Progress Thread Deals are still out there.
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With the summer being our busy time, I have not had a chance to update much.
Got a great deal on some near mint 2001 cobra wheels and put 255 45 r17 0n the rear.
Installed the bolt in BBK subframe connectors.
Next I bought a "cheap" engine hoist, I had seen the reinforcement welds on the hoist but figured it would work for the 4cylinder. I did not even get off the mounts before it snapped. The guy I bought it from was cool and gave me my money back. Leson learned, not all good deals are good. oh well ordered one and should have it soon.
Hopefully next weekend Ill have the old motor out and get started cleaning the firewall for paint. There is a local paint store that will mix paint and put it in an aerosol cab for $30.
Got a great deal on some near mint 2001 cobra wheels and put 255 45 r17 0n the rear.
Installed the bolt in BBK subframe connectors.
Next I bought a "cheap" engine hoist, I had seen the reinforcement welds on the hoist but figured it would work for the 4cylinder. I did not even get off the mounts before it snapped. The guy I bought it from was cool and gave me my money back. Leson learned, not all good deals are good. oh well ordered one and should have it soon.
Hopefully next weekend Ill have the old motor out and get started cleaning the firewall for paint. There is a local paint store that will mix paint and put it in an aerosol cab for $30.
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Well glad the hoist didn’t mess up your car. Just me but as soon as you get it running take it to a muffler shop and have them weld those subframe connectors in. The bolt in style don’t offer a lot of stiffness.
Yep, I agree. They were $50. I was going to weld them in down the road.
Well, I got impatient and sprayed it. I was not going to post about my mistake but it could help someone else. I should have waited till it cooled down and taken my time and prepped it better. My rush job looks bad a d cost money. Oh well, need to scuff it and re-shoot.
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After a period of time I finally got back to the engine paint. I sanded down my hurried mistakes and spotted in some primer. Stripped down and masked the bay better. I bought the touch up gun from HF and some single stage from Tamco. Overall I am pleased with he result. My hand is to big for the gun and I was bumping my adjustments, i ended up with some orange peel. The tip was .8 as well a little to small for the paint. The oxford white looks good and now I can start the assembly.
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I would not say anticlimactic at all, more like its going to look very proper when the motor is all dressed out and the core support gets filled up. Then its back to complaining about how full the engine bay is when you have to work on it.
I had to massage the strut tower on the 83 T-Bird but it dropped in on the 93 Coupe. It so hit and miss what cars you have to do it to and which ones the booster just drops in. All about the wildly loose manufacturing specs on these cars.
