I just got confirmation from FFR today that my kit completion date is April 4th so I figure I should start posting a build log. Since I live in WA state I am having Stewart ship the kit; I would love to see the factory but just don't have the time or gas money to do a 6k mile round trip.
Build plan: The car is going to be driven frequently by both myself and my wife, so it has to be something we'll both enjoy. For her this means quiet, comfortable, pretty, reliable, and easy to drive. For me this means best possible handling and braking, with decent acceleration. And it's all got to be done on a tight budget, we're shooting for 18k including donor. This rules out $10k paint jobs, crate motors, TKO trannies, etc. for this car. It'll have to be a pretty plain-Jane donor build which may not be the most exciting to read about especially considering the number of amazing builds on here.
Donor: I got a 95 Mustang. Ugly but mechanically sound. Advantages are lowest miles of any 5-liter mustang (last year they were made); 5 liter is cheap to get upgrades for, 4-wheel disc brakes, and 5-lug bolt pattern. I scored this for $1250 a few months ago and can hopefully sell stuff off it for a few hundred bucks. It also has the optional 17" rims on it so I can use those for a while until we can afford some nicer rims, I'd love the Halibrands but they put us way over budget
Upgrades beyond basic kit: 3-link, CNC dual master cylinder for best brake balance (recently purchased used via the forum); QA1 shocks; SAI mod, Summit heater+piping, Summit Stage 2 intake (Weiand action plus clone); Street Demon 625 carb (modern squarebore Thermoquad); GT40P heads with multi-angle valve job and light bowl work (per DIYporting.com), I paid a total of $-25 for the heads after parting out the Explorer they came from. We are planning on a street C*bra replica, so it will have bumpers, undercar exhaust, removable dual rollbar, no hood scoop. My wife likes the British Racing Green, so after some searching I found that the Summit brand paint has a jade metallic green that looks really nice. Ultimately we'd like it to look like jolsen42's first car.
We also have an MGB that we enjoy driving, the plan is to make the two cars match fairly well (same paint, similar rims, luggage rack etc.) so I am using the MG as a sketch pad for the FFR. I've linked a couple photos, one is the MG and the other is the donor car... the MG has the V6 and T5 out of a Camaro swapped into it so it's kind of a C*bra Junior. It'll be fun to have a "his and hers" pair.
2015-03-08 16.33.23 by flaircraft, on Flickr
2015-02-19 20.53.10 by flaircraft, on Flickr
Build plan: The car is going to be driven frequently by both myself and my wife, so it has to be something we'll both enjoy. For her this means quiet, comfortable, pretty, reliable, and easy to drive. For me this means best possible handling and braking, with decent acceleration. And it's all got to be done on a tight budget, we're shooting for 18k including donor. This rules out $10k paint jobs, crate motors, TKO trannies, etc. for this car. It'll have to be a pretty plain-Jane donor build which may not be the most exciting to read about especially considering the number of amazing builds on here.
Donor: I got a 95 Mustang. Ugly but mechanically sound. Advantages are lowest miles of any 5-liter mustang (last year they were made); 5 liter is cheap to get upgrades for, 4-wheel disc brakes, and 5-lug bolt pattern. I scored this for $1250 a few months ago and can hopefully sell stuff off it for a few hundred bucks. It also has the optional 17" rims on it so I can use those for a while until we can afford some nicer rims, I'd love the Halibrands but they put us way over budget
Upgrades beyond basic kit: 3-link, CNC dual master cylinder for best brake balance (recently purchased used via the forum); QA1 shocks; SAI mod, Summit heater+piping, Summit Stage 2 intake (Weiand action plus clone); Street Demon 625 carb (modern squarebore Thermoquad); GT40P heads with multi-angle valve job and light bowl work (per DIYporting.com), I paid a total of $-25 for the heads after parting out the Explorer they came from. We are planning on a street C*bra replica, so it will have bumpers, undercar exhaust, removable dual rollbar, no hood scoop. My wife likes the British Racing Green, so after some searching I found that the Summit brand paint has a jade metallic green that looks really nice. Ultimately we'd like it to look like jolsen42's first car.
We also have an MGB that we enjoy driving, the plan is to make the two cars match fairly well (same paint, similar rims, luggage rack etc.) so I am using the MG as a sketch pad for the FFR. I've linked a couple photos, one is the MG and the other is the donor car... the MG has the V6 and T5 out of a Camaro swapped into it so it's kind of a C*bra Junior. It'll be fun to have a "his and hers" pair.
2015-03-08 16.33.23 by flaircraft, on Flickr
2015-02-19 20.53.10 by flaircraft, on Flickr