Last week I made a major mod to my engine bay. Car is getting lighter all the time!
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FFR Coupe #340, 2003 LS1 350 RWHP, TKO 500, QT BH, Champ 10 QT pan, 5 Lug and AC, Cobra Disc, SAI mod, Kumho XS 315's x4 ..Licensed for 28k..Just over 30k w/race tires and many mods http://s464.photobucket.com/albums/rr2/mmarshall01/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHtx7...1&feature=plcp
Build started - 8 Apr 2008
1st Autocross - 18 Oct. 2009 XP Class
2011 and 2012 St Louis region XP Champion
Today I did some practice driving so I'll be ready for when my Coupe gets finished. Wanted to make sure I could see out the back and sides for passing, so I drove from Santa Monica to San Diego and back...in my Christmas present.
5.0 Coupe with Bembro brakes up front with 19"s all around.
Today I did some practice driving so I'll be ready for when my Coupe gets finished. Wanted to make sure I could see out the back and sides for passing, so I drove from Santa Monica to San Diego and back...in my Christmas present.
5.0 Coupe with Bembro brakes up front with 19"s all around.
Merry Christmas indeed! Beautiful car!
Garry
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The Bopp Shop
Coupe # 031 with 422" Windsor by Southern Automotive (dash autographed by Peter Brock)
Mk III # 5021 (SOLD)
Unique 427 Roadster with 482"FE by Southern Automotive
I washed off all the grime and brake dust from yesterday's track day.
And tonight I get to pull the rear end out of the car to find out what broke at the track.
I believe the differential snapped something... it clicks when I go around corners now.
Today I did some practice driving so I'll be ready for when my Coupe gets finished. Wanted to make sure I could see out the back and sides for passing, so I drove from Santa Monica to San Diego and back...in my Christmas present. 5.0 Coupe with Bembro brakes up front with 19"s all around.
Nice! Welcome to the club!
I wish mine had the Brembo package. I didn't find out about it until the deal was almost done on mine - and then there weren't any available anywhere near by. I was too eager and couldn't wait.
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Coupe #307 - 5-link, SAI mod, Levy DA Koni's, Levy bumpsteer, 6-piston Wilwood's in front, 4-piston in rear, Forte/Wilwood pedal assy, hybrid 8.8/9" rear end, VPM front bar, VPM/own design variable rear bar, and lot of other little things so far........
"Did you use ANYTHING that came with the kit???"
- The Wife
And tonight I get to pull the rear end out of the car to find out what broke at the track.
I believe the differential snapped something... it clicks when I go around corners now.
Ouch!
I guess that's one of the advanages of having the car up on blocks...
Neither simple nor cheap. I opened up the center section and the oil is full fine dust from the friction disks. Didn't see any physical damage to the gears or bearings. Going to ditch traction-lok and try Detroit tru-trac.
I visited Jeff Miller's paint shop in Temecula...actually yesterday but who's checking... to check it out and get some pricing. I have a few loose ends to finish AND I'm waiting for my rear glass.
I did drive back from LA today. Total milage was 1291 miles and used 54.3 gallons of fuel...23.7 mpg...can you believe that???? 408 hp and 1291 miles with at least 300 of that was city or slooooow LA freeway miles.
A FFR coupe with this motor (Coyote) would be really cool.
I made some progress on the engine today.
got the push rods and rocker arms installed today. Also redid the gasket on the oil pan, It got messed up on the first attempt of install. The cork gasket seemed to work much better, hopefully no leaks.
I did do a little engineering work on my Spyder. Engineering work is where a sit on my roll around stool, drink beer and eat in the shell roaster peanuts and try to figure out what to do next.
Paul
Paul
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FFR 4859GT 414W, Tremec TKO 5spd. IRS w/3.55 and Torsen diff. 13" dual-piston front & 12" rear disc brakes. 03 Cobra wheels, 275/40 & 315/35 tires. Possibly the only person in the world that is currently building a Spyder GT.
"A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'"
I walked past my Coupe a dozen times this weekend but haven't worked on her in about 7 months. There have been way more excuses for not working on her than good reasons to get anything done on her. What are unfinished Coupes worth these days? I keep saying "I'll work on it eventually..." but eventually never comes...
Got an email from FFR that my back ordered rear glass has shipped along with the hardware. Still working on "punch list" to get me to the "send to painter" milestone.
Tonight I got the headlights and front turn signals wired, and they actually worked.
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#F5R1000417CP picked up 10/11/08; roller 11/05/08; 347 stroker, EFI; T-5; 3-link, 3:55; 15" Team 3 Halibrandt Wheels, 265-60 fr., 295-50 rear. Alum. heads, GT 40 tubular intake, twin T3-T4 turbos
There is a dim light at the end of the tunnel. Bodywork sux!!!!!
Any of the moderators can fix the "hear" for you. Don (NAGA) fixed a brain fart for me in the title of my post.
Bob
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FFR 6635...331 w/ Kenne Bell Supercharger, PS, Koni's, 3.55 Tru Trac. Winter project of AOD re-scheduled for next winter, T5 for this summer
I really like this thread...I feel bad if I can't post something...which means I did something to move forward on the project.
So, actually yesterday, since I moved the T-Bird out I mopped and scrubbed the garage floor. The wife was giving me grief about tracking stuff into the house. Also, I reinstalled the gas tank and made the wiring for the backup lights. I bought the Mini Cooper backup light so now I need to decide if I mold it into the rear or just make a bracket and hang it off the bottom.
Brought the coupe back from the body shop after having the doors and rear glass hatch fitted. Also had a vent fitting glassed into the large hood vent for airflow over the driver's side headers. Total was 47.5 hours!! Now about 24 items to do before complete dissassembly and shipping back to the shop for paint!!!
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5.0 fairly stock EFI, T5,3 link, 355 w/torsen, A/C, threw out my P/S and when manual, copper/red, Vegas gold stripes. built to be driven.
NEW GOAL 100,000 miles on the coupe and then get a GTM ( more than 1/4 the way there )
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