It's been a while. She was feeling good today, so we went out for a drive.
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Looks good. FU and your non arctic weather lol.
Looks good Vinnie !
Hey, it was a cool 70 something degrees here today.....and tomorrow.. LOL. Thanks guys. The Bird has come a freakishly long way since I got it from the salvage yard.
That is sweet. Looks great.
Shiny and sharp as a needle! Those wheels look killer, too.
Sharp is right. If you ever get tired of that hood let me know.
The hood will never leave my possession. Sorry. It's the Sport's character. I still have a ways to go with the old Bird, but, one step at a time.
I had no doubt Vinnie. Just my way of saying that's one fine looking hood.
Always good to see the Sport. Great example of what can be done with these cars.( Hey, Vinnie, Im gonna ship mine to you .Let me know when its done! lol ):rollin:
I appreciate you guys. Once the idea for the hood was born, the rest of the car was built around the hood. The trunk lid was also a direct result of the hood.
at a glance your last pic looks like a large toy model bird sitting in a gravel driveway..... thing looks good
That sure is a nice ride Vinnie. I hope to catch up someday.
What's the next step?
Beautiful Vinnie. But I agree with another post. Very jealous of your year round driving abilities. Mine is presently off site sitting in a storage building awaiting that 70 degree weather.
jcassity, LOL, I thought the exact same thing. LOL.
FOX-XR7, I have a lot of "next steps", new carpet, replace the console, do some wire hiding under the hood, re-install my header panel to core support filler panel, and on and on. LOL.
MY10-80, I drive it in the ice too. It's built to drive, so, I do. LOL.
Looking good, but still haven't heard her yet! :burnout:
Thanks for sharing Vinnie and your ride looks great. :headbang:
Thanks Dan. Still a work in progress.
Thought these cars were ALWAYS a "work in progress", lol....... Are they ever TRULY finished. :)
I like the wheels alot. Especially the deep dish rears........where did you score those at?
I got them from OEWheels on Ebay.
What size are the rears? 17X10.5s?
17x9 now. I had 17x10 with the other wheels. Althought they are 9's in the back, I still run the same size tires...275 40 17 in the rear, and 255 40 17 up front. No quad shocks though. They won't fit. I have CHE control arms, so, the quad shocks aren't needed anymore.
Hahaha nice. Very useful to know. Thanks! :)
The Sport looks good as usual. I also thought it looked like a scale model in that 1st pic!
Looking good :)
If Vinnie ever does get rid of that hood... its coming back here.. lol
It's never going anywhere. I love that hood. I'd get rid of the car before the hood.
Not quite sure what it is, but I think Vinnie is trying to tell us something. lol.
Oh no.....I'm not saying anything. I'm planning on keeping the Sport forever. I'm just saying that hood is more than special. Not just for the awesomeness of it, but it has a story behind it. It stays. So does the Sport. I put too much of ME into that car, and STILL have stuff to do. Carpet, console, engine stuff, a few special plans for the trunk area, etc.
Now if you could only figure out a way to duct air from the hood scoop to the air box.........
If I install a carb this summer, I'd install a very factory looking air cleaner for ram air cars like the old early 70's, late 60's Mustangs and Fords. After that, the scoop can be made functional easily.
True. Too bad you can't make the scoop work with EFI.
It has a lot of space under there. Well, It did. Once I installed the stud mount rockers with the aluminum heads, I needed taller valve covers, then a taller plenum spacer, now....not so much room.
Carb swap is a serious consideration I'm having. About had all I care to deal with on this EFI. If I had a ton of cash, I'd run it to a shop and have them make it right, BUT, I don't, so, we'll see what happens by the beginning of Fall this year.
The more time that goes by, the more a carb set up sounds good to me, with functional ram air from the hood scoops.
It would be a setup like the link below (except waaaaay cheaper). I can fab the base plate for the hood and the air cleaner assembly easily.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-1972-1973-FORD-MUSTANG-RAM-AIR-PARTS-FOR-HOOD-BOSS-MACH1-/281589030845?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4190039fbd&vxp=mtr
when you swap to carb...we need to talk pieces parts for my vert efi swap
Why go carb? Driveability suffers, fuel economy suffers and btw it's already EFI. Is there something seriously wrong with the efi?
Daminc, I have A LOT of ford EFI stuff if you need something for a swap. I need to unload this stuff before I start building something else. Vinnie I can help you figure out any probs with your efi.
I've got a few EFI bits as well...engine harness, fuel rail or three, A9T eec...
Vinnie...don't go carb..I think you'd have more dislike for that than what's causing issues now.
I have no idea what's causing the issues, probably needs a tune by a professional. That is NOT in the budget. I have some serious thinking to do. BUT, that's a matter for the tech section.
Jerry, if I go carb, I can fix you up. I will know for sure which direction I'm going before the end of summer.
i hope to find all my parts in the next couple months...
no problem though.... I know they're out there waiting for me
Jerry, I have an Explorer lower intake you can have. I also have a GT40-P upper intake. But the middle hole on the lower intake would have to be plugged. Yours if you want them.
I had thought about threading that middle hole and screwing a plug into it.
Vinnie,
An SCT chip and tune is about $500 tops. That is the chip, dyno time, and the tuner's time. With your mods it might take an hour total to tune the car once it is strapped to the roller and get it where it needs to be. Unless you just want to swap over to carb to utilize the hood as that would be pretty cool there are still issues with tuning a carb. I have both and I can tell you that given the opportunity to do it again the Bird would be injected.
I understand the frustration you have and are still going through but these EEC's are over 20 years old and they are very slow. If the EEC has to start compensating for things that are out of parameter it slows them down even more as they have only so much processor room to do this function before it starts affecting the EEC's ability to perform its normally programmed duties.
Darren
I think I'm just needing fuel rails, and Tbody
I'll see what I need after I get all my stuff together, should be in a few weeks
Pretty sure I have a spare fuel rail lying around. Let me dig this weekend and if I find it you can have it for shipping costs.
The EFI can be tuned at home without a tuner or Dyno time. It's not really any harder than a carb. Is your issue anything like surging or a rich running conditions? If so it just needs the MAF adjusted to your combination. Do you have an aftermarket MAF like the c&l or a pro-m? I guess I mean preprogrammed or is adjustable by changing the tube?
Not trying to pirate your thread, but your car is one of the best I have seen built on the board and I would hate to see you dump all the money into a carb setup and it be not much better than what you have now. A correctly tuned efi sounds totally awesome compared to that carb.
Im planning on going back to efi. just not ford efi. I hope you get it figured out buddy
I am pretty sure there's a bad head gasket. I'm swapping them as soon as possible. I have the gaskets and what I need, just need the time. After that, I'll go from there.