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    Anyone Seen this before?

    Thanks for the tutoring! Helpful to read and then look at the pics.
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    Anyone Seen this before?

    It's not going anywhere near $3000!!! Notice the 'reserve not met'? That WOULD be a great price, no doubt. I'd look towards adapting it for an earlier model [likely do the TCP-type push-the-fender-sheetmetal-out trick].
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    GTE-650 project

    For reinforcement alone??? Or suspension components as well. Again, maybe I'm a bit dense, but I'm just not clear on your overall plan with this. As far as the structural work, have you looked at what Mustangs Plus did for their "Ronster" conversion? A bunch of pieces of sheet metal cut to...
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    Anyone Seen this before?

    Wayne Due is building frames for 1st gen Camaros. I have also seen this frame, and tried to get more info. Art Morrison also does some frames. The basic idea was something I wanted to look into when I was first doing my convertible, figuring that a serious chassis would be a good starting...
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    GTE-650 project

    Bob, I sent you an email via the address on your site. I really need a better picture of what your vision is before I can commit. Just not sure what a period-correct Ferrastang/Mustarri really would be! When you say period-correct, that would seem to be at odds with performance. Period...
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    GTE-650 project

    Hmmm...is this a conspiracy to get me working on my 65 2+2? I have been abusing my finances for parts on my 66 which HOPEFULLY will become operational this summer. Then again, I do happen to have an extra 331 stroker/AFR/KB 2.2/Lakewood/TKO600 that are being set aside for later use [I just...
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    NO2 or Blower: Power adder decision

    For street driving, I find that I may want to crank it up instantly, and that rules out nitrous. For track racing I agree w/ gas, as you can take a couple of spare bottles, change between runs, etc. I went through this decision for my daily driver 2005 GTO and went w/ a turbo. My 66 vert is...
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    Jay at Mustang Depot

    Truly good guy. Met him in Nashville 2 yrs ago...and talked again a couple of weeks ago on the phone. Jay, I must confess, rather than your flairs I bought some sheetmetal quarter skins...and went to a competitor in GA. When shipping sheetmetal, shorter distances count! But we will all...
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    Undercoating

    I have a bunch of this stuff I will use in the 'vert. http://www.quietcoat.com/ Put 5 gal into the doors, rear seat area/side panels, and trunk in my GTO. Although the goat is very quiet stock [much more so than a late-model Mustang] with the rear-mount turbo, I didn't want sound intrusion...
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    66 'vert - Big Block? MII front is already in!

    Those are OLD pictures...lots of changes since then! Nice and shiny now. Only when the bottle is full / heated / good pressure / armed / etc...which is my problem with NOS for a street car. You just never know when you may need to put the fear of God into someone [including yourself!]...
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    RRS Strut front suspension conversion done! [100kb pic]

    This stuff is WAAAY pricey for what you get. Two years ago at the 40th Anniversary Mustang show in Nashville they had a car with one side mocked up. Clean, bolt-in install...but the price was insane. The guy went blah-blah-blah justifying R&D, etc...but I just don't see it. Basic mac strut...
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    66 'vert - Big Block? MII front is already in!

    All in fun! I am trusting my fabrication guys that the structural work will do it's job. They really are good...but then again, this is a convertible. My old pictures around here show the rear re-frame work. The forward leaf-mount cross member piece is also used for the base of the...
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    66 'vert - Big Block? MII front is already in!

    My apologies...I misunderstood what was the antecedant to your "anything"...and there are a LOT of people that slam the MII setups. But it's hard to argue when you want more room, r&p, and disc brakes. But my question still remains, and not just to you, but others: who has extensive experience...
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    66 'vert - Big Block? MII front is already in!

    And you have personally driven how many of these cars? And which setup(s)? Which control arms? Which shocks? What is your road racing experience? HPDE? Open track days? Martz chassis is building some full-on road course cars with their version. Year One built an amazing car using the...
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    First drive: new 331 etc.

    Sounds like fun! I am negotiating with an engine builder, and hope to have something exciting to present down the road a few weeks/months. I think that highly specific cams for a N/A application are more crucial than forced induction motors. A little more boost covers a multitude of sins...
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    66 'vert - Big Block? MII front is already in!

    Until the block goes split! Or, go back to the $5000 shortblock...and that is a tough sell on the homefront. Just realize that this leads down the 15-20,000 road...and that just isn't an option. As I posted on the turbo thread, I am actually looking at a blown 408...negotiations are in...
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    I've officially decided to go turbo on my 68

    Nice setup! 522 flywheel ~443 rwhp assuming 15% loss. Should be quite durable and a BLAST to drive...wish I could settle for that little power, though! I assume he notched the shocktowers? I am looking into [yet] another option: ATI D2 blowthrough 408...may be too good of a deal to pass...
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    I've officially decided to go turbo on my 68

    Please read what I have already documented around here on this car! I have enough structural steel in this car to build a small bridge = no pretzel. >12" of rear tires through a 9" will hook it up. As far as the tranny...perhaps you have never heard of Tremec? The TKO600 [which has...
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    I've officially decided to go turbo on my 68

    That is a valid question. To be honest, it is hard to say, as I haven't driven this car in years! I do know what 5-600 rwhp feel like...and it is a rush! And that is the issue that I get back to...how much is enough? Power is addicting, and like almost any addiction, we get used to it...
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    66 'vert - Big Block? MII front is already in!

    I have been going 'round and 'round. I really need to settle on an approach, as I need to get on with the work. As a brief synopsis of the car: 1966 Convertible: much chassis work already done w/ 9" rear, 12" tires under stock sheet metal; lots of structural steel; dual rollbars and no back...
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