Progress Thread Hoopty v2.0 - It All Snowballed

TexasFireman · Apr 16, 2020

Nice!

95BlueStallion · Apr 16, 2020

hoopty5.0 said:
LMR with the 24 hr service! Back to work we go.

I mean, they are in your backyard. It’s 2-3 day service for me...

hoopty5.0 · Apr 17, 2020

Mustang5L5 · Apr 17, 2020

I remember when I finally 5-spd swapped my AOD car. Such a satisfying day when I had a clutch pedal and shifter in that car.

95BlueStallion · Apr 17, 2020

Burning the midnight oil, eh?

hoopty5.0 · Apr 17, 2020

95BlueStallion said:
Burning the midnight oil, eh?

Dude, I'm hurting this morning.

bird_dog0347 · Apr 17, 2020

Maybe it's me, but are there still bolts missing (not yet installed) where trans mounts to bell?

95BlueStallion · Apr 17, 2020

I remember a night after I had painted the trans tunnel on my car, I had been taking prednisone for a sinus infection that I had let go on too long. It was about 10 pm, but I was so wired from it that I decided to install my transmission, driveshaft, fill the trans with fluid, and before I knew it it was the early AM. I was still so wide awake I went inside and showered and did a load of laundry. My wife said I should be on it daily, lol.

hoopty5.0 · Apr 17, 2020

bird_dog0347 said:
Maybe it's me, but are there still bolts missing (not yet installed) where trans mounts to bell?

Correct and were not installed.

today, I’ve got the drive shaft in and the exhaust all back on. Not sure how much more I feel like doing.
I did notice it already has a firewall mounted prop valve and some other 5 lug swap parts in the brake system. Odd that it’s all still 4 lug but maybe he was planning for the future. Either way, I can send parts back and get a refund!

hoopty5.0 · Apr 17, 2020

So major discovery. The previous owner had installed alllllllllll the parts to convert to 5 lug under the hood. Like everything.
I never noticed!
so I have a bunch of parts to send back to LMR and I also have a ‘93 cobra booster that I don’t need. Hint hint.

95BlueStallion · Apr 17, 2020

That’s a nice surprise.

hoopty5.0 · Apr 17, 2020

I wanna try and figure out which MC and BB I have.

95BlueStallion · Apr 17, 2020

I know people like @Mustang5L5 know all the ins and outs for proper MC diameter and volume, and have shared the quadratic formula with is all, but at the end of the day for the average dude do you think we need the perfect setup when street driving? I would put your combo together and drive it and see how it feels before replacing more than you need to. I still have the stock ‘89 GT MC with SN Cobra front brakes and rear drums, and my brakes feel great to me.

Obviously it wouldn’t hurt to identify what you have already, and it may be exactly what you need, but if it isn’t, will it or won’t it be THAT noticeable? Just thinking out loud.

Mustang5L5 · Apr 17, 2020

The problem is externally identifying which of the three common 4-wheel disk MC's is tricky as they all look the same. The 15/16" MC uses reverse fittings, but the 1" 93 cobra and the 1 1/16" GT MC use the same fittings and look exactly alike.

Odds are, it's the 1" 1993 cobra MC.

bird_dog0347 · Apr 18, 2020

Well that's cool news! And I feel ya on "all I want to do for today", I'm at that point today on my car.

hoopty5.0 · Apr 18, 2020

I’m hard as a beaver’s tooth right now. This is THE COOLEST sht ever.

bird_dog0347 · Apr 18, 2020

Check my thread, then go paint them first... you won't regret it. Also, you've got that caliper on the wrong side... bleeders go up.

hoopty5.0 · Apr 18, 2020

bird_dog0347 said:
Check my thread, then go paint them first... you won't regret it. Also, you've got that caliper on the wrong side... bleeders go up.

I’ve just got it sitting there. Going to get them coated first and the install kit is 2 weeks out. Oh well!

bird_dog0347 · Apr 18, 2020

hoopty5.0 said:
I’ve just got it sitting there. Going to get them coated first and the install kit is 2 weeks out. Oh well!

Gotcha! it certainly makes the install a breeze with that kit. Except for beating the old inserts out of there... that SUCKED for me. Hopefully tomorrow I can get the system all bled up and clean my wheels.

Mustang5L5 · Apr 18, 2020

One day I’ll refinish and get to install my ATS brembos

Progress Thread Hoopty v2.0 - It All Snowballed

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That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

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still married haven't seen testicles in years

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