Ok..... I can't wait to see how the turbos will be mounted !
:wow:

Wow, I am very impressed! You have some crazy skills for fabbing all of that from scratch. I helped build an FSAE car, and that was nuts at 1/3 the size of this.

I laughed at "Trunk-a-pult" :rofl:

Full on :bow:

For the cooling system I personally would just make hard lines out of like 1.25 or 1.5 aluminum or stainless then just have couplers. Those stainless hoses you have will trap bubbles in the corrugated parts. They can take forever to bleed.

MAD SKILLS!!!
I just read the entire thread and all I can say is WOW!!!!

:hail: :hail: :hail:

Wow man, I feel guilty for having ever complained about fitting truck arms under a 2nd gen Camaro :lol: Absolutely awesome work, very impressive. Can't wait to see the body go on.

Odds and Ends
 

While I'm waiting for parts to show for the remote oil filter I've been tying up some small items. I made the adapters for the crank case filter breather .
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While the lathe was a mess I went ahead and made the hanger for the diff vent filter breather. Now I hope I don't catch a bunch of crap for moving it to the wheel well.
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Well I suppose I'll have to spend some more money to get more things to work on.
Patrick

Plugs, Wires, and stuff
 

Not much to do while I wait for some parts to show. Did manage to get plugs, wires, and the coils squared away. Now I've always hated the way ford stuck the coils out in front of the engine and the ran all those wires around and over the alt. leaving a huge mess. I was just going to mount them over the alt., but that didn't clear the hood so I had to move them back a ways. I think it looks okay. I left enough room to get the intake plumbed out towards the passenger side.
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Found the belt I needed for the timing cover setup I went with, no PS. no AC., no extra pulleys.
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Spent some quality time at the junkyard selecting parts to aid in the removable seats that I wish to have, need to have if I need to get at the trans in this car. The drive shaft will be here tomorrow and I will start to fill stuff with fluids. Every day we get a little closer.
Patrick

Looking great! I like the way you routed the plug wires.

I like the way you mounted the coils and wires. I have a 98 Cobra engine and was trying to figure out a way to hide them. I hate how obvious they are sticking out in the front of the engine, I don't want to go COP either. Is extending/lengthing the plug wires possible?

There are plenty of manufacturers that make "build them yourself" plug wires, where you just crimp the ends on. Taylor and MSD come to mind, but I dont know if they make kits for the mod motor. Worst case is you'd have to buy a stock application set and cut them down (or buy some extra wire in a reel and make them longer).

Dam I've cut this wire three times and it's still to short? Yes they make cut to size wires for this engine, mine were all under 20" so I just made the stock set shorter (pain in the ass), but less costly. Laying this all out took longer because it is not the standard coil wiring.
Patrick

correct me if i am wrong, but it was my understanding that this issue only existed on C heads?

i was linked to this build via a local (in upstate ny) automotive forum i frequent. i have shown it to no less than a dozen people. simply incredible. i am proud to have internet access to this project, i can only imagine how proud you must be for being responsible for its conception and progress at such a high level of precision and attention to detail. :thumbsup:

From my understanding, All modular based engine suffer from inadequate coolant flow from whichever head is not feeding the heater core. The problems get ugly when you add extra heat from blowers, turbos, or NOS. I did it as safety aid because of the high engine compartment heat cars like mine create. Better safe than sorry.

You say you were directed to this build from another site. WOW I'm starting to wonder how many people have found and posted links to this thread or the twin on www.clubcobra.com. New request ( How many times have you seen this thread posted on other forms and/or posted links your self?) Am I turning into some Internet legend ( God I hope not I'm just a guy building a car ).
Thanks,
Patrick

Makin a Filter
 

Hey long time no post,
Well the parts for my remote filter finally showed up ( I think they had to mine the aluminum). Nice parts, went with some new stuff from Derale they're cast but beefy with SAE oring ports. Lines I made those up at work, I work for a national hydraulics manufacturer / distributor so I get a good discount but I have to do the work.
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Now I did get to go on vacation but you will read about that( this story is so me) in another post. Till I post again,
Patrick

Wow!
 

That is an AMAZING build! I thought I was doing something because we took apart a complete car, cleaned it and painted the parts and put it back together. Your project blows my mind. I can't wait to see how it turns out. :D

I think i've shared with thread without 10 or 12 people and i've posted it on 2 other Forums

wow, just wow
 

I just sat and read every page of this thread. I can only say that I am amazed. I like fabbing a lot of the stuff on my car, and race car and this is just heads above so much what i have seen in a long time with a cobra replica.

:thumbsup:

MARTY!! WTF were you trying to say here??? LOL

Sorry... had to laugh after trying to read it three times...

XOXO

:rofl: im confused too

This is a amazing build. Great skills, keep it up.

LOL - He asked how many people have shared this thread with other people or other Bulletin Boards - really guy's go back and read the request I'm not losing my mind here.

So I replied that I indeed have shared this thread with others.

:thumbsup:

im sure it was a typo... where he said "without" i think it was supposed to say "with about"..

update Oct. 09( Plugging Away )
 

Well It's been a good long while since an up date has been posted so here we go. Chassis wiring has made much progress, the harness has been made and is ready to be put back into the car for good. While making this I had to remove and replace this many many times. If anyone tells you that wiring their car is easy just laugh at them. Yes it is not difficult but I does take time and patience. now I have about three weeks of evenings and weekends here, and it took all of that to sort out the harnesses from two separate vehicles. The engine and under the hood harness is from a 93 Mark VIII (same as the engine donor) the dash bits are from a 91 F-150 (same source as the steering column). I had diagrams for both that helped a ton, now all of the harnesses had been taken down to bare components and then reconfigured to suit what was needed. Needless to say there was plenty of soldering and shrink tube to go around, but nothing anyone with the patience of a saint couldn't do. Now I still have to wire up the dash and get a few little odds and ends taken care of but I'll just keep plugging along;
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Until Later,
Patrick

St Patrick!

LOL


:hail: :hail:

My A.D.D would kick in and the lighter would pop out the dash when I hit the brakes...
:woot:

Hey Guys',
Sorry I haven't been keeping everyone up to date on the build. We have the harness all back in the car and have the dash back out of storage and have been getting it ready to make the harness for it. But I'm still on the fence on how I'm going to finish the piece. What would you do, cover it with leather or finish it and paint it to match the car, sorry no carbon fiber way to tacky for my taste.http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...328_Small_.JPG
And does this layout order for the gauges look okay. This is where they will be but which goes where is still up in the air, opinions.
Later,
Patrick

leather would be classy..

i would cover it in material. I think painted would have too much of a custom car street rod look IMO.. its already a very custom dash, i think leather would make it have a nice factory looking touch..

Leather/ultra leather/vinyl... gets my vote.

Fiber is something your mother told you to eat!

My ONLY question would be the lowest gauge driver side - looks too "flat" - are you sure if you're sitting in the car that you can see the needle position...

I looks like maybe it could be "tilted" up a bit for easy "at a glance" reading..

:thumbsup:

Leather! But I'd do some sort of insert on the flat upper part, it'll look to big and boring in just one color leather all over. Either a different color leather or a wooden insert of some sort?

looks good but i would trade the clock for maybe some more important like oil pressure?? Just seems to me that the clock is in the most important accessories spot?? Just my .02

Well I have the dash side of the electrical done, so I could mount it in the car and work out the rest of the stuff needed to get the car running. While the Dash is not finished the harness should work fine. It will be removed to put on the finishing touches and covering during the body work stage of the build.
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One more thing to check off on my way toward first start.
Patrick

Here she is as of today. I haven't been taking full on photos to show where I'm at, so today I took a few to show Where the cars progress stands. So I hope you all enjoy the Pics.
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Enough for now,
Patrick

This is such an incredible build. Just amazing to me. A complete car pretty much from scratch. I have been watching it for a long time and am always so amazed at how it's coming along. Thanks for posting everything.:cheers:

Excellent job Patrick ! Should be a Blast to drive !!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Jim

wow - that looks awesome

this car is awsome:hail: :woot: :cheers: :thumbsup: cant wait to see it all together

This is one of those crazy cool builds...love it!! :thumbsup: :hail:

Wow, thats a really nice build. I really like the chassis you built looks killer.
:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:

Hey finished up some more pieces of the car and now have to concentrate on making it run. Made up my own cold air intake. Why might you ask why nobody wants to use the early Mark VIII for their car it has every thing to do with the intake and where the throttle body is and the fact that nobody makes a cold air kit for it, so once again I find myself making my own parts. Now please do not make fun of my aluminum welding I do not have a lot of practice with it, but I'm getting better, and nothing here is structural so there. Here is the pics.
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YOU WONT FIND THIS IN A STINKIN CATALOG
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Now I learned something that it was cheaper to buy two kits off ebay and cut them up than to buy all the bends elsewhere, so get two with lots of bends w/tube and can fit up to your MAF.
Patrick