Getting my dream car...

1991notchbackLX · Mar 13, 2010

EPIK said:
Chris, all of your previous rides were bad@$$, but this 1 here takes the cake IMO!!! Congrats, its beautiful, & I'm jealous!!! I would take a 4 eyed coupe anyday over an aero coupe.

Thanks Dustin!! I love this car! Unfortunately, it won't be on the road until Monday or Tuesday because I got it too late on Friday to get to the DMV in time to register it. The new T-Top weatherstripping on the car is getting tested this weekend for sure, we're supposed to get 4 inches of rain! I'm praying for a dry carpet!! BTW, sorry for not mentioning anything about selling off the '99 the last time we talked, I wanted to make sure the deal was really going down before I started telling people about it.

1991notchbackLX · Mar 13, 2010

Shaolin Crane said:
so, areo swap right?

Shaolin Crane said:
Alright pick that ****er up and get going on the areo conversion

:Zip2:

Calico Cobra · Mar 15, 2010

1991notchbackLX said:
Thanks for the compliments guys!

Your opinion means nothing to me, but thanks for sharing buddy.

I was just busting your chops dude, i actually like the car. Lighten up.

Trbofox · Mar 15, 2010

Wow, one never knows what your gonna do next. Very nice, but what would you expect me to say. I think I followed some of the build thread on this car, either on Buckeye Stangs or Stangbangerz, is that the same car? Very nice, congrats.

1991notchbackLX · Mar 15, 2010

Trbofox said:
Wow, one never knows what your gonna do next. Very nice, but what would you expect me to say. I think I followed some of the build thread on this car, either on Buckeye Stangs or Stangbangerz, is that the same car? Very nice, congrats.

Thanks Terry! When I start a build thread I'm going to call it: Project "Not as Nice as Trbofox" haha. I'm not sure about the sites you mentioned, but I do know the car was on FEP for a while with a build thread. The car is very nice, but the interior is not up to my standards at all. I'm a perfectionist. In my opinion, it needs a complete interior minus headliner and carpet. If you have any sources for interior parts for our cars, I'd be really grateful for a heads up. Thanks!

FoxGT87 · Mar 15, 2010

cobra seats again? will you be going with a black interior?

1991notchbackLX · Mar 15, 2010

FoxGT87 said:
cobra seats again? will you be going with a black interior?

I think I'm going with some Corbeaus this time around. I plan on having the interior stay either all black, or another black/grey theme to match the exterior of the car.

66sprint6 · Mar 15, 2010

HELL YEAH!!! I found a Ttop coupe in the junkyard, first time I even knew they had MADE such a thing and I fell in love. I visit it every time I go to the yard and dream of draggin it outta there one day. Keep this one nice, and keep us updated, love to see what you do with it!
Matt

FoxGT87 · Mar 15, 2010

i really wanted to convert my interior to an all black, but im thinking that i may just try and find a black center console and two tone grey/black seats and make it a two tone interior. could always paint it and see how it turns out. then find something OEM if it comes out good. right now i got a two tone grey/black interior but much more grey then black.

Stever89 · Mar 15, 2010

Well now I know my new air cleaner will fit.

Nice ride!

blackened88lx · Mar 15, 2010

Vedy nice. I love it. We should do some kind of meet up or cruise this summer maybe with a couple street passes thrown in there.

Just to throw this out there, I bought some Comp roller lifters for my Buell last season and they fell apart in a couple hundred miles.

1991notchbackLX · Mar 15, 2010

blackened88lx said:
Vedy nice. I love it. We should do some kind of meet up or cruise this summer maybe with a couple street passes thrown in there.

Just to throw this out there, I bought some Comp roller lifters for my Buell last season and they fell apart in a couple hundred miles.

Thanks Josh! Hell yeah, a cruise would be awesome. My gf lives in New Haven so I'm in CT all the time now.

I have to look into switching these rockers out, you guys are making me nervous, haha.

90lxcoupe · Mar 15, 2010

blackened88lx said:
Vedy nice. I love it. We should do some kind of meet up or cruise this summer maybe with a couple street passes thrown in there.

Just to throw this out there, I bought some Comp roller lifters for my Buell last season and they fell apart in a couple hundred miles.

We should all hit up the pike this year, i still havent had my car out there yet.

1991notchbackLX said:
Thanks Josh! Hell yeah, a cruise would be awesome. My gf lives in New Haven so I'm in CT all the time now.

I have to look into switching these rockers out, you guys are making me nervous, haha.

Im not trying to scare you but it would suck to eat the motor cause of lifters, a builer i know uses comp exclusively for cams, but he will not touch their lifters, so thats saying something, if it was me i wouldnt even drive the car till they were switched.
Heres a thread i started elsewhere, and there are a few guys that had expieriences with comp.
Isky Red Zone Solid Roller Lifters - Yellow Bullet Forums

Shaolin Crane · Mar 16, 2010

90lxcoupe said:
We should all hit up the pike this year, i still havent had my car out there yet.

Im not trying to scare you but it would suck to eat the motor cause of lifters, a builer i know uses comp exclusively for cams, but he will not touch their lifters, so thats saying something, if it was me i wouldnt even drive the car till they were switched.
Heres a thread i started elsewhere, and there are a few guys that had expieriences with comp.
Isky Red Zone Solid Roller Lifters - Yellow Bullet Forums

those were the same lifters im looking at getting, but damn those ****ers are expensive

90lxcoupe · Mar 16, 2010

yea i didnt know how much money went into a solid roller till i actually priced everything out

1991notchbackLX · Mar 16, 2010

i'm considering just switching to a Jay Allen custom roller camshaft to avoid the headaches with all of this. It's not appealing to me to have to make valvetrain adjustments on a regular basis on a street car...

25thmustang · Mar 16, 2010

1991notchbackLX said:
Thanks Josh! Hell yeah, a cruise would be awesome. My gf lives in New Haven so I'm in CT all the time now.

I have to look into switching these rockers out, you guys are making me nervous, haha.

She does? I work about 5-6 miles from New Haven (town over). My GF works in New Haven too. Thats about 20-30 minutes from my house and an easy trip.

Also being 24 myself, my best advice...

Sell drugs!!!

kidding.

85_SS_302_Coupe · Mar 16, 2010

IMO there's not much reason for a solid roller in your application anyways. You're not gonna be running ridiculous RPM so what's the point in all the added cost and maintenance? Besides if you follow one of Rick Anderson's builds he has ran 8200RPM on STOCK Ford roller lifters with the right valve hardware and one of his cams. I'd just go with some good quality hydraulic roller lifters and a healthy custom cam and call it a day.

1991notchbackLX · Mar 16, 2010

25thmustang said:
She does? I work about 5-6 miles from New Haven (town over). My GF works in New Haven too. Thats about 20-30 minutes from my house and an easy trip.

Also being 24 myself, my best advice...

Sell drugs!!!

kidding.

I may have to come see that mansion you live in now and that gorgeous LX of yours Brian! Let's all plan a cruise one weekend when the weather gets warm. I'd love to finally meet some of the CT/NJ/MA guys and see some of your cars. Maybe we can make some of those street passes happen too at some point!

85_SS_302_Coupe said:
IMO there's not much reason for a solid roller in your application anyways. You're not gonna be running ridiculous RPM so what's the point in all the added cost and maintenance? Besides if you follow one of Rick Anderson's builds he has ran 8200RPM on STOCK Ford roller lifters with the right valve hardware and one of his cams. I'd just go with some good quality hydraulic roller lifters and a healthy custom cam and call it a day.

This is the route I'm going I think. I'm just gonna tell Jay to get me 400 streetable horsepower out of my 347 and he'll deliver I'm sure.

90lxcoupe · Mar 16, 2010

85_SS_302_Coupe said:
IMO there's not much reason for a solid roller in your application anyways. You're not gonna be running ridiculous RPM so what's the point in all the added cost and maintenance? Besides if you follow one of Rick Anderson's builds he has ran 8200RPM on STOCK Ford roller lifters with the right valve hardware and one of his cams. I'd just go with some good quality hydraulic roller lifters and a healthy custom cam and call it a day.

you can do that with stock lifters yea, and i think I'm going to do this if i run out of RPM this season, but its tough on the stock lifters, they are not very strong, and i talked to a guy on here with an n-111 cam and he swapped valve springs at the beginning of every season with his setup

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