On The Road Again

JD1964 · Mar 16, 2014

First of all, I'd like to thank the members of this forum for helping me with the questions I post and their contributions to the group altogether. It has made learning about Fox body Mustangs a pleasure and I plan to enjoy my '92 for a long time.

I finished the head and intake swap earlier today. It started right up. The valve train is quiet and its idling very well with no CEL so ECU is happy. All vital signs are good and there's obviously a big improvement in performance. Especially above 4k rpm. It pulls hard and smooth right up to about 6k rpm. I'm sure the ECU needs more time to sort things out so I can only imagine it might get a little better with time. Right about the time I was heading for the highway for some all out flogs, snow started to fall so I retreated to home base. The fun will have to continue another time.

BTW, I updated my signature to reflect my general setup as it now is.

Here's a few pictures. As you can see, I'm not concerned with cosmetics or dressing up the engine compartment. Although, I can assure I'm very serious about proper function. Let me know if anything in the pictures doesn't look right. (as far as function is concerned)

Thanks again everyone.

elarm1 · Mar 16, 2014

Nic work Dirks! Too bad you can't beat on her yet!

JD1964 · Mar 16, 2014

elarm1 said:
Nic work Dirks! Too bad you can't beat on her yet!

Thanks. Ya know, it's got to be the funnest car I've owned. What's next for mods...boost? This could get dangerous.....

elarm1 · Mar 16, 2014

Post pics of the car so we can see what your working with

mikestang63 · Mar 16, 2014

John. way to go. Glad it's running well. I have an extra intake plate if you need one.

If you haven't already, change the oil and filter, recheck the torque on the intake, exhaust and VC bolts as they tend to back out after a heat cycle.

Great job,

JD1964 · Mar 16, 2014

mikestang63 said:
John. way to go. Glad it's running well. I have an extra intake plate if you need one.

If you haven't already, change the oil and filter, recheck the torque on the intake, exhaust and VC bolts as they tend to back out after a heat cycle.

Great job,

We have an intake plate. Actually, the original one on the car had to be destroyed to get it off. One Torx head stripped and the other had the bit snap off and get stuck in it. So we picked one up at the junkyard. It was kinda nasty looking so my son took it to work to bead blast and paint it. We'll put it on soon.

Got fresh Mobil 1 full synth 10-30 in the pan.

JD1964 · Mar 16, 2014

Thats my son helping out. Poor bean pole kid is like 6' 4" tall. Gotta bend down quite a bit to reach in.

JD1964 · Mar 16, 2014

The car has SR performance springs in the front. I like the hot rod look with front pitched down so I left the stock springs in the rear. The car still has factory shocks. When I say factory, I mean the ones the factory put on. Rides and handles fine. 55k miles on the car.

JD1964 · Mar 16, 2014

These pics show the low slung front better than the side shots.

Grabbin' Asphalt · Mar 17, 2014

Talk to me about these wheels, Love them!!!!

JD1964 · Mar 17, 2014

Grabbin' Asphalt said:
Talk to me about these wheels, Love them!!!!

http://www.oewheelsllc.com/Wheels_3...gclid=CM6e1evHmb0CFcFlOgodFD8A6Q#.UybpTvnVh6g

Grabbin' Asphalt · Mar 17, 2014

cool thnx

JD1964 · Mar 17, 2014

Grabbin' Asphalt said:
cool thnx

No prob. I have 17x9 in the back and 17x8 in the front. Tires are Hankook V4 275-40 back and 235-45 front. Zero tire rub at either end. Front is lowered 1.5"

tamadrummer88 · Mar 17, 2014

What i love best about your setup is that with that stock airbox, it looks like a stock 5 liter, but with a little extra grunt So whats next?

JD1964 · Mar 17, 2014

tamadrummer88 said:
What i love best about your setup is that with that stock airbox, it looks like a stock 5 liter, but with a little extra grunt So whats next?

Possibilities can be mind boggling. BTW, just added a few other mods to my sig which I forgot to put in there.

mikestang63 · Mar 17, 2014

john, i thought you swapped the intake when you swapped the heads?

JD1964 · Mar 17, 2014

mikestang63 said:
john, i thought you swapped the intake when you swapped the heads?

Yes, I did the heads and intake at the same time. Was it the other pictures I posted that confused you? elarm1 wanted me to post pictures of the car. I posted some random ones so they may have looked out of chronological order with regard to the recent work I did.

TOOLOW91 · Mar 18, 2014

keep your son under the hood i thank my dad everyday for it. i am glad i followed in his foot steps. it kept me out of big trouble through my life so far. Lost my dad 15 years ago so its awesome to see you and him involved together in the car

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