I suppose I should've clarified, I did weld my torque boxes after they ripped. If I had the chance to stiffen them before they ripped I would do it, only because it wasn't a very fun process at the time.
Those full adjustable torque boxes for the mustangs look pretty neat though, sorta a reverse trac bracket.
Honestly about the only part that is hard to find are motor mounts, 5.0's are around every corner of you look hard enough. That's a sharp looking cougar.
The mark's are an inch wider I believe, so the mount points for the caliper brackets will be different. I think the 97 ranger passenger side axles are a dir ft swap for 5 lug, but some searching would be needed to confirm.
Zach you will need to patch them, the mustang floors are different. With that said, it's not a particularly difficult pan to create from sheetmetal if your existing floor is there to take good measurements from.
Made some decent progress today, all the brake/fuel line clips came loose.
-Pulled wheel well liners -Got the calipers pulled and hung -Dropped swaybar off the frame hangers -Broke the rear K member bolts loose -Broke the strut bolts loose
Tried to drop the driver side front Kmember bolts, promptly broke the tabs off the nut plates. Got them turning with a breaker bar, but decided to let them soak in oil for a while and try it later. Or borrow a nut splitter.
Passenger side I'm just going to cut through them via my engine bay access hole.
Started swapping sensors over to my new motor, noticed I have quite a few differences between the two intakes. One is a E7 and the other is an E5, both are box style, question is where does the ACT sensor go in the E5 intake?
I assume I will just plug the coolant port on the bottom of the lower as the 88 seems to take coolant temp over by the shock tower.
I've been carrying a P225 for about a decade now, it's bigger than your Walthers by quite a bit though. During my hiatus from working on cars I got interested in building firearms, have done a few rewelds now with another on the bench waiting for some lathe time to neuter the bolts naughty bits before building it up.