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mustangman70

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$100 compressor with hose and gun





Can anyone tell me what kind of rear I have? i THINK its an 8 inch



********nln spiders......gggggrrrrrrrrrrr







C'mon little buddy, allmost!






True duals, 2 1/2 pipe, cut outs, flows and dumps...i will probably clean em up and re use them.







old drive shaft...



Some crusty ass headers...




and wala



Not bad for 4 1/2 hours of work lol
 
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woooooot
 

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so you pulled the engine to replace the floor pans? seems a bit odd...

You gonna paint it the right color before it goes back in?
 

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You have an 8 inch rear.

Where are your jack stands? Are you suicidal?
 
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that motor started knocking due to a little too much spray
 
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there under there man,

There on the sides of the car.....i dont know why....but like 7 of my pictures didnt show up, i had some of the side of the car, a couple more underneath and a nice shot at the front of the rear end....

weird i wonder why they got swapped with my older pics....ill post em later though when i get home from work
 
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Oh...and that motor isnt going back in....the windsor will be
 

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cool. good luck and keep posting pics.

I almost pulled my engine a few days ago. I'm doing a head swap and the valves were too big so they wre hitting the psitons. I ordered a notching tool from Isky and did it with the engine still in the car. Clean up wasn't too bad, shop vac worked well to get all the shavings out of the cylinders. Then I found out my headers wouldn't work, so I had to order new headers. I've spent about $1200 to install a set of heads that i paid $800 for, lol. Only reason I didn't pull the engine was because I knew the project would have cascaded into something far beyond a mere head swap... "while the 302 is out, I might as well freshen it up, maybe new rings and bearings, man those 347 stroker kits are cheap, that 351 sure is getting in the way, 408 would be nice..." LOL, it never ends.
 
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lol i feel ya man

Same here...Its like...well while im doing this... i could do that...then that lol

Which is why in one of the pics you can see a shltty looking red beretta in the back....lol so i can do all of it at once
 

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keep up the good work man...long ways to go
 
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So i have a question about sandblasting...

Should i strip the car down and have the whole car blasted?
 

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if you're gonna sandblast any susbstantial area, the whole car should be disassembled completely. The sand gets everywhere, places you didn't even know existed, then it will hold moisture and cause more rust. Plus, it ends up blowing in your eyes when you're going down the road. If you're not willing to tear it down all the way, use paint stripper and a grinder with a sanding pad.
 
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paint stripper.....grinder with sanding pad.....check
 

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302 coupe said:
if you're gonna sandblast any susbstantial area, the whole car should be disassembled completely. The sand gets everywhere, places you didn't even know existed, then it will hold moisture and cause more rust. Plus, it ends up blowing in your eyes when you're going down the road. If you're not willing to tear it down all the way, use paint stripper and a grinder with a sanding pad.
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totally agree
 
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