Build Thread 1978 Mercury Cyclone. The pig is in the pen.

As per your request sir. @a91what ..pay attention to the boost duty thingy..i do not want boost duty to come on and immediately ramp this thing up to 12 psi

General karthief said:

I see some kind of metal separating the filter from the tire to keep water from flinging on to it, painted black would keep it from being noticed much, just ramblings of a madman, or an idiot.

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There is a fairly simple way to make that work ( with the words "fairly simple" left open for interpretation) I looked at it last year when I was addressing the issue then. Cosmetics are always the issue for me...I could make a barrier of some kind to keep tire spray from soaking it, and I'd have to do the same for the frontal exposure too....the side effect being the "What in the hell is all if that metal in your wheel well?"

I actually like Noobz metal flap door idea. Fairmonts have a very ugly unfinished frontal area from the front. You can see the radiator saddle hanging down on these cars as they came from the factory. The Crack smokers that worked as design engineers back then added a plastic chin piece to try and hide it back in the 70's.

By adding the cooling shroud in the center, and the splitter under that, I somewhat managed to detract from that, but you can still see through it at the ends... If I was to make permanent filler panels of some kind to finish the facade....maybe with 3 small .030 caliber stubbed air cooled gun barrels sticking out of both sides...........

I'd give the thing a finished look, block rainwater from the front, and get Noobz off my ass all at the same time.