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show me your SFCs and ChuckW crossbraces

Reply #15 –
Well the CC plates are still uncertain on a timetable at the moment.  Kind of buried under a bunch of stuff.
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show me your SFCs and ChuckW crossbraces

Reply #16 –
LOL, Thats ok for me. I don't know when I'm tearing apart the front end. I have to make a back end first.
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Reply #17 –
Battery and parking brake cables not secured yet.  The welder sprayed black to protect the welds.





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Reply #18 –




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Reply #19 –


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show me your SFCs and ChuckW crossbraces

Reply #20 –
how far into the front channel do those run? i dont see any plug welds thru the channel
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Reply #21 –
If I remember correctly, there's an anti-crush sleeve about 10" in.
Thats why I cut the frame bottom off and notched the SF another 10" on the bottom of the frame. I made mine almost a full 5' long
welded inside the frame from inside the car and outside the full length of the frame. plus welded the floor to the frame.
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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show me your SFCs and ChuckW crossbraces

Reply #22 –
Quote from: gumby;224954
how far into the front channel do those run? i dont see any plug welds thru the channel

Hmm, good question, maybe 2-3 inches into the front sub?  I stuck a coathanger wire in there to try to feel for the front end of the connector, no way I can see for sure w/out drilling.
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Twin '85 TCs
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#1 (left): undergoing top-to-bottom rebuild     
#2 (right): DD, power everything (sorta)
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Reply #23 –
Quote from: t3skidoo;224963
Hmm, good question, maybe 2-3 inches into the front sub?  I stuck a coathanger wire in there to try to feel for the front end of the connector, no way I can see for sure w/out drilling.


do you remember how long they were?
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Reply #24 –
t3skidoo-

Why did you have to chop up the crossbraces?  Oh wait....you have them installed backwards...

I see what the deal is now.  You put the front part of the SFC into the front subframe instead of below it.  To be honest, you might have been better off to cut the crossbrace in two and mate it up/weld it to the sides of the main tubes.
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Reply #25 –
Quote from: Chuck W;224967
t3skidoo-

Why did you have to chop up the crossbraces?  Oh wait....you have them installed backwards...

I see what the deal is now.  You put the front part of the SFC into the front subframe instead of below it.  To be honest, you might have been better off to cut the crossbrace in two and mate it up/weld it to the sides of the main tubes.


At one point he asked about notching the cross braces so they'd fit, but I don't know if he did. 

Of course, the purpose of this thread in the first place was to avoid having to undo everything with a cut-off wheel and a cutting torch.:flame:
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#2 (right): DD, power everything (sorta)
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show me your SFCs and ChuckW crossbraces

Reply #26 –
I explained how the crossbars were "supposed" to be installed.  However, with the recessed or "unique" installations, there are some tweaks that need to be made. 

If you had these installed for you, the guy didn't really serve you well with the install.
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon-  '81 Granada GL 2dr

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Reply #27 –
Quote from: daminc;224966
do you remember how long they were?


Not accurately enough to measure the unseen part.
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White/ Grey 2-tone
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#2 (right): DD, power everything (sorta)
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Reply #28 –
Quote from: Chuck W;225019

If you had these installed for you, the guy didn't really serve you well with the install.


yeah, that's possible.  question is, what to do at this point?  leave it, s it, modify it?
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White/ Grey 2-tone
#1 (left): undergoing top-to-bottom rebuild     
#2 (right): DD, power everything (sorta)
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show me your SFCs and ChuckW crossbraces

Reply #29 –
I say go for the gold, jacking rails and cross-braces
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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