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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    The Cow Catcher has been painted matte black and tentatively installed. The aluminum piece that the trans cooler mounts to has also been painted matte black. View: https://youtu.be/w2Ov5jzm3j8
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    It's slow as :poo: at the shop, so you all know what that means... View: https://youtu.be/Cj0cLlgT0bA It looks like the $150 "G-Plus" Chinese radiator is going to be an alright fit. More to follow...
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    View: https://youtu.be/CaTOMkHaET4
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    Shatner never ceases to amaze me with his musical interpretations. His Rocketman and his Iron Man are fantastic.
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    I swear one of these days I'm going to get back to the ol' hunk o' junk, but right now I'm dealing with enough other bull:poo: that the desire to stay after work and work on another damned car is gone right now. In lieu of a real update, I'll bring back the "soundtrack" with what might've...
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    Resource Discussion Craigslist Links

    https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/d/framingham-ford-mustang-1978-coyote-50/7473006748.html https://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/cto/d/milford-1977-mustang-ii-v8-extra-nice/7479378690.html https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/d/boring-1976-mustang-mach-v8-302/7479677566.html...
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    Tire sizes for pony wheels

    Not that it's relevant for most of you, but for the guys running ponies on an early fox or a Mustang II, 205/55/16 is a great size to go with when trying to keep the speedometer accurate compared to the tiny pizza cutters IIs and early foxes left the factory with while getting a LOT more contact...
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    Resource Discussion Craigslist Links

    That Cobra II in Alabama is a prime example. Non-original engine that isn't anything special. Torn up seats, rust bubbles in the quarters, a front bumper skin held on by carriage bolts, no radiator shroud, no battery cooling duct, wrong coolant overflow tank, and something obviously wrong in the...
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    Resource Discussion Craigslist Links

    Dear God, the prices some people are asking for and getting for some of these hoopties has me thinking I should offload the Super Pinto before the bubble pops. Lord knows life would be easier with one fewer bill (for the insurance) and no more money flowing into something I only drive rarely.
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    Nope. It's a 28-year-old Chrysler. Not touching it with a ten-foot pole.
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    That was trade-in on Saturday.
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    ElSuperPinto has never overheated. It's in an air-conditioned shop. I'll have you know that it's a mixture of iron oxide, citric acid, water, and some remnants of ethylene glycol in that drain pan, I've never shat in my cooling system or the pan.
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    Whelp, didn't get the other job, back to slaving away on Badly Made Wagons for awhile.
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    Alright boys, engine swap is done, time to close the thread! (I kid.) Got the junkyard engine into the girlfriend's Avalon and hooked it up enough to start it and verify it didn't knock/smoke/rattle before the 40-day warranty was up. There's still some coolant hoses to hook up, a timing belt...
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    I am new to the site, and I could use some help with my restore it is a1977 cobra II that I dove off the show room floor it has a302 134hp

    Our engines are fairly similar. I run a more aggressive cam, worked-over D5AE heads, and a port-matched Edelbrock Performer RPM intake. The end result is our engines produce almost identical power and torque. If I had to duplicate our power level today, a set of aluminum heads would be...
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    I am new to the site, and I could use some help with my restore it is a1977 cobra II that I dove off the show room floor it has a302 134hp

    70s Ford 302 heads aren't actually horrible. They're no worse a starting point than the E7 heads from a 5.0 HO. The pistons were the reason for the lackluster performance of the 302s of the era. As far as a specific oil for flat-tappet engines, it's no biggie, Rotella 15w40 is cheap, contains...
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    The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

    I have hit a crossroads with ESP/HRL2... I finally have all of the pieces to make the 4.6 a possibility, sans turbo (that'll be awhile), but I'm really liking the 308's new (old) attitude with the carburetor, and it could come out for an oil pan gasket, crank seals, and rattlecan-refresh and be...
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    Sun visor tips

    Ordered a set, thanks.
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    Build Thread Best Of Mustang I I Tech (NEW CONTENT ADDED 10/24/2022!)

    updated thread title to reflect addition of new info
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