ocp04

this is my first ever venture into the v8 world so bare with me fellas. ive been lurking on here a lot over the last month or so and have gathered a ton of parts in a very short time. any and all advise is greatly appreciated. a very good friend of mine who was killed by a drunk driver a few years ago loved stangs and really got me into them. so a lot of my reasoning for the build is for him. i love you and miss you evey day bro, this is for you Travis A. Bestwick... i'll get pick up asap and keep this thread updated

parts i have :
4.8 long block
4l60e stock converter
weld draglites 15x8 and 15x6.5 all on brand new MT street radials


i purshased a 91 roller with the following goodies
aje k-member
aje front lower control arms
front coil overs
flaming river manual rack and steering shaft
camber castrer plates/bump steer kit
8.8 rear end w/ 373 gears strange 33 spline axles c-clips
upper and lower rear control arms
fuel tank and braided lines with walbro intank and all AN fittings
tinted headlights
tail lights
f-body radiator and fan

items i still need: FEEL FREE TO AD ANYTHING IM STILL GOING TO NEED




some pics before i picked it up:

trav-tech

iTrader: (1)

you are still going to need a turbo, wastegate, larger injectors, intercooler a blow off valve etc

ocp04

right now i just wanna get teh car running by march. ill probably tear it all down over the next winter and go boost.

ocp04

lots of parts searching for deals

N2OBaby

I fell in love with the Fox Bodys around '87-'88.

After I re-started reading GM High Tech Performance & joined this site I came around to the LS engines.

You have a beautifull car there, what colour is that?

ocp04

its susnset oranage metallic a GM color. thanks

little update i got the complete rear end and front k-member and susension dropped ready to go on the orange coupe.

ocp04

back from the dead, i almost forgot about this thread. i recently bought a house with a 4 car garage so ive been tinkering here and there gathering a lot of parts.

mounts
headers
trans cooler
florida 5.0 cluster
trans crossmember
painless 12 circuit street car harness
stock ls1 fuel rail and injectors

i've aslo got a lot of little stuff done on the car.
removed the dash
heater core
the entire facotry harness front to rear

ill post pics this weekend for sure

Capown

iTrader: (5)

Cool glad you brought it back to life! Is that a 89-93 nose with 84 fenders??

99MUSTANG5.3L

You need new front seats! That color is awesome. I thought about going that route myself. My Mustang is also a tribute to a friend who passed. Is the other one waiting for an LSX swap too?

dmracing

iTrader: (78)

Yes, you can gut the new nose with the old fenders. You have to drill some hole for the molding if I remeber right. Unless thats just the GT front.

ocp04

yup exactly what they did. i bought the car painted as a roller completlt stock. btw that reminds me i need to get a ser of fender extensions

ocp04

thanks the color is actually the only reason i bought this shell. yeah the porno red is long gone, the seats wereminty fresh though lol. the pics up were actually from the day i picked it up that was the sellers other car.

ocp04

tonight i stripped the 4.8 of the manifolds, truck water pump, a/c compressor bracket and any misc stuff i didnt need. pulled the valve covers and the heads look brand new!

also picked up a ls3 water pump, ls1 crank pulley and ls1 alternator bracket. also picked up a reman alternator from the parts store. gonna bring the motor and trans home this weekend. pics tomorrow night.

ocp04

ocp04

the ls3 water pump i picked up had the heater hoses welded off, i wont be running heat so it will look cleaner than a hose looped.

ocp04

i pulled my old ratty red dash ditch the heater and all the factory wiring and picked up a painless 12circuit street car harness. picked up a 4.8 with 69k and a 4l60e w/75k. scored a florida 5.0 cluster for a steal! also picked up mounts, trans crossmember, dynatech headers and trans cooler. i stripped the 4.8 of all the stuff i wont be using, cleaned up the ls1 intake and set it on for pics. picked up ls3 water pump, ls1 crank pulley and ls1 alternator bracket. ive been slowly gathering parts as cash flow allows the motor and trans is home now so progress should be much quicker.

hoping to do the first test fit thiss week.

MrPotatoeHead

iTrader: (1)

I was like how the f did you have those pictures of my parts. Then I realized who you were. Haha

ocp04

haha thanks again!

MrPotatoeHead

iTrader: (1)

No problem. Project looks damn good.

ocp04

loading the car up this weekend to take it and have it wired up with the painless harness. while its gone im gonna scrub down the motor/trans and paint them, also install the new crank pulley and drill/tap the block for the ls1 alternator mount.