Mustang5l5's Progress Thread - Archived Progress thread '08-'20.

Steel1 said:

Looks good.
It's all the small unaccounted for stuff that shoots up the price tag.

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You aren’t kidding.

Steel1 said:

I like your oil fill cap, did you buy it like that ?
I did something similar by sanding and painting the original type caps to get rid of the bright yellow "oil" .

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Came with the valve covers.

It’s actually pretty nice. Feels like a better quality part than the OE cap.

2000xp8 said:

Maybe I missed it somewhere, but I thought you had a real gt40 tubular intake for this engine?
That would be the icing on this cake.

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Not yet, but I want one.

As much as I like how I refinished the explorer intake. I'm not in love with it like i thought i would be. I may refinish my '93 Cobra intake in black, or seek out a GT40 upper plenum for it.

We will see.

For now, the explorer is what i'll run.


I also plan on buying a set of ceramic coated headers for this engine too when I drop it in. The BBK's throw off a ton of heat and getting them coated isn't cost effective.

hoopty5.0 said:

Looks good. Spring is coming!

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Still a lot to do though. I don't care if i'm done by summer...as long as i'm making progress towards my end goal.

Not quote at the point i'm willing to buy one yet.

Too much work to maintain.

I wouldn't mind doing something like this with my 93 cobra intake. I like the black look, but what is going against me is the fact that my entire bay is black. WOuld be nicer if it was a different color for contrast.