A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #165 – March 20, 2013, 05:39:14 PM Quote from: STANG8U;411499The bat mount looks clean though Thanks! Though it looks super simple, there was a bit of head scratching to ensure there was easy access to the rotary switch and the high RPM chip on the Two Step. The clearancing for the air inlet is invisble in the photos... Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #166 – March 20, 2013, 06:15:18 PM Yea you need to get to that lol Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #167 – March 21, 2013, 09:26:28 AM How goes the battle?Travis Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #168 – March 22, 2013, 07:06:54 PM Quote from: turbotrav;411561How goes the battle?Travis Out of town until next Wednesday, so all I can do is think about it! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #169 – April 06, 2013, 09:34:41 AM Alive??? Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #170 – April 08, 2013, 10:36:40 AM Travel & flu kept me away from the project till yesterday. Fuel pump issue is resolved. The breaker for the pump overheated from repeatedly hitting the starter. The next issue is: running lean, very lean. Bouncing between 16.5-18/1 at idle. I'll have to speed up my learning curve using the Quarterhorse to sort out whats going on there.Continue to work on other issues: The two point K-member brace wouldn't work with the new headers, so a new one was fabricated. I'll post up pics a little later. I purchased an Eastwood fender lip roller and spend a couple hours getting the clearance needed for the wheel & tire upgrade. The unit worked great!I've got a punch list of 17 items right now (as I work it down, there'll probably be a few more show up!). Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #171 – April 08, 2013, 01:57:30 PM Comparison of the simple two point K-member and the fabricated unit. I had to add spacers to it to clear the previous set of headers, there was no hope for it to clear the 1 3/4 Hooker Super Comps. My buddy Mike who's been helping for most Sundays for about 4 months, fabbed up the square tubing piece. It attaches to the same K-member points as the previous, but had to run further toward the front of the car to clear the tubes. It ended up bolting to the K-member itself in 4 points. It may also help protect the headers. The piece on the front not only adds strength, but is a bit of a skid plate.I took a couple shots of the stance of the car, but it does not show well in the garage. The front fender lip is 25 1/4" above the floor. Though it appeared the tires "might" clear, I rolled the lips in to minimize the chance of cutting or rubbing a tire. Assuming my punch list gets worked down sucessfully, I'll have pics of it outside soon. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #172 – April 08, 2013, 03:35:00 PM Quote from: 86T-bird;390374 They are Hypercoated 17"'s. The fronts are 9" w/255/40 spoogeho's and the rears are 10.5" w/315/35 Nitto 555R's. Had to do some parts trading for the 9" fronts to work. Gotta thank Gumby for holding my hand through that one!What did you end up doing to get fronts to tuck in so nicely?? Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #173 – April 08, 2013, 05:21:58 PM Quote from: 1BadBird;412891What did you end up doing to get fronts to tuck in so nicely?? 94/95 spindles were the only way to go to fit 9" wheels on this car. Keep in mind, it's an '86, whose K-member is an orphan (87/88 motor mounts w/short lower control arms). So I can't say my experience is typical.I just happened to have a set of the SN95 spindles in the basp00get (did I mention I have a parts buying problem...) and swapped out the Baer Brakes spindle & rotor setup. This does have coil over's too. An option I could have explored to gain additional wheel clearance from the spring, was to utilize a short coil over spring (Gumby is using an 8" unit & mine is a 14"). Thankfully, it was not necessary. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #174 – April 08, 2013, 07:46:47 PM 25¼" is gettin down there! Another ½" and you'll be as low in the front as I am Car and garage look SO clean! Mine are always trashed when nearing the end of a round of upgrades... Good to see it sittin on its own weight with the new stance Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #175 – April 08, 2013, 07:53:54 PM Very nice Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #176 – April 08, 2013, 08:07:29 PM Looks great. Coming along very well any pictures of the engine bay with all the new add ons? Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #177 – April 08, 2013, 09:42:40 PM Quote from: 86T-bird;41289694/95 spindles were the only way to go to fit 9" wheels on this car. Keep in mind, it's an '86, whose K-member is an orphan (87/88 motor mounts w/short lower control arms). So I can't say my experience is typical.I just happened to have a set of the SN95 spindles in the basp00get (did I mention I have a parts buying problem...) and swapped out the Baer Brakes spindle & rotor setup. This does have coil over's too. An option I could have explored to gain additional wheel clearance from the spring, was to utilize a short coil over spring (Gumby is using an 8" unit & mine is a 14"). Thankfully, it was not necessary. I have a 00' GT k-member with 94' tubular LCAs, 00' spindles, cobra 13" brakes up front. I'm curious as to what mine will turn out like with the 9's I want. What offset are those wheels?? Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #178 – April 08, 2013, 09:46:14 PM Quote from: gumby;41290025¼" is gettin down there! Another ½" and you'll be as low in the front as I am Nobody can get there car as low as you (& still whip it on the autoX)! Particularly in the rear. I'm still trying to figure out how you got up my driveway approach without getting hung up!Quote from: gumby;412900Car and garage look SO clean! Mine are always trashed when nearing the end of a round of upgrades... You know how pictures lie! Even though I've had some time in the past year to pick up a bit, you'll notice the pic only shows one direction....Quote from: gumby;412900Good to see it sittin on its own weight with the new stance I was really happy to see how the stance turned out. You remember the angst I was dealing with!Have to reinstall the wheel well liners, the bump steer kit & re-torque the front suspension. Then move on to the rest of the list. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #179 – April 08, 2013, 10:02:13 PM Quote from: 87thunderbirdBlackJack;412902Looks great. Coming along very well any pictures of the engine bay with all the new add ons?Here's a couple more of the engine bay & a shot of under the car to see how the brace mounted, the trans, trans crossmember and exhaust. Quote Selected
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