mounted in the fog lamp location, had to trim a little off of the bumper support. Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #98 – June 02, 2014, 10:13:52 PM Thats like mechanic paper-mache, I love it. Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #99 – June 02, 2014, 10:58:10 PM QuoteSTANG8U Very cool .... Lol I hope so... Lol. I never understood the cold air intake kits that just lay an open filter in the hot engine bay. QuoteMechanicMatt Thats like mechanic paper-mache, I love it. Thanks, I always did enjoy art class. :D Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #100 – June 03, 2014, 05:56:32 PM First time to see this. Very nice build! Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #101 – June 23, 2014, 12:31:50 AM QuoteJeremyB First time to see this. Very nice build! Thank you!Some progress the last couple of weeks. I was able to get the other scoop for the brake ducts made. Also made a air deflector to keep the air moving thru the intercooler.This weekend started the mods to the strut towers. Moved the mounting points for the c/c plates inboard 1" and back as far as possible. The coil over springshiznit the inside of the strut towers before getting to the desired camber spec because of the mustang length (13") lca's. Used 12 gauge metal across the top and down the side, with the original metal spot welded to it. R side done, just started L side. Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #102 – June 23, 2014, 10:53:09 PM Not sure if this would have fixed the issue but Maximum makes a tool that is sometimes used to relieve the driver's side shock tower when it comes to coil over spring interference:http://www.maximummotorsports.com/Coil-Over-Spring-Clearance-Tool-P1413.aspxI think yours was a little more of an issue than normal and it sounds like the problem was on both sides. I like your solution as it will look like it was never not factory when you are finished.Darren Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #103 – June 23, 2014, 11:15:03 PM They actually included that tool in the coil over kit I purchased from them. The interference was up higher in the tower because of relocating the c/c plate. On the R side the interference was minimal, probably could have added an extra spacer to move the spring down and been fine. The L tower is a different story. The inner bolt for the c/c plate ended up where there was no tower to put it. I figured if I was going to have to mod one, might as well do both. I hope to get to the L tower this weekend, the photos will better show what the problem was. Quote Selected
My 85 TBird Reply #104 – June 24, 2014, 07:52:45 AM I figured it was more than that tool was meant to handle. Back to the modding and looking forward to more build pictures.Darren Quote Selected
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