supercoupe motor + trans will bolt together fine,


gutted the interior on the 99 today, have the new carpet and stereo waiting to go in, just have to get the weather stripping on the top taken care of and the body work done.

 

hows that thing coming together?

 

slowly but surely, was in an accident the other day and im waiting to see who is at fault for it, basically as I was backing into my driveway some idiot came up around a curve and stopped 2" behind my bumper and by the time I hit the brakes my hitch was in her front bumper, she "came around the corner and saw nothing but my back up lights and turn signal" (her quote to the cop) however because I was backing up I might be getting faulted. (dont get me started)

waiting for my 30 day check from one job at the start of may, #1 priority is body work and weather stripping for the top, once that back I will put the interior back together and install my mountain of parts sitting in my kitchen. Im slashing the motor budget as well to, my car has 140k on it, Im going to have the T45 refreshed a little bit and make sure all is well, and I cant decide on weather I am going to do MHS stage 1 heads/cams with full bolt ons or do the mark Viii swap, Im hesitant to do anything to a motor with 140k on it however but the mark swap might be more then I bargin for. and I wont have that awesome cam sound

 

Fresh 2001 Cobra shortblock, ready for the Roush top end to get bolted on.

 

didnt know a 4v shortblock worked with 2v heads and such

 

Yup. It's usually the opposite - guy's trying to swap 4V heads onto the stock block or just doing a full swap. I wanted to retain the 'Roushness' under the hood with the rebuild. This will give me a little bit lower compression than stock and a forged Kellog crank stuffed into the lighter WAP aluminum block. It will take all the power the M112 can make. I think it will be a sweet set up.

 

So for about two years I've kept kicking around the idea of the 'newer' style 17" Mach 1 rims for the '70.

Thoughts? (Not my car - same color, though.)



Right now it's got 'orginial' style 15" Mach wheels. (This is the actual car.)

 

I like it- but what about going with the factory 8" front, and 9" rear?

and how often do you drive it?

 

Not very often at all.

 

Get it out more!!!


also, do you know the torque specs and order for tightening the lower intake/boxed upper/eaton?