Chasing the Ghosts of LeMans - Thunder - Project 487 Super Snake

[Ripped]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

A Kona Mountain Bike - Man it's hard to find a Kona dealer around here.

Nice to see a fellow rider into cars.

Where abouts do you ride?

Well I ride and I also CrAsH (see earlier posts - haha)

I'm thinking about welding a real redneck bike rack to the back of my Mustang, when we go on long cruises

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by Ripped

Where abouts do you ride?

Well I ride and I also CrAsH (see earlier posts - haha)

I'm thinking about welding a real redneck bike rack to the back of my Mustang, when we go on long cruises

Local Trails are pretty Awesome for being so close to Chicago
Palos, Saw Wee Kee, V-Tree, Ricks Trail & the Bomb.

If I head up to Wisconsin and hit Kettle and Blue Mounds.

A Hidden Gem that most people don't know about is "Brown County" in Nashville Indiana very well built network.

IN 2011 we rode in Colorado at the last US Crankworks contest. I took 4th place in the intergalletic pond crossing.




The cover shot is me falling into the 30 degree water


Can't get much more Redneck then what I did to my 70

[Ripped]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

Local Trails are pretty Awesome for being so close to Chicago
Palos, Saw Wee Kee, V-Tree, Ricks Trail & the Bomb.

If I head up to Wisconsin and hit Kettle and Blue Mounds.

A Hidden Gem that most people don't know about is "Brown County" in Nashville Indiana very well built network.

IN 2011 we rode in Colorado at the last US Crankworks contest. I took 4th place in the intergalletic pond crossing.




The cover shot is me falling into the 30 degree water


Can't get much more Redneck then what I did to my 70

That's awesome, congratulations on the "cool" landing. Not a bad idea on the bike rack either

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by Ripped

That's awesome, congratulations on the "cool" landing. Not a bad idea on the bike rack either

My 2nd attempt was much better. Out of the 85 people only 8 of us made it.

[Ripped]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

My 2nd attempt was much better. Out of the 85 people only 8 of us made it.

Well you're a braver and more skilled rider than me!

A couple long nights work. As with anything on an old car, what is supposed to be easy, is often harder than anticipated.

But it's all installed and the coilover springs definitely have a much better feel than the old springs, perch and shocks.

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Well it's time to "wake up" the car. Maybe the crankshaft balancer will hear it (3000 miles away) and get the thing balanced and send it to Brent so the engine can be put together! haha

Anyway the Ipod adaptor was not working.
The big problem with that, is the stereo system is completely hidden, so it's kind of cool and looks vintage/stock, but that means I have to take a lot of the interior trim apart to service any components that are not working.
Looks like just a loose wire. So the stereo and ipod adaptor are working good now.

Unfortunately I had to nearly completely take out the rear trim and fold down seat to get at it.


Checked my new turn signal tone. That works also, but may need some tweaking.

Battery is in good condition, but the charger is on it now, as I want to trickle it up to full capacity now.

I have to fix the power door lock on the drivers side (tricky) next.

New chrome trim around the lights, looks good.

[FETorino]

It's time for a motivational FE Mustang clip.

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Originally Posted by FETorino

It's time for a motivational FE Mustang clip.

That's a great video! I watched the whole thing the other day. I think I'd have to upgrade my seats and harness to have a chance with that one!
(plus a better driver )

NEWS;
Crank is back from the balancer
Long block assembly is taking place, over the next little bit.

And...

I got a new butt rest for the garage;


Hoping to have the new 8 Litre FE engine in by the end of this month.
Keep your fingers crossed for me!

[Ripped]

Redid some of the suspension/ shock tower reinforcement tonight, with new stainless fasteners.

Got an email from Brent.
Engine assembly starts tomorrow.



Pretty soon, I'll be able to stop pushing the hotwheels cars around the living room, making vroom vroom noises.

For some reason, it annoys my wife (not sure why)

[FETorino]

Nice a couple more weeks till Dyno time.

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