A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #210 – May 20, 2013, 11:19:24 PM Looks great! I have the same steering wheel in mine. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #211 – May 21, 2013, 12:32:37 AM Looks awesome! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #212 – May 21, 2013, 11:23:09 AM Thanks guys! Appreciate the support.Travis:I haven't been able to confirm the cruise buttons all work yet, but based on other folks who've put them Fox Bodied cars, it shouldn't be a problem.The tune isn't where it needs to be, but the Quarterhorse is now communicating with the base CPU. Blip the throttle, and the mixture richens up and the idle now floats around 15.2. Lean but not crazy. Made two changes: Reseated the piggyback computer, ensuring the pins aligned properly (there is a little "wiggle room") and plugged in the rotary switch cable. All the goofy issues I was experiencing seem to be resolved. Next step is to hook up the laptop and see if it'll datalog now.I drove it a couple miles & got a little lean surge at cruise, but not severe, but it needs to be addressed. People hear it way before they see it! Their heads are turning with a look of WTF? First impressions (comparing to the last itteration): Smoother idle, easy & light clutch take up (can engage it at idle with no stumble or grabbing). Exhaust doesn't seem louder. No rattles (yet...). Thrilled about the exhaust clearing the driveway (the lip on the front bumper still hits, but I'll be cutting that off and putting on a Mach 1 chin spoiler; it's lower but it flexes...). Brake pads need to be bedded (doesn't really want to stop yet). Able to turn full lock without any rubbing (this was an issue with the last setup, particularly when turning to get in & out of my driveway). Boost comes in MUCH earlier. The old setup needed to see ~2,800 RPM to get positive pressure, this one seems to start as low as 1,500 RPM, so it should be available at cruise in any gear.I expect to find a few "bugs" over the next few weeks. The goal is to attend a car show on June 2nd (Kevin Line, a member here, has organized an event in Plymouth that day). If everything goes well there, the agenda is full for car events for the summer! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #213 – May 21, 2013, 06:03:19 PM looks good, very cool mods Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #214 – May 21, 2013, 09:43:43 PM Wow...Mark progress for sure...I believe u will like QH when u get into it more.Lots of support for it.With boost like that...heck of a street machine.Travis Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #215 – May 21, 2013, 11:31:13 PM Looking good Mark. I'm working on my turbo car. Hope to have the rotating assy back from balancing by the weekend Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #216 – May 22, 2013, 12:24:50 AM Hey fast cat...what happened to your engine?....sorry for the hijackTravis Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #217 – May 22, 2013, 04:09:58 PM Quote from: 86T-bird;415663It does move under it's own power! The new 3" exhaust past the test of my driveway approach, no sing! First time ever the car hasn't dragged getting in and out of the drive way.There are more things to work on. The tune needs some work, the fuel gauge just quit, the a/c has to be recharged, an alignment, as well as a few cosmetic things, but here's how it looks out of the garage!It's about a year later than expected, but it really was taking the elephant all in one bite. There have hundreds of man hours just since December.It looks awesome :)! I even like the FMS grill, which I think doesn't always look good. I love the fact that it looks almost stock. It's got a great sleeper vibe to it. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #218 – May 22, 2013, 04:56:17 PM The cruise buttons should work fine. Mine did. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #219 – May 22, 2013, 08:05:03 PM Quote from: thunderjet302;415797It looks awesome :)! I even like the FMS grill, which I think doesn't always look good. I love the fact that it looks almost stock. It's got a great sleeper vibe to it.Thanks! I've been pleased to have recieved a couple positive comments on the grill. They commonly don't get much love! It's kinda strange how the car has an aggressive look with the hood closed, but raise it up and all you see is a big nose! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #220 – May 22, 2013, 08:05:59 PM Quote from: bryan163;415803The cruise buttons should work fine. Mine did. Thanks Bryan, Good to hear. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #221 – May 22, 2013, 08:08:27 PM Quote from: 5.8fastcat;415760Looking good Mark. I'm working on my turbo car. Hope to have the rotating assy back from balancing by the weekend Is it possible to have it ready for the rollers by the first week in July? Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #222 – May 22, 2013, 11:03:21 PM Quote from: 86T-bird;415661I have more suspension travel, which influences bumpsteer pretty heavily! I suspect those high rate coilovers keep things pretty flat.Yes, bumpsteer minimization makes a huge difference in how the car behaves over road irregularities (assuming your car has enough travel to make it matter ;))I never corrected for bumpsteer on my T-bird and it shows when I go over certain bumps. We did the bumpsteer on my friend's '95 Mustang a few years ago and got it down to near 0. Rides like stock. I found plotting the stack height vs. deflection height in Excel made the process much quicker. Add a trendline to find 0! Took 3-4 tries on one side and I think 2 on the other. Our old baja car had terrible bumpsteer due to a design error. There was one downhill on our practice track that had an hump offset at ~30 degrees. The car would go over it and veer right then left 2-3 feet while the steering wheel never moved! Talk about a pucker moment!PS I'm loving the build! Look forward to seeing it in KY Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #223 – May 22, 2013, 11:11:34 PM Now THAT'S a sweet ride! I can see what you do with your time! Obviously, not just sitting behind a computer. I really enjoy posts like this one where you let your work speak for itself. It's a beauty! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #224 – May 25, 2013, 12:35:12 AM turbotrav: I hurt a head/gasket back in Oct of 2011. Short version. I pulled the motor to fix it and ended up upgrading the rotating assy,roll bar to a 8.50 ET certified cage,install a parachute and replace all factory wiring with a aftermarket 18 circut wiring kit Mark: Will be putting the short block together next week So I hope she will be up and running very soonNeed to have some track time by July Quote Selected
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