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Aloha everyone. New member here! I'm going to document my build so far. Any feedback would be appreciated! Hope this is the correct location for this build thread? Anyways her it goes!

 

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Scored this old gem from a buddy of mine that manages the local car quest. 93 2.3 notch. He let me have it for $700.

 

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Also having trouble uploading pics. If someone could help me out. That would be great!

 

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I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.

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Are you going to keep the 2.3?

 

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welcome. What are your plans? V8 swap? street, strip? Know that is you are planning a V8 swap essentially everthing related to the cars are different- brakes, suspension, cooling, harnesses, transmission, engines, exhaust.

 

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mikestang63 said:

welcome. What are your plans? V8 swap? street, strip? Know that is you are planning a V8 swap essentially everthing related to the cars are different- brakes, suspension, cooling, harnesses, transmission, engines, exhaust.

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It's going to get a built 351w and a 5 speed. And a lot more. I'll try to document the build so far.

 

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This is basically how I got her. It took a lot of cleaning to get to this point. The car had been sitting under a tree for about 2 years surprisingly though it started right up with a good battery. But the alternator wasn't charging.

 

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So after replacing the alternator it still wouldn't charge. I had to open up the main wiring harness to find a broken wire. I guess the alt is supposed to have a 12v trigger and without that signal wire it wouldnt charge. Took awhile but got it sorted.

Here is a shot of the drive out to my shop. I usually have full use of this place after work and on the weekends.

 

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So I lucked out and bought and 1994 gt donor with a 5.0 - 5spd and 8.8 rear end with disks. It ran only on starting fluid and didn't have a title. Picked it up for $600. brought her home and started swapping the suspension.

 

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It took me all weekend but I got everything swapped. Funny part is I still needed the sn95 to roll so I transferred all the 2.3 suspension back onto the 94.

 

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Anyone wanna buy a sn95 on pony rims?

 

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So as of right now the car runs and drives great however I'm going to swap the sn master/booster and pedal assembly over soon because the rear breaks aren't doing much. Also the rims that I got with the sn95 were hideous :/ and so wide that I wouldn't pass a safety inspection. They would also bottom out on the fender wells going over bumps So I started looking for a different set. At first I was going to buy a set of steel bassets because there cheap and I can get free shipping on Amazon prime. Idk if anyone here is familiar with living in hawaii but the shipping prices are insane!
After about a week of shopping I found a set of bullets 17x8 on Craigslist and went to check them out. Turned out they were brand spanking new oem ford rims!! Gave the guy $350 and loaded them up. Had them installed on the car the next morning.

 

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Wow...Hawaii jeesh. I can only imagine the shipping rates. Good job... I'll be watching this build.

 

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So I grabbed a set of tires off the shelf and slapped them on. I don't think I would have bought these sizes. But it's what we had so I decided to try them out. The rears are 255/60r17 just incase anyone was wondering . The rims are also 2005+ with some deep back spacing.

 

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Wow...Hawaii jeesh. I can only imagine the shipping rates. Good job... I'll be watching this build.

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Thanks 90sickfox your definitely gonna want to stick around for this part.

 

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Better beater said:

So as of right now the car runs and drives great however I'm going to swap the sn master/booster and pedal assembly over soon because the rear breaks aren't doing much. Also the rims that I got with the sn95 were hideous :/ and so wide that I wouldn't pass a safety inspection. They would also bottom out on the fender wells going over bumps So I started looking for a different set. At first I was going to buy a set of steel bassets because there cheap and I can get free shipping on Amazon prime. Idk if anyone here is familiar with living in hawaii but the shipping prices are insane!
After about a week of shopping I found a set of bullets 17x8 on Craigslist and went to check them out. Turned out they were brand spanking new oem ford rims!! Gave the guy $350 and loaded them up. Had them installed on the car the next morning.

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I would get an adjustable proportioning valve so you can adjust the brake bias.. It installs easily under the hood at the junction on the firewall..

 

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I would get an adjustable proportioning valve so you can adjust the brake bias.. It installs easily under the hood at the junction on the firewall..

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I still have the proportioning valve from the sn95 will that work or with these tire sizes should I still get an adjustable one anyways?

 

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The sn95 prop valve will work. I used one on my last build. That booster will help with braking pressure for sure. The factory sn95 stuff worked great for me. The SLP line lock made burnouts amazing. [emoji106]

 

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Oh yes definitely getting a line lock