My Daddywagon

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    nelzltdwagon Well-Known Member

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    Thinking about restoring 17x9 cobra r rims front and rear.
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    Bought these to try and adjust pinion angle to pull driveshaft away from transmission.
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    Bought a 351 Windsor out of a 1995 lightning pickup truck. It's a roller cam block, so I am going to take advantage of a mustang cam grind. Maybe even stock 1986 speed density cam.
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    I love this project, and want one...
     
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    My 351 windsor out of a 1995 Ford Lightning has Ford/Crane Cams roller rockers! In order to put a 351 windsor where a 302 windsor used to be, you need certain pieces to compensate for the fact that you now have an engine with a taller deck height, as well as a different rotating balance. I started to buy a few of those pieces.
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    When last we left our hero...Haha! Well, I have purchased a couple things since my last visit here. I got some used autocross tires off of craigslist just to sample the proper tire size for this car. I also bought new mustang specific wiring harnesses to use in lieu of the conversion harness I originally bought so that I could retain the emissions stuff. I also bought brake caliper paint. I found out that the fox body mustang h-pipe will bolt right up to the cobra mustang cat-back exhaust and might possibly be the proper length for my wagon. Pics to follow.
     
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    Oh! I also started the roller cam conversion of my engine which necessitated the purchase of new pushrods.
     
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    Exhaust set-up.
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    New pushrods.
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    Tires that are too tall.
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    Tires that are just right.
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    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    Well at least you are still working on it. :yahoo:

    Too tall? Darn those look nice on there. A Sawzall will open those wheel wells up like my 55 Chevy wagon did. Of course salt and rust started mine before I bought it.
     
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    Mustang wiring harnesses, so that I can retain emissions.
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    Brake caliper paint which I laid on there a little too thick.
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    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    My youngest son knows how to hook those up. Anything more than eight spark plug wires and HEI and I'm lost. Sometimes I can hook up an alternator with more than one wire!:slap:
     
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    That's exactly how I feel about wiring, which is why I ended up buying all of this stuff.
     
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    I put the painted calipers on the car.
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