Johnny nice looking project. Can you get any close ups of how you mounted your heat exchanger and intercooler pump??? Also on the pic of the longtubes it looks like one tube is dented pretty good, is that to clear the steering shaft????? I dented my Macs today on my project and ground the hell out of my Flaming River steering shaft, it clears but just barely, almost to the point I am gonna take header to a Fab shop and have them custom bend and replace the dented in piece of the header. That part of the swap has really kicked my ass because I am so anal. Nice Pics!
Some pics of my 03' Cobra in a 93' fox project. Dial up beware!
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See the goober under the car in the first one? Thats me. My wife took this while I was cutting out the tranny mounts, this was before I realized there is now a conversion tranny mount for the t-56 (duh). Its Ok though, this car will never have another type of transmission in it anyway.
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Its getting there, slowly. I can only work on it during the weekends but its coming along. I started tearing the car down about mid January so I think I have made really good progress considering I have not had much help. My dad pitched in a few times when I was moving the engine around but other than that its all me.
I made this post to inspire all those who are thinking about doing something like this. Yes, it can be done in a driveway if you just take your time and be patient with it.
I should be ready to go around easter so everyone pray for me that it starts up and runs OK. The wiring was tedious and probably the most time consuming part of the project. I can't tell you how many hours I spent with diagrams from both cars splicing the circuits together that I wanted to work. Basically everything forward of the firewall is 03 and aft is 93 with the exception of the headlight and airbag harness' which I joined into the Cobra wiring to make one harness. Everything should work right down to the a/c and cruise control.
It's getting late now so time for bed. If there are any specific pics anyone wants just let me know and I will get some for you.
Jonny
See the goober under the car in the first one? Thats me. My wife took this while I was cutting out the tranny mounts, this was before I realized there is now a conversion tranny mount for the t-56 (duh). Its Ok though, this car will never have another type of transmission in it anyway.
Its getting there, slowly. I can only work on it during the weekends but its coming along. I started tearing the car down about mid January so I think I have made really good progress considering I have not had much help. My dad pitched in a few times when I was moving the engine around but other than that its all me.
I made this post to inspire all those who are thinking about doing something like this. Yes, it can be done in a driveway if you just take your time and be patient with it.
I should be ready to go around easter so everyone pray for me that it starts up and runs OK. The wiring was tedious and probably the most time consuming part of the project. I can't tell you how many hours I spent with diagrams from both cars splicing the circuits together that I wanted to work. Basically everything forward of the firewall is 03 and aft is 93 with the exception of the headlight and airbag harness' which I joined into the Cobra wiring to make one harness. Everything should work right down to the a/c and cruise control.
It's getting late now so time for bed. If there are any specific pics anyone wants just let me know and I will get some for you.
Jonny
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Yeah, I hear you on the shaft. I just been taking it as it comes and taking my time until I am satisfied with it. I hope the shaft isn't too much trouble.
As for the fuel system, I just bit the bullet and got a whole setup from Glenn's performance. Its a dual 255lph external walbro setup with dual -6an feed lines. I also got the Fore rails so I could keep the FRPS as James suggested. It was not too bad price wise, all the hoses, fittings, a 100 micron filter, a1000 regulator, both pumps and my favorite is the tank. They call it a sleeper tank, the feed line comes out the front of the tank on the passenger side. Supposedly you can run it with as little as 1/2 gallon of fuel without starving the pumps, I will never let it get that low but I like the piece of mind. I knew no matter what I was going to run dual pumps, who am I to argue with Ford Engineers. They put two pumps on it, so thats the way I wanted to keep it.
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Tank pickup and -10an feed to filter from underneath
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pickup and filter from passenger wheel well
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pumps y-block and filter from drivers wheel well
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As for the fuel system, I just bit the bullet and got a whole setup from Glenn's performance. Its a dual 255lph external walbro setup with dual -6an feed lines. I also got the Fore rails so I could keep the FRPS as James suggested. It was not too bad price wise, all the hoses, fittings, a 100 micron filter, a1000 regulator, both pumps and my favorite is the tank. They call it a sleeper tank, the feed line comes out the front of the tank on the passenger side. Supposedly you can run it with as little as 1/2 gallon of fuel without starving the pumps, I will never let it get that low but I like the piece of mind. I knew no matter what I was going to run dual pumps, who am I to argue with Ford Engineers. They put two pumps on it, so thats the way I wanted to keep it.
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Tank pickup and -10an feed to filter from underneath
pickup and filter from passenger wheel well
pumps y-block and filter from drivers wheel well
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I didn't realize AJE made the A-arms with the cups. Oh well.
Trey, here are some pics of the h/e and pump. I realized after looking at these I need to do something else with the hose from the engine to the pump, it looks kinked in the pics. I still need to sand and paint the brackets too. I just modified the brackets to work the way I wanted and went from there. I mounted everything then went to the auto parts store and bought a few hoses that looked like they would work and returned the ones that didn't.
After what you all said about the steerin shaft I had to test fit it yesterday. That turned into installing the shaft, which actually fit without any extra banging on the headers, the dipstick, which I forgot to put on before I put the engine in and was probably one of the most difficult things I have done so far, and I put the fenders back on and finished the front suspension and brakes. I need to trim the inside of the bumper cover just a bit so it clears the h/e, but it looks better than I hoped. More pics will be up this weekend since my trip got canceled and I can work on the car all weekend:rock:
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Trey, here are some pics of the h/e and pump. I realized after looking at these I need to do something else with the hose from the engine to the pump, it looks kinked in the pics. I still need to sand and paint the brackets too. I just modified the brackets to work the way I wanted and went from there. I mounted everything then went to the auto parts store and bought a few hoses that looked like they would work and returned the ones that didn't.
After what you all said about the steerin shaft I had to test fit it yesterday. That turned into installing the shaft, which actually fit without any extra banging on the headers, the dipstick, which I forgot to put on before I put the engine in and was probably one of the most difficult things I have done so far, and I put the fenders back on and finished the front suspension and brakes. I need to trim the inside of the bumper cover just a bit so it clears the h/e, but it looks better than I hoped. More pics will be up this weekend since my trip got canceled and I can work on the car all weekend:rock:
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Almost there.
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I had to trim the inside of the bumper cover and the metal support bracket but it came out pretty nice.
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Good view of the cobra grill insert to allow more air flow to the radiator.
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I still need to finish mounting the overflow and intercooler tank.
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Its getting there, maybe about one more week.
Jonny
I had to trim the inside of the bumper cover and the metal support bracket but it came out pretty nice.
Good view of the cobra grill insert to allow more air flow to the radiator.
I still need to finish mounting the overflow and intercooler tank.
Its getting there, maybe about one more week.
Jonny
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Almost there.
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I had to trim the inside of the bumper cover and the metal support bracket but it came out pretty nice. I will probably add in some kind of spacer to raise the h/e and inch or two. I don't like it so low.
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Good view of the cobra grill insert to allow more air flow to the radiator.
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I still need to finish mounting the overflow and intercooler tank.
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Its getting there, maybe about one more week.
Jonny
I had to trim the inside of the bumper cover and the metal support bracket but it came out pretty nice. I will probably add in some kind of spacer to raise the h/e and inch or two. I don't like it so low.
Good view of the cobra grill insert to allow more air flow to the radiator.
I still need to finish mounting the overflow and intercooler tank.
Its getting there, maybe about one more week.
Jonny
Well, the cluster works. On the left is autometer boost and fuel pressure gauges.
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