Old School Mustang big block SQ build......

[brian84corvette 10+ year member]

maby do up the pair in the rear deck like this : EDIT - sorry im dumb and forgot your car is a vert... my bad -

 

[brian84corvette 10+ year member]

you asked to see a pic of my dash - im not proud of it yet - but its getting there slowly. im a have to do some fiberglass work to it and get rid of the center speakers and go with a b&m floor shifter - I cant stand my colum shifter atm. its driving me nuts

I like posting pictures in your thread. plz dont b mad

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

you asked to see a pic of my dash - im not proud of it yet - but its getting there slowly. im a have to do some fiberglass work to it and get rid of the center speakers and go with a b&m floor shifter - I cant stand my colum shifter atm. its driving me nuts

I like posting pictures in your thread. plz dont b mad

i like the gauge layout

 

[brian84corvette 10+ year member]

yeah unfortunetly some azz hole decided to bugger up the plastic piece surrounding the guages where the steering colum goes so he could pull it out with out droping down the steering colum. I found out why later when the spedo cable stoped working again.

so fiberglass is in my cars future for the dash / kick pods / guage layout / switch pannel layout for the hydraulics - mounted in dash - im tired of the stupid 10 switch box laying next to me on the front seat.... my list of crap to do to the car goes on and on.

right now there even is no subwoofer/s in it... im still wating to get welding work done under the rear end for the coil springs to sit up in little pockets to allow long coils - for a nice ride - but still be able to fully lay the rear end of the car out .

what did u get done on the stang recently ?

any pix of the interior / trunk ?

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

yeah unfortunetly some azz hole decided to bugger up the plastic piece surrounding the guages where the steering colum goes so he could pull it out with out droping down the steering colum. I found out why later when the spedo cable stoped working again.
so fiberglass is in my cars future for the dash / kick pods / guage layout / switch pannel layout for the hydraulics - mounted in dash - im tired of the stupid 10 switch box laying next to me on the front seat.... my list of crap to do to the car goes on and on.

right now there even is no subwoofer/s in it... im still wating to get welding work done under the rear end for the coil springs to sit up in little pockets to allow long coils - for a nice ride - but still be able to fully lay the rear end of the car out .

what did u get done on the stang recently ?

any pix of the interior / trunk ?

i'm having a battery drainage issue...i haven't looked into it yet

 

[brian84corvette 10+ year member]

I see fun times ahead - you and the dmm probing around endlessly to find the source of power drain...

I played that game with my vette it in deed was a ton of fun... especialy since fiberglass is not a good conductor

 

[I Like Waffle]

403 is not a big block. Its the engine olds designed for more torque when they phased out the big blocks. The only difference is it has 1/2" head bolts and webbed mains, but thats with all 77 up olds engines. Other than that, all small block parts interchange. The 403 is a good sleeper motor as is the chevy small block 400.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I see fun times ahead - you and the dmm probing around endlessly to find the source of power drain...I played that game with my vette it in deed was a ton of fun... especialy since fiberglass is not a good conductor

being an older car mine may not be too bad

 

[briangcc]

my 79 ***** AM 403 is a big block as well....

Psst...It's a small block. Do you know what one of the most popular mods is to that particular OLDS engine? It's taking a set of Olds 350 heads and tossing them on there to boost compression.

Pontiac used the following corporate engines in the Firebird series during the 70's:

4cy - Iron Duke - Pontiac

v6 - Buick

305 - Chevy

350 - Pontiac

350 - Chevy

400 - Pontiac

403 - Olds

455 - Pontiac

You's gots lots to learn. Look at your vin for your 79. It's got a K in it for the engine designation which denotes the Oldsmobile 403.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Psst...It's a small block. Do you know what one of the most popular mods is to that particular OLDS engine? It's taking a set of Olds 350 heads and tossing them on there to boost compression.
Pontiac used the following corporate engines in the Firebird series during the 70's:

4cy - Iron Duke - Pontiac

v6 - Buick

305 - Chevy

350 - Pontiac

350 - Chevy

400 - Pontiac

403 - Olds

455 - Pontiac

You's gots lots to learn. Look at your vin for your 79. It's got a K in it for the engine designation which denotes the Oldsmobile 403.

I've never seen a 4cyl in a 70's Firebird

 

[ZO6killinsbf 10+ year member]

I am in no way trying to bash you CRX, I'm just here to offer my knowledge in classic Mustangs. You will deff want to ditch that external voltage regulator (possibly the cause of your drain too, mine was) and run a internally regulated alt. Plus, you'll just burn it up in no time with any kind of system.

Also, your main area of noise concern is going to be deep in the quarters especially around the quarter windows and trunk corners.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

So I need to go ahead and replace the alt out with an internally regulated alt ...and go from there ? What would be the wiring diffrence in the change ?

 

[stangman67 10+ year member]

this thread is full of fail. 351c is a big block my ***. wtf

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

this thread is full of fail. 351c is a big block my ***. wtf

yep biggest motor ford put in the mustang in 73

 

[stangman67 10+ year member]

doesn't mater. Still a small block.