Project Fastlane Fairlane
 

Time to put some power into my '70 Ford Fairlane.

The original engine wasn't too bad, except is was SLOW (17.64 at 77 mph.. lol)

And the oil leaks kept getting worse and worse. At idle the oil light would come on. Is that bad?

I can't stand oil leaks so it was time for action..

9am
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1pm
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Anyone in SoCal need a 302 and C4 trans core?

Best Of Show then spent 4 days scraping the engine bay, degreesing it and then we sprayed it low gloss black. The underside of the whole car was scraped clean (we found zero rust) then coated in black undercoat. With the new rear, alum driveshaft and new tranny it should look very sanitary when done.

The car is a driver, not a show car but it will still be pretty nice with an old school vibe.

After I run 11.80s a couple of times I might put in a TKO600 and AC system. Maybe a trip to Chris Alson for some Total Control stuff.

Then I will sell her and start the next project, trying to figure out what that might be. 70 Monte Carlo? :shrug:

Anyways, I post progress pics as I go. The full story will be covered in PHR.

http://picsorban.com/upload/fair11.jpg

So where's the freshly painted engine bay and underside pics?:D

What motor you putting in?

John

Will have them early next week.. I was closing out the Dec issue so I wasn't there when AAA moved the car from BOS to Don Lee Auto where Tim and I will drop in the new engine.

The new engine is the 408 I just built. It put out 550/530 on the engine dyno.

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/siihp/408.jpg

WOW!!!

That thing is SWEEEEETT!!! What do yo think your 1/4 times will be?

John

Hoping for 11.80s... "should" be capable of 11.50.

Looks good!! So that's what you do in your spare time...and here I thought getting Penny reasy for SEMA would be enough to keep you busy! ;)

Technically this is what I do on my on time. The Fairlane is my "work" car, Penny is my "off time" car.

Yea, I'm swampped. Working on two cars, both with deadlines and I had all my writing to do. Add in that my wife wants to go on vacation for a week (Yellowstone) and I haven't a moment to spare.

Maybe that's why I'm working at 5:40 AM on a Sunday morning.. :(

sounds nice what all are you going to do to the car.

Lookin' good!

Steve that is going to wake her up ALOT! I wish we were closer I'd take that 302/C4 off your hands...:cool: