Mustang II Member's rides

Mstng2

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May 18, 2005

#41

• May 18, 2005

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Eos said:

haha We'll see about those. I have some new pics of me but this is "post your ride" not "post your pics" lol

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Can I be on your pic mailing list too??

 

jeffnoel

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Aug 31, 2002

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Clovis, CA

May 18, 2005

#42

• May 18, 2005

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Blue Thunder, have you compensated the speedo since the new tires are 2" taller than stock? Which gear did you use # of teeth?

 

Blue Thunder

15 Year Member

Mar 20, 2004

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Upstate New York.

May 18, 2005

#43

• May 18, 2005

• #43

jeffnoel said:

So were the 5-lug rotors the direct swap ones or the Granadas? If not the Granadas do you think the extra 1/4" would have kept you from having to modify the upper arm?

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I used direct swap, stock type rotors, but with 5-lugs. If you moved the wheels out much more than I already have, with the 7/16" spacers, they'd interfere with the fender flares. The worst that would happen if you ended up with the same backspacing as mine, but without the upper arm mod is that you'd have a more limited steering travel. Mine steers at least as tight as stock, if not more, which I like, especially in small parking areas.

 

Blue Thunder

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Upstate New York.

May 18, 2005

#44

• May 18, 2005

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jeffnoel said:

Blue Thunder, have you compensated the speedo since the new tires are 2" taller than stock? Which gear did you use # of teeth?

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I had 245/60r14s on the back, which are almost the exact same height as the 275/40zr17s. But I also had 4.10s gears, which always made my speedo read about 33% higher than the car's speed. According to Dynamic transmissions, the C4 doesnt have a removable shaft gear, the teeth are cast right into the shaft itself, so you can only adjust slightly by swapping the cable gear. (unless you also find a tailshaft with a different number of teeth on the speedo drive gear, then you can make correct speedo adjustments.)
I went over the issue with Dynamic when they built my trans, and they tried to find a C4 tailshaft with fewer teeth(9 tooth shaft I think you need for 4.10s??) but all they could locate was one that was a little closer to what I needed than what I'd started with(11 teeth if I recall?) I don't recall all the numbers, so they might be off.
Anyway, for about 10 years, I've been driving the car with a speedo that was way off.
Now that I've swapped in the 3.10 gears,(stock was 3.08s in that car) the speedo seems to read only a few mph slow at highway speeds. I can probably correct this slight error by just changing the cable gear, which I'll eventually get around to doing. But I'm so happy to have a speedo almost right again, a few mph error doesnt bother me!

 

jeffnoel

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Aug 31, 2002

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Clovis, CA

May 18, 2005

#45

• May 18, 2005

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Since the Granada rotors would have given you 1/4" would you still have needed the spacers?

 

Blue Thunder

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Mar 20, 2004

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Upstate New York.

May 18, 2005

#46

• May 18, 2005

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On a side note: I pushed my car into some turns last night and today, to see how it feels with the new tires, and it's a completely different animal than it was with the old tires. (I had 195/70r13s on the front, and 245/60r14s on the back) I think the II now handles at least as good as my old '85 GT did.
I don't even have a rear sway bar installed yet, and the front stock bar looks like a little coat hanger under there. So that's next on my to-do list. I have a rear bar taken from an '84 or '85 bronco parts vehicle that had a 9" in it, I'm going to see if I can make it fit the II by fabricating some end links and clamps. It's 1" in diameter.

 

Blue Thunder

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Mar 20, 2004

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Upstate New York.

May 18, 2005

#47

• May 18, 2005

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jeffnoel said:

Since the Granada rotors would have given you 1/4" would you still have needed the spacers?

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Well, with those rotors, I would have used a 3/16" wheel spacer, to arrive at the same 7/16" of wheel spacing, which seems to place the wheel perfectly in the wheel well.

 

Blue Thunder

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May 18, 2005

#48

• May 18, 2005

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I will go out later and measure the overall backspacing on the front wheels, and post the results.

 

1970impala

Please God, somebody find me some WHITE CARGO PANE

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Jan 22, 2002

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Pennsylvania

May 25, 2005

#49

• May 25, 2005

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Hi, my ride:

 

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DR.M

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Jun 29, 2005

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Jul 2, 2005

#50

• Jul 2, 2005

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My '78 II.

Caution, I have not had a chance to resize the pics yet so they may be a bit on the large side
http://www.precizion.org/tien/MustangII/

 

Mstng2

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Jun 27, 2002

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Aug 10, 2005

#51

• Aug 10, 2005

• #51

Good base for a fun project. Good Find.

 

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insanemach1

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Aug 18, 2005

#52

• Aug 18, 2005

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well here are some pics after I waxed the II was pretty happy with how it came out. Now if i could only get into the 12's with it muhaaaa.



http://www.cardomain.com/ride/543341

 

Eos

Oh Heather Oh yeah... I want your pink taco

Jun 13, 2003

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oklahoma

Aug 18, 2005

#53

• Aug 18, 2005

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Interesting color.....

 

Eos

Oh Heather Oh yeah... I want your pink taco

Jun 13, 2003

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oklahoma

Aug 18, 2005

#54

• Aug 18, 2005

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Heres a new one of my II. Oh yeah its my avatar pic too...
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insanemach1

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Aug 18, 2005

#55

• Aug 18, 2005

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Eos said:

Interesting color.....

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It was supposed to be more orange but came out more copper than anything.
When the sun hits it the orange really comes out with the multi flakes. I get alot of good feedback of on the streets and with so much flake kinda puts the redneck girls in a trance (sorta like a bass boat)

your 74 is sweet looking ride. I like how you represent the II's ( you are kinda like the II queen around here) also I must say you have a killer bod!

 

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LXXVICOBRA

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Jul 10, 1999

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Central NY State

Aug 18, 2005

#56

• Aug 18, 2005

• #56

Eos said:

Heres a new one of my II. Oh yeah its my avatar pic too...
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I wonder if that hood ornament would work on my Cobra?

 

jeffnoel

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Aug 31, 2002

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Clovis, CA

Aug 18, 2005

#57

• Aug 18, 2005

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Eos, you have the nicest II front end I've seen on this board.

 

Eos

Oh Heather Oh yeah... I want your pink taco

Jun 13, 2003

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oklahoma

Aug 22, 2005

#58

• Aug 22, 2005

• #58

jeffnoel said:

Eos, you have the nicest II front end I've seen on this board.

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Thank you.

 

78StangII2+2

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Aug 21, 2005

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New Glasgow, NS Canada

Aug 25, 2005

#59

• Aug 25, 2005

• #59

I have just found and picked up a 78 T-Top 302 4 speed. 98000 kms (60000 miles) with some surface rust, except for the floor pan behind the drivers seat, which has a hole in it. Now the fun begins!

 

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DarkFireGT

Playing with my wife's really makes me want one.

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May 23, 2004

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East Moline, IL

Aug 25, 2005

#60

• Aug 25, 2005

• #60

Mstng2 said:

Can I be on your pic mailing list too??

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