Project: Cheap thrills
08-09-2016, 02:22 PM
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Well, the 3.8/C5 driveshaft is now confirmed to NOT work with the 302/T5 combination.
It's too long. When I measured (Little foggy on exact number) it was 47.5"
Standard fox one is supposedly 45.5"
Quick trip to the local yard and I nicked a shaft off a 2002 v6. 45.5", center to center.
Grabbed a transmission tunnel shifter rubber seal while I was there.
Collected up my 95 SN95 spindles and called it a day.
It's almost a runner and capable of moving under it's own power.....
It's too long. When I measured (Little foggy on exact number) it was 47.5"
Standard fox one is supposedly 45.5"
Quick trip to the local yard and I nicked a shaft off a 2002 v6. 45.5", center to center.
Grabbed a transmission tunnel shifter rubber seal while I was there.
Collected up my 95 SN95 spindles and called it a day.
It's almost a runner and capable of moving under it's own power.....
08-09-2016, 06:27 PM
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Annnnd.....another snag.
The SN95 shaft I grabbed is the right length, but came from an automatic car.
Spline count is good and slides right on, but the OD of the seal surface is too large and hits the tail housing inside the tail piece so it won't slide all the way home.
Went to swap my C5 yoke on (which fits the T5 just fine), but turns out the SN95 shaft u joint yokes are wider than the c5 yoke. U joint caps are the same, just the u joint itself is wider.
Just can't freakin win.....back to the yard tomorrow to grab the shaft and yoke out of the 95 T5 car that was right beside the auto I got the shaft from.
The transmission in my fox is a 95 T5, so it should fit. Unless the man upstairs isn't done having fun messing with me yet that is.....
The SN95 shaft I grabbed is the right length, but came from an automatic car.
Spline count is good and slides right on, but the OD of the seal surface is too large and hits the tail housing inside the tail piece so it won't slide all the way home.
Went to swap my C5 yoke on (which fits the T5 just fine), but turns out the SN95 shaft u joint yokes are wider than the c5 yoke. U joint caps are the same, just the u joint itself is wider.
Just can't freakin win.....back to the yard tomorrow to grab the shaft and yoke out of the 95 T5 car that was right beside the auto I got the shaft from.
The transmission in my fox is a 95 T5, so it should fit. Unless the man upstairs isn't done having fun messing with me yet that is.....
08-11-2016, 07:28 AM
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Looking to do something like this with the 87 bodywork I'm picking up this weekend:
Lots of stuff going on there I'm not a fan of, but I do like the 87 lowers grafted to the 83 nose. I do like the 85 LX nose I've got in the garage that I was going to swap for the 83 (I personally think the 85/86 nose was the best looking fox mustang), but something about changing the 83 look has ever just sat right with me. This is a nice compromise to my eye.
It also does away with the 79-84 body moldings which aren't being repopped yet (couple of mine are ripped in the center). Another bonus is since the rub stripe is integrated into to lower pieces, so all I really need to buy to finish it is the door strips, which saves me some moola....
It's also not a look you'll see at every cruise night or car show. I'd say "one of a kind", but the pic alone proves there will be at least 2 cars done this way.
That gent did away with the front turn signals, so I'll have to figure something out for those if I go that way. Might just cut them out of the 85 LX nose and graft them in, but photoshopping in the bumper lights doesn't reveal a very good look. Maybe just a thin light inside the rub strip depression area or something that is flush instead of set back like the 83 stockers. More thought is required....
That pic shows the body work to be a bit "rough", I'll be working for a better finished piece.
Lots of stuff going on there I'm not a fan of, but I do like the 87 lowers grafted to the 83 nose. I do like the 85 LX nose I've got in the garage that I was going to swap for the 83 (I personally think the 85/86 nose was the best looking fox mustang), but something about changing the 83 look has ever just sat right with me. This is a nice compromise to my eye.
It also does away with the 79-84 body moldings which aren't being repopped yet (couple of mine are ripped in the center). Another bonus is since the rub stripe is integrated into to lower pieces, so all I really need to buy to finish it is the door strips, which saves me some moola....
It's also not a look you'll see at every cruise night or car show. I'd say "one of a kind", but the pic alone proves there will be at least 2 cars done this way.
That gent did away with the front turn signals, so I'll have to figure something out for those if I go that way. Might just cut them out of the 85 LX nose and graft them in, but photoshopping in the bumper lights doesn't reveal a very good look. Maybe just a thin light inside the rub strip depression area or something that is flush instead of set back like the 83 stockers. More thought is required....
That pic shows the body work to be a bit "rough", I'll be working for a better finished piece.
Last edited by Great white; 08-11-2016 at 07:50 AM.
08-12-2016, 11:21 PM
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Looking to do something like this with the 87 bodywork I'm picking up this weekend:
Lots of stuff going on there I'm not a fan of, but I do like the 87 lowers grafted to the 83 nose. I do like the 85 LX nose I've got in the garage that I was going to swap for the 83 (I personally think the 85/86 nose was the best looking fox mustang), but something about changing the 83 look has ever just sat right with me. This is a nice compromise to my eye.
It also does away with the 79-84 body moldings which aren't being repopped yet (couple of mine are ripped in the center). Another bonus is since the rub stripe is integrated into to lower pieces, so all I really need to buy to finish it is the door strips, which saves me some moola....
It's also not a look you'll see at every cruise night or car show. I'd say "one of a kind", but the pic alone proves there will be at least 2 cars done this way.
That gent did away with the front turn signals, so I'll have to figure something out for those if I go that way. Might just cut them out of the 85 LX nose and graft them in, but photoshopping in the bumper lights doesn't reveal a very good look. Maybe just a thin light inside the rub strip depression area or something that is flush instead of set back like the 83 stockers. More thought is required....
That pic shows the body work to be a bit "rough", I'll be working for a better finished piece.
Lots of stuff going on there I'm not a fan of, but I do like the 87 lowers grafted to the 83 nose. I do like the 85 LX nose I've got in the garage that I was going to swap for the 83 (I personally think the 85/86 nose was the best looking fox mustang), but something about changing the 83 look has ever just sat right with me. This is a nice compromise to my eye.
It also does away with the 79-84 body moldings which aren't being repopped yet (couple of mine are ripped in the center). Another bonus is since the rub stripe is integrated into to lower pieces, so all I really need to buy to finish it is the door strips, which saves me some moola....
It's also not a look you'll see at every cruise night or car show. I'd say "one of a kind", but the pic alone proves there will be at least 2 cars done this way.
That gent did away with the front turn signals, so I'll have to figure something out for those if I go that way. Might just cut them out of the 85 LX nose and graft them in, but photoshopping in the bumper lights doesn't reveal a very good look. Maybe just a thin light inside the rub strip depression area or something that is flush instead of set back like the 83 stockers. More thought is required....
That pic shows the body work to be a bit "rough", I'll be working for a better finished piece.
