9 Years Later and Counting...

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9 Years Later and Counting...

Reply #15 – July 11, 2012, 01:56:17 PM

I'm glad we don't mess with inspections at all here in Indiana. I know mine would fail (no EGR, no smog pump)!

Take more pics next time you are up working on the car! I can't get enough!

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Reply #16 – July 11, 2012, 01:59:30 PM

Porter and Lake counties both have the sniffer and visual inspections. Yet LaPorte county doesn't have either.

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Reply #17 – July 11, 2012, 04:25:28 PM

Quote from: 1BadBird;394197

Porter and Lake counties both have the sniffer and visual inspections. Yet LaPorte county doesn't have either.

Hmm, didn't know that. I guess we are too redneck down south to justify having any type of inspection. Sometimes I wish they would have a safety inspection of some sort. Some of the vehicles I see driving down the road are totally unsafe (busted windshields, bent frame, broken lights/signals, etc).

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Reply #18 – July 12, 2012, 09:55:02 PM

Alright, nuff cluttering up my build thread...actually I am just jealous.

Darren

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Reply #19 – July 12, 2012, 10:58:39 PM

Quote from: Aerocoupe;394180

The only thing I can say is I am glad Texas has visual only when a car is 25+ years old. I don't think this one would pass a sniffer test here in the Houston area.

Darren

Sharp lookin' car, as always. I hear you on the emissions, I am not so lucky. The last couple times I only made it through with one tail pipe being checked! Definitely need to get EFI on mine this year so I don't have to take it through 8 times(No joke) before they pity pass me.

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Reply #20 – August 17, 2012, 11:19:17 PM

Well I decided to upgrade the cooling system with a Griffin Dominator radiator...which means I have to uninstall what I spent a bit of time doing but I think it will be worth it. Here is the link to the radiator:

http://www.griffinrad.com/buy_online/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/32/products_id/225

The Mark VIII install with the F-150 3 core Godan HD unit from Autozone is here:

http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?31690-Mark-VIII-Electric-Radiator-Fan-Install-with-DC-Controller

I ran this radiator with a stock fan, clutch, and radiator shroud and it never overheated but it would run 190 in the summer. Hopefully this will be a straight up swap out as the Mustang guys run this Griffin quite a bit and they say its a good fit and easy to install. A lot of them are running the larger stroker motors with it and it cools just fine.

Darren

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Reply #21 – August 20, 2012, 08:57:46 PM

Just got the radiator today and here are the shots right out of the box:

Back

Front

Top

I think it will cool the 351W like a champ and hopefully I will figure out how those guys are getting the Mark VIII mounted to it so everything clears.

Darren

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Reply #22 – August 20, 2012, 10:07:16 PM

Looks like a nice piece.
Wouldn't the hoses technically be on the back side though?

Again, if it works as good as it looks, your engine won't ever get hot! :)

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Reply #23 – August 20, 2012, 10:32:26 PM

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was looking at it from the driver's seat. Makes more sense if you are looking from the front of the car so I corrected it.

Darren

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Reply #24 – May 28, 2013, 10:25:12 AM

Finally made a trip back home this past weekend and got the radiator and Mark VIII install completed. Brought the custom made radiator hold down back with me to touch up the welds and get it powder coated. Should be headed back up to OK in two weeks to finish it up and try like hell to get the motor fired. Here's a couple of pictures of everything installed but the radiator hold down is obviously raw metal at this point:

Darren

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Reply #25 – May 28, 2013, 12:01:10 PM

Nice, clean bracket.

It might look cool with the (proper '83) TBird logo cut into it, or a nice die-cut decal.

What color you going to coat it?

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Reply #26 – May 28, 2013, 08:56:57 PM

Its down at the shop right now getting the undercutting in the original welds filled with a mig and I will finish filing and grinding on it this weekend. I am just going to have it powder coated black like the other hold down I had on the car as it looked good and most powder coaters run black all the time so its pretty reasonable in cost and wait time. I'm not big on logos and what not hence the reason the only T-Bird logo left on the car is the one on the passenger side of the dash. I had everything else removed from the car when it was painted back in '98. I could definitely see a logo on it being pretty sharp but its just not my thing.

Darren

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Reply #27 – May 28, 2013, 09:42:53 PM

Yeah, I get that. Should look good when completed.

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Reply #28 – May 28, 2013, 10:22:52 PM

Awesome job on that bracket. I need that radiator.

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Reply #29 – May 29, 2013, 11:28:15 AM

With that radiator I had to trim 5/8" off the Mark VIII shroud and mount the shroud upside down to get the offset I needed to clear the water pump pulley. I had already drilled the rivets that held the old motor in to install a new motor that I got off of Amazon (Siemens/VDO brand) so it was easy to rotate the motor to get the connector to face in the downward position. I did this just to keep any moisture from collecting in that connector.

I'm pretty sure you could trim a Taurus fan to fit as well but I am not 100% sure on that.

Darren