Hey guys, I figured I would start a progress thread in order to get some advice/photo documentation/etc. I picked up the car at the end of December, 2015. This will be a build that progresses as money, time, and craigslist findings allow. Here it is on the first day I got it home:
it needed a little TLC and some trim paint but I think I got it for a decent price. It had shorties, a very hacked up X pipe, cheap mufflers and cheap tails. Broken driver mirror, broken pass door handle, blinkers didn't work, radio didn't work, the SPOUT was missing, and it needed new rear tires. Also had (and still has) lowering springs, MSD coil, BBK CAI, BBK 70mm TB and spacer, a yellow top that wasn't strapped down, and some underdrive pullies and that's about it for the mods. It even had the smog pump still. Pulled it in the shop a few days later:
At first glance it needed an inner tie rod badly, and the rack was puking fluid all over. So in went a new rack. Also did a full tune up including a parts store distributor since the PIP was shot in the current one. A bad TFI on the new dizzy left me hunting around for a few days but all is fixed now. Ford racing wires, Motorcraft plugs, cleaned and oiled air filter. The IAC was new from the old owner but I cleaned it out anyway. TPS was new as well. Set the idle and TPS etc and it ran much better but still had a little bog off-idle. The surging idle checklist was a HUGE help here. And yes, I hate that chip on the front fender. Another shot of it in the shop.
That first day also did passenger side door handle and door lock actuator. The blinkers took a while to figure out. Turns out that some hack decided the 12v supply into the distribution block didn't need to be in the correct slot since the clip broke, and just stuck it in any slot that was open. Of course the seller told me that "it worked yesterday, the fuse must have blown again" This is pretty much how it sat after that day:
it needed a little TLC and some trim paint but I think I got it for a decent price. It had shorties, a very hacked up X pipe, cheap mufflers and cheap tails. Broken driver mirror, broken pass door handle, blinkers didn't work, radio didn't work, the SPOUT was missing, and it needed new rear tires. Also had (and still has) lowering springs, MSD coil, BBK CAI, BBK 70mm TB and spacer, a yellow top that wasn't strapped down, and some underdrive pullies and that's about it for the mods. It even had the smog pump still. Pulled it in the shop a few days later:
At first glance it needed an inner tie rod badly, and the rack was puking fluid all over. So in went a new rack. Also did a full tune up including a parts store distributor since the PIP was shot in the current one. A bad TFI on the new dizzy left me hunting around for a few days but all is fixed now. Ford racing wires, Motorcraft plugs, cleaned and oiled air filter. The IAC was new from the old owner but I cleaned it out anyway. TPS was new as well. Set the idle and TPS etc and it ran much better but still had a little bog off-idle. The surging idle checklist was a HUGE help here. And yes, I hate that chip on the front fender. Another shot of it in the shop.
That first day also did passenger side door handle and door lock actuator. The blinkers took a while to figure out. Turns out that some hack decided the 12v supply into the distribution block didn't need to be in the correct slot since the clip broke, and just stuck it in any slot that was open. Of course the seller told me that "it worked yesterday, the fuse must have blown again" This is pretty much how it sat after that day:
