badass bullit! congrats! you ever go up to the pike or mustangs unlimited shows? I'm from CT hope to see your car out sometime in person!
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'01 Bullitt 4v 5.3 Big Bore Stroker/T56 Build Thread
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Thanks Sean! Yea it finally came together!
Thanks man! Yea I've been up there once or twice, its kind of a hike for me being down in Fairfield. I'd like to possibly make the Mustangs Unlimited show in September!
sooooooo lets get some driving videos and pulls.... :burnout:
Haha trust me man I wish! The car has been sitting in the garage for 2 weeks with a leaking PS line that I haven't had a chance to repair yet. I've been working 70 hour weeks the last 2 weeks so the car is on the back burner. Gotta get it fixed up for boost weather though!
Long overdue UPDATE!
Since I got the car running last summer, I haven't done a whole lot except for getting the bodywork finished. I brought the car to my buddy Bobby at Ink'd Paint and Performance for some repairs, and to spray my new hood.
Since I've owned the car, it's had a large dent in the flare on the pass side quarterpanel that I never got around to fixing. Bobby repaired that dent and blended the quarter, stripped my front bumper and resprayed it, fixed a dent on the front fender and blended it, painted both sides of my new hood, and re-cleared the entire front end. The results speak for themselves...Bobby's quality of work and attention to detail is incredible. I have probably 100 pics of the process but here's the few I have on my phone:
And how the car sits today:
Since I got the car running last summer, I haven't done a whole lot except for getting the bodywork finished. I brought the car to my buddy Bobby at Ink'd Paint and Performance for some repairs, and to spray my new hood.
Since I've owned the car, it's had a large dent in the flare on the pass side quarterpanel that I never got around to fixing. Bobby repaired that dent and blended the quarter, stripped my front bumper and resprayed it, fixed a dent on the front fender and blended it, painted both sides of my new hood, and re-cleared the entire front end. The results speak for themselves...Bobby's quality of work and attention to detail is incredible. I have probably 100 pics of the process but here's the few I have on my phone:
And how the car sits today:
Mother of God.....
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Absolutely amazing, attention to detail is on point.
I saw your Bullitt on YouTube. Thing is wicked. Enjoy it.
Sent from somewhere in the Twilight Zone.
My next project on the car is to complete a custom setup to adapt Gen. 2 CTS-V 6-piston Brembo calipers to work in a vertical mount fashion. This has been an undertaking to say the least...
I purchased the calipers on Amazon, got a case of beer, and went to work in my basement all winter. As you can see, the calipers are MASSIVE.
I used a set of Stoptech GT500 14" rotors for mockup, and I will run these same rotors on the car once this is complete (hopefully this weekend).
In order to make these calipers work, mounted vertically, and not have to modify the caliper, I put off an inch of the spindle where the lower caliper bracket bolts on. This would allow me to move the new caliper closer to the spindle and mount it vertically. Then I started measuring. And measuring. And measuring.
Once I had all the measurements, I drew up the brackets in Solidworks, and machined a few iterations of them in tooling board until I got the dimensions perfect.
As you can see in the photo, the new mounting hole is through the bracket where the green tape is.
I got a set of powdercoated spindles from my buddy Justin (jmccormick), as well as a new set of hubs, and Moroso extended studs because I will need to use a small spacer in front to make the Bullitt wheels clear the calipers.
This shows everything mocked up on my mockup spindle with all the holes tapped, shims in place, and ready to be machined in metal.
While I waited for the brackets to be machined, I started working on painting the calipers.
And I had to throw the V back on there...
While in the process of painting the calipers, my brackets came in from Xometry. These are 7075 aluminum, fully cnc machined, tapped holes, etc. Really nice parts, very happy with the quality and customer service from Xometry. Sucks I couldn't machine them myself, but our machine isn't really set up for metal.
Then I ran into the biggest snag of the project. Idiot me spent all winter in my basement working on these brakes, and never ventured out to the frigid garage to mock them up on the car. Big mistake. When bolted to the spindle, I couldnt even slide the spindle onto the balljoint on the a-arm because the lower ear on the bracket was contacting it. FU%&@*$^#KKK!
After a few weeks of cursing, research, and more cursing, I sent my spindle and bracket out to my buddy Justin again to see if they would fit on a tubular control arm. Figuring there is less mass around the balljoint, MAYBE it would work. Justin mocked them up, and if I machine about 1/8" off the side of the bracket, it will fit and turn perfectly!
So I hopped on Craigslist and found a set of almost new MM a-arms for a great deal.
That is where the car currently sits. I have everything I now need to put it all back together, and I will be machining the edge of the brackets on my buddy's mill this weekend and hopefully slap it all in the car.
I purchased the calipers on Amazon, got a case of beer, and went to work in my basement all winter. As you can see, the calipers are MASSIVE.
I used a set of Stoptech GT500 14" rotors for mockup, and I will run these same rotors on the car once this is complete (hopefully this weekend).
In order to make these calipers work, mounted vertically, and not have to modify the caliper, I put off an inch of the spindle where the lower caliper bracket bolts on. This would allow me to move the new caliper closer to the spindle and mount it vertically. Then I started measuring. And measuring. And measuring.
Once I had all the measurements, I drew up the brackets in Solidworks, and machined a few iterations of them in tooling board until I got the dimensions perfect.
As you can see in the photo, the new mounting hole is through the bracket where the green tape is.
I got a set of powdercoated spindles from my buddy Justin (jmccormick), as well as a new set of hubs, and Moroso extended studs because I will need to use a small spacer in front to make the Bullitt wheels clear the calipers.
This shows everything mocked up on my mockup spindle with all the holes tapped, shims in place, and ready to be machined in metal.
While I waited for the brackets to be machined, I started working on painting the calipers.
And I had to throw the V back on there...
While in the process of painting the calipers, my brackets came in from Xometry. These are 7075 aluminum, fully cnc machined, tapped holes, etc. Really nice parts, very happy with the quality and customer service from Xometry. Sucks I couldn't machine them myself, but our machine isn't really set up for metal.
Then I ran into the biggest snag of the project. Idiot me spent all winter in my basement working on these brakes, and never ventured out to the frigid garage to mock them up on the car. Big mistake. When bolted to the spindle, I couldnt even slide the spindle onto the balljoint on the a-arm because the lower ear on the bracket was contacting it. FU%&@*$^#KKK!
After a few weeks of cursing, research, and more cursing, I sent my spindle and bracket out to my buddy Justin again to see if they would fit on a tubular control arm. Figuring there is less mass around the balljoint, MAYBE it would work. Justin mocked them up, and if I machine about 1/8" off the side of the bracket, it will fit and turn perfectly!
So I hopped on Craigslist and found a set of almost new MM a-arms for a great deal.
That is where the car currently sits. I have everything I now need to put it all back together, and I will be machining the edge of the brackets on my buddy's mill this weekend and hopefully slap it all in the car.
Omg! Great build
Thats awesome. You may have created a marketable idea. Wouldn't get rich but I think some people would be interested.
Thanks man, yea that's the plan. I was waiting to post progress til it was done but I got too excited to share.
****ing amazing. The calipers alone deserve a thread. Awesome Bullitt.
sooooooooo clean.
Thanks everyone! I'm very excited with how things are turning out!
Wow man! thats F'n awesome! GREAT build and GREAT R&D on those brakes! I cant wait to see the finished product.
to bad you couldnt keep the stock hood on there, the car looked so much better with it
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