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FE Power Forums => Member Projects => Topic started by: scott foxwell on July 14, 2017, 11:48:08 AM
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This is my new toy;
(http://www.performanceboats.com/gallery/data/500/medium/15440419_1170660822969536_3516889311094441853_o.jpg)
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(http://www.performanceboats.com/gallery/data/500/medium/15493275_1170660949636190_6402353450137019054_o.jpg)
(http://www.performanceboats.com/gallery/data/500/medium/15440476_1170661096302842_3149830969565382720_o.jpg)
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what size is that engine. car looks great,and my favorite color too!
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Nice ride! Almost perfect. Kinda' hard to tell but maybe cut the front springs a tad or (given good rear leafs) raise the back a tad.
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I like it. I had a black -66XL with a 390 in the late 80s
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Dayum that's nice.
You're gonna have to give us more particulars.
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Thanks for the compliments guys. It's a driver. Paint is 17 yrs old and looks it close up. It's very solid, very little rust, never wrecked. D/S quarter has been repaired but that seems to be about it. Engine is a 390 but not original. It is an original GTA car but was ordered with a 2bbl engine. Who knows why. The one "rare" thing about this car is that it has in dash factory air. You don't see that very often.
I'm not going to restore it. I'm going to play with it. Plans include mini tubs, front suspension upgrade to probably a strut setup. I think I'll keep the leafs in the rear. My goal is a legitimate 9 sec daily driver. I have a polished Littlefield 1071 sitting in the garage and ultimately want to see that sticking out of the hood. Everything I do will be classic hot rod. I may consider putting some sort of OD automatic in it since it is a GTA car, but don't rule out a 5 spd. I'm going to do this in three stages; the engine it has now is a fresh rebuild, pretty much stock with a Comp FT cam of some sort and some Comp valve train. I sold the tripower. They're cool and nostalgic, but no good for any real performance. I opted for a Performer RPM and 750 for this engine. I'll clean up the engine compartment and do some drive line upgrades as it is. I bought headers, an oil pan, intake, carb, a better ignition, got rid of the AC and power steering and upgraded the rear end to a Strange small bearing aluminum center section (found a deal I couldn't pass up o RJ), Tru Track diff, new 31 spline axles, new wheels and 275/60 MT ET Streets. Also got a set of CalTracs and will probably go with their spring with 1" lift. I agree... the front end needs to come down at least an inch, maybe more. Ultimately I'd like a 315 on a 10" rim underneath. It'll get some sort of sub frame connector as well. It needs a paint job but it looks nice enough for now that I can drive it and be proud of it. This winter I'll start on the 422ci engine and that will hopefully get me into the tens. Hoping for ~600hp. (I know, tall order.) That will be a 4.100 x 3.98 x 6.8 rod pump gas motor, hyd. roller with some sort of middle of the road alum. head. Maybe a ProMaxx or Edelbrock with a decent valve train. Hopefully by then I'll have found a medium riser dual quad intake. That engine will have to satisfy me till I get the blower engine built which will be on a BBM block and at least 500ci.
Here's where it's at right now;
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Fitting the intake...needs some oddball gaskets to fit right. Kind of a pain to do in the car...
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Threw the valve covers and carb on...little "motivational" mock up...looks like just about every other hopped up 390 in a Fairlane...
I did go with some 3/8 pushrods and did correct the geometry a little...had to take .030" off the stands. I was going to re-cam this engine but I just decided to run it and focus on the new one.
(http://www.performanceboats.com/gallery/data/500/medium/19955957_1849453871748189_3498193623404300800_o.jpg)
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Nice looking ride Scott and good luck with your project.
garyv
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Nice plan! Love the ultimate blower engine.
The subframe connectors are THE best chassis improvement for flexiflyer unibody Fords IMHO. Just be careful before welding that the rear placement of any brand of connector doesn't interfere with your chosen spring pocket/traction device.
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Check the "torqueboxes" in front. its a lover and upper
plate the upper one had no paint whatsoever so they
rust. Shine with a flashlight from the rear between the floor
and torquebox and prye with a screwdriver
I have repaired many on othervise rust free fairlanes
Mine had the same problem
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Nice looking car.......but then I am a bit biased. :D
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Big Fat Tires....mmmm!
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-sigh-
I wish I would learn to listen to my better judgement sometimes. At the beginning of this stage of the project I thought I should just bite the bullet, pull the motor, then I could do everything I wanted to to so much easier...re-do wiring in the engine compartment, clean it up some, maybe do some repainting, clean up the engine, paint it, change the intake, do the steering, headers, etc. But I sort of picked away at it, little at a time...then this weekend I decided to pull the cam. I hate flat tappets...and for good reason. This one has two lobes that just started to go flat. And THEN.... to top it off, as I was pulling the cam gear I pulled on the crank gear and the crank went clunk! and moved about .020". The thrust is gone.
SO...here I spent the last month picking away at this thing doing everything the hard way...and in the end, I have to pull the engine anyway. I just hope the crank is OK and I can throw some bearings in it. This engine only has to last me till winter and I was hoping to have it back together by the end of the month. Now it looks like it's going to be a couple more weeks. One upside...it'll have a very mild custom Straub hyd roller and I'll be able to make the engine compartment look like I want it to.
Moving forward.... sort of.