The CP autox bird Reply #435 – February 03, 2015, 04:02:37 AM I'm still waiting here for you to make that CF trunk lid! Then I'm in for one if the result is OEM fit! Quote Selected
The CP autox bird Reply #436 – March 09, 2015, 08:12:30 PM I know I haven't kept up with this thread for the past year, but after all of last years upgrades, specifically the brakes, I broke a lot of stuff. 3 transmissions in all due to brake hop. I have it sort of sorted out at this point, but I think at this point I need to get shocks built specifically for this car. I've been using off the shelf shocks for years. Never had any custom valved ones before. Looking at either JRI or Penske's for the rear. The front is behaving so I will leave that alone for now. Anyways, this year at nationals I ended up in 3rd place out of 41 in class. Apparently I'm the first 4 cylinder car to ever podium! I do still have 2 seconds to make up to get to Mike Maier. So far this years progress has been slow because I completely redid the turbo setup in my other car. So far all I've gotten done is going to aluminum exhaust that I ran all the way to the bumper this time. Made it a lot quieter in the car. Even though its about 5' longer, its 10 pounds lighter. Quote Selected
The CP autox bird Reply #437 – March 09, 2015, 08:22:58 PM Give Griggs a call and see if they can help you out with the dampers. I believe Bruce custom valves Koni dampers so he could probably be another source.Darren Quote Selected
The CP autox bird Reply #438 – March 09, 2015, 09:39:54 PM I'm at the point where I need to spend a decent bit of money in certain places. I've truthfully gone a lot farther on cheaper stuff than I should have been able to. Quote Selected
The CP autox bird Reply #439 – March 09, 2015, 10:44:27 PM I've always wondered what a 'Bird would look like, painted 2 tone, with that little "bend" on the body being the dividing line. And it looks freakin' awesome. Keep it up...ed nice work :) Quote Selected
The CP autox bird Reply #440 – March 10, 2015, 06:42:37 PM Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;445821I've always wondered what a 'Bird would look like, painted 2 tone, with that little "bend" on the body being the dividing line. And it looks freakin' awesome. Uh that's how the factory did it on tue-tone cars. See my signature . Quote Selected
The CP autox bird Reply #441 – January 30, 2016, 12:45:24 AM Well its been a while again. Time for a bit of an update. I am getting the carbon hood near completion finally. I've had ALOT of help from Brett(Wildcard) on THEFABFORUMS.com and he has shown me the way. I have both the the top and bottom made, but need to make another top. There were a few blemishes from the infusion lines that I didn't like, and the bracing underneath was a complete pain in the butt to get vacuum bagged. My finished hood should be around 12# compared to the stock 60+#. I also picked up some afco double adjustable coilovers with remote reservoirs that I am going to have revalved, and go to SLA front suspension. I already got Howe racing upper arms and screw in mustang 2 ball joints, and a pair of hybrid ball joints to go from the mustang/tbird arm to the mustang 2 pinto spindle I will be using. I'll grab a pair of 5 lug brake rotors and cut the rotor part off and machine it down to a hub so I can pretty much keep my current brake setup. Just need new brackets for the calipers.And of course photobucket is down for maintenance.... so I guess follow my facebook link for pics. I do have the blemished top that I may consider selling, but for liftoff use only. The trunk lid is coming either later this year or next winter. Next winter may be when I make a lot more exterior parts.https://www.facebook.com/ethan.bradbury.3/media_set?set=a.726160387404086.1073741835.100000303936308&type=3 Quote Selected
The CP autox bird Reply #442 – February 03, 2016, 10:09:23 PM Still working on remaking the top of the hood. Hopefully the carbon fiber will show up tomorrow. Also trying to figure out how to keep a factory type hood latch. Thinking I will have to go to the pin latch style like on a later model ford ranger. Something so It only has to grab a pin, because with the factory tbird latch, it hits against the bottom of the hood before it latches and I think that will eventually break the carbon in that area. On the blemished hood, I have filled everything with some more epoxy resin and have most of it sanded flat, and it will look good except for the dark stripes on either side of the infusion lines. Make me an offer on that piece if you are interested. It weighs 6 lbs. Quote Selected
The CP autox bird Reply #443 – February 03, 2016, 11:01:37 PM Is that a stock hood latch mounting point on the nose?Good work, it looks great. Can't wait to see how it looks mounted. Quote Selected
The CP autox bird Reply #444 – February 03, 2016, 11:23:52 PM Yeah, But I may need to change or rework it. I don't think the factory style latch will work correctly Quote Selected
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