Broke the hot side cherry today

[dr.art 401]

The Falcon got its hot side mostly fabbed in today 

the merge plate is a t4 divided flange (for the eventual turbo) with a t3 adaptor for the hx35 that is on it now, the turbo was free and new so......

shorty headers flipped forward and 2.5 inch mild steel piping.

go ahead and let the beatings begin about whatever the big book of turbos says I did wrong , but for @200.00 bucks for the entire hot side including turbo I'll take it.

and yes I still have to fab up the waste gate.

thanks

[higherpowerracing 3,947]

Cool

Slim's Speed Shop

[JohnC 5,027]

Looking good!

 

[dr.art 401]

Thanks

Edited 5 Jun 2016 by dr.art

[66sprint6 2,426]

Looks like progress to me!!!  Keep it up!

Matt

[dr.art 401]

Inter cooler brackets and roughed out air holes

[dr.art 401]

Ran out of flat stock for upper mount

[dr.art 401]

Upper inter cooler mount, remove able and will tie into hood latch

 

[dr.art 401]

My new ladder bars will be here Friday !
Was able to move the rear axle centerline back 2" for way more tire clearance, after the tubs are cut should be able to fit a 28 x 11 easily.

the front of the wheel well tear drop shape limits space, the rear of the well can be made as big as a cut off wheel wants to go!
Also did the trunk pan cuts for the upper coil over mount.

Edited 21 Jul 2016 by dr.art

[dr.art 401]

Ladder bars are here, some assembly required

also have the coil overs and the panhard bar we will see how the weekend goes.

the yellow car is the plan for the ride height

 

 

a pan

[JohnC 5,027]

On 7/22/2016 at 5:52 PM, dr.art said:

Ladder bars are here, some assembly required

also have the coil overs and the panhard bar we will see how the weekend goes.

the yellow car is the plan for the ride height

 

 

a pan

If it looks anything like that, this will be a sexy little car!

[dr.art 401]

Got the bars assembled and set in place 

they came with a 5/8 front helm, the crossmember in the car is a 3/4 hole on the double shear.

ordered 2 new 3/4 front heim joints , want to get those in and fitted before any welding.

[higherpowerracing 3,947]

Nice!

Slim's Speed Shop

[dr.art 401]

Spent the day getting the rear suspension in

after measuring  every possible angle about 20 times I felt good enough to burn in the ladder bar mounts on to the rear diff

welded painted and reassembled it really does look nice

the coil over mount I got welded and painted, but ran out ot steam at this point 

[JohnC 5,027]

Nice work, man! Looks like a pro-job. 

 

[dr.art 401]

Welds are UGLY, but I believe they were hot enough.

will take to a buddy's house after the car is on the road and retrace the welds with a big boy welder

[higherpowerracing 3,947]

Very clean metal is key with a small MIG welder

Slim's Speed Shop

[higherpowerracing 3,947]

Cool setup

Slim's Speed Shop

[dr.art 401]

Coil overs are in !

[dr.art 401]

the engine for busted cherry is comming along.

getting parts off of by tool box and on the engine.

mostly stock bottom end , e-cam , and what-nots,   and yes the pan  is still not fully bolted down so I can put the front cover on after it's cleaned and prepped.

compression should be 9.5 - 1 , should run good with the turbo

[dr.art 401]

I still need a set of 7/16 1.6  alum. rockers if anyone has a set for sale

 

[dr.art 401]

Slow progress with work and other stuff

 but I did get the floors done and started to finish weld up the hot side

[fordrule 158]

Looking good. ARP bolts I see but did you choose against studs? Also what size head gaskets and what heads? I was told the f cam works awesome with a turbo... what fuel setup?

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[dr.art 401]

I could be wrong in the end but for less than 10 lbs of boost and senseable timing there should be no need for head studs and a 200.00 set of head gaskets.

ARP head bolts should be just fine.

E cam has relatively small overlap and 110 centerline so it will not be as lazy on the bottom end of the rpm range.

more drivable set up than attempt for all out power.

fuel system is under wraps for now

[dr.art 401]

Getting closer, hot side finished and painted.