[reenmachine]

Originally Posted by 70vert

Reen,
You're not ditching the forward struts from the Heidt's to the crossbrace on the subframe, are you? Did you need to remove that crossbrace for the fuel lines?

They were just hanging down out of the way while I did the e-brake stuff. If you look closely you can see them hanging from the forward outboard pivots of the control arm.

[SN65]

Hi Reen,

Stupid question....

I am sure that the IRS has an adjustment for pinion angle. Right??? Is it those two small struts at the front of the IRS???

Bob

PS: Looking great. Can't wait to see it done.

[reenmachine]

Originally Posted by SN65

Hi Reen,

Stupid question....

I am sure that the IRS has an adjustment for pinion angle. Right??? Is it those two small struts at the front of the IRS???

Bob

PS: Looking great. Can't wait to see it done.

Yep. The pinion support struts are adjustable.

[Rat Race]

Pete, just to change the subject here a bit , I went and picked up my 68 Vert the other day.

I bought it last month and left it at the ladys house, so when i got it i finally had a chance to go thru the whole car.

I am happy to report there is no rust on this car at all. Everything is solid, however, the rear floor pan has been replaced. All T boxes, rails , rockers and chassis are impressevley solid.

I think i mentioned a while back it has alot of good stuff in it, from the motor to the suspension to the trans. Not good like the stuff you got in yours, just good basic stuff it seems most people do to these cars to make em fun to drive.

Anyway , that being the case, I am really considering keeping this and putting all the 67 Shelby glass and other parts on it .

My question is can you tell me the cost of such parts, and where you got them? You dont have to go into detail, just a close ballpark of the exterior stuff.

I have a Branda catalog but that would be like work looking thru it and adding it all up. id figured id ask you, you have the experience.


No rush.

Thanks, rich

[Rat Race]

PS yes I want to make it a 67

[65mistress]

Hey Reen

Any further progress on your awesome work of driveable art? You and SN65 are doing things that I can only dream of doing at this point. Keep it up, you are making me hunger to drive my little beast.

Thanks

[reenmachine]

Yeah, I'm still here plugging away! I was away for a while so I have a pile of parts waiting for my attention. Most interesting is the set of Autometer gauges I'm going to use to make the instrument cluster. I opted to go with a modified stock deluxe cluster. I'll post pics as soon as I get going on that one.

Today I'm lowering the seat perches on a customer's '67 fastback. It's the first time I've done it so here goes nothing!

[68keyblr]

I had the privilege on Tuesday of seeing the '67 in person. Pete was extremely gracious with his time and very accomodating. The car is a true work of art and is absolutely flawless. I'm already planning a return trip to Flagstaff with the car is done!

The car is truly impressive, but the builder is even more so. I'll be hauling my wife's '67 vert up to Flag to get the Heidt's suspension with R&P setup. There's very few people I trust to work on my car, but Pete's attention to detail and extraordinary craftsmanship have definately won me over.

If you have the chance, I highly recommend seeing this project in person

[mdjay]

Hey Reen

On the forward strut crossbrace bolted to the subs, is there room to run both the exhaust and the driveshaft through there?

It looks snug...

Thanks
Jay

[reenmachine]

Originally Posted by mdjay

Hey Reen

On the forward strut crossbrace bolted to the subs, is there room to run both the exhaust and the driveshaft through there?

It looks snug...

Thanks
Jay

There's enough room. It's no more snug than the factory convertible support plate that goes across between the seats.

[reenmachine]

Originally Posted by 68keyblr

I had the privilege on Tuesday of seeing the '67 in person. Pete was extremely gracious with his time and very accomodating. The car is a true work of art and is absolutely flawless. I'm already planning a return trip to Flagstaff with the car is done!

The car is truly impressive, but the builder is even more so. I'll be hauling my wife's '67 vert up to Flag to get the Heidt's suspension with R&P setup. There's very few people I trust to work on my car, but Pete's attention to detail and extraordinary craftsmanship have definately won me over.

If you have the chance, I highly recommend seeing this project in person

Thanks for the kind words -- you're making me blush! It was a pleasure having you 3 over and I look forward to seeing you again. We'll get that vert squared away so that 30 mpg will be a bit more enjoyable.

[Edbert]

Originally Posted by reenmachine

There's enough room. It's no more snug than the factory convertible support plate that goes across between the seats.

And THAT is more than tight enough! A pair of 2.5 inch pipes and a 3.25 inch DS will leave very little room.

[65mistress]

Hey Reen

Do you by chance know if the rear section of the trans tunnel of the 65-66 is about the same as the 67-68? I was talking with Dave from DVS Restorations and he sent me an article concerning the 2000 Cobra IRS into the 65-66, just need to make a few mods like rolling the inner fender lip and getting the deeper offset rims, but if there is a cross member concern, then there might be more mods required. I just don't have the $2000 to find out.

[reenmachine]

Originally Posted by 65mistress

Hey Reen

Do you by chance know if the rear section of the trans tunnel of the 65-66 is about the same as the 67-68? I was talking with Dave from DVS Restorations and he sent me an article concerning the 2000 Cobra IRS into the 65-66, just need to make a few mods like rolling the inner fender lip and getting the deeper offset rims, but if there is a cross member concern, then there might be more mods required. I just don't have the $2000 to find out.

As far as I know, everything's the same, but I'd have to research it a bit to make sure. Did you ask Dave about this specifically? I'm sure he could tell you since he's done the swap into a 65-66.

[65mistress]

I didn't and he didn't offer up any concerns about a cross member piece. Actually I haven't heard back from him since I asked him about the price for letting them use my car to mock up the new support for the Cobra IRS into a 65-66 with Air Ride air suspension. He told me that he could possibly give me a break on the price, but hasn't gotten back to me yet about how much this price break would be. I'm conservatively figuring about a total of $7000 for the IRS, installation kit and the Air Ride bags, with a home fabricated air flow system for the bags.

[Dark Knight]

Hey, I dont suppose you have any measurements from the Heidts kit do you? how far back the cross member is, how far it drops, etc? Looking to put one on my 68, but I'm not sure if it will clear the pan on the 460 with the engine set back and down.. I want to make a mock up of it and an oil pan to see if there are any probs.

A front sump pan ALMOST works, but it drags on the cross link... and the ground

here's a bottom view,


thanks

[reenmachine]

Originally Posted by Dark Knight

Hey, I dont suppose you have any measurements from the Heidts kit do you? how far back the cross member is, how far it drops, etc? Looking to put one on my 68, but I'm not sure if it will clear the pan on the 460 with the engine set back and down.. I want to make a mock up of it and an oil pan to see if there are any probs.

A front sump pan ALMOST works, but it drags on the cross link... and the ground

thanks

You've got to use a rear sump pan with the Heidt's or R&C MII kits. The crossmember centerline is 24.25" back from the flat surface on the front of the structure under the core support (at the front of the frame rails). I'd have to go measure how far down it is.

[reenmachine]

Sorry for not posting any updates lately -- I've been doing a lot of little things that don't look very interesting (wiring mostly). I'll get some new pics up soon.

[Dark Knight]

thanks.. I know I need the rear sump pan, but some have a wider area in the middle between the sumps.. canton's pan has a rear sump thats 7" long, moroso's is 8 3/4".
Front sump depth is different too.. the canton is wider in the middle.. may need that..

A friend here in phoenix has the RC motorsports setup, but I dont know if everything is the same.

[Dr_Pain]

Hey Reen,

I have been keeping up with your project, while being in the process of fab'ing mine and had a very quick question for you. I have looked closely at the pics of your project and don't seem to see if you had fabricated tie down loops or anythign of that nature to help in the transport of your car. I am at the point of considering fab'ing some for my car but wanted your opinions and the opinions of my fellow stangers. If you have any pics I would appreciate.

Claude
P.S. I also have the front end conversion in my car and deleted the trailing arm boxes to clean everythign up. Unlike you I re-skinned the engine bay NASCAR style, instead of just doing the patches

[reenmachine]

Originally Posted by Dr_Pain

Hey Reen,

I have been keeping up with your project, while being in the process of fab'ing mine and had a very quick question for you. I have looked closely at the pics of your project and don't seem to see if you had fabricated tie down loops or anythign of that nature to help in the transport of your car. I am at the point of considering fab'ing some for my car but wanted your opinions and the opinions of my fellow stangers. If you have any pics I would appreciate.

I'm leaving the stock rear tie-downs in place, and the front crossmember makes for a nice beefy hard point for that end. I prefer to use tire straps anyway.

[reenmachine]

I'm having a custom exhaust system made for the car. The engine combo and the IRS make it anything but straightforward.

I'm using the stock exhaust manifolds. I believe the stock exhaust has 2.25" tubes, and it looks like most of the aftermarket stuff is 2.5".

My question is this:
Is there any reason to go larger than the stock 2.25" given that I'm running stock manifolds on a '00 Cobra DOHC engine with no supercharger or anything?

2.25" pipe would be easier to fit in the cramped confines under the car, but I'll go 2.5" if there would be a real performance gain.

[race-rodz]

i personally see no reason to NOT run the 2.25..... especially given the space problems related. the factory used 2.25"... plus it also threw in some nice flow impeading cats. so straight 2.25" with good flowing mufflers will still be a step up from stock.

im sure others may agree and disagree.... just my $.02

[Edbert]

If you're keeping the exhaust manifolds I see no benefit to going larger than 2.25. Other than the headache and expense the larger tube MIGHT actually hurt performance considering the manifolds will be holding your flow back already.

[HHStang]

Are your stripes painted or tape?