Build Thread The Hoopty Chronicles - New House, New garage, New Car?

[RangerJoe]

Don't want to highjack, but I think these questions will help Collin, too. I want to go full manual vb if I do it. Is your OD controlled through the shifter, or is it on a switch? I also wondered about costs, and what hp/tq rating will it handle at your mods? And list of mods please.

Joe

 

[TOOLOW91]

Don't want to highjack, but I think these questions will help Collin, too. I want to go full manual vb if I do it. Is your OD controlled through the shifter, or is it on a switch? I also wondered about costs, and what hp/tq rating will it handle at your mods? And list of mods please.

Joe

Electronic over drive . Freddy brown unit uses the TRANS brake button as the OD button in 3rd gear which is pretty trick . His units are pricey and can be built to hold 1000hp . If I had to buy one it would prob be from him or Lentech.


Sent from my iPhone using my fingers while my auto correct makes me seem illiterate

 

[hoopty5.0]

Finished up the downpipe to where it ties into the Y pipe last night. I'm actually very happy with how it turned out fitment wise. I am starting to worry a little about the downpipe where it goes under the K member as there is a V band there now too. Should be OK but we will see.

I also ran the heater lines. That was a chore and I wasted $30 in brass fitting before I realized I could cut the end off a heater tube, raise it a little and use it just fine. Heater lines tuck in perfectly now.

Tonight, I need to tighten up all the loose hardware and double check everything, fill it with coolant, and fire it up. It should be able to run for as long as I want it to at this point, aka be ready to drive IF I had a drive line.

I sold the 3550 for $1k last night ( ) and got the wife buttered up enough to explain that I need to spend $2500+ on a transmission and other pieces and she agreed. Especially since I told her it was going to be an auto and she could drive it. The catch is I have to wait until January which we all know isnt going to happen, so I have a plan in place. I'll update more once I know the rest of the details.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

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Hmmm,.....Between you and Allen this is like an ink blot test.

***What doe the above picture remind you of..



Uhhhhh this?

 

[hoopty5.0]

Hmmm,.....Between you and Allen this is like an ink blot test.

***What doe the above picture remind you of..



Uhhhhh this?

Hey man, if it works, it works. What's really cool is if there wasn't a cross member there, you could drop the transmission with the exhaust in place. Once the transmission gets pulled this week, the entire hot side is going off for ceramic coating.

 

[Boosted92LX]

Hmmm,.....Between you and Allen this is like an ink blot test.

***What doe the above picture remind you of..



Uhhhhh this?

That snake looks like a nein foot long turbo downpipe!

 

[hoopty5.0]

Picking up a 4r70w for $80 for a sbf.







*braces for verbal lashing*

I'm gonna build it.

 

[RaggedGT]

Picking up a 4r70w for $80 for a sbf.








*braces for verbal lashing*

I'm gonna build it.

Sounds like a good deal to me.. That transmission is available with two different bell housing fitments right, SBF and Mod motors?

 

[hoopty5.0]

Sounds like a good deal to me.. That transmission is available with two different bell housing fitments right, SBF and Mod motors?

Correct.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Picking up a 4r70w for $80 for a sbf.





*braces for verbal lashing*

I'm gonna build it.

pay me my .2 cents back. how can you go from never even opening up a chicken peen C4 to opening the meneragie that is a 4r70w?

* precursory advanced warning*

you'll be sorry.

 

[Boosted92LX]

pay me my .2 cents back. how can you go from never even opening up a chicken peen C4 to opening the meneragie that is a 4r70w?

* precursory advanced warning*

you'll be sorry.

He'll have you to walk him through it?

 

[hoopty5.0]

pay me my .2 cents back. how can you go from never even opening up a chicken peen C4 to opening the meneragie that is a 4r70w?

* precursory advanced warning*

you'll be sorry.

There's a great tear down/build up video series on Youtube that goes into excruciating detail. Guess what I watched all morning? It was waaaaaay less complicated that I expected.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

There's a great tear down/build up video series on Youtube that goes into excruciating detail. Guess what I watched all morning? It was waaaaaay less complicated that I expected.

who is gonna compress your clutch drums?

 

[hoopty5.0]

who is gonna compress your clutch drums?

Hadn't made it to that video yet.

*edit - How did you compress your clutch drums?

 

[Boosted92LX]

Hadn't made it to that video yet.

*edit - How did you compress your clutch drums?

I know a guy..

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Hadn't made it to that video yet.

*edit - How did you compress your clutch drums?

Getting them apart isn't so bad as long as you understand that they are under pressure. As long as you can control the potential spring explosion w/ a clamp of some kind (I made me one out of welded bar stock and a piece of all thread) then getting that snap ring that holds all that stuff together out of the groove is no big deal.

But I wasn't about to try and reassemble the thing with new lip seals and clutches and use that "contraption" to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

Just go into a trans shop prepared to pay the guy 20 bucks for 10 minutes (if that) work. It was piece of mind for me, because after they reassemble the drum, they typically check it with pressurized air. Most of them don't use feeler gauges to check clutch drum clearance, they just go by feel.

There really isn't anything hard about building the transmission after that as long as you have a big enough work area to keep the things that come out of the transmission in the order that they came out, so that you can reverse it when it comes time to put it all back together again.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Here,...I just spent the better part of a half hour looking for the start of my experience w/ my 4R70w.

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-for...s-on-the-same-day.871263/page-38#post-8837526

 

[RaggedGT]

There's a great tear down/build up video series on Youtube that goes into excruciating detail. Guess what I watched all morning? It was waaaaaay less complicated that I expected.

This car gonna get a trans brake?
Street cars can have a trans brake right?
lol

 

[Davedacarpainter]

Here,...I just spent the better part of a half hour looking for the start of my experience w/ my 4R70w.

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-for...s-on-the-same-day.871263/page-38#post-8837526

You DO know why you did that @madmike1157 , I mean spend the half hour of your time, right?

It's because, in reality, you're a nice guy! See, I told you so....

 

[RangerJoe]

Can't wait to see this done. Please post prices as you go if you don't mind. What kinda tq are you going to build it for?

Joe