My Twin Turbo Viper Powered Mustang BUILD.
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I said people. lol not shops. Only a couple shops I'd take my shit too.
Thanks for all the kind comments..
i can't wait to get this thing finished!
i can't wait to get this thing finished!
Plenty of people with the skills in KC.
I'd let Tanner work on my shit any time. Ya'll seen his build?
Fair enough! You any relation to other clarks around KC?
That engine bay pic.....drool
Depends on who. Bust most likely no but i do know a couple clarks. Another Clark actually helps me build my car. lol
So I found a nice donor car for the black interior that I've been looking for! I was involved in a low speed collision that damaged the front end. The car is actually in pretty good shape! I'm thinking about just swapping the tan interior out of my car into this one and fixing the damage and giving it to my son for his first car. He's almost 14 now so this would be something fun for him and it was cheap!
I have my good buddy coming on Tuesday to reinstall my glass since I'm all finished with welding on th car and any other body modifications so I prepped the metal for new primer and rubber. When I painted the car I just painted over the existing rubber (which was too thin to reuse anyways) so he's gonna use some primer for new rubber and sick the glass back in. I don't know much about auto glass so I'll leave the rest up to him.
I also found out that my hood won't close with the AC condenser in this position. I have to move it down about 3 inches but I needed to move it anyways because I was too close to the headlight housing so this works out. I'm hoping I'm able to just swap the brackets from the bottom to the top which will lower it just about 3 inches..
My smaller filters from S&B came in as well as this cool rubber edge protector to keep the sharp edges covered. Came out great!
I have my good buddy coming on Tuesday to reinstall my glass since I'm all finished with welding on th car and any other body modifications so I prepped the metal for new primer and rubber. When I painted the car I just painted over the existing rubber (which was too thin to reuse anyways) so he's gonna use some primer for new rubber and sick the glass back in. I don't know much about auto glass so I'll leave the rest up to him.
I also found out that my hood won't close with the AC condenser in this position. I have to move it down about 3 inches but I needed to move it anyways because I was too close to the headlight housing so this works out. I'm hoping I'm able to just swap the brackets from the bottom to the top which will lower it just about 3 inches..
My smaller filters from S&B came in as well as this cool rubber edge protector to keep the sharp edges covered. Came out great!
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My buddy came by today and put a new oem windshield in, as well as installing the glass that I found on CL from a car that was in much better shape than what came off my car. Its weird to see glass back in it, its been out almost a year now. He did a great job.
I tackled the dash as well. It wasn't all that hard, just a bunch of stupid electrical connectors. I really should have pulled this a long time ago!! Sure makes working on the pedals and anything else high up on the firewall a lot easier! I did notice a couple things that I need to straighten out before I put the new dash back in. I will also probably start the wiring before I put the new one back in. I have an idea where I need to put a few things from the viper harness but the only way to know for sure is to get working on it... I have other things to do first tho.
While I was puling a few parts off the motor getting it ready to be pulled back out I had a visitor...:dw::dw: Not really the type of visitor I was expecting....
Like I just mentioned, I need to pull the motor one last time. When I originially rebuild the oil pan I didn't have plans to put turbos on this thing so I didn't weld on drain bungs.. SOOO... its all gotta come back out to stick those on. Im also going to modify the intake manifold to have a set of vacuum ports on both sides for all the plumbing to come later, as well as welding a bracket to it so I can mount my FPR on the back of it nice a tidy.
A good shot of my removable radiator support access.. sure makes this part a lot easier!
Also while the motor is out, ill be installing these parts. Steeda Ball joints, UPR extreme bumpsteer kit, and urethane offset rack bushings. All of this stuff should pretty much button up the suspension for now.
Thats all for the next two days, I go back to the Station for my shift in the morning. :beer:
I tackled the dash as well. It wasn't all that hard, just a bunch of stupid electrical connectors. I really should have pulled this a long time ago!! Sure makes working on the pedals and anything else high up on the firewall a lot easier! I did notice a couple things that I need to straighten out before I put the new dash back in. I will also probably start the wiring before I put the new one back in. I have an idea where I need to put a few things from the viper harness but the only way to know for sure is to get working on it... I have other things to do first tho.
While I was puling a few parts off the motor getting it ready to be pulled back out I had a visitor...:dw::dw: Not really the type of visitor I was expecting....
Like I just mentioned, I need to pull the motor one last time. When I originially rebuild the oil pan I didn't have plans to put turbos on this thing so I didn't weld on drain bungs.. SOOO... its all gotta come back out to stick those on. Im also going to modify the intake manifold to have a set of vacuum ports on both sides for all the plumbing to come later, as well as welding a bracket to it so I can mount my FPR on the back of it nice a tidy.
A good shot of my removable radiator support access.. sure makes this part a lot easier!
Also while the motor is out, ill be installing these parts. Steeda Ball joints, UPR extreme bumpsteer kit, and urethane offset rack bushings. All of this stuff should pretty much button up the suspension for now.
Thats all for the next two days, I go back to the Station for my shift in the morning. :beer:
You do all the things I wish I could do to cars
700-750 on the stock Gen 3 motor is as far as I can take it.. It only take 7-8 psi to get it there though! Gotta love cubes!
Simply amazing, this is top notch work.
Neighbors have no clue what monster is being created in their hood. Frankenstein!
This build touches my feels! My dream since I was a kid was a viper engine 69 Charger w/ a gorgeous leather interior.
This right here ^^
If I yearn for more after finishing this car. I may be looking for a 70 Cuda to drop this power train into.. Fun stuff right there! Gotta finish this first..
Anything going in the trunk to offset the weight of all that shit? Lol! Seriously can't wait to see this thing finished.
Haha I missed this when I was scrolling down. For real though, they have no clue about what they're gonna have to deal with after it's done.
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