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ZachCaswell
10-02-2011, 12:07 AM
i posted when there was snow on the ground.. and i was gonig to post up about it and all, just didnt get to it..

well the c4 with the 3k convertor out of my dads old racecar went in.. drove it around, started noticing oil under it, so i thought i had a leak somewhere so i was like ok, well i was looking looking looking, started to see oil under the hood, well she had blow by, and i knew it was gonig out the door, so id just drive it and drive it.. and on maybeeee 4 cyls at the most, it went 15.20 at 86 mph.. after that, she finally cashed in.. well i cant let it go without staying stock! so to support my blower, did a .570/.579 lift .. 218/224dur. along with a 110lsa.. the guy i got my cam from, dalke.. aka Super Coupe Unlimited, he tunes a lot of stuff, he was in the latest MM&FF magazine getting props from the 4 eyes notch cause he tuned it... so on, i told him i want it agressive, along with a mean idle.. well this cam certainly has a wild idle, and nice power.. enough to murder the tires in 1st:biglaugh:, get some in second, with a 3k converter! well thats basically all with the motor for now.. so i was looknig on sccoa (super coupe forum) my dad came across a cxracing intercooler.. messaged him, next day i sent him the money, then it was onto me.. so long with 2 3/4 tubing, etc etc. well im in the process of putting the custom fmic together and all.. the ic is 31x12x3 with 3 inch inlets, but i went with 2 3/4 because i thought 3 in. was overkill. so here i am now waiting for the rain to stop so i can finish this thing:laughing1:

well heres quite a few pictures of this car.

trannie tine!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/SAM_0161.jpg
the camera guy was waiting for me with his camera up, so my instincts told me to smoke em, so i did!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/burnout2june212011.jpg
1.95 60 foot
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/5-21-2011-BSD133leaving.jpg
outside with my dads '86 in the back ground.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/SANY0067.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/SANY0064.jpg
new motor! seen a old bbf at the alum bank car show... that made my mind up on my motor color.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/SANY0060.jpg
new cam specs!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/SANY0038-1.jpg
after getting it blew up.. put the new one together in 2 weeks, my goal was to hve it at the ford cruise in at delgrossos.. well thursday rolled around we just started on pulling the old motor, got the new one in a 2 friday morning.. my dad was nice enough to take friday off to get a head start on it.. got it all together, too late to start, so saturday rolled on.. got it ready to start, no gas in it......... put gas in it, wham! fired like a champ. let er idle for awhile with a little revs, took it home, wased it, went to the show!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/SANY0061.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/SANY0063.jpg
i edited this picture.. desktop picture.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/tbird-carshowedit.jpg
then it went to altoona cruise in labor day weekend!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/SANY0077.jpg
sitting beside my dads car and a guys SBC s10 from bellwood
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/SANY0079.jpg
then here came the intercooler
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/tbird%20sc/SANY0084.jpg
started the front mount project.. this isnt a kit.. a magnum powers kit is 1200.. worth the bucks but i dont have it.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2011-09-24122601.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2011-09-24160359.jpg
welded the bottom tube so we didnt have problems and 20 couplers there.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2011-09-25175232.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2011-09-25174923.jpg
somewhat done.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2011-09-25175257.jpg

minus the new motor(didnt expect it to let go that fast) im getting done what i wanted.. this winter, im doing a stang bolt pattern swap.. would like to do cobra brakes on the front, along with cobra r's or somesort of wheels.. ive tripped over these sve drift wheels, you can get them in black and i think theyd look awesome on my car.. and being lowered. i am still deciding on a magnum powers mpx but i may settle for a inlet.. 85mm tb, and i want to find a prom or somesort of maf meter thatll go with the throttle body and get away from c&l. maybe some meth. and do a battery relocation along the lines.
cwh19
10-02-2011, 12:44 AM
I love these cars.
KeystoneJohnny
10-02-2011, 01:41 AM
Looks good I've been debating about picking up a 1995 but IDK. Your car looks good though. What all did you do to the motor. It's nice to see something a little different.
AltoonaRacer
10-02-2011, 07:25 AM
keep up the good work zach!
ZachCaswell
10-02-2011, 07:52 AM
I love these cars.

this car is an absolute blast.. i love this thing


Looks good I've been debating about picking up a 1995 but IDK. Your car looks good though. What all did you do to the motor. It's nice to see something a little different.

thanks.. if it wasnt for the body molding itd be real nice. the motor is stock on the bottom end, but new bearings, their pretty stout and im not gonn make any crazy hp just yet. the cam.. well you see the specs in a picture, the heads.. they were ported by my dad, then they have bigger valves.. the valves are the biggest i could go without cutting seats.the blower is ported. its over driven 5% thats basically all really.


keep up the good work zach!

thanks! trying my best. hopefully the rain stops today so i can finish this crate.
Dan B.
10-02-2011, 09:01 AM
Think I saw your car at the Target cruise in Altoona last month. Very nice.
jaa55
10-02-2011, 09:58 AM
sweet

I love all the cars on this platform...cool to see someone taking interest in one
SAC81
10-02-2011, 11:31 AM
Didn't know you were on here Zach- IC project looks awesome! Car should be a beast when it's done. It was plenty torquey before.

I love those cars.
ZachCaswell
10-02-2011, 05:02 PM
Didn't know you were on here Zach- IC project looks awesome! Car should be a beast when it's done. It was plenty torquey before.

I love those cars.

yeah im on here... it was nice meeting oyu at the gtp meet and seeing your GT! hope you liked this car when oyu went for a ride.


sweet

I love all the cars on this platform...cool to see someone taking interest in one

thanks!


Think I saw your car at the Target cruise in Altoona last month. Very nice.

thanks a lot! i always have this car out. im too proud of it. it came a long way i think.
Terminated
10-02-2011, 05:13 PM
Looks good, just like my old one! Wish I had the money and patience to have it around still!
ZachCaswell
10-02-2011, 06:21 PM
Looks good, just like my old one! Wish I had the money and patience to have it around still!

yeah im finding out building cars takes a good bit of money :yikes:
TI Dyno
10-02-2011, 06:56 PM
David Dalke is a great tuner and builder. He tunes alot of stuff for me. He knows his SC.
Killercanary
10-02-2011, 11:47 PM
Hey neighbor! LOL! Every time I see your car I make the comment that I always loved and wanted a SC! My cousin had a SC3.8 XR7 cougar that was a lot of fun. Good luck with the rest of the build!
CobraII351
10-03-2011, 07:34 AM
Saw your car at our DelGrosso's show. Very nice work. I'm hoping the rain stops sometime soon myself.

Tim
matt99
10-03-2011, 09:43 AM
sweet ride man. makes me wish to body wasnt so bad on mine
FineLineMtrSprt
10-03-2011, 12:16 PM
Ive had two SC's so i have a soft spot for em...my last one was a 90 5spd with a ported upper plenum and blower,few other bolt ons,pulley and a 50 shot of spray and an unknown cam...i was told it was a ford motorposrt they only offered for like 8 months back in the early 90's but had no way to confirm it. never took it to the track cuz it wheel hopped like crazy but it was a great highway racer lol. Yours should be SICK when done...havent seen one with a c4 swap before, how was that...PITA?
ZachCaswell
10-03-2011, 08:53 PM
Ive had two SC's so i have a soft spot for em...my last one was a 90 5spd with a ported upper plenum and blower,few other bolt ons,pulley and a 50 shot of spray and an unknown cam...i was told it was a ford motorposrt they only offered for like 8 months back in the early 90's but had no way to confirm it. never took it to the track cuz it wheel hopped like crazy but it was a great highway racer lol. Yours should be SICK when done...havent seen one with a c4 swap before, how was that...PITA?


ok.... redo..

to me? not really.. to my dad? mostlikely.. i cant lie about that one.. the worse part was building the trannie.. putting it in was a job. its a direct bolt up.. the rear main is a windsor rear pattern so..
bluenotch
10-03-2011, 09:00 PM
he meant pain in the ass. hah Zach. like this car for sum reason. can't wait to go racing again next year fun times hah!
ZachCaswell
10-03-2011, 09:01 PM
Saw your car at our DelGrosso's show. Very nice work. I'm hoping the rain stops sometime soon myself.

Tim
thanks! we started it at 11 flawlessly.. i wanted to take it last year but it didnt go well. it was kinda dirty but it looked well enough.


Hey neighbor! LOL! Every time I see your car I make the comment that I always loved and wanted a SC! My cousin had a SC3.8 XR7 cougar that was a lot of fun. Good luck with the rest of the build!

haha i just seen one tonight go through reightown! it had the stickers at the same spot as my sc'd xr7 donar car. thanks for the good luck.. this cars actually came out better then i hoped.
ZachCaswell
10-03-2011, 09:05 PM
he meant pain in the ass. hah Zach. like this car for sum reason. can't wait to go racing again next year fun times hah!

lmao i got it now!
ZachCaswell
10-03-2011, 09:08 PM
well its finished... here are the pictures.. the front end is still off, and i got to fix a vacuum leak also.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2011-10-03185339.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2011-10-03185333.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2011-10-03185316.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2011-10-03185326.jpg
GEARHEAD94
10-03-2011, 09:43 PM
Very good job on the SC. Ford did make Cobra R's that fit the Thunderbird and Taurus.They are hard to find though.
Terminated
10-04-2011, 09:16 PM
You'd be better off just swapping over to Mustang spindles.
ZachCaswell
10-04-2011, 10:19 PM
what im figuring. im thinknig these will look pretty cool on my car..

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/SVE-1007DB/1994-04-Mustang-Flat-Black-SVE-Drift-18X9

cobras would good good too. im stuck.. i want prostars too. mybe ill have a different set on this car every weekend! lol
PaxtonShelby
10-04-2011, 11:20 PM
Very good job on the SC. Ford did make Cobra R's that fit the Thunderbird and Taurus.They are hard to find though.

I had a set of those on the SC I had. Bought them from J ( biminilx ). I sold the car a few years ago and still see it around locally once in a while. Those R-rims look SO nice on an SC - definitely my favorite choice!!

Real nice ride you have there. I had a lot of problems with mine, but it did ride nice, and if you don't have to drive it in the snow like I did, it would be a car I could live with ( but I really did hate those dang automatic seatbelts, and let's not talk about that awful mechanical ABS system... )

Here is a photo of mine with the R-rims...
Terminated
10-05-2011, 08:46 AM
I always wanted to put 2000 Cobra R 18's on mine when I had it.
PaxtonShelby
10-05-2011, 03:26 PM
I always wanted to put 2000 Cobra R 18's on mine when I had it.

Those would look cool - but aren't they a 4.5 inch bolt pattern? The SC and the SHOs had that stupid 4.25 inch pattern.
FineLineMtrSprt
10-05-2011, 04:38 PM
ok.... redo..

to me? not really.. to my dad? mostlikely.. i cant lie about that one.. the worse part was building the trannie.. putting it in was a job. its a direct bolt up.. the rear main is a windsor rear pattern so..


Oh ok cool...i know guys were having trouble with t5 swaps because the shifter is so close to the dash...didnt know if you would have that problem with the automatic swap. Look forward to seeing some times one its done.
ZachCaswell
01-26-2012, 08:51 AM
well im back at it again....

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2012-01-18185850.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2012-01-18185114.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2012-01-18184621.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2012-01-18184538.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2012-01-18184237.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2012-01-18184226.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/2011-12-13221057.jpg


i got a Magnum Powers MPX blower to try and give it more topend... along with 80 lbs injectors, 85 mm throttle body and maf. 15% over drive 10 rib pulley setup, midlengths, u/d pulleys... cold air/divider.
(http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/Caswell159x/?action=view&current=video-2011-12-03-12-55-23.mp4)
sutyak
01-26-2012, 09:08 AM
Looking good.