1dirtyZ's Conversion by 1dirtyZ

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well I've been slowly chipping away at this thing ,,,


the dash is in and working ( mostly working ,,, I kinda messed up a connection but its not a biggie) everything looks great but if you ask me would use the gauges again I would look into new vintage gauges , not that there is anything wrong with the speedhut stuff , but only for the fact that the new vintage gauges have a set that has the indicator lights builtin both rpm and speed gauges , and they have a direct replacement mustang cluster. they also have a gage kit that puts 2 gauges in the speedo and 2 within the rpm gauge, which looks a lot cleaner that bunching 4 up like I have in 1 gauge.



the only drawback to these gauges is that you are limited to one style of gauges , unlike the crazy customization options you get with the speedhut stuff.


moving on , I decided to ditch the monster cog setup and go with a Dallas performance bracket and cog kit ,,, with this I can still run the stock water pump, run power steering , and still use a cog drive for more boost and run the sprag blower pully . (pics soon )


so like I mentioned before that the car will get a new engine, 4L80 trans and converter , along with a new k member and headers.

so the swap process was started and old faithful has been yanked out along with the tranny :





this thing needs a rebuild real BAD ! so i'll put it on a stand and slowly work on it and shelf it for a later project

the trans is also out along with the old AJE k member :



after removing the k member I removed the steering rack and took it to be rebuilt ( mixing stock ford racks and stock ls power steering pumps tend to get leaky )

and I installed the new AFCO k member along with the rack on the car :




I also had an issue with the brakes being really mushy and weak , so I decided to change what I didn't change yet on the brakes; install a new master cylinder and delete the booster , along with new brake lines from the master to the front and rear brakes.


and that's where I am now 

the plan is to install the innovators west damper on the new engine and swap the injectors and fuel rail over too. the accessories will not be swapped cause the engine already got a vette style acc. setup for the new cog kit to work.

after the balancer is installed I plan on mocking the new A/W intercooler in front of the engine , I plan to make a bracket to mount the intercooler to the front of the engine instead of to the side or on the frame. kinda making the whole engine and intercooler as one unit.

I'm currently waiting on the UPR booster delete block and as soon as I get that I will start with the brake plumbing , then hopefully after that I drop in the engine and trans , make the new trans cross member , and fab the new exhaust and do some burnouts

more pics to come soon !