Its been a long time coming...

Smokedawg · 04-24-2003, 05:20 PM

Well in August of 2001 I tore the 347 down to rebuild the top end to get the power I wanted. After a little while I decided to redue everything. This put me with a tubular front end coil-overs on all 4 corners, 33 spline axles, 4.10's, spool.....blah blah...

As the car sits it is ready to fire but it will be straight headers. I sat down to turn it over a couple times but when I hit the key it didnt turn over. When I short against the starter cylioniod it turned over. It started to fire so I let off...

I am guessing I am just not making the contact for the neutral safety switch.

I am bolting up the exhaust and welding in the 1 remaining subframe friday night and will be firing it up Saturday. I have one question before I do so. I have done a battery relocation to the hatch. When I turned the car over multiple times, the ground strap that bolts to the firewall and to the back of the driverside head started smoking. This ground did get painted when I had the engine bay repainted. Do I just need another ground?

Vids to come shortly(if it runs)....:flag:

Smokedawg · 04-26-2003, 04:25 PM

I am in from working on the car to take a break...I am getting frustrated. Everything is going in okay but as I had the car up on the lift testing the fit of the pro-dumps one fell down hitting me right in the damn face. Took the skin off of my nose and gave me a nice shiner....

Conman · 04-26-2003, 06:35 PM

haha, you should keep your face out of them kinda places.

sorry dude, good luck with the rest of the assembly and hopefully everything works great

Smokedawg · 04-26-2003, 10:53 PM

welp..It runs great..Only problem is that I only have about 1-2 inches of clearance for the exhaust underneath the car. I am going to have to take it to an exhaust shop and let them see what they can do...

The motor rev's great and has a rough idle at around 900rpm. Tap the gas pedal and you are at 4k...

LX5liter · 04-27-2003, 10:27 AM

Sounds awesome, I can't wait for the videos!

RoadWarrior · 04-27-2003, 11:36 AM

Sounds like it should be quite the car when its all back together. As for the Ground strap i would add another 1 or even 2 to the block. I Had the ground strap at the back of the head get red when i was first trying to start my car. I added a nice 4 gauge cable bolted to the block to fix that problem.

04-24-2003, 05:20 PM	#1
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	Its been a long time coming... Well in August of 2001 I tore the 347 down to rebuild the top end to get the power I wanted. After a little while I decided to redue everything. This put me with a tubular front end coil-overs on all 4 corners, 33 spline axles, 4.10's, spool.....blah blah... As the car sits it is ready to fire but it will be straight headers. I sat down to turn it over a couple times but when I hit the key it didnt turn over. When I short against the starter cylioniod it turned over. It started to fire so I let off... I am guessing I am just not making the contact for the neutral safety switch. I am bolting up the exhaust and welding in the 1 remaining subframe friday night and will be firing it up Saturday. I have one question before I do so. I have done a battery relocation to the hatch. When I turned the car over multiple times, the ground strap that bolts to the firewall and to the back of the driverside head started smoking. This ground did get painted when I had the engine bay repainted. Do I just need another ground? Vids to come shortly(if it runs)....:flag: __________________ 1990 Mustang GT- 347 Stroker-Tremec 3550-Compucar Nitrous, AFR, Systemax Intake, AFM, 30lbers, 70MM TB, 76mm MAF, full suspension and lots more 1995 Chevy S-10 406 SBC, Dual tunnel ram, Dart heads, Nitrous, full tub, 4-link, adjustable drag shocks, coil-overs, 9in rearend, 4.56 gears...etc

04-26-2003, 04:25 PM	#2
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	I am in from working on the car to take a break...I am getting frustrated. Everything is going in okay but as I had the car up on the lift testing the fit of the pro-dumps one fell down hitting me right in the damn face. Took the skin off of my nose and gave me a nice shiner.... __________________ 1990 Mustang GT- 347 Stroker-Tremec 3550-Compucar Nitrous, AFR, Systemax Intake, AFM, 30lbers, 70MM TB, 76mm MAF, full suspension and lots more 1995 Chevy S-10 406 SBC, Dual tunnel ram, Dart heads, Nitrous, full tub, 4-link, adjustable drag shocks, coil-overs, 9in rearend, 4.56 gears...etc

04-26-2003, 06:35 PM	#3
Conman Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 351	haha, you should keep your face out of them kinda places. sorry dude, good luck with the rest of the assembly and hopefully everything works great __________________ '88 lx, Black on Black, check it out here Spent all my money on school, what a dumb mistake I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care.

04-26-2003, 10:53 PM	#4
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	welp..It runs great..Only problem is that I only have about 1-2 inches of clearance for the exhaust underneath the car. I am going to have to take it to an exhaust shop and let them see what they can do... The motor rev's great and has a rough idle at around 900rpm. Tap the gas pedal and you are at 4k... __________________ 1990 Mustang GT- 347 Stroker-Tremec 3550-Compucar Nitrous, AFR, Systemax Intake, AFM, 30lbers, 70MM TB, 76mm MAF, full suspension and lots more 1995 Chevy S-10 406 SBC, Dual tunnel ram, Dart heads, Nitrous, full tub, 4-link, adjustable drag shocks, coil-overs, 9in rearend, 4.56 gears...etc

04-27-2003, 10:27 AM	#5
LX5liter dude5l Join Date: May 2001 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada Posts: 603	Sounds awesome, I can't wait for the videos! __________________ Good luck! Brad R. 1992 L.X. 5.0 coupe MODS: A few little bolt ons New Best time ...11.60 @ 128 mph @ 2000+ ft altitude. Rice Haters Club member #39 Users rides #2542

04-27-2003, 11:36 AM	#6
RoadWarrior Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Edmonton,Alberta,Canada Posts: 317	Sounds like it should be quite the car when its all back together. As for the Ground strap i would add another 1 or even 2 to the block. I Had the ground strap at the back of the head get red when i was first trying to start my car. I added a nice 4 gauge cable bolted to the block to fix that problem. __________________ Fast Company

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