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    Backspacing

    Sorry for the confusion but the plumb bob was used to measure the fender clearance on the car or essentially maximum frontspacing.  With the 5" of maximum frontspacing in the rear of the car the wheel lip is almost perfectly plumb with the fender lip.  This would mean the wheel would have 5" of...
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    Backspacing

    My plumb bob measurements were from the mounting flanges to the edge of the wheel well lip to give me my outside clearances. As for the backspacing measurements, I used a straightedge on the back of the wheels and measured to the mounting surface giving me 3.5" or -32mm offset. To get a...
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    351C 2V build

    I'm running ported and polished 2v heads that I got from turtle5353. After some thought and realization, I'm just going to stick with the stock bottom end, bump the compression to around 9.5:1 and probably run a roller cam. That should reach my power goals. Thanks guys for the info and...
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    351C 2V build

    I would like to rev it out to 7500rpm regularly, though that's probably not plausible. I don't really care about fuel mileage and its only really going to driven on nice weather days. I don't really know if an FMX can rev that high and I might swap to a hydroboost power brake setup if I don't...
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    351C 2V build

    I didn't see any oil mod videos from them. Do you have a link to one? I did hear back from the machine shop. They said that they would recommend a .030 overbore because there was some scoring likely from the poor lubrication (gas/water/oil mix). Also they said they can polish the crank but...
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    351C 2V build

    I got the motor tore down last night and didn't see any major damage. There was some light scoring on some main and rod bearings but I didn't see any major damage to the crank. I brought the block, crank and pistons to the machine shop to get cleaned, magged and measured. A couple of you...
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    351C 2V build

    Small update: I got the motor out and on the stand yesterday. I'm going to tear it down during the week and hopefully get it to the machine shop by the end of the week.
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    351C 2V build

    Thanks for the info guys. I should clarify a few things, everything that I listed I already have and got for a good price. The heads were reworked with 1 piece valves, guides, seats, ported, milled, drilled and tapped for screw in studs and roller rockers by Turtle5353 and I got the intake...
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    351C 2V build

    Hey fellas (and gals), its been far too long since I've posted. I've finally started working on my mustang again after 2 or 3 years of not doing anything to it. So, I figured that doing the cam and head swap should be a nice little project to get me motivated to work on it more... About that...
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    71-72 Mustang Mad Max style

    I agree with Doc, I find it really cool and I think our body style lends itself quite well to this apocalypse style. I've always thought that a 71-73 mustang would look cool as an old school rally car and this car kind of shows that.
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    71-72 Mustang Mad Max style

    I don't know if this has been posted already but there is a 71 or 72 mustang in this PSA, its kinda long but you can skip to the 4:10 mark for the good bits [video=youtube]
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    71-72 Mustang on TopGear

    I thought I heard Hammond say that he hopes the welds hold, so I would assume they welded the tie-rod back together.
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    71-72 Mustang on TopGear

    We'll probably have to wait a little bit and watch it on BBC America or buy it when it's released on Amazon.
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    71-72 Mustang on TopGear

    Because TopGear...
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    71-72 Mustang on TopGear

    It's supposed to air on Dec 27th on BBC 2 if you get that, otherwise who knows when it will air on BBC America.
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    71-72 Mustang on TopGear

    I don't know if any has posted this already but there is a 71-72 Mustang, looks to be a Mach 1, on a TopGear special trailer. You'll see it. [video=youtube]
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    What did you do to your car today?

    That's a good idea, Thanks Doc.
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    What did you do to your car today?

    Did some more work on the rear of my mustang. We spent a lot of time hammering out the driver's side quarter panel but its pretty close now. Got the taillight panel and quarter patch kinda mocked in. Can somebody give me some measurements of the taillight panel area? I can't find...
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    Custom Tail Lights

    That's an idea. I was just planning on doing it with LEDs because I have a bunch of red LEDs already but I can check out other options as well.
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