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I have amassed some parts for this next version over the last year. I'm still missing a lot of things, but once the buyer comes and picks up my old setup, I will probably order everything I need for fabrication immediately.
I havent seen a single test result on this new Holley intake. Its a 4150 style intake and it is taller than a super victor. It can also be split in half to be ported. Poor man's CID intake basically. My only complaint is the amount of vacuum ports. 10 between it and the elbow. 4 of them are 1/8", the others are larger. I need like... 3.
It HAS to be better than the stock truck intake from 6200-8200 which is where I'll spend most of the quarter mile at, so its a win.
I have always loved this car. Awesome set up. I get your deal with Leroy bullshit. I was actually the guy defending your car to that jackass on Instagram. You made me laugh out loud in the middle of the safety meeting at work when you told him try to not suck Leroy nuts to so hard. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂.
Hopefully pulling the trans today to prep for motor plate trimming. I also need to trim the trans a lot on the driver's side.
The engine is offset a couple of inches to the passenger side in the C4 and I want to try to center it better. It made fitment/alignment pretty awkward before.
The rear plate is going to have to be trimmed a LOT. The pedal box on the driver's side sticks out much further than both the passenger side of the firewall and my original trans mounting position.
I think I can trim the plate to only be 2" tall on the bottom of the driver's side and tuck it underneath the pedal box.
I'll remove the line lock and all of the fuel and brake lines tonight.
I also need to finish up prepping the CNC plasma cutter for full duty on this. It also needs to cut out a dual purpose trailer hitch/parachute mount.
The guy that bought my old setup needs to come get it soon. Christmas has pinched the budget so hard that I'm basically at a stand-still until then.
This ^ Curious if he ever got the weight down to sub 2500lbs. After getting C6 down to 2300 I would think this thing could be knocking on stripped Honda hatch weight.
Seems like it would be easier to throw a real axle under this thing and send it rather than messing with that craptastic wanna be axle/IRS nonsense.
Hopefully I'll have an update soon. I have about 200 pictures ready to post, from the new engine to the chassis work.
Yes, the IRS is coming out soon. I'm going to see how far I can take it while working on the replacement. If I can score a Dana 44, I might keep it a bit longer.
The replacement will likely be a 4-link IRS, but I'm still exploring options because I need the car to be able to handle as its primarily a street car.
I'm wanting to dyno this engine on the engine dyno before I put it back in the car, because I have an engine dyno far more readily available than a chassis dyno.
Tuning it on the street has always been hard to do.
The old stock 4.8 ran 9s on 9 PSI with a poor 60'. I'm hoping this one can run 8s on the same boost, and I'm planning on pushing to ~30 PSI before I re-evaluate the setup.
Buy and entire rear suspenion drop out from a new mustang with the sub frame and all...with all the fab your doing it cant be that hard to get it in there.
Buy and entire rear suspenion drop out from a new mustang with the sub frame and all...with all the fab your doing it cant be that hard to get it in there.
If he wanted to keep IRS he could do the same thing from a C6 as they are a good bit stronger and have parts available.
New mustang 8.8 would be considerably better than trying to use a C6 differential. The C4 doesn't use a torque tube, so compensating for that would be expensive.
The new IRS "Super 8.8" is considerably stronger than the old 8.8s, with beefier parts, and they can be had as complete drop-outs for $500.
Upgrades are considerably cheaper than the C6 stuff too.
New mustang 8.8 would be considerably better than trying to use a C6 differential. The C4 doesn't use a torque tube, so compensating for that would be expensive.
The new IRS "Super 8.8" is considerably stronger than the old 8.8s, with beefier parts, and they can be had as complete drop-outs for $500.
Upgrades are considerably cheaper than the C6 stuff too.
Ya that's how I was thinking about it. They're stout rear ends and they can be had for pretty cheap with the entirety of the accessories still attached. I'm really thinking about sticking one under the '68 C-10 truck I'm building right now just for the cool factor over the old trailing arms.
New mustang 8.8 would be considerably better than trying to use a C6 differential. The C4 doesn't use a torque tube, so compensating for that would be expensive.
The new IRS "Super 8.8" is considerably stronger than the old 8.8s, with beefier parts, and they can be had as complete drop-outs for $500.
Upgrades are considerably cheaper than the C6 stuff too.
True 8.8 isn't bad but fitting a torque tube is easy and rear trans would help your weight balance since you claimed the rear was too light and you wanted it to handle as well as drag. Depends where you look, I just gave away all my c6 stuff and you can get auto diffs for $300.
Fitting a trans further back won't happen. The bellhousing would be between the seats. There isn't enough room without increasing the wheel base at least 12".
I can measure to be sure, but I'm almost positive its a no-go.
Fitting a trans further back won't happen. The bellhousing would be between the seats. There isn't enough room without increasing the wheel base at least 12".
I can measure to be sure, but I'm almost positive its a no-go.
People said the same thing about putting the trans up front in a C6 but it was easy swapping things around, I think anything is possible given enough motivation.
I would absolutely have to move the rear differential back at least 12". Its not physically possible otherwise. The bellhousing would be right inside of the 8" wide trans tunnel, right in between the 2 seats.
I would absolutely have to move the rear differential back at least 12". Its not physically possible otherwise. The bellhousing would be right inside of the 8" wide trans tunnel, right in between the 2 seats.
Gotcha, ford parts it is then! I cant hate on that idea as I have a 9" in my vette
Originally Posted by jayyyw
Using this thread as some motivation. Considering doing a kart build with my C6. Just something different, for my area.
Certainly different, be reasonable if body isn't in the greatest shape and the weight was substantially lighter than having body panels.
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