Hey guys and gals, been AFK for several months and the old Stang has been in mothballs for about a year, due to overwhelming issues of real life/family/work/etc.
But now that 2007 is behind us I've made some new-years resolutions! Nope, not the loose some weight that most people have in January, I lost 42 pounds last summer and kept it off even through the holidays...wooot!
Seriously (and so I don't get censored for being off topic) the old Stang is actually not even in my garage anymore. I'm having a buddy of mine who runs a HVAC company (this is his slow time of the year) help me out with the wiring that I allowed to psych me out. I was at his shop much of the weekend helping out and I can say the wiring is all done except the turn signals aren't working and I am missing two wires for the horn that we'll have to locate, plus the neutral-safety switch from the AOD has four wires but Painless can only connect to three of them. Other than that the wiring that ate my brain and my motivation is pretty much behind me.
Once that is done I'll install the new radiator. The one I had used a passenger-side top hose that really interfered with the Powermaster alternator which rides high due to the March pulley system I used to bypass my electric water pump. The new one has both hoses on the driver's side, which is fine for a double-pass design.
Next component will be my shorty headers...sniffff...the long-tubes have to go...sniff. I have gone on record here in the past saying that the Headmann 351W swap headers clear an AOD. Maybe you'll recall this pic...
Well, my exhaust man did not agree. Actually what he said was that he can make them work but it would look like crap and be scraped off at the first speed-bump I came to. Anyhow the shorties will be here tomorrow, so if anyone wants a set of ceramic coated LTHs let me know
I am hoping to get her back home in a week or two, which makes a Spring date for her coming out party very achievable. I'm excited, and excited to be excited after so long of not wanting to think about that headache in the garage. Stay tuned, I should be able to post a video of her first ignition soon.
But now that 2007 is behind us I've made some new-years resolutions! Nope, not the loose some weight that most people have in January, I lost 42 pounds last summer and kept it off even through the holidays...wooot!
Seriously (and so I don't get censored for being off topic) the old Stang is actually not even in my garage anymore. I'm having a buddy of mine who runs a HVAC company (this is his slow time of the year) help me out with the wiring that I allowed to psych me out. I was at his shop much of the weekend helping out and I can say the wiring is all done except the turn signals aren't working and I am missing two wires for the horn that we'll have to locate, plus the neutral-safety switch from the AOD has four wires but Painless can only connect to three of them. Other than that the wiring that ate my brain and my motivation is pretty much behind me.
Once that is done I'll install the new radiator. The one I had used a passenger-side top hose that really interfered with the Powermaster alternator which rides high due to the March pulley system I used to bypass my electric water pump. The new one has both hoses on the driver's side, which is fine for a double-pass design.
Next component will be my shorty headers...sniffff...the long-tubes have to go...sniff. I have gone on record here in the past saying that the Headmann 351W swap headers clear an AOD. Maybe you'll recall this pic...
Well, my exhaust man did not agree. Actually what he said was that he can make them work but it would look like crap and be scraped off at the first speed-bump I came to. Anyhow the shorties will be here tomorrow, so if anyone wants a set of ceramic coated LTHs let me know
I am hoping to get her back home in a week or two, which makes a Spring date for her coming out party very achievable. I'm excited, and excited to be excited after so long of not wanting to think about that headache in the garage. Stay tuned, I should be able to post a video of her first ignition soon.
