Progress Thread Project Silver Fox - 3rd time’s a charm

Got the v2 all finished up for a friend. Just waiting on the 6 rib belt for the serpentine, the blower 8 rib I got a few mins ago. Had to do some engineering on the tensioner bracket since he doesn’t have ac and his brackets and pulleys are aftermarket.

Got the alternator cable ran, and put the hoses and everything back so I could check everything for leaks. I didn’t have a thermostat housing gasket, so I just did a form in place with some 90 minute gasket maker and it worked out well. Not the first time I’ve had to go that route lol.

Also ended up replacing the harness for the alt since the one that was in it was the original one from my old 96 mustang



Poor girl had been through some .

It is kind of weird not seeing and pulleys or anything when you first look on the engine bay. Should direct attention to the blower.

I gotta say the electric water pump does make it super nice for filling the engine with coolant. Since I just put a restrictor in, I can just turn the key on and fill it up. No need to wait for a thermostat to open up.

For anyone wondering, the belt length for just an alternator with a sn95 low mount bracket is 28.5 inches.

When the belt comes in tomorrow I’ll get it started up, make sure everything stays nice and cool with the new electric pump, and then give the engine a nice cleaning with the pressure washer. All the old brackets hid all the grime.

Finally got the car on some stands and started with the actual install of the blower. Some good, some bad. The first thing was getting the bumper off to make intercooler mounting possible. I purchased a tubular bumper support from MAF, and the holes didn’t line up. Well one did at least . Nothing a little slotting with a burr didn’t handle. Then began the fitting of pulleys, as well as the removal of the overflow reservoir I had. It will be replaced with a smaller one from motion.

When I went to mount the crank pulley, one of the threads of the innovators west balancer pulled right out. They have about the same structural integrity as a bowl of mashed potatoes, so off to the store(s) I went to track down a helicoil kit. A hardware store and 3 parts stores later I was able to find the 3/8-16 one I needed. So that was taken care of.

Naturally the belts I have are either too long, like way too long, or a little too short. So tomorrow I will need to call motion industries and get another $100 belt coming from speed control. Cog systems are not for the faint of heart.

On a plus side, the motion race works dual catch can setup is very nice, much better than the moroso one it is replacing. I gotta say all the things I’ve bought from them are nice. The matching coolant overflow reservoir will get installed tomorrow, which is replacing a joes racing one. The billet construction really is awesome.

With any luck tomorrow I should have the intercooler mounted, as well as the charge piping done. Then comes cutting a big ass hole in the fender for the inlet pipe, as well as moving some wiring and sensors around to make room.

Over here just hacking apart to fit.

Monkeybutt2000 said:

Holy smokes that's low

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It’s about as low as the air dam, which is just a little higher than my oil pan and exhaust. Shouldn’t have any clearance issues, I’m thinking.

Cutting some more things up.

Monkeybutt2000 said:

Ah,maybe that's what threw me off.

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Also, having just the front end jacked up really makes it look funky. When it’s back on the ground it doesn’t look so out of place.