Rebuild

With some help from my friends I'm getting the Mustang back together.

Ain't Easy.
Oh Well.

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Parts List In no particular order

Radiator - Afco 179.00 Some question as to mods required to use it but it's cheap!
Water Pump
Fuel pump
Carburator- could use one of my spare Hollys (didn't like 'um) or the Predator, the Pred needs Idle mods avail from Pred (I think)
Front Fenders
Monte Carlo bar
Shock tower brace
Upper and lower control arms
Spindles (? may be damaged)
(optional Disk brake setup)
T5 case

Tail Shaft
Bearings

Driveshaft
Headers

Body and Frame repair

Front Clip - Packy 250.00- got it.

Tools and techniques
Difficult Body work

Front Clip Sectioning and Alignment

Straightening above the window.

This may be the most difficult area to straighten

Wrong! Upon close inspection the door jam was hit hard enough to move the side of the car over!
If it hadn't been for the roll cage that side of the car would have been destroyed! Moving this back into position will be tough!
seat pan

Mechanical Parts

Engine -

Fix old problems

Comp too high
Rings not well seated - cyl walls too were to rough for moly rings.
Manifold not port matched

Trans

New housing and at least a tailshaft yoke.

Bearings?

Differential

New crush washer?
Check bearings?
Get recommendations from Randys Ring and Pinion

Tech support at Randys says there should be no problem as it hit straight. Check play and go.
Noted axle seals are leaking though.

Front Suspension

Brakes Spindles

Upgrade? Front must be replaced obviously.

Look into 11".

Interior

Instrument Cluster

Complete project to replace Haneline molded plastic bezel with modified molded copy of Pony bezel

Lower seats
Install Passenger side Kirkey seat
New passenger side belt and harness. - "dissapeared (at yard?)
Dash Pad.
Glove box
trim

Special Tools

rotisserie This might be a good idea! But not for a while.
Porta Power - 10 ton -

Pipe dreams

Suspension

mustangII?

Moog 1989 Mustang example - local copy
Selection page
Unable to find TRW or Moog price on-line
AutoWhiz - good PN search engine - price search didn't work for me.
Part numbers Here

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Item#:

Price:

tax and shipping not included

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Brakes

This is all obsolete. It's got 11" 68 Mustang spindles and brakes. Rears are up for grabs. Don't have new ones yet.
OpenTracker's UCA and etc.

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TheMustangShop

At least some of the 75-80 Ford Granadas, Mercury Monarchs, Lincoln Versailles and 71-73 Mustangs and Cougars (what about Torinos and Montegos?) have the larger 11 inch diameter discs. The Granada/Monarch/Versailles cars are the most popular donors for this swap because they have the larger rotors, are relatively common (and therefore inexpensive) in junkyards, and have parts that are still stocked by local auto parts stores. Also, if you are hunting front brake parts from a Granada, Monarch, or Versailles, check the rear for disc brakes. Some Granadas and Monarchs, and all Versailles came with disc brake equipped 9" rear ends.

Lincoln LSC Calipers
Upgrading 10" front disk brakes with the later 11" ('87 and up V8) rotors will help shorten stopping distances. You need the master cylinder, rotors, calipers, brake lines, and spindles. You can use your same struts but the bolt spacing where the spindle bolts up and the spindle width are different, so be prepared to do a little grinding and get some washers to take up the slack. While your at it upgrade to the '84-'92 Lincoln LSC calipers. They have a larger bore vs. the stock Mustang 11" brakes (73mm vs. 65mm). Be sure to match the correct Lincoln master cylinder for optimum results.

Engine -

New Mods (This won't happen until I've got the absolute necessities done)

Fuel System ? Master EFI Link List

FI to replace Carb Mega-Squirt Here is a Car-Craft article on their try-out Here's another
Some controvery about MS vs VEMS See Hotrods.com thread.

( it comes from Europe I know I can get the parts easier and cheaper myowndamnself. I are an elec. engr but maybe I have enough on my plate!)

Injectors. Acording to MegaSquirt FAQ I need 31#/hr assuming 425 horse (optimistic) That works out to 326 cc/min. or .326L/min per injector. (every site uses different units for this crap! for conversions see: Here )

Injectors from 302 used B&M engine supply e-bay $20.
Ford 19lb Fuel Injectors 5.0 4.6 engines OEM e-bay
Here is a source from the VEMS guys (Kieth Hargroves page) FiveOMoterSport

Pump This looks good Miata pump, it pumps 190lph (50.1927Gal/hr) (at what press?)

Note Good list DIY_EFI Seems to be inactive oh well.

Change log:
6-11-04
corrected obv. sp. err.; moved Randy's from trans to Diff., modified entries to reflect HR.com feedback
6-21-04
Added observations and info about tools.