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Some of you may know my car, FFR #1152, burned to death last month, in a fire we believe started at the alternator plug...a lot of discussion among forum participants helped pinpoint the likely cause, for which I am grateful. Anyhow, we're in a rental house for a few months while the fire damage to our home is torn out and repaired, and to pass the time, we're going to build a new Mark II FFR to replace #1152. We're calling it the Phoenix Project.
The Mark II is set to arrive by Stewart Transport Tuesday 3-19, I've got a fairly empty garage to work in, a new box of tools and workbench from Sears, Lynn's in Europe with some students for 10 days, I got my AmEx card right here next to the keyboard, this rental house has a DSL line, and I ain't got many parts lined up yet...I'm a dangerous desperate guy in parts-selection-buying mode!!! My job is to get all the parts needed for the build here by the end of April, then we plan an intense 10 day effort to assemble the Mark II and have her ready to seriously autocross and street all summer.
Here's what we're building: IRS on Cobra R wheels, with 327 stroker longblock/AFR heads from CCM, using a Painless framwe wiring harness to which we'll splice the Ford engine harness and computer for EFI. I've figured out some stuff and got the parts coming. I have still to define the intake, brake, fuel, cooling, and charging systems, and get the right parts pronto. Probably lots of other stuff I've not thought of yet, too.
Anyhow, thanks in advance for any ideas or answers you may have as issues come up while I try to make some quick correct decisions regarding the build. This is going to be fun, but a little more intense than when I built #1152. Biggest difference (besides the Mark II hardware) is the existence of so many knowledgable FFR folks willing to share and help on the forums that have developed since 1997. I'll be posting!
The Mark II is set to arrive by Stewart Transport Tuesday 3-19, I've got a fairly empty garage to work in, a new box of tools and workbench from Sears, Lynn's in Europe with some students for 10 days, I got my AmEx card right here next to the keyboard, this rental house has a DSL line, and I ain't got many parts lined up yet...I'm a dangerous desperate guy in parts-selection-buying mode!!! My job is to get all the parts needed for the build here by the end of April, then we plan an intense 10 day effort to assemble the Mark II and have her ready to seriously autocross and street all summer.
Here's what we're building: IRS on Cobra R wheels, with 327 stroker longblock/AFR heads from CCM, using a Painless framwe wiring harness to which we'll splice the Ford engine harness and computer for EFI. I've figured out some stuff and got the parts coming. I have still to define the intake, brake, fuel, cooling, and charging systems, and get the right parts pronto. Probably lots of other stuff I've not thought of yet, too.
Anyhow, thanks in advance for any ideas or answers you may have as issues come up while I try to make some quick correct decisions regarding the build. This is going to be fun, but a little more intense than when I built #1152. Biggest difference (besides the Mark II hardware) is the existence of so many knowledgable FFR folks willing to share and help on the forums that have developed since 1997. I'll be posting!