my 89 GT "back in the day" street / track day project build
 

Late last year I started thinking about something else to use as a track day car instead of the crapper Taurus SHO that I have been running for the past while. The SHO has been fun, and a good performer, considering the relatively small investment, but I found myself missing both RWD and torque.

I had been looking at the 2011 V6 Mustangs a bit last summer, thinking that one of those as a used car in a year or two could make a fun track car, but it would still take more money than I wanted to spend for this. A bit more pondering led me back to what I know, Fox Mustangs. If I did a mild build-up, being careful not to get crazy with the engine, suspension, or brakes, I could probably put something together that would be reasonably quick, reliable, and most importantly, fun!

Driving a friend's nicely modded Fox at the annual "Mustangs at Mosport" for a short session a few years ago reminded me how much fun these cars can be with the right mods. So a few months ago the search began in earnest for a car that would suit my needs. I was hoping for an 87 LX 5.0L hatchback, for a few reasons. First, the hatchback body style is much more practical for a track day car that is being driven to (and hopefully from) the track, even with a cage in these cars you can still load in a mounted set of tires, a tool box, some parts, and your gear and helmet bags. Secondly, an 87 would be old enough to be exempt from the biannual emissions testing here in Ontario. And thirdly, that was the year and model of my old race car that had started off as my brand new street car, almost 25 years ago now.

But to be realistic, I had to widen my search parameters a bit, so I would have taken anything from an 86 to 89 LX hatch or GT. I had also been considering a return to wheel-to-wheel racing, but with Canada's vintage race association, VARAC. They have a very strict no-contact rule, and are more about the fun and sportsmanship of racing than they are about a win at all costs attitude.

This would be a nice step between the lapping days that I have been doing for the last 10 years, and the LeMons and Chumpcar races that I have competed in a few times. 1989 is the newest vehicle that is currently eligible to use in VARAC's Group 70+ category, and even then, it has to be prepared to the regulations of a race series from that time period. So that means all of the fancy stuff you young whippersnappers love that has been introduced for the Fox cars in the last 10-15 years, the coilover spring kits, the torque arm rear suspension, the tubular K-members and control arms, would not be permitted if I wanted to race in that series. It would be restrictive for the build, but it would also keep me from getting carried away with the budget as well.

So after scouting around on Craigslist and kijiji for a while, my wanted posted on GTAMC netted a response. The car was about an hour north of me, sitting up on stands in the backyard of the owner's mother. The owner had bought the car from a friend minus the engine and trans as a project, but a new job in western Canada took him away before he could get much work completed. He had dropped in a low mileage longblock from a 90 LX, and started to change the car over from AOD to T5, pedals were in place already.

I made arrangements with his cousin, also a Mustang enthusiast who still lived in the same city as his aunt, to take a look at the car. It was a black 89 GT that showed less than 100,000 km on the odometer, but it had a bit of body damage on the cowl and roof from a hood flyup incident at some point. The interior was in very good condition, unfortunately it was also the dreaded "porno red" version. People who reside in the south and western U.S. would take this for granted most of the time, but underneath the car was almost unbelievably clean. I had to think that this car had never seen in any salty Ontario winters in its life, which is getting tougher to find these days in a 20+ year old Fox.

The previous owner had tried to sell the car last year at $1500 with no takers, which I though was a reasonable price considering the state of it, but he told me that he would take $1000 to get it out of his mother's backyard, and see it go to a good home. So I committed to the deal, and just had to be patient to wait for the snow to melt down enough so that we could extract the car from the yard. The last few weeks we've had enough decent weather in southern Ontario that the snow was pretty much gone, and this weekend promised clear, cold, but sunny weather. I made arrangements with a friend to borrow him along with his Super Duty pickup and tandem axle car trailer to get up there on Saturday afternoon to bring the car home.

Here is the car as it looked a few years ago, the photo supplied by the previous owner:

Attachment 15062

Loaded up on the trailer, ready to head home:

Attachment 15063

Unloaded in the greenhouse behind the shop at home:

Attachment 15064

The engine bay as it was:

Attachment 15065

Left side shock tower / firewall:

Attachment 15066

Right side shock tower / firewall, those are dead leaves behind the tower, not rust:

Attachment 15067

The porno red interior:

Attachment 15068

Rear view, already has the Saleen style wing that I wanted to get:

Attachment 15069

The past month I have been collecting parts for the build, found some on GTAMC, some on the Corral, some on Corner-Carvers. The idea is to build the car as it might have been done in the late 80s / early 90s, with parts that were available at that time. If I were to make the step to run in VARAC vintage racing, the car could be presented as a Saleen Mustang, similar to the ones that ran very successfully in the SCCA Escort Endurance series through the late 80s. That will require changing the bodywork from GT to LX, which I am prepared to do later if I decide to go racing with it. The beauty of this approach, is that much of this stuff is available at very good prices on the used market, since it is not as desirable as are the more modern goodies now on the market for Fox and SN95 Mustangs. Would like it to end up looking something like this:

Attachment 15070

Some of the pieces already on hand ...

16 x 8 (rear) gold mesh style Saleen wheels, 4 in good shape, 2 a bit tougher:

https://i419.photobucket.com/albums/...uildup/033.jpg

16 x 8 5-spoke gold Saleen wheels, 2 only:

Attachment 15071

Set of 16 x 7 and 16 x 8 5-spoke grey Saleen wheels, will sell the pair of 7s and combine the other 2 to make a full set of 8" wheels with the gold ones ... haven't decided whether to do them all in gold or grey (probably grey):

Attachment 15072

Maximum Motorsports revolved Bilstein front struts:

Attachment 15073

H&R Super Race front springs, these and the Bilsteins are a bit newer than I should be using, will probably switch to Koni Yellows at some point, have an old pair for the rear sitting around from years ago:

Attachment 15074

FRPP aluminium radiator, also a bit newer than the era of the car, but I couldn?t pass it up for $100 (which ended up being $50 at time of pickup because it was very dirty by the seller's standards:

Attachment 15075

Old FMS 140 mph speedo with only 60 miles on the odometer:

Attachment 15076

Cleaned up lower intake and old school FMS 65 mm throttle body:

Attachment 15077

FMS 1.72 E351 bolt-down roller rockers and FMS air pump eliminator pulley and bracket:

Attachment 15078

Tilt column, will make it easier to get my older, less flexible body in and out with the race seat in place:

https://i419.photobucket.com/albums/...uildup/040.jpg

OMP race seat that a friend is lending for the project, he was over today to help with car:

Attachment 15079

Will continue with some shots of the progress that we made today ...


cheers
Ed N.

Great lookin project Ed, lookin forward 2 watchin ur build. I talked 2 those guys about that car last year, glad I didn't buy it now, it seems 2 have found a good home with you. :tup

Looks like a solid project car. Should be fun.

Looks really cool! That is the same stang that I had about 12 years ago, including the red interior! I'd suggest going with the gold rims, think that would look really good.

Very very interesting. keep us posted please

Nice project,and holy hell on the vintage wheels!!!:tup
GT looks very solid too.

Yup, undercarriage is extremely clean, that's what made the decision for me. If worst came to worst I could assemble the car as stock and make some money off selling it, but I am excited about the prospect of having a fun RWD trackable car again.

I've always had a thing for those 5-spoke Saleen wheels, something about them just looks right on a Fox. The mesh wheels came up first, and there were 6 of the 8" rears that I will be using at all four corners, so I grabbed them. They are pretty light too for a one piece wheel, about 16 lbs., which is decent for a 16 x 8. Will have to weigh the 5-spokes, thinking they are a bit heavier, and will likely end up as my wheels for the street / wet track tires, and the mesh wheels will be for the dry track tires.


cheers
Ed N.

So yesterday (Sunday) my friend Greg Judge came over to check out the car, and lend a hand with some wrenching. I think that he's at least as excited about the build as I am! LOL

Anyway, we didn't do a whole lot, just chewed the fat for a while, discussed the plans for the car, and then decided to get the engine out and up on a stand so it could be diassembled for inspection. It had been sitting in the car for an unknown period of time with no intake in place, so who knows if any critters decided to take up residence in the cylinders, or worse.

The spare engine that I had picked up just in case the 90 engine in the car was going to take too much work to become operational quickly:

Attachment 15049

Engine bay of the car as received:

Attachment 15050

A/C compressor and P/S pump out of the way, ready to come out:

Attachment 15051

The engine was just sitting on the crossmember, not bolted down, and no trans in the car, so it was quick coming out:

Attachment 15052

A few more detailed shots of the engine bay, look how clean that firewall and trans tunnel are:

Attachment 15053

Attachment 15054

Up on the stand, ready to be dug in to:

Attachment 15055

Even has some new urethane engine mounts ready to go:

Attachment 15056

Up on stands, waiting to have the suspension and brakes blown apart:

Attachment 15057

Attachment 15058

Super clean floor pans, already has some bolt-on frame connectors installed. Haven't decided what exactly to do with them yet, may just leave them as is for now rather than welding them, in case they are going to cause a hassle for the vintage race rules:

Attachment 15059

Attachment 15060

The greenhouse behind the shop where we put the car to work on it ... was a beautiful sunny day, even though it was around freezing outside, in the greenhouse we were down to shirtsleeves, almost felt like ants under a magnifying glass ... quite nice on a cool spring day actually:

Attachment 15061


I'll post some more up when I get the heads off the engine this week. Hopefully it is going to be useable, we'll see how it goes. I have a freshened set of E7 heads with good valvesprings coming from a guy off the Corral.


cheers
Ed N.

Tilt column is a great idea.

Thought I would check in to see if there were any axles just layin around *hint*

lol

You really scored a super clean GT!!:tup

nice build !

Well, this weekend I got back at it a bit. Spent yesterday down at my brother's place helping him yank the engine and trans from his 68 GMC pickup.

So I wanted to get the heads off the engine that had been sitting exposed in the car. Needed to find out if it was going to be useable after having sat outside with the intake ports open. I was hopeful, but prepared for the worst.

So I got the valve covers off, in there was pretty clean, looks to be a low mileage engine as the previous owner had said:

Attachment 15038

Attachment 15039

So off came the rocker arms and pushrods, and got the head bolts cracked loose OK, ready for the moment of truth:

Attachment 15040

Bad news, things don't look very tidy in the cylinders:

Attachment 15041

#5 cylinder has some corrosion on the bore:

Attachment 15042

Unfortunately the other side isn't looking any better:

Attachment 15043

Cylinder #3 looking even worse than #5.

Attachment 15044

So I guess those were the two cylinders that had the intake valves open, makes sense since they are the 2nd in the firing order for each set of 4. Too bad it was left open, I guess even if the rocker arms had been loosened to let all the valves close, it might have been OK.

Now comes the decision as to how to proceed. Do I try to accomplish a quick cleanup on the affected cylinders with a honing tool, or is that just asking for trouble? I'm thinking that the best course of action to keep the project moving forward, is to go to the 86 HO engine that I bought as a spare. It was higher mileage, but a recent runner. If I take it, clean it up, and swap on the extra set of E7 heads that I have, I could get the car going as a runner that much sooner. Not really looking to spend the money right now on a full rebuild of the 90 engine that was in the car, this is supposed to be a budget buildup as much as possible.

Comments, suggestions?


cheers
Ed N.

Damn!!!That is not so good!
To save you time,and money like you hoped,go with the '86,and build the '90 on your spare time as the funds allow you to,and next year swap it in. :tup

Was busy this week with work stuff, and getting my crapper Taurus SHO ready to participate at the Solo I instructor school on Saturday, so no further progress on the car itself. But I did make a decision with regard to the engine to move things forward.

An acquaintance from the local Mustang club was selling a clean 87-92 style OEM forged piston shortblock that had an F303 cam swapped in for what I thought was a reasonable price, $400. The big F cam won't be of use to me, since peak HP is around 6,000, I won't have the heads, intake system, or gear ratio to support that. So the plan is to pull the F303 cam and resell it, recoup some of the money spent for the shortblock, and replace it with the stock cam from the engine that came with the car. Then I can bolt on the cleaned up E7TE heads and 1.72 FMS rockers with no P-V clearance issues, and keep the 86 engine as a complete, known good runner in case a backup is needed temporarily at some point to keep the car going.

Repainting the balancer will definitely be on the "to do" list, looks like a fairly new water pump on it as well:

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/p...ldup/001-2.jpg

Nice clean guts:

Attachment 15006

The seller even threw in an almost new stand from Princess Auto, and my 67 Beetle in the background:

Attachment 15007

Tomorrow hopefully I can get back at it, give the new stove a good looking over to prepare to bolt things together to make a complete runner. Still have to finish taking parts I want to keep off my first SHO and get that car hauled away, I don't want to have too many cars hanging around when my landlord returns from wintering in Florida a few weeks from now. :rolleyes:

Also got a few more "old school" acquisitions this week. First one was from a person on the Corral, a nice brand new in the box FMS adjustable brake prop. valve, the old cast body Kelsey-Hayes M-2328-A unit that was included with the older FMS disc brake kits. Actually got a used from a guy on Corner-Carvers as well, and then a few days later the brand new one was offered, so I jumped on it too, $40 shipped. This will look much better to suit the theme of the car underhood than a newer billet block prop. valve would:

Attachment 15008

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/p...ldup/005-2.jpg

The other item I got, from a friend who is a service engineer at Ford of Canada (Oakville Ontario head office), was another old FMS piece new in the package, the M-61120-A dead pedal footrest kit. I could probably have found a stock one out of a later Fox, but this is cool to have, and was $20. He even had the invoice from 1996 when he bought it from a now defunct Toronto Ford dealer for $23. Told him that something else would have been a wiser investment. LOL

Attachment 15009

I'll post up some more as the engine starts going together.


cheers
Ed N.

Nice score. :tup

Nice finds!Hard to believe some people still have some old school ford motorsport stuff kicking around.

Not much to report for an update, last few weeks have been busy with work and getting my SHO ready for the spring track days. Spent 3 days out at Mosport last week instructing for the local BMW club chapter, good bunch of people. Had an awesome wet seesion after lunch on Sunday, passed several of the other instructors including one piloting a 911 GT3, that was good for a chuckle. Unfortunately 3 days seems to be at least 1 day more than I can handle as I pass my 45th birthday, looks like I managed to pinch my sciatic nerve on the left side ... D'OH!!

Have collected a few more bits and pieces for the project, including a pair of the original style Global West caster plates, but no real progress on the car. Going to check in with a doctor this week to see what he recommends for treatment, besides anti-inflammatories and stretching.


cheers
Ed N.

Well, it's been a while since I posted any updates on this project, mostly because not much had happened with it (other than a bit more parts collecting) until today. Fortunately the chiropractor visits seem to have straightened whatever inflammed muscles were pinching on my sciatic nerve.

My buddy of 30 years, and assistant in almost everything automotive I've done in that time, Stu K., came by today for a visit. I had ordered in some parts for his 64 Merc, and he hadn't seen the Mustang in person yet. So I coerced him to stop by and turn some wrenches for a few hours while he was here to pick up the Merc parts.

I wanted to get the rear axle, exhaust, fuel tank, and front seats out of the car today. Earlier in the week I had started to unbolt the axle to control arm attachment points, but couldn't get the suspension in a position to fully remove the hardware. Having an extra pair of hands (and some more jack stands) made it much easier to get it all taken apart.

Forgot to bring the camera down to the shop until we already had most of the stuff removed, but these shots will give some idea of the progress we made.

Rear axle assembly out on the floor, nice clean housing to work with. It will be getting early SN95 5-lug axles (the extra length will work nicely with the 8" Saleen wheels), as well as 3.27 gears, and a Torsen diff.

Attachment 14137

The car had some cheapie Flowmaster knockoffs hanging underneath, I'm not a fan of the sound of those mufflers really. I will be replacing them with Walker Dynomax Super Turbos instead. That's what I had on my old 87, and I always loved the sound of them behind a 5.0L Ford. As well they were the mufflers of choice for the Fox Saleens. One of the techs at the dealership just bought a Fox 5.0L that happens to be missing its tailpipes, so these will do nicely for him:

Attachment 14138

Once the exhaust and diff were out, it was short work to remove the fuel tank. Because the car is so clean underneath, the straps and hardware are in very nice shape, and a quick hit with the impact gun zoomed out the bolts. Tank looks good, I am going to send it out for cleaning, since the fuel has been sitting in it for several years, and I have a Walbro 190 pump to go in too.

Attachment 14139

A few shots underneath the car, Stu was astonished at how clean and solid the undercarriage is. Of course we are used to working on crusty shite that has experienced the road salt of Ontario winters, something which must have never happened to this car.

Attachment 14140

Attachment 14141

Attachment 14142

Front seats removed, I've made a deal with Tom, the cousin of the previous owner, who helped me get the car out his aunt's backyard, to trade the seats for a T-5 bellhousing and block separator plate.

Attachment 14143

We found the original ownership warranty card in amongst the crap and loose change on the floor, after removing the seats:

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/p...ldup/011-1.jpg

Stu had a good used T-5 manual trans taking up space in his storage shed, so he brought that along today, along with a grey console to put in place of the original porno red unit.

Attachment 14144

Attachment 14145

The drum brakes appeared to have pretty freshly installed shoes and drums, so Stu salvaged all that along with the minty e-brake cables for a Mustang project of his own (a bastard 67 notch with a Fox rear clip grafted in). Got to use the set of brake spring pliers that have been banging around in the bottom of my toolbox for 20-odd years. LOL

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/p...ldup/010-1.jpg

After we were done for the day, I realized that the back of the shop was a mess with all of the stuff I had for the Mustang, as well as just getting the engine back for my 67 Beetle ... you can see it on a stand to the left of the 302 shortblock:

http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/p...ldup/012-1.jpg

Back in the late 80s, as far as I know the only caster plates on the market at that point were the original style Global West units. I remember them being something like $270 at the time, so for my old 87 we took some onion-head mounts and grafted them on to fabricated slotted plates. However these days GW doesn't have much demand for the old style plates any more, so they have them on clearout for $115 on their site ... I couldn't resist ordering a pair, which they were nice enough to send by postal service so that I wouldn't get boned on customs and brokerage fees, as would happen if they were sent by UPS. SHINY!!

Attachment 14146

So that's pretty much it, once the front crossmember and suspension is out of the car, that will be it for the disassembly phase ... it will be time to start bolting the cool stuff on!

It was great to make some progress today after the last several weeks of inactivity. A big thanks to my buddy Stu for turning wrenches today, he has always been a "git-er-done" guy.


cheers
Ed N.

looks like it is going to a really great build and good luck with it, p.s. thats the best use of a green house iv seen yet:lol

A great build - It'll be awesome to see a General Tire Saleen Mustang on the track again - keep the build pics coming.

the Beetle looks uber clean

Yup, the Beetle is pretty solid, of course almost everything looks better in pictures.

Not much to report on the Mustang, just been gathering a few more parts here and there. Picked up a replica Saleen skirt package a few weeks ago, that's why I'm looking for a pair of LX bumper covers now.

Going to have to move the Mustang in to the main shop, where the Beetle is sitting right now, so that I can get going on it through the winter. The greenhouse is fine to work in on sunny days through the cold weather, but if it's cloudy or dark, not so much.

Was out at Mosport on the small development track today, just hanging out at an end of season school being run by a few friends. Got to rip around for some laps in my buddy Rob's 07 Mustang, reminded me how much fun RWD is, and also showed me that my RWD skills need some brushing up after running the Taurus SHO for a few seasons now. More inspiration to get the 89 going ...


cheers
Ed N.

^^^sounds like fun. I just got a new company dd and it's fwd which I do not care for. I leaned to drive way back when with rwd and I am still more comfortable in the snow with said rwd

Making a bit of progress finally. I had taken the 8.8" rear axle in to the dealership a few weeks ago to get the 3.27 gears and differential installed. The technician got the rear axle finished up a few days ago, I brought it home last night. Just need to bolt on the caliper brackets, and get the panhard bar mounting looked after. Will probably try to redo the lower control arm mount holes as well for a bit of anti-squat.

Also took the engine in to work to get the help of one of the other techs to get it assembled. Camshaft and lifters are in, heads are bolted on, we just need to the external bits now. Next step I think is to get all of the front suspension bits installed, I got the front crossmember cleaned up tonight in preparation.


cheers
Ed

great to hear, keep us up to date

Quite a bit getting done! Nice. :tup

This without a doubt is the most thorough build thread +1

I like the build threads - this one is no different. Ed, are you going to have the build done in time for Mustangs at Mosport?

I'm hoping to have it done before that. I would prefer to take the car on the development track the first time for the "shakedown run", rather than the big track. That way, if something lets go in the the middle of a corner, I'll only be going 60 mph, not 100!! :lol


cheers
Ed

that's a great plan

A little bit more progress this week. Got a couple of the Continental Extreme Contact DW rubber that I will be running for street / wet track usage mounted up on some of the 8" Saleen 5-spoke wheels. They are just little 225/55R16 skins, fairly rounded shoulders that shouldn't track around on the truck ruts too badly, and soft sidewalls to hopefully soften the blow of the 1050 lbs./inch front springs for street driving. LOL On the 8" wheels they look pretty good, I was afraid that the sidewalls look "pulled out" too much, but these particular tires have a pretty good section width for a 225. So now I have some 5-lug wheels with tires on them ready to roll on once I have the new brakes and suspension in either end of the car.

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1330917197

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1330917197

Today we moved the car out of the corner of the shop to get some more space around in for working. My landlords aren't back until the end of April, so I have pretty much free reign until then. Took if off the dollies, and up in the air on some sturdy stands. Also started looking at the rearend assembly to check that the aftermarket axles are the correct length for the SN95 brakes, they seem to be good.

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1330917197

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1330917197

Also started looking at the front suspension stuff, with the new crossmember, SN95 control arms with the FMS extended ball joints installed, and SN95 steering rack.

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1330917197

Started the preparations for removing the original front suspension and crossmember out. Since I will not be reusing anything there, I am going to try to take out the crossmember with the control arms, spindles, and struts still together, all as one big chunk. Brake hard line to flex hose nut came undone easily on the left side, the right is being a bit stubborn, but some heat should fix that up. Got the steering shaft unbolted as well, I have a replacement for that.

This week I have to gather up a few more hardware items, get some paint on the crossmember, and give the rearend housing a bit of cleaning before a coat of paint on it as well. The engine is pretty close to being ready to go back in, so I want to get all of the front suspension stuff done and out of the way to prepare for that.

As they say, "To be continued" ...

are the rims considered to be light weight?

They aren't bad for the size, maybe 18 lbs. each. The earlier mesh style Saleen wheels that I am going to use for the track are about 16 lbs. each, which is very decent for a 16 x 8" one piece wheel.

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1330967120


cheers
Ed

that is lower I see

Glad to see progress Fast Ed. Thanks for sharing and posting the pics.

Pick up the pace Ed!

^^^and here I thought he was flying lol

A bit more progress this weekend, took advantage of the warm weather here. Spent most of yesterday at Megaspeed World, the local annual indoor car show manning the booth of the shop where my brother works until some of the other guys made it down. Got a late start today, but by the time I went out to the shop, the temp was nice, especially when I opened up the big bay door, and slid the one open that goes to the attached greenhouse where I had the car put previously.

Used the greenhouse as my paint booth today for the front crossmember, put some Rustoleum epoxy paint on it and let it bake in the sun.

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1331514465

Took the axle assembly out the door using the engine crane, degreased it and gave it a light coat of satin black.

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1331514465

Brought it back in, and started putting the brakes together on it. Realized that I was missing the banjo bolts for the flex hoses, I was hoping to mock up the SN95 brake hoses I have, to measure where I need to cut and reflare the original Fox hard lines to mate up. When I'm back to the dealership tomorrow morning I'll get some banjo bolts ordered up.

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1331514465

A few days ago I had brought home the engine from work. I had one of the techs install the cam, timing chain & gears, and cylinder heads for me. Just makes it a few less things to worry about for me. Looks good with the old FMS 1.72 rockers on it. I'll get the rest of the external bits on, and a coat of paint, it will be ready to go.

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1331514465

My friend Rob Lawson popped by for a short visit to check out my progress today, and make a few suggestions on the upcoming work to be done. He decided that we needed a bit of inspiration for completing the project, so he did a quick mock-up with the pair of mounted tires I have so far:

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1331514465

https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1331514465

It's supposed to be warm for the entire week coming, so I wlll try to take advantage of that and make some progress a few evenings this week. Front suspension needs to all come out, hopefully as one big chunk, to make room for the Slot Car K-member, H&R springs, and MM-valved Bilsteins attached to the Global West caster plates.


cheers
Ed

She looks great - even on jack stands. Likey the Saleen spoiler!

Yup, it worked out well that the car already had a replica Saleen wing on it, since I am planning to make it look like a Saleen race car anyway.



cheers
Ed