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  1. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Hi all,I'm back to gluing stainless together,this time it's header flanges. the flanges are 3/8 and the pipe is 16 gauge. After i fit the pipes to the openings I ground a small chamfer around the side that was to be welded. i slipped the pipe in even with the gasket side,the side to be welded...
  2. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Morning. First off,thank you for the compliment. Now about your console question. I'm not using one. The car will have no interior except for the dash,1 seat and possibly door panels. Everything I'm doing is for the sake of handling and speed. Now,if I was building a...
  3. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Hello everyone. Last part of unscrewing up stuff that was caused by me moving the engine. I have the clutch linkage sorted now. I'm staying with mechanical because,I like it,no matter how big a pressure plate I use,I just like mechanical linkage. So........first,I lowered the ball pivot on the...
  4. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Thank you.Your car is really slick as well. I had no intentions of doing a set back engine at the beginning of this odyssey,but here we are. It should be really fun stuffing big pipes into now,what is an even smaller area.....
  5. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Thank you for the compliments. I changed directions with the engine last winter while working on my AMX. I decided to go Trans Am racing and install a Boss 302, that's the mock up engine in the car now. I have seen pics of these cars with B9s in them and they do look right at home.
  6. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Thank you. I just keep plugging away at it, I'll get there
  7. 71Rustang

    What are my options Beyond Subframe Connectors?

    You can also stitch weld every seem on the car were panels meet, like how they did on the TA cars. It will definitely make the car a lot stiffer.....and it doesn't really cost anything but time and materials.
  8. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Hello once again,making more progress. I cut out the area around the shifter hole and moved it back 2 1/2 inches. I reshaped the sides of the tunnel and made a filler for the front of the panel and a small filler for the passenger side. I then set my sights on the shifter. I built the shifter...
  9. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Thanks for the compliments. I'm currently working on making my Hurst shifter work better and fixing a design flaw it has.
  10. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Evening all.We're just moving right along with complicating life by moving the engine. Here we have my newly built transmission crossmember,patterned after the one from the Warren Tope Mustang. The fella that owns it ,was nice enough to send me some pictures of it.I used the ears off of the...
  11. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Hi everyone. So apparently when you move the engine back you need motor mounts,so I built some. Last week I took a new set of small block mounts,cut the rubber section in half,set all 4 pieces on fire,watched it burn,then scraped off what was left of the rubber. Then I cleaned the metal and set...
  12. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Well this is happening.I installed a Lakewood bell,it moved the transmission rear by 3/16'' ,which changed my u-joint angles,which were already pushed to their limit because of how low the car is.So I figured I would lower the engine,Bud Moore style using factory mounts with the rubber...
  13. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Well,it's time to make the donuts as they say.You can only practice weld so much,welding on the racy go fast parts is just different.So here we go.......These are the collector pipes with the 2 inch slip fit connectors welded on. I first put together the slip connectors and made tiny filler...
  14. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    I call this update:Adventures in tig welding.Hi again,so I went and bought a new Lincoln tig welder.Something I should have done millions of years ago.Since the exhaust is all stainless the best method of gluing it together is tig,I messed with stainless wire in my small mig for about 10...
  15. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Sure.........I'd be interested in one of those. I'll send you a pm.
  16. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Thanks. As far as I know there are no reproduction 71-73 forks.That's why I just didn't want to cut up the one I have.If you could just buy a new one sure......as for the heim joint you're pretty much on your own. A truck fork is about 3/4'' shorter,but you can buy them new for about 20$. i have...
  17. 71Rustang

    71 Mach1(Trans Am) 2" nose drop

    Hello everyone. It was suggested by a friend of mine who also has a beautiful 69 TA Mustang he built that I also cut off the end of my clutch fork and install a heim joint there as well. Soooo......I did,but not how you would think,I'll explain. First ,I didn't have the correct fork for a 71 in...
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