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Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #60 –
Huh. I don't remember you saying you were painting the bay!!! LOL wow. *goes and digs up thread*

Makes you wish you could be a fly on the wall in the assembly line back then. Of course then you would just be even more pissed off, watching it happen, powerless to change it...
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #61 –
Quote from: ZondaC12;379300
Huh. I don't remember you saying you were painting the bay!!! LOL wow. *goes and digs up thread*

Makes you wish you could be a fly on the wall in the assembly line back then. Of course then you would just be even more pissed off, watching it happen, powerless to change it...


Oh I painted the engine bay 6 years ago. I pulled everything off if the inner fenders and the cowl and re-shot it. I made it better than factory as everything got a nice, even coat.

I'm amazed at how bad the paint can be that isn't on exterior surfaces. I've pulled off trunk panels and found py paint coverage under them. On my Focus the paint doesn't cover the entire engine bay. Now on the Mustang the whole thing is covered. Maybe the guy painting the Mustang liked grabber blue so he made sure to do a good job.

Here's a fun thing to do while you have the engine out. Refinish all the brackets under the hood. If they are rust colored they were probably plain steel. I think Eastwood sells a paint that replicates the factory look pretty closely.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #62 –
Looking much more like it was never messed with and someone just ground off the factory paint...

Other side isn't even worth taking pics of LOL. He popped off the cap, gutted the tubes and webbing between them, replaced that with something far stronger and threw the cap back on. After sandblasting, the outer structure and shock tower proved to indeed be real solid. Shocking. But great! From the outside, the passenger side frame is literally nothing but original pieces, which is kinda neat like REALLY EFFIN AWESOME lol
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #63 –
not looking forward to doing this to my white car LOL looks good!
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #64 –
Quote from: ZondaC12;379602
Looking much more like it was never messed with and someone just ground off the factory paint...

Other side isn't even worth taking pics of LOL. He popped off the cap, gutted the tubes and webbing between them, replaced that with something far stronger and threw the cap back on. After sandblasting, the outer structure and shock tower proved to indeed be real solid. Shocking. But great! From the outside, the passenger side frame is literally nothing but original pieces, which is kinda neat like REALLY EFFIN AWESOME lol

 
That looks really good. Once it's painted/blended in it will be invisible.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #65 –
Unreal.........
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #66 –
wow, looks great!

on a side note, if a non-fox bird guy looked at the first pic, he'd be scratching a hole in his scalp, trying to figure out why it looks like swiss cheese lol
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #67 –
I know LOL...I can see why a lotta mustang people like to fill them in and smooth the engine bay over. I still can't figure out why those are there. The ones IN the frame rail sure aren't any good, they let  in but there's no way for it to get out!!!! Then for some reason the rail just implodes with rust. Out of nowhere. I know CRAZY right!???
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #68 –
you know those little firewall plugs? buy a pack of them and stick them in the frame rail holes.. problem solved! i did that to my blue car, after a couple hours with superclean, soapy water, a power washer and blow gun to clean them out.. i like to think it's saving my ass in the future LOL

mustang guys aren't the only 1's who fill them in.. that's my first body mod planned for any fox i own(ed).. except for the holes i make good use of lol
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #69 –
I'd also be interested to know the purpose off the swiss cheese, if there is one.
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Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #70 –
some fox stang guy once told me it was to improve cooling.. i'm thinking he was full of  lol
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #71 –
That was my thought....but plenty of engine bays have zero airflow like that, it comes in, goes through the radiator, and out the bottom. Same way it's been for more than a century LOL. Seems to work fine for everyone else.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #72 –
Quote from: ZondaC12;379797
Unreal.........

Looks great :).

Why is the hood pinkish? Dust?
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #73 –
Yeah and it was up the whole time, and all of us hangin out in the garage leanin over the fenders those are perfectly clean LOL. My friend actually took his Zaino Z6 cleaner spray and spiffed it up for me haha. I should put up a pic of it sitting in MY garage now. . For a car with no fender or header on it, looks daaaaaamn slick.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!!

Reply #74 –
When you put it back together maybe you can stick the wheel center caps back on, since it will be a nice weather only car ;).
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.