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  1. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread Hoopty v2.0 - It All Snowballed

    somebody has been in quarantine too long!
  2. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

    The Ford piece is definitely a better part than the parts store heater cores, it just wasn’t “brazed” very good, which surprised me. I took it to my friend that owns the Radiator shop and he made it better than new! He even added the “support” on the tube to the right. The OEM one I pulled out...
  3. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

    Oh I knew what you meant lol. I was aggravated because I spent about 3x the cost of a parts store heater core thinking I would be better off. Not the case! Lol
  4. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

    It wasn’t cheap at all! It was a OEM Ford one. I have a friend that owns a radiator shop. He’s going to fix it for me, and it will be better than it was new!
  5. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

    When I put this car together I put pretty much everything brand new. I even spent the extra $$ and bought my heater core and evaporator core from the Ford dealership hoping it would last longer. Well so much for that. When I pulled the heater hoses off last time the tube pulled out of the heater...
  6. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

    “Made” a set of plug wires for it. Had a set of Ford Motorsport wires that I cut down to length and added the correct ends for the LS coils. I also added a set of heat sleeves just in case.
  7. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread Hoopty v2.0 - It All Snowballed

    Brackets and brake lines are on the way. I dropped them off this morning.
  8. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

    Spent a little time today mocking some more stuff. Almost time to drop it in!!
  9. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

    Yeah I agree. They aren’t exposed anymore. Those were in progress pics. They are covered now.
  10. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

    I had already stripped all of the old blue paint off of the block and repainted it black. This is what I used and it worked great! Anyway, after I got all of the coils mounted up, I started mocking some things up to get things ready to go in. I’m getting pumped now! I’m ready to get this thing...
  11. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread Hoopty v2.0 - It All Snowballed

    Mine is the stepchild though. I’ll have to park separate if we ever all end up in the same place lol.
  12. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

    Yes sir! Beaumont, about an hour East of Houston Pretty much lol
  13. TexasFireman

    Progress Thread TxFireman’s Electric Red Coupe refresh

    Couple more pictures of the fuel pump relay box