Another 89 notchback swap supercharged
Another 89 notchback swap supercharged I just finished the necessary elements to get my 89 notchback ready for testing at the track. I swapped an escalade 6.2 short block with custom cam, and new LS3 heads backed by a powerglide. When I finished I wasn't sure it was gonna make enough power so I put a Paxton Novi2000 on the front of the combo. The car made 656rwhp 540rwtq. What do you think it will run in a gutted coupe?
This is what I started with. Paid $400 for the chassis.
Then built this engine.
Putting her in the home.
Then I put in new brakes, and coil overs at each corner.
I found an 8.8 in the junkyard, and built it with Strange 35 spline chromoly spool, chromoly axle shafts, and C-clip eliminators. Sorry no pictures.
This is what I started with. Paid $400 for the chassis.
Then built this engine.
Putting her in the home.
Then I put in new brakes, and coil overs at each corner.
I found an 8.8 in the junkyard, and built it with Strange 35 spline chromoly spool, chromoly axle shafts, and C-clip eliminators. Sorry no pictures.
Last edited by REDCYCLE13; Dec 20, 2013 at 10:42 PM.
Me and a friend fabbed a 10 point chromoly cage.
I spent a couple weeks in my spare time figuring out how to wire a car from scratch, but when I finished all the lights work, the gauges work, and it still has functional power windows and door locks. Not too bad for a home garage race car.
Once I got this far I figured I might as well make some real power. So in went a Paxton Novi2000.
After all that was done it still looks pretty ugly, but it was off to the tuner. Now it looks like this. It's going to the track for preliminary testing before I make her look pretty. As soon as they open back up.
This forum was extremely helpful for this build, and I did all the work myself in my two car garage. I left a lot of little things out of this post, but if you have a question about anything I can give first hand knowledge of my experience. Thanks to everyone on the forum who went before me, and provided the inspiration.
I spent a couple weeks in my spare time figuring out how to wire a car from scratch, but when I finished all the lights work, the gauges work, and it still has functional power windows and door locks. Not too bad for a home garage race car.
Once I got this far I figured I might as well make some real power. So in went a Paxton Novi2000.
After all that was done it still looks pretty ugly, but it was off to the tuner. Now it looks like this. It's going to the track for preliminary testing before I make her look pretty. As soon as they open back up.
This forum was extremely helpful for this build, and I did all the work myself in my two car garage. I left a lot of little things out of this post, but if you have a question about anything I can give first hand knowledge of my experience. Thanks to everyone on the forum who went before me, and provided the inspiration.
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I pulled my entire brake system from 1996 V6 Mustang in the junkyard. I got hard lines, brake booster, caliper mounts, spindles, soft lines, etc. Then I went to autozone and got new rotors and pads. Bled the whole thing out, and they work great. 4 wheel disc.
I bought the car with the engine bay already smoothed out. i wish it hadn't been done already. Since this is a drag car i don't really want the extra weight, and if I would have had more space without having to cut everything out I would have gone turbo instead of supercharger.
I'll post more pics and update the thread when I decide to do the paint and body. It's just a gutted coupe right now, with nothing that isn't essential for going down the track. I did reuse the existing power windows and locks though. I want to see what it runs before I invest any more money into making it look good. If it doesn't run what I want I'll yank the drivetrain, and find a nice street worthy coupe to stick all this stuff in. This car was also built with no welding done except for the cage, and torque box reinforcements. Everything I bought bolted in.
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Good to know, thx...keep updating. I'm assuming you got porportioning valve with all that too ..
Good to know, thx...keep updating. I'm assuming you got porportioning valve with all that too ..
I used everything from the 1996 mustang, including master cylinder and porportioning valve.
