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WOW

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Thanks for the kind words.

You guys still have both cars from the Pinks show days?

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My Brother still does he will never sell his car. Me on the other hand, I like to switch things up alot lol. Elite has my old orange 99 camaro for sale on RJ and there website as we speak.

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Transmission pan took some damage from the crash and needed replacement. Went with the full length version this time.

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Got the transmission Rife sensor block plumbed for line pressure, converter charge pressure and trans fluid temp.

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Floors slid into place.

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IAT sensor bracket.

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Spacer drilled for a remote mounted IAC valve.

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Little bracket to hide the IAC valve under the cowl panel.

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Put the car on the ground to set the initial right height, then work on the front end alignment.

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Spent a little time doing the final fitment for the Racecraft Inc strutless wing. Need to drop that off at the body shop this week for paint.

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This week the plumbing was completed. I used Brown & Miller PTFE lined, aramid fiber braid hose with their crimp on hose ends. Light weight, very flexible and should last for a very long time compared to rubber lined hose.

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One other little fabrication project was to make a bracket to attach the 10 oz c02 bottle to the side of the fire bottle. Pro Werks billet clamps finished off the mount. Need to drop the bracket off for powder coating.

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Hello Todd,
Please explain the shift linkage. I'm certain I'm missing something.

Thanks.
See you at the races,
Wayne Kerr

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The travel sensor on the transmission linkage can be used for numerous things when tied into the Holley Dominator EFI.

Can be used for reverse lights, shift indicator, neutral safety switch, high gear timing retard, as well as idle circuit fuel/spark map adjustments to keep from dropping rpm when put in gear. I’m sure there is even more it could do.

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Thanks Todd, didn't know it was a linear potientiometer.
That splains it.

See you at the races,
Wayne Kerr

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Monday (yesterday) was another milestone in the build. Was able to fire up the engine and with some help get the efi adjusted some. Went well, so the next move is to drop the car back off at the body shop to install glass, trim and some other small things.

After that it’ll be time to put the car on a chassis dyno to work on refining the efi tuneup further.

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C02 air cylinder mount powder coated and installed.

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I came to the realization that I didn't have any place to keep my things like tire pressure gauge, cell phone, sungless, or water bottle. Simple solution was to make a dragster glove box and attach it to the weight bar tabs on the passenger side rocker bar. The Mustang is small enough inside that I can reach while in the driver seat (just not belted).

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Finally got around to installing the carbon tube protectors.

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Car sitting ready to fire for the first time.

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So Monday evening was the magic day. The next milestone in the Mustang build... First engine firing in the new car.

Click the link...

https://youtu.be/7WITRGW3zHk

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Dropped the car off at the body shop this afternoon to take care of some things.

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With the car at thee body shop for some final details, not alot I can update. I did work on some carbon fiber repairs to the dash so it can be painted & airbrushed. I changed from the Racepak IQ3 to the Holley 7" dash which meant the display opening needed to be filled in. Also while fitting the dash initially I notched too far for the X-brace so that needed to be filled in as well.

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A couple small projects taken care of. Front & rear glass and trim has been installed. Was able to get a brand new OEM Ford windshield and cleaned up the stock rear glass since that isn't available anywhere. The side moldings were also installed this week.

I have the car entered in the East Coast Indoor Nationals in December. Not sure the car will be ready...


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Todd… Pretty nice Craftsmanship. MB

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The body shop has most of the trim installed. Starting to really come together. Also have the headlights glued in place.

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Todd, your build is stunning!
What headlights are those? I'm assuming LED?
shoot me a text if you want
two four eight 343 five 33 nine

See you at the races,
Wayne Kerr

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Hey Wayne, I’m pretty sure I got these headlights from Oracle. They are setup to use a replaceable H4 bulb so I can use incandescent or LED drop in H4 bulbs. They also have a blue halo ring which you can’t even really see when the light is off. They look very much like a stock headlight assembly.

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That's one sexy little Fox Body.

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WOW!
That is amazing.

Clark Doukas

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Awesome hotrod as usual from your garage...Looks killer!

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The bodyshop had done the work very nicely and I hope you had also enjoyed their services.

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Yes, they have done an awesome job on the car. The two brothers that own the shop, we have done alot of chassis work for them over the years on their personal race cars.

Their body shop specializes in Porsche repair and restoration. They also do alot of various high end european cars, and don't do much in terms of domestic work, but they agreed to take on the old Mustang.

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Great Transformation. The Car looks awesome!

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I should be picking up the car tomorrow. Gonna be some long hours to get the car ready for the show this coming weekend.

Sneak peak at the carbon dash. After sanding and the carbon repairs, the dash was painted with a textured paint to mimick the original vinyl/plastic look. Also had some air brushing done. Local guy is super talented.

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I got the car back Wednesday evening and got to work on the little of small things to get done before the Indoor East Coast Nationals car show this weekend in Timonium, MD.

Since the car was pretty well completely assembled, I took some time to set up the scales. Pics posted with and without driver.

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One of the last exterior detail items was to have the GT hood stripe installed.

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Just a beautiful and well thought out build from top to bottom.

See you at the races,
Wayne Kerr

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Thanks Wayne!

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After a two day thrash to get done what I could, loaded the car up and dropped it off to the East Coast Indoor Nationals car show in Timonium, MD Friday morning. Sorta feel out of place being a racer amongst all of the show cars, but here to just hang out and pass some time, rather slowly that is. lol

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