I wish I would have known about Stangnet when I was building my II. There is a lot of great infomation here. I put my car on cardomain.com and Megan (fastmustangII) saw my page and invited me here. Lo and behold, I find a few Mustang II fanatics that are very familiar (et, JeffNoel, T0basc0, among others)
Anyway, I posted my pics in the member update thread and had a lot of questions regarding my 78 so here it is best I can describe:
I had a 78 II back in 1987 when I was 17 and after I sold that car about 12 years ago I have been sorry ever since. Well now I have an actual job and have convinced the wife to let me build my own car, I went back to the car I loved most. It took me a year to find a II that was worth working on and then 2 years to build it. Here's the lowdown:
78 Mustang II (I call it a Cobra II now even though it's not a true Cobra)
Ford Racing 347 running about 10.5/1 compression
Edelbrock Performer RPM heads and intake
Edelbrock 750 carb
MSD Ignition
Dynomax Blackjack headers(ebay)
Deep sump oil pan
C4 TCI Streetfighter automatic
3000 stall converter
8.8 inch rear end with 31 spline, 5 lug, Strange axles, posi, 3.73 gears swapped from a 95 ranger and completely rebuilt. (Fox body Stangs have the 8.8 too)
Painted with Dupont Chromalusion Blue Steel
15x7 American Racing Torq Thrust D's front and back
205/60/15 up front and 245/60/15 in the back.
The interior was red but it's now black and I'm currently looking for some seats. I still have the Herb Tarlick red plaid seat in the back and some temproary seat covers on the front.
I've never had it to a show because I just finished it.
Here's a before pic and an after pic.
Anyway, I posted my pics in the member update thread and had a lot of questions regarding my 78 so here it is best I can describe:
I had a 78 II back in 1987 when I was 17 and after I sold that car about 12 years ago I have been sorry ever since. Well now I have an actual job and have convinced the wife to let me build my own car, I went back to the car I loved most. It took me a year to find a II that was worth working on and then 2 years to build it. Here's the lowdown:
78 Mustang II (I call it a Cobra II now even though it's not a true Cobra)
Ford Racing 347 running about 10.5/1 compression
Edelbrock Performer RPM heads and intake
Edelbrock 750 carb
MSD Ignition
Dynomax Blackjack headers(ebay)
Deep sump oil pan
C4 TCI Streetfighter automatic
3000 stall converter
8.8 inch rear end with 31 spline, 5 lug, Strange axles, posi, 3.73 gears swapped from a 95 ranger and completely rebuilt. (Fox body Stangs have the 8.8 too)
Painted with Dupont Chromalusion Blue Steel
15x7 American Racing Torq Thrust D's front and back
205/60/15 up front and 245/60/15 in the back.
The interior was red but it's now black and I'm currently looking for some seats. I still have the Herb Tarlick red plaid seat in the back and some temproary seat covers on the front.
I've never had it to a show because I just finished it.
Here's a before pic and an after pic.