The Official MACn89blckstng Progress Thread

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MAC'n89Blckstng

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I got the brakes bled out and functional today and took her to the warehouse to do a little test drive. Got a few issues, probably should have waited cause the damn thing got soaked but I was able to drive it!

Here's two short videos not the greatest but they will do for now. Plus it aint much to look at. And I look like a jack ass in the seat cause the seat it way too far forward for me. lol The power seat track isn't hooked up yet so I can't move the seat.

http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i194/MACn89blckstng/?action=view&current=DSCN3308.flv
http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i194/MACn89blckstng/?action=view&current=DSCN3307.flv

 

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links don't work...they're just pictures.

 

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So I got to starting the body work on the car. It shouldn't take me too long to get the car straight. I shaved the antenna, and got the whole fender straight in about 3.5-4 hours of work. Thank god these cars have small panels, the last car I did was a 66 gto and that thing was a bear to do! Here's two pics of the fender in plastic. Thats two very thin coats of rage gold. I also shapened up the body line on the front bumper as well since the aftermarket bumpers are a little soft. I want the body lines to be super crispy when I'm done with it!

 

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you're gonna love the look of the shaved antenna

 

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looking good man! is that dust gonna destroy your interior with no windshield there?


also, how did that stock alternator work out for you on your DD?

 

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1991notchbackLX said:

looking good man! is that dust gonna destroy your interior with no windshield there?


also, how did that stock alternator work out for you on your DD?

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Na, the dust wont hurt anything. Everynight I pull it out of the shop and blow the whole car off.

I didn't end up using it, my problem was with the 88 too, I think its cause I have an underdrive pulley on it. At idle I only have 9 volts charging but if I take it to 1300 I'm fine. I want to try to find an aluminum stock size pulley. I'm just keeping that alt around for a spare now.

 

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Shaolin Crane said:

you're gonna love the look of the shaved antenna

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yea I love the look of a shaved antenna. I'm gonna wire sirius up in my car straight to my Alpine head unit so I wont need a stock antenna.

 

stykthyn

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what wheels you going with when you are done?

 

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These guys, 17x8's in the front 17x9's in the back.

 

stykthyn

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is that your daily?

 

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MAC'n89Blckstng said:

yea I love the look of a shaved antenna. I'm gonna wire sirius up in my car straight to my Alpine head unit so I wont need a stock antenna.

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you could easily hide it in the cowl area and it would still receive plenty of signal or place it to the rear portion of the t-top center bar

 

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stykthyn said:

is that your daily?

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yep sure is I put those wheels on it for a couple weeks for the hell of it.



and I never listen to the regular radio, I love my sirius. I'll never go back to listening to regular radio.

 

stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.

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MAC'n89Blckstng said:

yep sure is I put those wheels on it for a couple weeks for the hell of it.



and I never listen to the regular radio, I love my sirius. I'll never go back to listening to regular radio.

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damn straight!! my reciever is in my truck right now, but this weekend its getting moved to my LX. its what I drive everyday now.

 

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here's some more pics. The drivers quarter is done. The shell should be finished soon. Slowly but surely!
I welded the skin to the brace since all the rivets were broke, its nice an solid, just needs a skim coat to get the slight warpage I got out.



I finished shaving it but forgot to get a pic

Had a big ass dent I had to pull out
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25thmustang

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Keep the pictures coming... everyone loves progress and we know your doing everything to make this car badass!!

 

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UNBELIEVABLE build!!!

AWESOME thread! if this isn't motivation to get a build going or get a build back on track, nuttin' will!

if the rest of your car turns out as sick as your valve covers and engine bay i'd say you have a winner. i didn't read through every post but i noticed you were talking about a 2 stage launch system?? is this car going to be a 1/4 mile car?

 

25thmustang

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undercnstrction said:

UNBELIEVABLE build!!!

AWESOME thread! if this isn't motivation to get a build going or get a build back on track, nuttin' will!

if the rest of your car turns out as sick as your valve covers and engine bay i'd say you have a winner. i didn't read through every post but i noticed you were talking about a 2 stage launch system?? is this car going to be a 1/4 mile car?

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I can't speak for the OP but having talked with him some, I'm sure the car will get its fair share of abuse on the track!

 

hsean

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man you are getting close to paint can't wait to see this thing too bad your not close

 

MAC'n89Blckstng

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undercnstrction said:

UNBELIEVABLE build!!!

AWESOME thread! if this isn't motivation to get a build going or get a build back on track, nuttin' will!

if the rest of your car turns out as sick as your valve covers and engine bay i'd say you have a winner. i didn't read through every post but i noticed you were talking about a 2 stage launch system?? is this car going to be a 1/4 mile car?

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Oh yea this car is all set up for drag, 90/10's and 50/50's, eibach drag launch springs. It will definatly get its share of racing, I'd like to get competitive but well see. I also want to do the show thing too. I want to get this car out there with my name on it to try and bring business in.

hsean said:

man you are getting close to paint can't wait to see this thing too bad your not close

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yea I'm working on it two days a week for about 3 and a half hours and all day saturdays and sundays so its coming along pretty quickly! I'm psyched about it!