my $900 GT

#21
Ok I am going to use this as a progress thread ... and at the end print it out and put it in a notebook for my dad to keep .
somewhere in indiana ( thanks for letting us use the trailer dad!! )


from mustang to jeep in 1 day




good news , no body was found back here

 
#26
Ok I have a couple of questions

1. those of you who have done the wire hiding in the engine bay , what did you use to attatch the harness ? I am planning on running the wires thru the back holes in the strut towers , the wires that run across the firewall , I want to move them below the opinch weld but again I am not sure of what to use to hold them up out of the way .
2. the previous owner installed a one wire alternator ( i think pic included ) they ran a wire from the post on the back of the alt. to the positive battery terminal , this looked liek crap and unsafe , I plan on running the wire from the post to the positive side of the solenoid with a fusable link in place ( close to the alt right? )

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the previous owner also cut the factory alt plug and capped the wires with wire nuts is the best way to clean this up just to reconnect the factory plug and hide it in with the harness ?

thanks for the help! new pictures with better camera ....



 
#27
some more updated pics , valve covers are just sitting on there ... they are going to get sandblasted this week and will be redone .



and here is a pic of where I had the wires running thru the fender apron , I couldnt get the coil wire to work correctly with this set up so I redid it and now have the main harness doming thru the hole in the back of the strut tower .
 
#29
luckily the trunk had no holes ... so we simply sanded it down , sprayed 3M undercoating , let that sit for a day , then went back and sprayed it with a gloss black and of course carpet will be layed over all of this .

all yea we also cleaned out about 4 feet worth of speaker and amp wires
 
#33
new pics , lowering springs, shocks and struts installed over the weekend. Also installed ford racing a/c eliminator kit . Waiting on new quad shocks to come in.











can somebody include this thread on the list of progress threads?
 
#34
more pics , back on the ground for now ...

front wheel test fit ( need to adjust camber for more clearance )


new stance with lowering springs and shocks


tags for dad



front on the ground


rough rough test fit of hood and bumper at 2am on sunday morning



 
#36
well I have never seen this bumper cover on a fox , and when doing my research on I heard nothing but bad things ... however we loved it so we took a chanc eand ordered it ... so far so good ... here is the pic they use to promote the bumper

 
#37
I got a set of allen head 1/4-20 studs for my valve covers last year and i would NOT own a 302 based vehicle without using them. You simply drop the gasket on, drop the valve cover on, washers and then nuts. It doesn't get any easier than that unless you wanna get nuts with the washers built on since the only frustration here is fingering around trying to get the washers off the studs.

Oh, and $30 is RETARDED to pay for something like this. Go to a good hardware store and find some threaded rod and cut it down to 2 inch sections or whatever you prefer and buy some nuts for them and pay maybe $5 total. Or if you can find some threaded rod with the allen key hole in the end like i got that works even better. You don't need stupid grade 8 ARP hardware for something with a 12lb-ft torque spec.
 
#38
I have never seen that nose before but really dig it!

That is one hell of a gift you are making your pop. Just thanking him for raising you or something?
 
#39
Yea . Dad has done a lot of nice things for several people in our family through out the years . Of course he also got me and my brother our 1st Foxes ..... so just a way to show him that we appreciate all the help and and advice ( even when we didnt listen ) that he gave us . and now we all have foxes
 
#40

Heck yeah!!! Thats awesome stuff! Keep it up!
Matt
 
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