A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #45 – May 19, 2012, 06:37:46 PM Here are a couple poor shots of the wheels and tires (space is a bit tight in the garage). 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. For some reason the rear won't settle into position, so it looks high, but it will drop down after a little driving.Had to do some parts trading for the 9" fronts to work. Gotta thank Gumby for holding my hand through that one! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #46 – May 19, 2012, 08:57:57 PM Awesome!! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #47 – May 19, 2012, 10:38:10 PM Those wheels look great! The paint really shines too! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #48 – May 19, 2012, 11:06:55 PM Looking good Michigan guy....no power tour for me either. Engine is almost together...but life has been in the way lately.Travis Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #49 – May 20, 2012, 11:34:23 AM Thanks guys!After considerable cutting and filing, I've fit the remote for the meth system in the lower panel. Thankfully the ugly stuff will be invisible.I'm not a fan of aftermarket gauages in this car. I've gone the extra step of having the tach modified for 7,500 face (yet to come) and utilize a Turbo Coupe boost gauge in an attempt to keep the cluster intact. The need of a wide band and fuel pressure gauge as well as a visible mounting point for the activation light for the meth system led me to a gauge pod that replaces the SN95 clock. Here's a mock up shot. It'll take a little modification to fit it properly. Appears big in the pic, but in person, it's not so overpowering.The meth activation light is clear bulb in the center upper.An additional item which will be added to the instrument cluster is low level light for the meth system. It'll go in the yellow turbo warning light. I understand some clusters have a low fuel light, mine doesn't... Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #50 – May 26, 2012, 03:01:07 PM When you get a chance, let's see a pic from the rear with your 315s. Looks awesome throughout. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #51 – May 26, 2012, 03:10:31 PM Alright. I'm doing it !! I'm going with 315's in the back next time. The 275's look good, buuuuuuuut..................Anyway, great work on the Old Bird. Nicely done so far. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #52 – May 27, 2012, 01:19:49 PM Quote from: bduly;390817When you get a chance, let's see a pic from the rear with your 315s. Looks awesome throughout. Here's a pic, but keep in mind the rear isn't settled yet. These wheel wells can swallow a lot of tire. There has been no clearancing on the wheel house of fender lip. Well, at least not so far. A test drive might reveal some rubbing...Take a look at the tail pipe, I'll have to work on the fuel tank for the 3" exhaust. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #53 – May 27, 2012, 01:28:24 PM Quote from: vinnietbird;390818Alright. I'm doing it !! I'm going with 315's in the back next time. The 275's look good, buuuuuuuut..................Anyway, great work on the Old Bird. Nicely done so far. Thanks Vin, still lots to go.The Nitto 555's (R's and regular) are noted for being "small" for a 315. It seems tire manfacturer can be somewhat liberal on actual footprint! But even if you get one that's "big" still should be plenty of room, well maybe with a little massaging... Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #54 – May 27, 2012, 02:02:08 PM I took a break from crawling around making and running fuel lines to work on the instrument cluster. I received the indiglow gauge faces from Matt (Panther37) yesterday. As you can see, there are some subtle changes, but they retain the OEM look. The lights are on in the pic, but the flash washed them out.I am very pleased with them and recommend Matt if your interested in this change up. There are a number of options out there to do something similar, but I felt this was the best option for what I was looking for. He has a Vendor listing if you want to check it out.An item that is not visible is the change up of the tachometer mechanicals. I've had two issues with the 6,000 RPM tach offered in the Sports and/or the modified 4 cylinder tach: The first being; they are incredibly inaccurate! The second is attempting a 6,000 RPM shift with a tach that is buried at 6,000! Pretty much have to guess and try to stay off the MSD chip...The new combination has a shift point of 6,500, so something had to change.With that in mind, I sent the cluster to Redline Gauge Works with a 7,000 4 cylinder face. They replaced the mechanisim with a modern unit and calibrated it for the face. Matt provided an extension of numbers (keeping the same relation to the original). As you can see the yellow begins at 6,300 and redline is 6,500.Couple other subtle things Matt did: Adding the Thunderbird Emblem to the tach. Getting rid of "Turbo" on the boost gauge. It bugged me to have a supercharger with a Turbo PSI gauge! I felt pushing the speedo face to 155 MPH to be a more realistic expection.Got to get back out there and wire up the fuel pumps... Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #55 – May 27, 2012, 03:30:20 PM Looks good, Mark! Anxious to check it out next week. Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #56 – May 27, 2012, 07:18:50 PM i love it Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #57 – May 27, 2012, 10:28:57 PM I like the T-Bird emblem in it! Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #58 – May 27, 2012, 11:23:20 PM did it cost approximately 200$ like panther said in the vendors section?if so its really unexpensive for that kind of worksorry if u think my question is unapropriate thanx alot Quote Selected
A few upgrades: 5/20/13 Pics outside the garage! Reply #59 – May 28, 2012, 06:39:13 AM Quote from: gumby;390908Looks good, Mark! Anxious to check it out next week. Friday is coming coming up quick! Looking forward to the GM Proving Grounds on Saturday. Quote Selected
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